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What is NTBACKUP option Append

Started by santachuck , Feb 14 2007 01:58 AM

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#1
santachuck

Posted 14 February 2007 - 01:58 AM

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On XP PRO.
I'm using an external USB hard drive for backup.
A monthly FULL backup, and daily INCREMENTALS.
Do I APPEND the INCREMENTALs?
What are the advantages?

Thanks,

Chuck

#2
peterm

Posted 14 February 2007 - 02:31 AM

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Hi Chuck
Append means it adds it to the last lot of files instead of overwriting.
I NEVER do incremental backups I always do a full back up and overwrite the previous.
Cheers
Peterm

#3
dsenette

Posted 14 February 2007 - 02:15 PM

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yeah...incremental backups where for the days when backup media was small or hard to navigate....if the backup media you're using is the same size...or larger than the device/data you're backing up...then there's no reason not to do a full backup