[G4] Dantz Retrospect

[Michael L. Brown]

Yes, it not only copies the invisible files, but also the links 
between the files that the system will require when you recover those 
files.

I agree, Retrospect is slow, but it is thorough and designed to 
backup over a net work. There are a couple other good alternatives 
such as Edre Ti-Backup, FoldersSynchronizer, and CarbonCopy X, but I 
started using Restrospect with version 1.1 and upgraded it when I 
could afford to.

Mike

>What is the difference between backing up with Dantz Retrospect and
>just copying my whole hard drive over to the external drive?
>
>It seems to take a long time for Dantz to do a backup - still
>about an hour. I have 40 gigs to back up, 896 MB RAM,
>am using Firewire port.
>
>If I were doing plain copy, I would just drag over the
>document folders and leave the system and apps folders
>alone.
>
>Does Dantz take invisible files, is that it?
>
>I'm not trying to make a bootable drive, just to keep a current
>system and backup documents so I can copy things back after fixing
>a problem.
>
>Many thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.
>
>Anne Keller Smith
>Down to Earth Web Design
>G4 733mHz (OS X.2/Classic) | Graphite iBook 333mHz (OS 9.0.2)
>mailto:earthpigz at earthlink.net
>http://www.downtoearthweb.com

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