And what did you not find serious in my response?
You did not mention the other backup program. I acknowledged that the OneCare
backup methodology can be slower that other backup methods.
I, personally, do not care for the OneCare backup feature. Since you have
another backup program, use it and disable the OneCare backup.
-steve
"paula" <nospam@xxxxxx> wrote:
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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:
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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
| | | | | >> 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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>> Stephen Boots sboots@xxxxxx
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live
>> Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator
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Microsoft MVP - Windows Live
Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator
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