Maxtor one touch or Windows back up Utility?

[johngood_____]

Novice has just bought a Maxtor external hard drive and it has Maxtor 'one
touch' 4 , 'back up' software with it. Would it be better to use this
software or the Windows back up utility that comes packaged with Windows XP
please?

 

[R. McCarty]

That's a difficult call, but usually any 3rd-Party software will have more
features/capabilities than the basic functions provided by Windows. The
key is to setup an appropriate backup routine ( Full System, Personal
Data ) on a fixed schedule and make sure any "Verification Pass" on the
backup is performed. Also, split the end result modules so they can be
periodically burned to a permanent media ( CD-R, DVD-R ). It's not
enough to simply have the backups store on another "Magnetic" type
of storage. All disk drives are susceptible to failure. Finally, be sure the
data backups are readable/usable. There is nothing worse than having
a backup that cannot be used.

"johngood_____" <void@voidacious.net> wrote in message
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> Novice has just bought a Maxtor external hard drive and it has Maxtor
> 'one
> touch' 4 , 'back up' software with it. Would it be better to use this
> software or the Windows back up utility that comes packaged with Windows
> XP
> please?
>
>
>
>

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:09:24 GMT, "johngood_____"
<void@voidacious.net> wrote:

> Novice has just bought a Maxtor external hard drive and it has Maxtor 'one
> touch' 4 , 'back up' software with it. Would it be better to use this
> software or the Windows back up utility that comes packaged with Windows XP
> please?


I'm not familiar with the Maxtor software, but my guess is that it's
superior to the built-in Windows backup tool, which is about as
primitive a backup tool as you can get.

But what not try both, and see which is preferred?

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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