If the data is non-overlapping, restore the "dead data" to the live laptop, allow a backup to happen, then delete the obsolete sets. If you can't figure out which data is unique then the backups probably aren't of much use anyway. By the time you need them, you really won't know what's going on.
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Omid <[email protected]> wrote: > i think that on one hand, this may not matter, because pooling would make > sure that files are only stored once. > but it does make a bit of a mess in so far as having one machine refer to > one thing goes. > i'd like to do something similar (the machines on one network are very > poorly named, and i didn't want to change all the names around, but didn't > think of using clientalias's, which i should have. so now we have machines > named corp-1, corp-2, corp-2, corp-xxyz, and it's a PAIN to know what > belongs to who!!!) > thanks. > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Peter Walter <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have a situation where a single laptop was replaced twice, but with >> all the data ghosted from one laptop to another. The computer name was >> then changed, and a new BackupPC entry created. I therefore have three >> sets of non-overlapping backups in BackupPC, but they really refer to >> the same set of data. How can I merge the three sets of backup data into >> one set going forward? >> >> Peter >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA >> is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your >> developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay >> ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference >> _______________________________________________ >> BackupPC-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users >> Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net >> Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
