No. The incremental backup backs up anything you didn't get the last time you did a backup or anything that changed or that you added to your flash disk. The full backup backs up your entire flash disk. The incremental one backs up only new or changed items.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kylee Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 12:26 AM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] backup problem But isn't that what the incremental backup is meant to be for? I've never used it, but I always understood that's what it was for. Kylee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Henrichsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 9:23 PM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] backup problem > Hi. You really can't backup folders with the backup utility. It is meant to > back up an entire flash disk. You need to use file manager copy to backup an > individual file or folder. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sarah Van > Oosterwijck > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 6:33 PM > To: Braillenote List > Subject: [Braillenote] backup problem > > I have just tried to perform a back up for the first time since installing > keysoft 7. It simply did not work. I went to utilities, pressed b for > backup, b to indicate that I wished to backup files not restore them, then > typed in or selected a folder to backup. At that point my Braille Note > MPower froze and would do absolutely nothing until I pressed reset. It did > not matter what folder I chose to backup or the method I used for selecting > it. Hitting enter after selecting the folder was the last thing that could > ever be done before the reset. > Obviously this is a serious problem that simply must not continue. I could > just backup the individual files I remembered changing since my last backup > this time by just copying them to the backup folder on my network, but this > won't always do, and it is very tedious. > I really can't believe that the backup utility is broken in version 7, but > I'd like to here that people have used it successfully since their upgrade. > I'd also like to here some suggestions of what i might try to solve the > problem. > > There is something else strange that I just remembered now, so I thought I > would ask about it. When I got my BrailleNote back from being upgraded to > an MPower I found that there was a phantom folder called "January 1, 2002 > backup" on my flash disk. I see it as the default folder when I wish to > choose a folder to backup, and I occasionally see it at other times. If I > really look in the list of folders on my flash disk it does not exist, > though, no matter what i use to look for it. I tried to choose directory > and have it show all including hidden, but it still doesn't exist. It is > kind of driving me crazy. :-) Of course it isn't actually hurting anything, > but I really wonder why it is there and not there, too. > > Sarah Van Oosterwijck > Assistive Technology Trainer > http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > __________ NOD32 1.1393 (20060203) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.1/250 - Release Date: 3/02/2006 > > ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote __________ NOD32 1.1393 (20060203) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
