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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[category:software | [[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). | ||
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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.) | |||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
===Reference=== | ===Reference=== | ||
* {{wikipedia|FastBack (software)}} | * {{wikipedia|FastBack (software)}} | ||
Latest revision as of 13:16, 1 September 2008
Overview
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 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.)
Links
Reference
- Wikipedia (FastBack (software))
