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From: scjones@sdrc.UUCP (Larry Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Can any other program read DOS backups?
Keywords: backups
Message-ID: <835@sdrc.UUCP>
Date: 26 Sep 89 21:39:50 GMT
References: <605@aablue.UUCP>
Organization: Structural Dynamics Research Corp., Cincinnati
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In article <605@aablue.UUCP>, jb@aablue.UUCP (John B Scalia) writes:
> If this question has come up before, please forgive the intrusion, but
> a customer of mine has had some problems with DOS's BACKUP program.
> While we already switched them to another program, they would still
> like (and desperately need) to read a couple of their old disks. Is
> such a thing available or does anybody know how to restore from the
> middle of a backup sequence.

DOS Backup and Restore are severely brain-damaged in a large
number of very subtle ways.  The only serious attempt to address
this problem is a restore program which was written by Roedy
Green of Canadian Mind Products.  I don't have details or an
address/phone number handy, but I'll dig them out tonight and
post them.
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