CNET Editors' review
It's good to have a reliable program to watch your back. File Backup Watcher is well-designed and easy to use, with just the right amount of functions and flexibility for the nervous sysadmin or small business. Installation is a snap; the program's interface is stylish and drawn in 3D. A step-by-step wizard (called Profile) walks you through setting up a backup procedure. You can schedule backups as often as needed, and choose a manual or automatic (or grades thereof) start. File Backup Watcher also includes a burner so you can instantly record data onto a CD or DVD. Another nice feature includes the option to change the program language (to your native tongue) as well as to change the look and feel of the program window. Overall, File Backup Watcher is a quality program that eliminates trouble in the backup process.
Publisher's Description
From Desktop Software:
Using manual and semiautomated backup systems are as effective as using a screwdriver for driving nails into wood. File Backup Watcher allows all kinds of backup activities from a manual to a fully automated process. Your vital data can be backed up to local or network drives, CDs, and DVDs. The convenient scheduler offers flexible time and condition-based backups, saving you time, money, and nerves.
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"Not worth downloading"
Version: File Backup Watcher Free Edition 2.8.28
Pros
nice thought
Cons
takes up too much cpu, doesn't work very well
Summary
not worth the time
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"Hey! Guess what's NOT free! And quite useless, too!"
Version: File Backup Watcher Free Edition 2.8.28
Pros
Looks cool.
Cons
Have NO idea how to make it work. Check out the read-me file, explicitly states that it is "not free software". Funny...all over the place, it says it is. Liars, I guess.
Summary
Pass. Use the Windows default or go out and buy a good back-up software. This is crap.
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"Doesn't work for more than one file"
Version: File Backup Watcher Free Edition 2.8.26
Pros
Looks promising
Cons
Author acknowledges there are problems to be fixed
Summary
Doen't work
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"Not what it claims"
Version: File Backup Watcher Free Edition 2.7.6R1
Pros
Very good looking. Probably OK for backing up to CDs, DVDs.
Cons
Very confusing. There are 3 versions of this product. This version, the $40.00 one, did not have an option to back up to a hard drive even though it claimed to have. The program's status bar proclaims itself the Professional Edition. No help file is available except on line and it doesn't tell you how to use it. Not what I was looking for at all. Way to much $$ for a minimal application.
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"I guess it would be a great tool to have."
Version: File Backup Watcher Free Edition 2.7.6R1
Pros
The plus about it is you can burn to CD or DVD. That in it self is a god thing.
Cons
What I don't like is alot of software on this site, like this one, is put in the "FREE" catagory when in fact nothing about it is free. People are misslead and end up wasting their time with worthless trial downloads that don't function like they're expecting it to. If it says "FREE" it needs to be free and fully functional.
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"Not free"
Version: File Backup Watcher Free Edition 2.7.6R1
Pros
This does seem to be a good program,
Cons
but I hate the fact I wasted time installing it when it is not free as stated
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"Not free - 15 day trial"
Version: File Backup Watcher Free Edition 2.7.6R1
Pros
Looks nice, but not free!
Cons
While the license is listed as "free", it is really only a trial version which expires in 15 days.
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"Stated free but not free"
Version: File Backup Watcher Free Edition 2.7.6R1
Pros
Very nice interface. Nice to use. Not use too much resources while backup. Can schedule backup.
Cons
The only thing is it is a trial ware, not free. Can only use for 15 days. It have limitation, that is cannot working after 15 days if not register (purchase). It should write there clear...
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"Completely unintuitive"
Version: File Backup Watcher Free Edition 2.7.2R1
Cons
The instructions for FBW was not written by someone who had a firm grasp of English. I spent over an hour just trying to figure out how to backup my files to my USB drive, without success. I finally uninstalled it. Seek another program to do the job.
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"Appears to be sound"
Version: File Backup Watcher Free Edition 2.7.2R1
Pros
Free - always a plus!
Easy to install - just be careful to select the Free version
Seems to work well - I am just running it now.
Cons
The English help pages are very difficult to understand - if English is not your first language and/or you are not familiar with this type of software you will have problems understanding the text.
It is slow - about an hour to back up the programme files so far - and is using 99% of my CPU (OK it is only an Athlon 1800 - but even so!)
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