3/17/2023 0 Comments Superduper manual![]() I am not interested (right now) in cloning or making bootable cds, etc. The next morning, before I head to work, I want to transfer the files from my home computer's hard drive to my external hard drive, again, not surprisingly, in a "smart" way. I want to carry the external drive home, hook it up to my home computer, and transfer the files to my home computer's hard drive, again in a "smart" way. All the files of interest are in a single folder on my computer's hard drive and on a single folder on the external hard drive. I want to use SD! as a backup program in the following way:Īfter working at the office, I want to transfer my files (documents) from my office computer's hard drive to my external hard drive (a firewire device) in a "smart" way (i.e., have just the files that have been changed get copied to my external hard drive). I just purchased SuperDuper! but am concerned that I can't do with it what I want to do. But you've been doing this for a long time, so I wouldn't want to change a good habit - backing up is an excellent one to get into! Personally, I wouldn't have the patience for CD backups, and would consider a faster medium - whether tape or HD - regardless of the backup software selected. If you're using the CDs are "adjunct storage" so that you can erase the files from the HD without fear of losing access to them, that's a different story, but one where'd I encourage a larger drive, internal or external, rather than CDs, to allow for more convenient and immediate access. ![]() (Of course, you can store Retrospect backups sets on the HD too, if you want to maintain your "archive".) However, if you decided that CD-based backups were becoming too much of a pain (or that you didn't really need all the past versions of your files), you could move to a HD-based system (and, these days, FW hard drives are quite reasonably priced) and significantly speed both the creation and updating of your backups. Given the approach you've elected, though, I think you'd find SuperDuper wouldn't work. ![]() Since SuperDuper is designed to create and update full or partial clones, it's ideal for this "full copy" style. Most people, though, don't require multiple levels of archive retrieval - mostly, they're trying to keep another version of their drive (and, therefore, their data) around, in case something unexpected happens. (Smart Update will update the clone with anything that's changed, and remove things that are no longer there, but it doesn't keep an archive of the items replaced on the clone - it just endeavors to make it identical to the source again, as quickly as possible.) SuperDuper is definitely not designed to back up to "removable media" (tapes, CDs), and also doesn't do "incremental backups" in the traditional sense: that is, you can't access the "older" files once you've replaced them with newer versions. When the 2 stacks of CD's start getting too tall, I start the cycle over again with full backups.Ĭould SuperDuper fill this role? If so, I'll have some more specific questions. IOW, I back up files that have changed since the last backup. After 17 years with computers, I'm not taking a chance on having just 1 backup! Then I make weekly "progressive" backups (Retrospect-ese for incremental backups) to both backups. At this writing it takes 7 CD's and then some. ![]() The CD burner is my only backup device, and I trust CD-R more than I do CD-RW. Over a period of a week to a month, I make 2 full backups-OS, apps, data, the whole 9 yards-to CD-R. I'm interested to know if SuperDuper could replace Retro for me. I'm currently backing up my system with Dantz Retrospect and finding it OK but not great. The Safety Clone sounds like a great idea-if I ever get a 2nd hard drive or work up the initiative to partition my internal hard drive. I've perused the SuperDuper manual and the forums a bit and seen some references to using it as a backup/restore program, but the emphasis in the manual seems to be pretty much on the Safety Clone. ![]()
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