Gobackio.bin? (W98)

[FuriousBob]

i have a file in my hard drive. it's marked as a hidden file and i dont know what it is. i run on win98SE and the file's called Gobackio.bin, and it's taking up 3 gigs alone. BTW, i have GoBack installed properly. What is this file and do i need it?

[vbgunz]

Goback by Roxio? If I am correct it might be an entire backup of your system located within those Gigs. Try checking Roxio or the manufacturers site for that file and if left in doubt email them :) I hope you find the answer ;)

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[Andy-S]

How it works:

GoBack works like a virtual drive. Once you've installed the software, it allocates about 10 percent of your hard drive to saving snapshots, or virtual photographs, of your system's state at any given time. (You can allocate less space if you're in a crunch.) Roxio hides these snapshot files (gobackio.bin) in the root directory of your C: drive, and while you can elect to copy the snapshot file to another of the drive's partitions, it must reside on the physical drive--that means you can't save snapshots to removable media such as a CD-RW or a Jaz drive if drive space is a concern.

After GoBack takes the initial snapshot of the system, the software creates new snapshots whenever it detects a change in a file, in software, or in your system's configuration. This system is handy because you don't have to guess how often to update your snapshots. Plus, there's no need to maintain the space allocated to GoBack snapshots. All snapshots remain on the system until they fill up the drive space you've allocated to GoBack. At this point, GoBack deletes the oldest snapshots to make space for the newer ones. Depending on the size of the drive, you may be able to choose among hundreds of snapshots.

You should check the documentation for GoBack to see how to allocate less space to this file.