Re[2]: State-of-the Art Backup Systems

[Don Smith <dsmith -at- ACCESSBEYOND -dot- COM>]

     Barb writes:

     "I do, however, like my Iomega Ditto Easy 3200 tape drive."

     I also use a Colorado 1400 (Iomega) tape backup, which backs up 1.4
     gigs and it works just fine. One little thing however. We have run
     into problems when using the Windows Iomega software for backups. In
     at least one major case, it was not possible to reload all of the data
     from the tape back to a crashed hard disk and get the reloaded
     software to work properly.

     I have worked around that problem by using the DOS version of software
     (which comes with each Iomega tape deck) as the backup software. In
     this case, all you have to have loaded on your disk drive (assuming a
     crashed hard disk which now is blank) is DOS and the short Iomega
     backup software program. Walla, it works!

     I hope this may save you or someone else problems that you don't need.

     (I learned later that with Windows, particularly Windows95, some files
     are not backed up when you run a backup using the Windows software.
     This is due to the fact that these files are dynamic [because you are
     IN Windows] and being used in the backup process. I am not a software
     engineer [hardware] so I am not sure of all of the details, but for
     me, based on what I have actually seen here where I work, its DOS
     Iomega software for me.)

     Hope this is helpful.