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• Sep 4 2007 5:40pm
  Justin S (Visitor)
  This has to be the cutest looking backup software I've seen. Nice user interface.
• Sep 6 2007 8:48am
  Don C (Visitor)
  I've been using this for about 6 months,. after trying many other products. Its the cleanest, safest solution I've found to back up regularly.
  
  It stores the backup files in a standard zip file format, so you don't need to reinstall software to recover in the event of a disaster. Highly Recommended!!
  
  Don
• Jan 21 2008 12:46pm
  Steven Avery (Visitor)
  Hi Folks,
  
  This is definitely one of the leaders of the genrè, based on comments at places like Snapfiles, DonationCoder, Lockergnome, Fileforum.
  
  Lots of nice aspects .. the plugins sound good, they put many reviews or urls on their site, would be nice to see a discussion/support forum. Any plans ?
  
  Could users give some of their views ? (Perhaps comparing to other good backups like Syncback or Genie-soft.) Generally web-buzz is quite favorable towards Backup4All.
  
  The standard package actually sounds pretty hefty. However this professional at less than standard pricing would be a good deal, even if you use one or two professional features, all would be fine.
  
  Also, do any good packages combine both regular backup and solid image backup in one .. or are those two different universes ? Backup4all mentions "mirror" .. although you can see an image in a mirror, it still sounds a bit different.
  
  I'll probably plunge later today, looking forward to some comments from the BDJ experts.
  
  Shalom,
  Steven
• Jul 21 2008 12:30am
  J-Mac J-Mac (Visitor)
  I've been using BackUp4All Pro for 8 months and I give it an "OK" rating, nothing more.
  
  First, even though they call this a "Pro" version there are no features you would normally associate with a Professional application. Most "Pro" backup programs allow installation on at least a desktop and a notebook computer, but this one doesn't allow that: One license per computer, period. Also, most Pro versions allow backups over your network. Not this one. You can only backup files on the computer it is installed on.
  
  No update checking of any kind. You must visit the web site and look to see if a new version or build has been released. And IF a new build is there, good luck finding out all that has changed, because they don't really list much at all about minor updates.
  
  I find these things to be shabby for a program that claims to be a "Pro" version.
  
  Also, after reinstalling BackUp4All Pro after reinstalling Windows XP Pro, I imported the old .ini files as directed by their support person. However it apparently mixed things up a bit and I found some backup jobs putting the files into another backup job's folder. No answer for this - guess they are working on it.
  
  J-Mac
• Jul 21 2008 1:28am
  Carl Thorpe (Visitor)
  My wife's laptop backs up to my desktop PC every single night using Backup4All Pro. My desktop PC backs up every single night to a SMB share on a Ubuntu server in the other room. Seems like J-Mac just doesn't know how to set up the program correctly. That would be understandable except for the fact that the Wizard you can use to set up backups clearly has a place for setting up remote logins and other things necessary for a remote backup.
  
  I have been using Backup 4 All for 17 months and I have never had a single problem with it. I have never had a scheduled backup fail, and the few times I have tried to recover from a B4A backup, it has been smooth sailing.
  
  One of the best parts of B4A, is the company provides mutliple "plugins" on their site. These plugins can be thought of as predefined backups that get all files associated with specific programs. This makes it fool-proof to set up a backup scheme for settings and other data related to the programs you use.
  
  Finally, the ease of setup with the wizard is great. I had all the backups I needed set up and scheduled within an hour of installing the program (and yes, that included backups to network locations).
  
  It's a great program, and I highly recommend it at full price. With the discount, it's a no brainer.
• Jul 22 2008 9:45am
  Claudiu Spulber (Bright Spark)
  @ J-Mac
  Backup4all Professional allows backups over your network, an overview of that is presented here - http://www.backup4all.com/network-backup.php
  
  As for the .ini import, the backup destination remains the same when importing so the situation you described shouldn't happen - I tried finding your email with the problem reported but had no luck (searched last 30 days emails), and usually each email is replied in at most 24 hours, you should try forwarding it again maybe it got trapped in spam filters.
  
  We call the edition Professional because of its features, not because of the licensing method, which is a common thing among developers - Windows XP Professional allows installing it only on one computer even if it's called Professional, and there are many other examples.
  
