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plus Version 2.20 - September 1998
NOTES ABOUT BACKUP/RESTORE
When backing up data to disk, there are a few things you should be aware of.
•
When ALL PROJECTS, ALL LIBRARIES, ALL PROJS & LIBS, SELECTED FILES and EN-
TIRE DISK are selected as the BACKUP TYPE, if any projects and/or libraries use audio
from other disks, this audio will also be backed up. However, when you come to restore this
data, the material from the other disks will be restored to the single ‘destination’ disk se-
lected in the TO DISK field. For example:
SFX
MUSIC
DIALOGUE
ID#0
ID#1
ID#2
DD8
BACKUP
Tape Drive
SFX, MUSIC and DIALOGUE
ID#0
ID#1
ID#2
DD8
RESTORE
Tape Drive
In the above example, SFX, music and dialogue from disk IDs 0, 1 and 2 are backed up to
tape but these will be restored to the disk selected in the RESTORE TO field (in this ex-
ample, Disk ID#0)
In other words, you should ensure that the destination disk for the restore is large enough to
accommodate all the material (the DD8 will inform you if it isn’t).
•
If the data you are trying to backup to tape is larger than that which the tape can hold (or if
there is already quite a bit of data on the tape), the backup will be done across two or more
tapes. The DD8 will prompt you if this is the case and will tell you to insert another tape. If
the tape is unformatted and unsuitable for use, you will be prompted to format the tape
whereupon the backup will continue.
Of course, there is nothing wrong with this practice but it may get awkward trying to keep
track of your backups and so, in view of this, to avoid this situation, you might prefer to use
new, freshly formatted tapes when attempting a backup.
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