On Aug 2, 2011, at 1:04 PM, Tamas Rudnai wrote:

> Is there any backup software like [Apple's time machine] available =20
> to Windows and Linux?

I think it requires OS hooks to efficiently notice that files have =20
been changed.  Incremental backups without OS support are rather =20
painful.

The size of todays disks, and the way people/programs organize (or =20
not) their file systems, and the way backup programs are structured, =20
make it pretty easy to think you're doing adequate backups, but =20
somehow miss something important.  The latest external drive I bought =20
to backup the family computers cheerfully offered to backup =20
"documents, pictures, and music"; I hope it did what I expected it to =20
do :-(  What happened to the nice logical directory hierarchy I tried =20
to set up?  Sigh.

BillW

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