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In message <5be7878afcSpambin@argonet.co.uk>
          Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <9d3a80e75b.DaveMeUK@BeagleBoard-xM>,
>   David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:
> > In message <5be73df3f3Spambin@argonet.co.uk>
> >           Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > > In article <f18bffe65b.DaveMeUK@BeagleBoard-xM>,
> > >   David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:
> > > > In message <5be6f6d18dStuart.winsor@orpheusinternet.co.uk>
> > > >           Stuart <Stuart.winsor@orpheusinternet.co.uk> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > > Although I have a NAS, I am looking at additional back-up
> > > > > facilities for all my RISCOS stuff. Whilst I can copy my RISCOs
> > > > > stuff, along with all the PC stuff, from the NAS to a large
> > > > > portable drive connected to my PC, RISCOS filetypes are destroyed.
> > > 
> > > > Go to https://davehigton.me.uk and look at DBack and DRest.
> > > 
> > > Are there any advantages over the functionality of !SafeStore, which I
> > > already use?
> 
> > I can't answer that because I don't know SafeStore.  I flagged it to you
> > because it would appear to do what you want - backups (and restores!)
> > with all the metadata exactly retained.
> 
> > And if SafeStore doew what you want, why are you looking for something
> > else?  What facilities are missing?
> 
> If you read my original post, I wasn't looking for backup software, I was
> pondering on whether to back up to SSD or spinning rust

... because, when you backed up to the PC, "RISCOS filetypes are destroyed".
So I'm offering you something that will back up to, and restore from, a
PC while keeping the file types etc. prefectly intact.

David

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