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Version: AKGBackup 1.3
"One-button backup utility is easy to use, and easy to configure too."
Pros: AKGBackup lets any user back up their files with one click. Since only new and changed files are backed up, backups go very fast. Setup (which you do only once) is also simple. Now there's no excuse for losing files!
As long as you don't use AKGBackup's compression feature, you can recover any lost file just by using Windows Explorer to copy the backup file to the original PC.
Cons: 1. If source and backup PCs have different file systems (e.g. NTFS and FAT32), some files that were already backed up may get backed up again (time waster).
2. If, during setup, you choose to compress backup files, only this program can uncompress them. Nothing indicates which backup files are compressed and which are normal files.
3. If, during setup, you choose the "mirror" option, at each backup all files you've deleted from the originals are also deleted from the backups. This can delete the very files you'll later want to recover. And if you use the program's "restore" function while "mirror" is turned on, it will delete all *originals* created since the backup was made!
Note: If you avoid the compression and mirror options, you will not have these problems.
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Let me just refer to the points listed under cons:
1. This has to do with the way different file systems store files and nothing with the program itself.
2. This feature was intended also as an encryption feature though a weak one. Using this feature, you can be sure that even if one has access to your backups, your files would be safe from prying eyes.
3. Mirror option is given so that your backups remain manageable. The user is warned when he chooses to activate the mirror option. This option has its own advantages. And if you do not wish this feature you can always choose not to activate it.
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