Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 07:44:06 -500
From: Tom Rutherford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: backups and zip?
On 9th Mar 00 at 7.28am, Nettamer List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrots:
NL>Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 07:03:53 +0500 From: karen lewellen
NL><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: backups and zip?
NL>hi all granted, this is just barely topical, but i have a
NL>sick hard drive, and may not get the extray visual help i
NL>need before having to go it alone. is anyone here
NL>knowageable about msbackup? i have v 6.22 of dos, and am told
NL>that to backup the entire drive, i will need 98 discs.
NL>eeeeeeek! how does one specify just a data backup? i don't
NL>need to backup those programs for which i have the sources
NL>discs. what about doing a zip including the subdirectories?
NL>will i have restoration troubles? thanks, karen
Hi, Karen. I've heard of people doing ZIP backups, and I've heard that
they're sometimes successful. Yeah, 98 disks is a pretty stiff amount
of magnetic media! One thing that you can do, if all you want to do is
backup your data, is to first clear the archive bits on every file on
your drive. This you can do by going to each directory and using the
ATTRIB command to do it. I think the syntax to clear the archive bits
on all of the files would be something like ATTRIB -A *.* but check the
DOS help documentation to make sure. Anyway, after you get the archive
bits cleared, go back through and set the archive bit on each file, one
by one, that you want to backup. Then, do an archive backup according
to the help available with MSBACKUP. I haven't used the program, so I
can't give you the syntax right now, but you can backup those files, and
those files only, with the archive bit set. Good luck and lots of
stamina. :-) Oh, btw, you can go through and use the ATTRIB command to
clear the archive bit of each file, one by one, that you *don't* want to
backup, and that may save you some time.
-- 73 DE Tom Rutherford, N8EUJ, Burton, MI
A Redneck's Seven Course Dinner: Possum and a six pack!
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