stanley.singer@canremote.uucp (STANLEY SINGER) (02/17/90)
To: ALL I was using Fastback+ V2.09 to back up my hard disk when it got an error on the hard disk. It retried the read a number of times (all the while saying it was adding data to the backup) and then hung my machine (CTRL-ALT-DEL time). I did not receive any warning messages, no opportunity to try and bypass the bad file, nothing. 45 minutes down the tubes. Does anyone know of a way to configure FB to either warn you or to bypass errors? I find it really stange that a backup/restore program can't handle disk errors. Any & all help would be appreciated. Stan Singer Stanley.Singer@canremote.UUCP --- ~ DeLuxe 1.11a18 #556 Ignorance is curable, Stupidity is forever.
stanley.singer@canremote.uucp (STANLEY SINGER) (02/21/90)
To: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu >I'm a beta tester for FastBack+, and I've never seen your >problem come up before. It would continue to write data to the >floppy (remember there is in effect a large FIFO buffer between >what has been read from the HD and what is being compressed and >written to the floppy) until it ran out of data. >I don't recall if FB+ uses standard DOS i/o on the HD side. The >speed and performance hassles come with efficient floppy writing, >not HD reading. >I suggest you contact Tech Support @ 5th with this problem. >Let me know what they say. I'll be back in town in about a week. David: I did call them. They stated that the hangup situation I described could occur and there was no way out of it. I asked them to forward a request to their developers that would allow the user a choice when HD error happens. The user should have the ability to either skip the file where the error is, or terminate the backup. Under no condition should it hangup the whole machine. Stan Stanley.Singer@canremote.UUCP --- ~ DeLuxe 1.11a18 #556 Ignorance is curable, Stupidity is forever.