Re: Warnings about backups

[daye@CSOS.ORST.EDU (Critical Mass)]

In article <1994Mar17.080741.1@acad2.alaska.edu>,
Malone <astdm@acad2.alaska.edu> wrote:
>In article <2m939j$i17@jadzia.CSOS.ORST.EDU>, daye@CSOS.ORST.EDU (Critical 
>Mass) writes:
> 
>> Moral: Stay AWAY from the Salvation utilities.  The only one I will still use
>> is Renaissance, which I have used many times with no problem.  But DO NOT 
>> trust your data to Deliverance or Bakkup, because you can get burned.  
>
>I take it these folks are no longer in business?  I just bought this package
>used.  I really needed an optomizer ... I have already backed up my HD with
>Bakkup.  Are you saying that the restore doesn't work or that the Bakkup util
>will destroy your HD?  Please tell me its the first!  :)
>
>

I won't say that Bakkup destroys your HD.  I'm just saying that the backups it
creates aren't all that reliable.  It gets worse if you used compression when
you made them.  The optimizer that comes with the package is fine, though.

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