Re: B/U problem--retrospect s-ware

Moncho:

What you did with Maxtor is exactly what I WANTED to do with Retro.

But, it won't let me.

I will check on possible upgrades.

Mel
"moncho" <moncho990009@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "mb_" <billikm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>I have a question about Retrospect Express Software Version 6.5. Let me
>> review my
>> situation.
>>
>> I have a Dell Dim 2400 Desktop and a Dell Inspiron 2200 laptop. Each
>> has a 40 GB hard
>> drive.
>>
>> My goal has been to back up both systems. After screwing around with
>> CDRW/software
>> compatibility problems between the 2 computers, I purchased a WD USB
>> Hard drive. It
>> came with the above-mentioned software. It also came pre-formatted FAT
>> 32.
>>
>> OK, the first thing I did was reformat the drive to NTFS, one volume
>> (120 GB). I then
>> installed the s-ware on each computer.
>>
>> I backed up the desktop. Great. Worked fine. I then went to B/U the
>> laptop. But, what's
>> this?? Help! It started by deleting the previous (desktop) back-up and
>> then backed up the
>> laptop.
>>
>> OK, read the f-manual carefully, I say. I did. No indication that it
>> would do this on the
>> USB hard drive.
>>
>> Now, I suspect I might be able to change the directory and B/U set name
>> and "fool" the
>> s-ware, but I don't want to screw around with that, especially if I
>> need to restore things
>> and then it doesn't recognize the name (I don't want to keep
>> changing the folder names
>> back and forth).
>>
>> So, I called tech support. They were a bit... condescending.
>> Apparently, the license only
>> allows me to use the USB drive to B/U ONE computer. The s-ware
>> apparently will
>> recognize when I'm on a different computer and it will delete any
>> other back-ups.
>> Well, F-them. That ticks me off. I bought the 120 GB drive just so I
>> could put both
>> computers on there.
>
> You may want to check the licensing to see if it allows you to install
> the software on two machines.
>
> I wanted to do the same thing as you. I had both setup to back up also.
> Someone mentioned it to me and I re-read license agreement (v. 6.0) and
> then proceeded to uninstalled it from my laptop.
>
>>
>> Is there a way around this??
>>
>> Here is one thought: I intend to re-format the drive and create two
>> partitions, E and F.
>> I'm going to try and use the "E" partition for the desktop and
>> the "F" partition for the
>> laptop. I'll then specify separate destination drives (E and F) when
>> I do the back-ups.
>>
>> I'm going to try this. But, just wondering if any of you folks are
>> familiar with this
>> software and are in a similar situation. Any other ideas for
>> workarounds?
>
> If you find out you can put it on two machines or get another copy of
> the software to put on your laptop, there is an easy solution.
>
> All you have to do is create a backup script that will point to a
> directory
> on the USB drive. You can change the "Maxtor One-Button" script that was
> created during installtion of the software.
>
> Example -
>
> Desktop -> Created a script that was setup to backup to F:\desktop folder
> Laptop -> Created a script that was setup to backup to F:\laptop folder
>
> It then would store both in its own folder as long as it had the same
> drive letter.
>
> moncho
>


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