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Re: Backup

Otis,

Yeah, I thought this was worth sharing with the list.

Does xxcopy make bootable copies?

That was my understanding from their technical bulletin #10
http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy/xxcopy10.htm


Norman


At 01:52 AM 8/12/01 -0400, Otis Port wrote:

>  I also keep one mirror of each PC's boot drive (not backup
>files, but actual working copies of everything). That way, if
>a main HD goes belly-up on deadline, I can unplug its power
>line, insert the removable tray with the mirror HD, and reboot.

>  The software for doing selective updates, xxcopy, comes in
>both 32- and 16-bit versions. There are switches for copying
>new/newer files only, for deleting files no longer on the source
>drive, for copying hidden/system/read-only files, etc. Got mine
>from either ZDnet or Simtel.


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