From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!kalagher@mitre.arpa
Newsgroups: net.micro
Title: backing up hard disks
Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.441
Posted: Sat Feb 12 15:29:18 1983
Received: Thu Feb 17 01:41:35 1983

From:  Dick Kalagher 

	Has anyone had any experience with backing up hard disks on micros?
Specifically, has anyone tried the CORVUS mirror or otherwise used a video tape recorder
to back up the disks?  Can a second hard disk be used to back up
the first disk?  What about reliability in general of the hard disks?
If I have a problem a problem is it likely to kill the whole disk or can
one easily recover?

	I am thinking of an IBM-PC with a 20 Mb CORVUS disk.
Thanks in advance for any help or sharing of experiences.

Dick Kalagher