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| Thread ID: 106865 | 2010-01-26 04:05:00 | Backing up data to DVD | Sanco (683) | Press F1 |
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| 852102 | 2010-01-26 04:05:00 | I know it is widely discouraged by most PressF1 members to backup anything to DVD RW. However, that is all I have at my disposal at this point in time, and I promise that as soon as my lovely wife allows me the expenditure for an external HDD I will rectify my terrible computing ways. That said, I have a problem in understanding the various backup options in full. I have purchased Backup4all Professional after reading some good reviews (reliability, ease of use etc.) from various fora and non-commercial sites around the net and now I have a big question over the four options: Full Backup; Incremental Backup; Differential Backup and Mirror Backup. Ok, perhaps not mirror backup as I do not intend to use it. I understand that I will need to create a log and do a full backup the first time around. From there what happens, say, if I want to backup on the same DVD RW with a Differential backup? Will the original backup be overwritten with the changes only and therefore I will lose the data that has not changed? I don't know whether I have made much sense here, sorry, do ask some question if you need clarifications. Thank you for your help in advance. |
Sanco (683) | ||
| 852103 | 2010-01-26 04:23:00 | I have purchased Backup4all Professional after reading some good reviews Full Backup; Incremental Backup; Differential Backup and Mirror Backup. what happens, say, if I want to backup on the same DVD RW with a Differential backup? Will the original backup be overwritten with the changes only . Seems unlikely. Because a DVD is not a hard drive. While you can write several times to it, generally you have to erase it first. The program might do a differential backup to it OK but it would add files, not replace existing ones. That can only be done on an external HDD. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 852104 | 2010-01-26 05:07:00 | Thanks for that pctek. This in essence confirms my theory that I would have to erase and do a full backup every time if I use a dvd rw, am I correct? |
Sanco (683) | ||
| 852105 | 2010-01-26 05:27:00 | Yep | pctek (84) | ||
| 852106 | 2010-01-26 07:32:00 | That clears the air a bit. Cheers for that pctek, much appreciated. |
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