rtaconsult Posted March 26, 2004 Report Share Posted March 26, 2004 When backup starts, after scanning the source and target drives, it gives a progress message that it is deleting certain files. Presumably this is done to make room for the new backup copy of files that have changed since the previous backup. What if the source drive fails, crashes, etc after the old copy of the files are reported "deleted" from the target drive? Are the deleted files now permanently lost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted March 28, 2004 Report Share Posted March 28, 2004 We have always suggested multiple sets of backups (like using 2 Maxtor drives) for cases like you ask about. In a worst case situation, data recovery services could get the deleted file back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtaconsult Posted March 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 Would you agree that data recovery services can be expensive and inconvenient? It would seem to be relatively simple for the folders "to be replaced on backup" to be renamed instead and then deleted after the backup process completes successfully. An aborted backup would then result in the old files still available, albeit in renamed folders which the user cold readily re-rename if needed. This also spares your users the expense of 2 drives for backup purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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