- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $29.95 to buy
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98
- Date added: December 30, 2008
- Total Downloads: 409,557
- Downloads last week: 1,113
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 267 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on January 05, 2009
The program provides standard functionality for backing up and synchronizing your data. Like many similar applications, Second Copy is based on profiles that store information about what files to back up, where and when to do so, and so on.
The program can back up 25 versions of the same file, handy for those users who routinely make a lot of changes. All you have to do to create a new profile is modify a similar one. You can group numerous profiles and run backups automatically in the background. For more advanced users, the program offers FTP support, command-line options, and macros.
Its otherwise handy and clear interface would gain from integrating dialog and option windows in the common shell, but what it really lacks is a tree view for profiles. However, Second Copy's functionality and price are adequate for both small-business and home users, especially those comfortable with technology.
Publisher's description
From Centered Systems :Second Copy automatically copies files and folders from one location to another on the local drives, across the network, or to removable drives such as USB, CD-RW/DVD, or on network storage devices. It works in the background. Simply tell Second Copy, which files to copy, where and when to copy them, and forget about it. Its easy-to-use setup wizard helps to define 'profiles' that describe the source and the destination location, and the frequency at which to copy the files. It monitors the source files and automatically copies the new or changed files to the destination. It can compress and encrypt the files using the built-in compression utility. Automatic scheduling includes specific days of the week, hours of the day, or any desired time intervals. New features include 256-bit AES encryption, FTP support, e-mail notification, and support to run as a service, PKZip compatible compression, two-way file synchronization, and the ability to archive up to 25 old versions of files.
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User reviews of Second Copy 7.1.0.3
- Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 267 votes
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Version: Second Copy 7.1.0.3
"easy enough for a non techie to use"
Pros: easy - straighforward - good email customer support, I submitted a question before I even purchased the software and got a reply back within 24 hours.
Cons: I have none.
Summary: I have been happy enough with the trial to spend money on it.
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Version: Second Copy 7.1.0.3
"Laptop crashed and didn't lose a file!!"
Pros: easy to use, easy to correct mistakes. Great tech support. My laptop crashed, but since I had an extensive backup system with second copy i didnt lose a single file. When I made a mistake and backed up the wrong direction, tech support found them
Cons: no cons for me
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Version: Second Copy 7.1.0.3
"Usually performs well, but some corrupt copies occur"
Pros: Easy to use, lotsa options, set and forget operation.
Cons: I have experienced some backups that resulted in corrupt files. I tried to use compressed formats & straight copies. It seems that large backup jobs can result in some backup files being corrupt, even tho' I had the option to validate after copy.
Summary: This was a piece of software that I was going to recommended to our company to use on it's PCs, until I discovered some corrupt zip files that were created during compressed copy mode. I tried to use the straight copy mode, but also found some corru... read more >>
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Version: Second Copy 7.1.0.3
"Easy to use - perfect for disk to disk copies"
Pros: Easy to set up rofiles of folders & files to copy. Takes you step by step through selecting souces, destinations, setting up schedules.
Cons: NO SUPPORT! No way on their website to contact them in any way.
They charge for upgrades but don't say what that charge will be. They also Don't say if they will support the old version if you don't want to pay for an upgrade.Summary: I think this is a good $30 product. It shouldn't need any support. It's simple to use, and not complicated enough to be a problem running with other apps.
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Version: Second Copy 7.1.0.3
"Easy to pick the files you want to backup to computer"
Pros: Not only can you choose the main folder your files are in instead of having to choose each app separate like some programs but you can choose what files to include or not from the list of apps in the folder instead of having to do each file separate
Cons: I can't figure out how to send it to a dvd. I choose my dvd drive folder (d/) but it doesn't pick up the dvd or something because it keeps telling me to put a dvd in d drive over and over and I've tried numerous different dvd's.
Summary: I can get my files to back up to anywhere on my computer but the dvd drive. It says it can backup to dvd's but for some reason it's not working for me. Even after reading the instructions I can't figure this out. Realy bummed about this because this... read more >>
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