Re: Backup question

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Depending on the software used, it MAY or may NOT be possible.
Only the people who wrote the backup software can tell you.

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"JohnB" <jbrigan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I got a used DAT tape drive, with 2 tapes, from a friend. I backed up my
> files and it asked for a 3rd tape. I canceled the job and decided I do a
> more "selective" backup later. Well, now I need to restore something from
> that backup. My ".pab" file. When I try to catalog the tapes it asks for
> a
> 3rd tape, which was never used.
>
> My question is: is there any way to restore files from the tape set, even
> though the job was canceled before it finished?
>
> Thanks
>
>


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