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Is my backed up data complete?

December 15th, 2009

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How many computer users rely completely on application wizards?  I have nothing against application wizards, in fact, I do recommend users to make use of these when they are using new applications and lack experience with that application. However, wizards most often set certain parameters to default values rather than adding an extra screen or step to allow the user to verify some advanced parameters! Wizards are tools with a sole purpose of making your life easier and hence, would assume many assumptions! Hopefully, safe assumptions rather than deceiving ones! But, is this ok with backup applications? Without debating whether this is correct or not, I would prefer to share with you the most important parameters to look for when performing a data backup: Read more »