Tom Tom Home Backup

Pinkpanther · Lifetime Member Joined: Oct 04, 2004 Posts: 78

Hi,

Can anyone advise if this works properly these days please? (obviously with the latest Home Version)

I've been a Tom Tom user since the early days and have always used Windows Explorer (My Computer) to do a full back in the past (with "Show Hidden Files" set, as early versions of Home were either unreliable or did not work.

I like the idea of Home's incremental backups, but need the assurance that they work OK.

My thanks as always for any advice.

Pinkpanther

PedroStephano · Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2014 9:27 pm Post subject: Two backups better

I don't use TTHome as my old TT only has USB1.0 so it's painfully slow. Hence I do your trick of using explorer to copy (all!) the files to my PC. So here's what I suggest you do to test the app - first backup your device the Windows explorer way, then via TTHome, then wipe the device and restore from TTHome backup. You can then evaluate the success (or otherwise!) of the auto backup app without the risk of losing data.
It's a good idea to also backup your backup in case of disaster. Use Dropbox or Copy or Box to sync an online backup of your Windows Explorer TTdata so you're doubly covered.
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DennisN · Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 8:58 am Post subject: Re: Tom Tom Home Backup

Pinkpanther · Lifetime Member Joined: Oct 04, 2004 Posts: 78

Hi DennisN

Well I decided to try it, having taken an Explorer backup first!
I then did a backup using Home and it did take a while as expected. I then created a couple of test POI's and ran Home Backup again. It completed in a matter of a couple of seconds, so the incremental bit seems to work OK.

I have a number of good solid Explorer backups which I'll retain for security purposes and in the mean time continue to use Home Backup until I find the deliberate error! It certainly saves a lot of time.

Cheers,

Pinkpanther

DennisN · Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:15 am Post subject:

Have you checked whether you still have the first Home backup? Or did it replace it with the later one with additional POIs? If it replaced the original and has a corrupt later one, you're stuck with a corrupt one.
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Pinkpanther · Lifetime Member Joined: Oct 04, 2004 Posts: 78

Hi DennisN,

I must confess that I haven't tried a restore yet, but I will probably try when I find the time.

In the meantime I'll keep my secure Explorer backups as security and continue to use Home Backup until I either, Test or "need" to restore.

In fairness, these days it's only my POI's that change on a weekly basis, so I'm covered using the above strategy. I;ll probably also do full Explorer backups, but on a less regular basis.

Cheers,

Pinkpanther

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