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[adiaz28]

I need to backup 60+GB of a FibreDrive containing ProTools sessions/files. I actually own Retrospect Backup Desktop and my G4 Dual 1Ghz has it's original SuperDrive but the process would have taken days.

I hear that Toast 7 allows you to do a multi-disk back up of an entire drive. Just how fast is this accomplished with Toast 7 and which external firewire DVD burner and media is suggested for fastest results?

Thanks in advance!

[tsantee]

MacWorld compared the speed of some DVD drives several months ago and rated a LaCie drive the fastest. I don't know if it is the same drive LaCie sells now. You can probably find that review at the MacWorld site. LaCie (and others) sells a drive that is bundled with Toast 7, by the way.

Toast's disc spanning backups can be done without compression so it is just a matter of how fast the drive can burn the data to specific media. Unlike Retrospect, Toast writes it in the HFS+ format so each disc can be read in the Finder when mounted. There is a file (and small application) on each disc that provides a directory.

What will add to the time is if you want the disc's verified which involves reading the disc to compare the data with the source. I'm presuming you'll want that. However, don't back up your boot drive this way because files on the start up drive change during the time burning is taking place, which will result in verification errors even though nothing is actually in error.

[adiaz28]

Thanks, I'll check that out.