Versatile Backup Program (Symantec Norton Save & Restore)

Member Name: notLarryS

Product:	Symantec Norton Save & Restore
Date:	31/08/06 (188 review reads)
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Advantages: incredibly flexible program

Disadvantages: not for the paranoid

Norton Save and restores provides a near perfect backup-solution for nearly every imaginable system.

The software allows the user to create independent backup-schemes, that will create backups from different parts of the harddisk, at different times and under different conditions. (Not to forget in different formats and stored at different locations.)

The true flexibility relies on the option to either create full images of entire harddisk, or to restrict itself to writing images of specific files and folders only.

Backup can be triggered at timed intervalls, or by system-events such as turning on your computer; allowing you start each day (or even session) with a fresh backup of your most important files.

Only if you're paranoid enough to require a backup more than once every hour will you encounter slight difficulties. The timing is reasonably restricted to updates performed no more than once an hour. But even then you are free to schedule several identical packup-orders and let them run at intervals. (I tried this to keep a full record of one of my working directories - and I am fully aware that this is not the job of a backup program and that there are more appropriate tools available ...)

Summary: Amazing variety of possible setups, with just a single stumbling block

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