Backup usage #1

I regularly back up my data to CD. It seems obvious (and
Help | Emergency Recovery recommeds to back up the Backup
Catalogs as well.

Although I can locate them easily in Windows Explorer, the
backup program cannot find them. That is, on selecting
files/folders to back up, nothing is visible in the
Catalogs folder. (And, in fact, if the folder is backed
up anyway, they do not exist in a view of the restore
info.)

How are the catalogs backed up?

Thanks.

Bravo, glad to see someone is at least trying to do some preventative
measure for catastrophy.

The catalog files are particular to the backup done at the time. These are
not accurate until the backup is completed. These are used as part of
restoration in the windows environment.

There is an asset in backup to create a catalogue from a backup on the
media. That is what's used for recovery in the event of catastrophy.

Catalog associated files are not backed up.
"Abby Sale" wrote in message
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I regularly back up my data to CD. It seems obvious (and
Help | Emergency Recovery recommeds to back up the Backup
Catalogs as well.

Although I can locate them easily in Windows Explorer, the
backup program cannot find them. That is, on selecting
files/folders to back up, nothing is visible in the
Catalogs folder. (And, in fact, if the folder is backed
up anyway, they do not exist in a view of the restore
info.)

How are the catalogs backed up?

Thanks.

THanks for the response

-----Original Message-----
Bravo, glad to see someone is at least trying to do some
preventative
measure for catastrophy.

The catalog files are particular to the backup done at the
time. These are
not accurate until the backup is completed. These are
used as part of
restoration in the windows environment.

Hmmm. I can see that. But they'd be handy to have. What
I've done is zip & copy 'em to the CD. But it's an extra step.

There is an asset in backup to create a catalogue from a
backup on the
media. That is what's used for recovery in the event of
catastrophy.

If I understand you, MS Backup (Win 98) _will_ recreate a
missing catalog direct from the backed up file on CD (or
Zip.) I don't see how to do that. If I point the restore
wizard at an old backup file, it does examine the file but
then claims "The current media does not contain any backup
sets."


Catalog associated files are not backed up.
"Abby Sale" wrote in
message
...
I regularly back up my data to CD. It seems obvious (and
Help | Emergency Recovery recommeds to back up the Backup
Catalogs as well.

Although I can locate them easily in Windows Explorer, the
backup program cannot find them. That is, on selecting
files/folders to back up, nothing is visible in the
Catalogs folder. (And, in fact, if the folder is backed
up anyway, they do not exist in a view of the restore
info.)

How are the catalogs backed up?

Thanks.


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