«Cryptic interface is inflexible»
This software is cryptic and counter-intuitive. When duplicating (syncronizing) my server's data hard drive onto my portable hard drive, I would like to exclude specific folder groups, but this doesn't seem to work. I finally resorted to just copying selected data onto the portable drive, then tried to duplicate the server data again after making some changes to files on my server's drive. This resulted in deletion of the entire contents of my portable hard drive! This software should have a selection window similar to Windows XP Backup where you can select/unselect specific folders. This was a waste of money. I am an engineer, used to working with various software functions. This type of software should have a simple intuitive interface but it doesn't.
[Tuesday, January 06, 2009]
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«So glad I bought this product»
I bought this as a last minute attempt to save my data because my laptop was on the verge of crashing (mental note: just because a hard drive can save 70 GB worth of information doesn't mean that it SHOULD). While it did take me all day to back up my hard drive to 14 DVDRs, I was so happy less than a week later as I needed to restore a good portion of my data. My laptop didn't crash, thank goodness, but I did lose a lot of data. I was able to pick exactly which files to restore, what I thought was really cool was I could choose where to restore to, in this case I "restored" to an 8 GB USB storage drive so I could transfer the files to my desktop.
I can't tell you how difficult it is to completely restore a computer if it crashes, but partially restoring files was incredibly simple. I didn't even need the 300 page user's manual for this task, or for the actual backup process. I am in no way a computer geek, so this was a real bonus.
Bottom line: Retrospect saved my sanity AND was incredibly simple to use.
[Monday, December 01, 2008]
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«Product works , buy it if you care about your data»
I'm using this product as a backup server for files on three PCs. One workstation in the house, a family laptop, and a work laptop. I am not using it for a full hard drive/ OS recovery, just incremental backups of important files and user directories. The software is great. For the first few weeks I enabled the email feature to email me upon each backup, successful or not. Each scheduled back up worked well, how ever I had to use windows scheduler to wake up the workstation from hibernate. No problem for me, but it might be tough for a novice user. The interface took a few hours to learn, but it has everything you really need. I would not call it overly complex, but it may be a bit much for a home user. I have tested the restore on many occasions and have found it to be reliable. The reason I purchased this software was that Acronis restore failed when I tested it. I really wanted to buy the Acronis package, since its image backup has saved my bacon in the past, but the normal everyday backup was really bad. In short, I would buy this product if you need to continuously backup your files on a regular basis. I would not buy it if your intent is to restore a complete OS.
[Thursday, April 24, 2008]
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