#WANGTEK Tape Backup
12-Jan-94 21:46:59
Sb: #127846-#WANGTEK Tape Backup
Fm: Dominick J. Fontana 74766,2154
To: Hilary Szymanowski 70035,510
Hilary,
Great! I'm glad you got it working. I guess you won't need my previous
message. Now wait until you try multiple backups on one tape. 😎 Just be
aware that if you back up more than one partition or one HD to the same
tape, that searching for it takes about as long as actually backing it up.
If you don't know this, you might think that something is wrong.
For instance, if you have 4 partitions on one tape and you want to
restore from the fourth partition, the tape has to be rewound, then spaced
forward. It has to read all the data on the tape to find its place. So it
can take 20 minutes to locate the fourth partition before you can restore.
Just be aware of this, otherwise you might think the drive is just
spinning endlessly and will never stop.
Enjoy the WangTek!
Dom Fontana
–> Sent from NY via AP <–