SyncBack revisited
Posted on Tuesday, August 01, 2006 at 10:37 AM
In this post I described the great little program SyncBack. Well, here is an update for the program SyncBackSE version 4.
Many new features have been added to the program, including Smart Synchronization faster and improved Zip compression, complete control over which files & folders to backup and restore, clear & complete control over what to do with changed & new files, new log file format to clearly show the results of a profile run, more profile configuration options, improved Fast Backup options, completely revised and extended Help File.
When first run you will be invited to set up a profile. This will contain details of files or folders to back up, where to place the backup (I use an external USB hard drive), scheduling information (uses Windows Scheduler), and much, much more.
You may set up as many profiles as you want for different jobs, probably one of the most important being backup of My Documents, but others may be for backing up download folders, desktop items etc.
When a profile is being run it is possible to pause/restart it or even abort it. The backups are extremely quick
It is possible to run any profile in simulated mode, and all profiles runs produce a very detailed log file in HTML of all operations carried out, system information, and much more.
In case of disaster, restoration is a matter of just a few mouse clicks.
The program is available at the 2brightsparks web site, and can be thoroughly recommended. At just under £15.00 it's a snip not to be missed.
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