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ntbackup how to

Hakuin

2006-12-14, 1:16 pm

Hi!
I'm trying to understand how ntbackup works, yet I'm at odd.
Here are my odds:

- how do I call backup processes I usually do? Can I save a backup
process and run it whenever I want?
- if I choose 'incremental', what kind of file is the first file which
is saved? is it 'normal'?
- if I want to save incremental backups of a specified process, should I
choose the normal.bkf as the target/destination file? I tried, and the
file keeps growing. I read one should save a normal file on a separate
directory, then the incremental files on a \Incremental directory.

Thanks in advance!
max

Les Noll

2006-12-16, 1:12 pm

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"Hakuin" <none@nomail.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> Hi!
> I'm trying to understand how ntbackup works, yet I'm at odd.
> Here are my odds:
>
> - how do I call backup processes I usually do? Can I save a backup process
> and run it whenever I want?

Backup configs are saved to file. Recall them with File -> Load Selections.

> - if I choose 'incremental', what kind of file is the first file which is
> saved? is it 'normal'?

Normal backup is full backup. Yes, make a normal backup first.

> - if I want to save incremental backups of a specified process, should I
> choose the normal.bkf as the target/destination file? I tried, and the
> file keeps growing. I read one should save a normal file on a separate
> directory, then the incremental files on a \Incremental directory.

Backup directory structure is a personal preference.

You might like BackupAssistant, which is a front end for NTBackup.

>
> Thanks in advance!
> max

Lester L. Noll lester.noll@gmail.com
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