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Don't be fooled by this simple backup program's simple appearance. It successfully backed up our files and folders and managed to throw in a few extras.
DFIncBackup Home has a very intuitive and straightforward user interface. The helpful wizard will especially appeal to users who are new to backup programs. Experienced users will appreciate the scheduling and password-protection features. The Edit menu was a little cluttered, but we were able to edit all of the backup configurations we had set while using the wizard with little effort. The Configurations menu let us check for free disk space on a CD/DVD to create a disk image. The program quickly backed up our selected files to a USB, and in a separate test, to a folder on our hard drive. We were able to successfully run random backups using the interface's command buttons. The Log feature gave us a detailed report of our scheduled backups, wrapping a very easy to use backup program.
The program includes a surprisingly thorough Help menu, but thanks to its easy to navigate interface, you probably won't need it. DFIncBackup Home keeps things simple, but remains flexible enough for users who want more control. After all was said and done, we found this free program just as good as many of the paid ones. We highly recommend it for all user levels.
Publisher's Description
From Gueranitchev A.A.:
DFIncBackup Home is a personal backup program for incremental and differential backup of the files directly to ZIP archives. One archive can contain several root folders from different disk volumes and any subfolder can be tuned separately. Program has internal CD/DVD burner and scheduler. The Home edition can support zip archives size up to 8GB.
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"Free version is GIMP"
Version: DFIncBackup Home 2.97 build 2.9.7.1
Pros
Lots of options, works for network files.
Cons
Free versions only supports up to an 8GB backup, making it nearly useless for all practical purposes. Worse, it doesn't even give you this error until after hours of processing. Thanks for wasting my time.
Summary
Skip it
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"restore process can`t use both full+difference backup"
Version: DFIncBackup Home 2.97 build 2.9.7.1
Pros
free, full+diff\incremental backup
Cons
in restore process is difficult to find from which zip-files (diff+full) need to restore
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"Works as intended, not bloated."
Version: DFIncBackup Home 2 build 2.0.0.1
Pros
Works as intended, small, lightweight program.
Cons
Wish for just a few more options like FTP upload and hourly incremental backup instead of the highest setting of daily.
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"Doesn't work"
Version: DFIncBackup Home 2 build 2.0.0.1
Cons
Don't bother, it won't work. Complains about a missing library and crashes as soon as you try to use it.
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"Sucks"
Version: DFIncBackup Home 1.22
Cons
Would have been nice if i could get it to open......
