Note that the OP "immediately transferred to DVD" all downloaded files that
he had decided to pay for. Muy prudente en mi opinión. I find myself doing
the same. As soon as the credit card gets charged, I want several copies,
just in case. I view the backup program as a last resort.
Backup of ".exe" files usually doesn't make sense, since they have to be
"installed". Self-extracting archives are an exception.
Saludos,
Earle
"StephenB" <sboots@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I think you may need to read the Help topics on Backup for OneCare to get
> a
> better understanding of what Backup and Restore in OneCare does.
> Unfortunately, the first problem you highlighted is that exe files are not
> backed up. OneCare backup is by type and excludes program files such as
> exe,
> dll, com, and similar. It also scans the entire drive for files to backup
> by
> type, but does not check the \Program Files or \Windows branches.
> The second thing that comes into play is restore. The choice you make when
> beginning will provide the most recent backup or a list of backups to
> choose
> from. The latter is only available with a custom backup.
> I agree that the interface is pretty poor and the "wizards" need work.
> And,
> clearly, the way Backup works needs to be explained up front in some way
> to help
> set expectations since I wouldn't expect the average user to go to "Help"
> to
> learn about backup.
> A better report of what has been backed up would also be a great addition
> and
> I'm hopeful that this is in the works. Thanks for the feedback.
>
> -steve
>
> "Turner Morgan" <tfmorgan@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>>To anyone from Microsoft who may be reading these posts,
>>
>>You really need to do some work on the restore side of Live OneCare. I
>>somehow (slip of the fingers on the keyboard, OOOOPS!, or just a general
>>dummy) inadvertently deleted the Downloads subdirectory I had created to
>>hold downloaded/trial software. No big deal. The software I had decided
>>to
>>pay for was immediately transferred to DVD, sometimes left on the HD or
>>deleted.
>>
>>But, I decided this would be a good opportunity to test Live OneCare's
>>restore function. I'm not pleased with it. The individual file restore
>>function apparently can't search by subdirectory (I don't know what
>>Windows
>>Vista does to subdirectories ("flolders" for you semi-Mac users; I, having
>>cut my teeth in DOS, refuse to call them "folders"!) but the restore
>>function evidently cannot search on the "English" version of a
>>subdirectory,
>>having tried several variants). I had to search on *.*, i.e., show
>>everything in the catalog going back to 1/6/2008 which turns out to be a
>>lotta files!!
>>
>>I found a few *.ZIP files but a different search for *.exe, which required
>>another agonizingly slow catalog creation (no, this is not a dog of a
>>machine, ASUS Crosshair mainboard, AMD 64 X2 dual core, 4Gb RAM, WD Raptor
>>X
>>HDs, etc., etc.) showed up nothing. I *KNOW* some of those files were
>>self-extracting executables but Live OneCare said there were no such
>>files!
>>I find this hard to believe!
>>
>>I have been doing backups with Live OneCare since 1/6/2008 every Sunday at
>>11am. How come Live OneCare showed only the one catalog from 1/6/2008?
>>Maybe it's the way I have OneCare set up which I don't remember the
>>specifics.
>>
>>What I would like to see in a future incarnation of Live OneCare's restore
>>function is a Windows Explorer display showing the files in their
>>associated
>>subdirectories with check boxes for you to select the file(s) you want
>>restored. At the very least, the current dialog box that displays the
>>search result should be made resizeable. Honestly, some of these
>>subdirectory strings won't fit into that box! But, the box is not
>>sizeable!
>>Who dropped the candy on that one?!
>>
>>And, while your at it, why not create an html file for the user to examine
>>the backup contents to see if it is even worthwhile to attempt a file
>>restore? All the files in the backup subdirectory are binary and not
>>human-readable.
>>
>>Anyway, there's my input for the next update for what it's worth.
>>
>> Turner
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