That I do not know Curious, but whatever scheme it uses perhaps Onecare
could benefit from the same at least with my configuration anyway. Unless
someone may know what is causing the difference in speed (some settings
somewhere) I will cancel the backup in OneCare and stick with this new
program. The new program is DRAMATICALLY speedier.
paula
"Curious" <spammenot@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Does your Memeo software compress the files when it backs them up or does
> it copy them
> as is?
>
> "paula" <nospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Stephen,
>>
>> You didn't seriously just ask me how do I know they both backed up the
>> same files did you?
>> The name of the other program is Memeo and it came with the external
>> Seagate hard drive I just purchased. The reason I know what files are
>> being backed up is because I set up what files I wanted backed up in each
>> program.
>> Does anyone else have a serious answer to my query?
>> paula
>>
>> "StephenB" <sboots@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> "paula" <nospam@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>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
>>> 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
>>> --
>>> Stephen Boots sboots@xxxxxx
>>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live
>>> Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator
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