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- From: jfreter@triton.unm.edu (The Myth)
- Subject: Re: SSTOR and Stacker question
- Message-ID: <ayfmrql@lynx.unm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 15:46:41 GMT
- Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
- References: <147566INNl7d@agate.berkeley.edu> <ywR0NB1w164w@infopls.chi.il.us>
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- In article <ywR0NB1w164w@infopls.chi.il.us> millera@infopls.chi.il.us (Alan Miller) writes:
- >you write:
- >> I have a few questions regarding Stacker (or any such program) and
- >> backing up your hard drive onto tape. Say I want to back up part of my
- >> hard drive onto tape, but in normal format. Can I do this? Or, also,
- >> say I've filled my hard drive to the point where I can't stop using
- >> stacker. Can I back up my hard drive in Stacker format?
- >
- >There are two ways you could back it up, I'll give examples assuming you
- >have one drive, the "stacked" volume is C: and the "original" volume is
- >D: When you run Stacker, what it does is create a large hidden file on
- >your disk, install an interface program in memory, and lie to DOS. As
- >far as DOS is concerned, that large hidden file (named something like
- >STACKVOL) _is_ your C: drive. So, you can either back up the files on
- >the stacked drive as if it were normal (probably your best bet) or you
- >can back up the "original" drive, which includes that large hidden file.
- >The problem with that latter is, what if you only want the file
- >C:\WINDOWS\TOADSUCK.DOC? What you have to do in that case is restore
- >the _whole_ thing. You'll get your file back, but it's equivalent to
- >deleting everything on your disk and restoring completely from your last
- >backup.
- >
-
- Similar process for SuperStor. One good thing about backing up the big file,
- only (and not the physical drive), is that you can restore to any hard drive,
- even one without SuperStor installed. These programs and compressed files
- are totally invisible to most disk I/O. So, you can copy a file from a
- compressed disk to a floppy and have the floppy version be totally uncomp-
- ressed.
-
- Is there any significant difference between SuperStor and Stacker? Has/does
- anyone use(d) the latest release of both (on different machines)?
-
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