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Windows 2000 Pro Backup solutions

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by bronzbak

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We just got a W2K PC for a home office and need to do backups. I have a CDRW installed on the PC and would like to use it for backups (spaning disks). Is the backup utility that comes with W2K any good for full backup and recovery? Can any one recommand any software?

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by imrankasu

I feel the W2k backup utility is good enough.
I have restored domain conntrollers using it

by awimsatt

W2K backup software would work out perfectly for your needs. If you have over 650 Megs of data that you need to backup, you should setup an incremental backup schedule and do a full backup once a week. For this schedule you will need however many CD's it takes to do the full backup on the weekend, plus 6 cds for every day of the week other then the full backup day. If less then 650 Megs of data, do a full backup everynight and have enough writable cd's for a months worth of backups. In bothsituations, I would keep one or two CDs per month for at least a year or however long you feel you will need to make sure you don't lose any data. Hope this helps.

Adam

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