Re: Archive Bit and Backup

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Dear Mark,

Thank you for your advice.

Robert

"Mark" <slobizman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Robert wrote:
I am new to backup and would like to know whether it is right.

Archive bit will be reset when we perform full backup and incremental
backup.

For differential backup, the archive bit will not be reset, in this way,
the number of files that have been altered since last backup will have
archive bit turned on (Increased each day). All files with the archive
bit
turned on will be backed up in differential backup. When we perform a
full
backup, the archive bit will be turned off ?

Besides, someone says that if the backup software cannot reset the
archive
bit, there are other alternatives like "Timestamp" or "Size stamp" is
used,
is it correct ?

Thanks



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