![]() ![]() >"I am concerned, because if one forgets which programme you used, and I have several at my call, it would seem you're never going to get your stuff back, UNLESS you put into operation the original programme - which you could have used several years ago, and may no longer have access to!"Ĭorrect, and to focus on that last part, "which you could have used several years ago, and may no longer have access to!" No other backup program can be used to restore files from the backup data.īased on just these examples alone, you can see that you need to keep track of which program you created a backup with, so that you can use the same to restore files from the backup. Other backup programs may use a Zip file format to store the data, but it might do it in a manner that it cannot be determined by the end user (using an Unzip utility), what to extract to get their original file back.Īnd there are other backup programs that store the archived data in a format that is propriety to their program. That is true, and a lot of people do exactly that, only that the Backup program may have been easier to work with (made it easier to understand what to back up, set up scheduled backup operations to ensure you always have a good backup copy, etc.) That may make you wonder why you need a backup program at all then, since the same Zip/Unzip utility could do all the work itself. Some backup programs merely create a simple ZIP file (directories/folders, same as in the source, only compressed), and in that case a program that can extract from a Zip file could be used to recover a file from the backup (e.g., 7zip). ![]() >"I have a (probably rather naive) question: With all these different back up programmes - like Aomei, Macrum Reflect, and now iBeeSoft - MUST you use the original programme that CREATED the backup in order to get the backup back?"Īs a general rule, yes, you do want to use the same program that created the backup, because each backup program may have its own format for how it stores the backed up files (or disk). ![]()
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