FastBack Plus - Revision history

Woozle: software.obsolete -> software/obsolete

2008-09-01T13:16:22Z

software.obsolete -> software/obsolete

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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	[[category:software.obsolete]][[FastBack Plus]] (FB+) was [[backup software]] available for [[MS DOS]] and [[Macintosh]] systems from ~1987 to ~1992.		[[category:software/obsolete]][[FastBack Plus]] (FB+) was [[backup software]] available for [[MS DOS]] and [[Macintosh]] systems from ~1987 to ~1992.

	Its primary competition was [[PC-Fullbak]] by [[Westlake Data Corporation]], which used both a proprietary disk-sector and [[file system]] format (i.e. the backup disks can't even be copied by conventional means).		Its primary competition was [[PC-Fullbak]] by [[Westlake Data Corporation]], which used both a proprietary disk-sector and [[file system]] format (i.e. the backup disks can't even be copied by conventional means).

Woozle: /* Running FastBack Plus */ need the first disk; put items into bulleted list

2008-06-06T01:08:06Z

Running FastBack Plus: need the first disk; put items into bulleted list

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	Although the backup disks created by FB+ are readable from modern systems, the files they contain (typically one file per disk) appear to be compressed in a proprietary format which cannot be decoded by any standard tools. Recovering data from disks created by FB+, then, generally requires running FB+, which has its own set of problems.		Although the backup disks created by FB+ are readable from modern systems, the files they contain (typically one file per disk) appear to be compressed in a proprietary format which cannot be decoded by any standard tools. Recovering data from disks created by FB+, then, generally requires running FB+, which has its own set of problems.
	===Running FastBack Plus===		===Running FastBack Plus===
	First, this presumes that you have a copy of it to run. It appears to be freely available from [http://www.vetusware.com/download/FastBack%20Plus%203.0/?id=3352 here], though I have not tried the download.		* First, this presumes that you have a copy of it to run. It appears to be freely available from [http://www.vetusware.com/download/FastBack%20Plus%203.0/?id=3352 here], though I have not tried the download.
			* Second, it crashed when I tried to run it from [[Windows 98]]. It may be that it would work fine if I booted to command-line only.
			* Third, it will only restore files to their original locations -- but you can select which files to restore, and skip over any files in the root folder.
			* (Not sure about this) Fourth, you must have the first disk in the set -- even if the file you want is on a different disk -- because that is where the index is stored. (The index file must be readable, too.)

	~~Second, it crashed when I tried to run it from [[Windows 98]]. It may be that it would work fine if I booted to command-line only.~~

	~~Third, it will only restore files to their original locations -- but you can select which files to restore, and skip over any files in the root folder.~~
	==Links==		==Links==
	===Reference===		===Reference===
	* {{wikipedia\|FastBack (software)}}		* {{wikipedia\|FastBack (software)}}

Woozle: competition: PC-Fullbak

2008-06-06T01:02:11Z

competition: PC-Fullbak

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==Overview==
[[category:software.obsolete]][[FastBack Plus]] (FB+) was [[backup software]] available for [[MS DOS]] and [[Macintosh]] systems from ~1987 to ~1992.

Its primary competition was [[PC-Fullbak]] by [[Westlake Data Corporation]], which used both a proprietary disk-sector and [[file system]] format (i.e. the backup disks can't even be copied by conventional means).

Although the backup disks created by FB+ are readable from modern systems, the files they contain (typically one file per disk) appear to be compressed in a proprietary format which cannot be decoded by any standard tools. Recovering data from disks created by FB+, then, generally requires running FB+, which has its own set of problems.
===Running FastBack Plus===
First, this presumes that you have a copy of it to run. It appears to be freely available from [http://www.vetusware.com/download/FastBack%20Plus%203.0/?id=3352 here], though I have not tried the download.

Second, it crashed when I tried to run it from [[Windows 98]]. It may be that it would work fine if I booted to command-line only.

Third, it will only restore files to their original locations -- but you can select which files to restore, and skip over any files in the root folder.
==Links==
===Reference===
* {{wikipedia|FastBack (software)}}