Re: [Freedos-user] dos backups in the 21st century?

2011-08-19 Thread Dyster Robert (SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST)
Hi Karen, Try to find a copy of Powerquest Drive Image or Powerquest Partition Magic (which also has the function to backup drives). I have used Powerquest Drive Image for years. Paragon Software have DOS versions of their software: Hard Disk Manager, Partition Manager, Disk Backup - all

Re: [Freedos-user] dos backups in the 21st century?

2011-08-19 Thread Ray Davison
Karen Lewellen wrote: A question mainly for those who use dos alone and purely on your machines. I am asking how you do large backup work yourself now? say 3 gig or so? I have a couple suggestions for your consideration. First, anyone who is doing anything serious with a PC needs this:

[Freedos-user] Will Freedos support more modern hardware?

2011-08-19 Thread Michael C. Robinson
I'm thinking of modern video cards and multiple core processors. I would imagine that Freedos in 16 bit mode can't use multiple cores. One of the problems with DOS that I recall is a total lack of hardware protection. This allowed direct hardware access, which is fast. Unfortunately,