Network backups with USB 2.0 hard-drive

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John Davey

Anyone have experience of this? What I propose is to use external
hard-drives in USB 2.0 enclosures as backup media. I want to use Microsoft
Backup for full & differential unattended backups of peer-to-peer
Microsoft-networked PCs - mostly Win2k but some Win98 and may be XP.

- Does Win2K fully support USB 2.0?
- Will it appear as a Removal Media?
- Does Microsoft Backup backup to Removable Media?

Thanks.
 
The answers are yes, yes and yes, and I've done
to-disk backup strategies in the past (with mixed
results.)

I'd recommend you get a little $60 program called
"Backup MyPC" from Stomp, which actually is the old Veritas
desktop backup program updated with DVD-R support etc.
It will work much much better for you than MS Backup, especially
if you end up needing to do major restores.

Steve Duff, MCSE
Ergodic Systems, Inc.
 
Thanks Steve, I'll give it a try.
-John

Steve Duff said:
The answers are yes, yes and yes, and I've done
to-disk backup strategies in the past (with mixed
results.)

I'd recommend you get a little $60 program called
"Backup MyPC" from Stomp, which actually is the old Veritas
desktop backup program updated with DVD-R support etc.
It will work much much better for you than MS Backup, especially
if you end up needing to do major restores.

Steve Duff, MCSE
Ergodic Systems, Inc.
 
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