  Automatic updates will be included in the next version. We do not put a changelog for each created build because we do not add new features in new builds but only correct bugs or modify functionality where it's the case - when a new feature is added (or if there's a major bug corrected) we release a new version so installing new builds is recommended only in case you encounter a problem with it.
• Dec 16 2008 9:42pm
  Mike Howard (Visitor)
  Will you have an upgrade discount available?
• Jun 23 2009 11:13pm
  Mike H (Visitor)
  Will there be a discount for upgrades?
• Jun 29 2009 3:50am
  Claudiu Spulber (Bright Spark)
  Backup4all 4.2 will be released in the next weeks (it will be fully unicode capable) and that's a free upgrade for all registered 4.x users, this means including the ones that purchase via bitsdujour.
  
  So by purchasing this version you'll get free upgrades until the next major version will be released (e.g. version 5 - and from v4.x to v5 there will be discounted upgrades).
• Jun 29 2009 9:14am
  Kevin P (Visitor)
  I've been using B4A for several years and think it's a great product. It flawlessly and automatically backs up my system every night, which has been a life saver on more than one occasion.
  
  Also, don't underestimate the huge advantage of backing up data to the zip file format . So many other programs hold your data "hostage" in some proprietary format, but zip format is accessible with many programs, and Windows versions XP and up can read zip files without needing any 3rd party programs at all.
• Jun 29 2009 10:16am
  Mike H (Visitor)
  What about for Backup4All 3 owners? Is there a discount today to upgrade?
• Jun 30 2009 6:19am
  Claudiu Spulber (Bright Spark)
  @Mike H
  For Backup4all 3 owners you can get the discounted upgrade price via upgrade.backup4all.com (just enter your key and you'll see the discounted price), the bitsdujour discount doesn't apply to the upgrade
• Feb 11 2010 5:50pm
  Scott Carney (Rising Star)
  great software. i have been using it for a year now on 3 different rigs. i am very pleased with it in every way. will buy another license for my new laptop!.
• Feb 12 2010 2:32pm
  Blair G (Visitor)
  I checked over the product, but I can't find info on restoring a complete system? If I have a backup somewhere, how does one restore or recover from a failed disk. Does this product make it easy? Last time I had a HD failure, it was very painful to restore with a fresh install, reinstall apps, copy data from backups, etc. Hope it's not a silly question, but I'm no expert.
• Feb 12 2010 11:45pm
  Bob S (Visitor)
  Blair - I'm no expert either, but I've tried multiple options and eventually ended up w/ a combination of solutions, each (I think) "best' at what they do:
  1. Backup4All for periodic backups (monthly)
  2. Drive Cloner Rx for "bare metal restore (also monthly)
  3. Crashplan Central for continuous online backup (data, files only)
  
  and a couple of others for specialized backups (Outlook; system; drivers; etc.)
  
  May be overkill, but when you have the need you're very glad you have one of the best, easiest solutions to solve the problem.
  
  I have found Backup4All to be very straightforward, transparent, and easy to use (and to find and restore files, folders, etc.). Haven't had to do a "restore" from HD failure, although I'm about to use Drive Cloner Rx to copy everything to a backup PC.

• Aug 16 2010 10:41pm
  Bob S (Visitor)
  I purchased and have used Backup4All when it was last offered on bits du jour.  While I do like the interface, I've encountered a couple of problems:

  1. Backup doesn't complete when the "Backup open files" option is enabled.

  2. Program crashed/didn't complete when the "Test backup" option is enabled.

  
  

  Lastly (and this may not differ from other backup programs), it does take a long time to backup (approx. 12 hrs. for a 150Gb hard disk - Mirror Backup).
• Aug 17 2010 3:29am
  Joe Doe (Bright Spark)

  Bob S, what was Softland's reaction? Have they fixed that?

  
  

• Aug 17 2010 8:35am
  Stephane M (Superstar)
  Hi,
  What are license and upgrade policies?
  License per user or per computer? Free lifetime upgrades available?
  Discount for next major version?
  ...
  
  Thanks in advance.
  
• Aug 17 2010 8:29pm
  Bob S (Visitor)
  I sent an e-mail to Backup4All tech support yesterday but haven't received a reply yet.  Will provide an update when I do hear...
• Aug 17 2010 8:53pm
  Stephane M (Superstar)
  It seems we will not hear anything from the vendor here today.

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