PStechPaul
2011-03-26 07:27:36 UTC
I am interested in implementing a continuous backup which will detect file
changes and update a backup. I found a simple application that should work,
but it does not seem to do anything, and it might be a problem with Win7.
The source code for this component and demo is from Phaeteon:
http://www.torry.net/pages.php?id=252
There was a discussion of this here about a year ago:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc/browse_thread/thread/d77857a64746f038/7d3c9de5c5e355af?#7d3c9de5c5e355af
There are other examples here:
http://www.efg2.com/Lab/Library/Delphi/IO/Directories.htm
I found a useful backup utility written in Delphi, but it doesn't do
continuous backup on file changes. I thought I might use it as a starting
point:
http://www.brothersoft.com/tbackup-download-154.html
I became interested in doing something like this when I had problems with a
WD My Passport 320G external drive which came preloaded with SmartWare,
which was supposed to do continuous backups but it hogged system resources
(even with drive disconnected and backup turned off), and there was quite an
animated discussion about the problems, which were never really solved:
http://community.wdc.com/t5/WD-Smartware/WD-SmartWare-using-too-many-resources/m-p/159510
Any ideas? Thanks.
Paul
changes and update a backup. I found a simple application that should work,
but it does not seem to do anything, and it might be a problem with Win7.
The source code for this component and demo is from Phaeteon:
http://www.torry.net/pages.php?id=252
There was a discussion of this here about a year ago:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc/browse_thread/thread/d77857a64746f038/7d3c9de5c5e355af?#7d3c9de5c5e355af
There are other examples here:
http://www.efg2.com/Lab/Library/Delphi/IO/Directories.htm
I found a useful backup utility written in Delphi, but it doesn't do
continuous backup on file changes. I thought I might use it as a starting
point:
http://www.brothersoft.com/tbackup-download-154.html
I became interested in doing something like this when I had problems with a
WD My Passport 320G external drive which came preloaded with SmartWare,
which was supposed to do continuous backups but it hogged system resources
(even with drive disconnected and backup turned off), and there was quite an
animated discussion about the problems, which were never really solved:
http://community.wdc.com/t5/WD-Smartware/WD-SmartWare-using-too-many-resources/m-p/159510
Any ideas? Thanks.
Paul