BUMP 6.0 queries

[gerrynz]

I backed up my PC to an 80Gb external Seagate hard drive. It produced 9 backup files of around 4 Gb each.

 

Report as follows (the 4a file was to avoid an overwrite):

Total Bytes Before Compression: 33.09 GB (35,533,062,827 Bytes)

Operation Completed - Yes

Backup Job Ended - 19/04/2007 7:36:57a.m.

Compare Job Started - 19/04/2007 7:42:40a.m.

Backup Media: MyBackup 00004.qic - 18/04/2007 9:49p.m. (E:\MyBackup 00004.qic)

Backup Media: MyBackup 00002.qic - 18/04/2007 10:20p.m. (E:\MyBackup 00002.qic)

Backup Media: MyBackup 00003.qic - 18/04/2007 10:44p.m. (E:\MyBackup 00003.qic)

Backup Media: MyBackup 00004a.qic - 19/04/2007 6:41a.m. (E:\MyBackup 00004a.qic)

Backup Media: MyBackup 00005.qic - 19/04/2007 6:50a.m. (E:\MyBackup 00005.qic)

Backup Media: MyBackup 00006.qic - 19/04/2007 7:03a.m. (E:\MyBackup 00006.qic)

Backup Media: MyBackup 00007.qic - 19/04/2007 7:14a.m. (E:\MyBackup 00007.qic)

Backup Media: MyBackup 00008.qic - 19/04/2007 7:25a.m. (E:\MyBackup 00008.qic)

Backup Media: MyBackup 00009.qic - 19/04/2007 7:33a.m. (E:\MyBackup 00009.qic)

Processed File Count: 113,311

 

I really want one full backup file, which I can do incremental backups on, until the external drive approaches capacity, then do another full backup. I presume the number of files means that the external drive is FAT32, and I will have to reformat my external drive to NTFS to get larger files sizes? Is my proposed method of operation good practice?

[marlinsinger]

I backed up my PC to an 80Gb external Seagate hard drive. It produced 9 backup files of around 4 Gb each.

 

Report as follows (the 4a file was to avoid an overwrite):

Total Bytes Before Compression: 33.09 GB (35,533,062,827 Bytes)

Operation Completed - Yes

Backup Job Ended - 19/04/2007 7:36:57a.m.

Compare Job Started - 19/04/2007 7:42:40a.m.

Backup Media: MyBackup 00004.qic - 18/04/2007 9:49p.m. (E:\MyBackup 00004.qic)

Backup Media: MyBackup 00002.qic - 18/04/2007 10:20p.m. (E:\MyBackup 00002.qic)

Backup Media: MyBackup 00003.qic - 18/04/2007 10:44p.m. (E:\MyBackup 00003.qic)

Backup Media: MyBackup 00004a.qic - 19/04/2007 6:41a.m. (E:\MyBackup 00004a.qic)

Backup Media: MyBackup 00005.qic - 19/04/2007 6:50a.m. (E:\MyBackup 00005.qic)

Backup Media: MyBackup 00006.qic - 19/04/2007 7:03a.m. (E:\MyBackup 00006.qic)

Backup Media: MyBackup 00007.qic - 19/04/2007 7:14a.m. (E:\MyBackup 00007.qic)

Backup Media: MyBackup 00008.qic - 19/04/2007 7:25a.m. (E:\MyBackup 00008.qic)

Backup Media: MyBackup 00009.qic - 19/04/2007 7:33a.m. (E:\MyBackup 00009.qic)

Processed File Count: 113,311

 

I really want one full backup file, which I can do incremental backups on, until the external drive approaches capacity, then do another full backup. I presume the number of files means that the external drive is FAT32, and I will have to reformat my external drive to NTFS to get larger files sizes? Is my proposed method of operation good practice?

 

Yes, you will have to reformat to NTFS. Most external drives come formated as FAT32 so they can be used on any system, 98, 2K, ME, or XP. Then it is up to you to format to your choice.

 

One thing you will have to do, as the way BUMP works is unless you make sure you change the name of the backup file, it will overwrite the previous backup. One way to get around this is do a differential backup, which backs up everything changed since th last full backup.

Then as the differential backup gets bigger, it gets to the decision point of when to do another full backup.