Re: Hard disk overwrite danger ?

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Thank you, Rock, that was very helpful. Please see additional inline
questions below:

"Rock" <rock@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Blue Max" <mailrichard@xxxxxxx> wrote

We are using the standard copy of Windows Backup that ships with Windows
XP Professional. So far it works well, but we do have one question as
follows:

One of the options during backup is whether to APPEND or OVERWRITE the
original. Since many of our backups are to an alternate hard disk, we
are wondering what would be the result of inadvertantly choosing to
OVERWRITE versus APPEND? Will such a choice overwrite the hard disk,
overwrite the folder contents - including subfolders, overwrite just the
folder files, or ignore the option when writing to a hard disk? Can
anyone confirm what the potential risk is when choosing this option while
backing up to a hard disk?

It would overwrite any previous backup files created by ntbackup. It
doesn't overwrite other files.

FIRST, is the shipping version of Windows XP Backup, that we are usiing, the
same application as NTbackup which you mentioned?

SECOND, we assume that you mean the backup operation will only overwrite all
previous backup (.bkf) files, but do you mean only those located in the
backup destination folder? What about backup files located in subfolders of
the destination folder?

THIRD, when restoring, it seems that any options we choose always restore
the full folder hierarchy of the selected files to the destination. Isn't
there a way to have just the selected folders and files restored to the
destination folder without the unselected folder hierarchy above the files
being restored? We have looked at the option to restore to a 'Single
Folder,' but are afraid the option will also purge the folder hierarchy of
the folders and files that are selected for restore, not just the unselected
hierarchy.

Thanks for your assistance!


--
Rock [MVP - User/Shell]


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