On 10/04/02 14:20, "Bryan Cantley" <bcantley_at_fullerton.edu> wrote:
> Laurent-
>
> I am using NCU, and have never had this problem before. I am not sure
> what you mean by "incremental...", I am trying to back up as I do every
> week, with all items checked [if that makes sense].
>
> i do not get "invalid header" in my error message
Bryan,
I mentioned incremental because if you start a backup and there is already a
backup file in the designated backup directory, NCU will attempt to do an
"incremental" backup, i.e. it will try to backup what has changed on your
Newton since the last time you backed it up. Now, that sounds nice and the
best way to keep a current backup, except that NCU has been reported *MANY
TIMES* to fail when restoring from an incremental backup. The only way to do
a good backup is to do a full one. Now, you might ask how can I do a full
backup? Easy. Before starting a backup, remove any backup file in the
designated backup directory. You can keep the backup file on your disk, but
put it in a different location. That's usually what I do, so that if
something goes wrong during my backup, I still have this old copy.
I know that you're not getting the error message. I just gave you the
definition based on the error number you provided.
HTH!
-Laurent.
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