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On Sunday, September 19, 1999 8:01 AM Simon Campbell wrote:
>Never having done it before(!) can someone explain the process to moi? I'm
>using TS 4.0 with Signal, Win95. Exactly what TS folders and files I
should
>be backing up. Is it simply c:\omega *.* ? or is just the main .dat file
>enough?
Backing up just the 40SIG.DAT file will save the intraday data but will not
save the daily data. I FIRMLY believe that you should not be thinking about
just TS backup but backing up all of your hard disk. Backing up and being
able to properly restore a Windows 95/98 drive used to be a nightmare until
the newer backup utilities have evolved. I use Ghost software which was
developed by Binary Research in New Zealand and was later purchased by
Symantec. I purchased a single computer version (LAN backup/restore
crippled) from Binary Research over a year ago. Symantec only recently
released a single user shrink wrap version which is called Norton Ghost 2000
Personal Edition. List Price: $63.00 US. This is supposed to to be exactly
the same as what I am using and it is FANTASTIC. I bought a 13 GB hard disk
($150) to use just for backup purposes and it takes about 45 minutes to
compress a GB of disk with over 45,000 files into a backup image. The
backup time required could be less than 10 minutes per GB if there are
relatively few files on the drive. The 13 GB disk will handle a couple of
prior backups so I can restore prior deleted/changed files. I have
developed programs to work with the Ghost program which give summary reports
of all file additions, deletions and changes (based upon the CRC32 signature
of the file) since the prior backup. I think I am much safer than I used to
be and sleep better at night. I do a full backup every week but it could be
every day if you wanted because it is a no pain effort. I would highly
recommend consideration of this approach.
Bob Scott
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