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Date:	Wed, 31 Jul 2002 10:55:15 PST7
From:	sshapiro@ucsd.edu (Sandy Shapiro)
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Drive Image Backups

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I have been following the discussion in this thread with great interest.

I have been using tapes for backups for many years -- first with
Backmaster for OS/2, and more recently with BackAgain 2000. I like being
able to boot from a floppy and restore a single file from a tape on those
occasions when I really screw up.

The problem with tape is that after about one year, the tapes become
unreliable, and after about two years, the tape drives become unreliable.

I am intrigued by the idea of using removable hard drives instead of
tapes. I did some experimenting with BackAgain 2000, and that is a
possible solution. But BA 2K doesn't work as smoothly with hard drives as
it does with tapes.

I would like to know what other software solutions people have found where
you can back up to a hard drive under OS/2 using compression and can
restore a single file, when necessary.

Thanks,
Sandy

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