Re: [NTLK] Backups

From: Dan (dan_at_dbdigitalweb.com)
Date: Thu Sep 15 2005 - 06:24:31 PDT


John Hay wrote:
> Is there any benefit or cost in "erasing" a FlashCard prior to doing a
> FULL Newton backup to the FlashCard?

Well not if it is empty. However if there is some data on it it may
cause some fragmentation when you do a backup and cost some storage
space. But the amounts in general are very small in this particular
case so not really worth mentioning. It is only appicalable if the card
is a large one and you have lots data on that card when you are backing up.

-Dan

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