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To: Howard R. Hansen who wrote (880)5/27/1998 9:24:00 PM
From: Dave Hanson  Read Replies (2) of 14778
 
Howard's hidden files/swap file question:

(1) There are several ways to backup hidden files. Sounds like Spots uses xcopy (or a similar command) with the special command switches that let hidden files, etc. get copied. I'll defer to him on the best way to do this. "xcopy /h" at the command prompt should get you started.

I use drive image. Since it copies not just the individual files, but the entire partition, one need not ever worry about missing anything. This does mean that you need to keep data on a seperate hard drive partition if you want to back up _only_ that to your Jaz. Then again, you can likely fit more than a full 1.5 gig partition on one Jaz disk, and it will span Jaz disks, so this may not be a concern.

(2) As for the swap file, I'm not sure how to get around this if you want to use a windows-based backup program, _unless_ you change your virtual memory settings to temporarily disable the swap file, then reboot and delete win386.swp. If you have lots of RAM (>=32 megs,) this shouldn't be a problem, but you'll want to re-enable it and reboot once the backup is done to restore performance.

Anything else you'd add, Spots or others?

Good luck--I'll try to help with follow-ups where I'm able.
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