Posted by Citizen Bob on 12/05/06 14:36

On Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:30:18 GMT, "Stuart Miller"
<stuart_miller@shaw.ca> wrote:

>I worked with incremental backups some years ago, and never had a good
>experience with it.

I agree - too messy.

>Now I just back up an entire section of the server if I know it has been
>updated.

I make a clone of the hard disk and clear the archive bit on the
working disk. Then I run a differential backup at 4:00 am. I keep it
on a second backup disk in case the working disk becomes corrupted. To
recover I use the clone and bring it up to date with the differential
backup. Win2K's NTBackup backs up the Registry so I am able to recover
interim installations of new applications.


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ends, there remains still in the people a supreme power to remove or
alter the legislative, when they find the legislative act contrary to
the trust reposed in them....And thus the community perpetually retains
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or so wicked as to lay and carry on designs against the liberties and
properties of the subject."
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