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Manipulating electronic backups

  • US 8,504,516 B2
  • Filed: 06/15/2009
  • Issued: 08/06/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • initiating a backup operation of data including a plurality of items;

    determining whether a partially completed backup exists by comparing timestamps on a completed portion of the backup operation to a timestamp of a last-completed backup operation;

    when a partially completed backup exists, determining whether to resume the partially completed backup, including providing a prompt to a user regarding the partially completed backup and receiving a user input to resume the partially completed backup; and

    completing the backup using the completed portion when resuming the partially completed backup and backing up a remaining portion of the data.

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