"paula" <nospam@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>Does the backup in OneCare take an unusually loooooooong period of time to
>finish in comparison to other backup programs? I just purchased an external
>drive that came with backup software and it backed up the same files as in
>OneCare in 1/4 the amount of time so now I am worried on both counts that
>one may not be accurate.
>TIA
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What is the other backup program? How do you know that they both backed up the
same things?
OneCare backs up files by type. It scans the entire drive for matching types,
then creates archives and copies them to the destination. It can be a little
more time consuming vs. other copy processes.
-steve
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