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Yo, got a question for you folks using FirstDefense: Any of you also using NOD32?

For fun, I went into one of the Snapshots that I use for testing new software, deleted my Norton2005 anti-virus, and installed the TRIAL version of NOD32. Then I decided to run an on-demand scan of my c:drive. Whoa, I discovered that NOD was scanning ALL TEN OF MY SNAPSHOTS, (all of my ten c:drives) not just my "active" c:drive. This would have taken forever; Norton only scanned my active c:drive.

If any of you FD users also use NOD, is there a way to exclude the other c:drives (Snapshots) from an on-demand scan? Thank you.

Acadia

 

Peter, you've lost me on your reply. My backup software, old versions of TrueImage and DriveImage, take all my Snapshots also, but that has nothing to do with my anti-virus. Do you have any idea why KAV does not work in your Primary Snapshot? When I load a Snapshot, it does not matter which one, it literally becomes my c:drive, all other Snapshots, for all intents and purposes, cease to exist until the next time I make them my c:drive, so NOD would have the exact same effect in any Snapshot.

Your archive idea sound interesting but don't know if I would go thru all that trouble simply to switch AV.


Thanks,
Acadia

 

With KAV beta in Test snapshot, I don't think it scans the other snapshots. A full scan checked 152962 objects. If it had scanned the other snapshots, I'm sure that would have been higher.

 

Could it be related to disk defragmentation? If during defrag you move sectors under RestoreIT's feet, it will need to add the extra information to existing backups, or something along that line?

-RE

 

None of the posters refer an increase of the backup size related to disk defragmentation.

By the way, after seven days of inquiring Farstone about this increase, I have got no reply yet...

 

I eventually bought it, mainly because I had not much of a choice among the major players (firstdefense looked nice but is not supported on non-English XP). The support not answering is not a good point, but I usually don't expect much on that side from most vendors anyway. As for the increasing backup size, I can live with it, though this is not clear what is going on :-/
Well I hope it won't prove to be wasted $, but at least I'll be able to tell you guys if other annoyances creep up.

-RE

 

Yes, indeed, please keep us informed how you like this thingie, thanks.

Acadia

 

Acadia, can I ask about updating FD? Can you install over an existing installation, or do you need to uninstall first?

 

If you're talking about the last major version change, which I believe was in August, you need to uninstall the old version. But during the uninstalling process, the program will ask you if you want to keep the Snapshots. If you answer YES, the program will uninstall but will NOT delete the Snapshots. When you install the latest new version, you can simply take over where you left off; the new version will simply start using all of your old saved Snapshots.

The ability to uninstall but save Snapshots has always been a feature of FD. You can uninstall FD whenever you want but keep your Snapshots; then a couple of years later, reinstall FD and start using your old Snapshots as if you had just last used them yesterday.

Acadia

 

Recently used RIT to make a disk image filedump (95GB) on a USB2 external drive, took 8hrs, checks included...

-RE

 

Good news! According to Jason Claiborne, their build .166 should be released sometime next week.

 

Excellent news, thank you for the heads up.

Acadia

 

Will someone post the link when it is released? I`m going to format my puter in a few days and would like to install the new ver at the same time.

 

It will probably be posted here:

http://www.raxco.com/Support/windows/updates.cfm#fdisr

Acadia

 

OK man thanks...I`ll keep checking it.

 

I'm through w/ RestoreIT, I've had to re-install it b/c GRUB messed with the MBR (I guess it's my bad here), then it's been BSODs after BSODs, MBR scr*wed up, etc. Hopefully had UBCD at hand to fix things up and get rid of that junk. No support as expected (...). Way to go.

-RE

 

As TonyW had told us to watch out for, the new build, 166, has now been released:

http://www.raxco.com/support/windows/updates.cfm#fdisr

Acadia

 

Do we install over the previous version or carry out a fresh install?

 

Yup right over the the other...it`s only a 48 kb update.

 

If, and only if, you have build 164, you simply install it into 164. Build 166 is not the entire program, only a fix to it.

If you have not yet obtained the new version of FD which was 164, you will need to do the entire uninstall and install routine of the new version which will bring you up to build 164, then and only then, go and obtain the build 166 fix.

Acadia