Features:
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Projects - Uses a "Project" system which allows you to specify only the
importantfiles that you want to backup. Within a project, you specify:
- Recursing of subdirectories
- File masking (using wildcards such as *.txt, account*.xls, ??.doc, etc..) to save all files of a certain type.
- Optional exclusion of certain file types (such as *.bak, etc.)
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Flexibility - Backs up to any target medium that you specify, including hard disks,
network drives, zip drives, Jaz drives, Syquest, and any other type of
media that can be mapped to a drive letter. Note: Because of the nature
of the way that "InBack"™ operates, Floppy disks are not suitable
backup media.
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Smart! -
Creates multiple backup files for each project, allowing you to specify
the maximum number of backups that exist on your target media. This is one of the more powerful features of "InBack".
- Each time a backup is performed (which can be as often as you like) a fresh
new backup file is created, and all backup files are re-named in
chronological order.
- When the
backup files are renamed, it always follows a scheme of which the 1st 4
characters are a "Prefix" that is unique to this project, and the last
4 characters are numbers. For example, if the 4 character prefix for
your project is 'ABCD', then you always know that 'ABCD0001.LSP' is the
most recent backup. You can then progressively follow the backups back
into time by going to the next higher number. (e.g. 'ABCD0001.LSP',
'ABCD0002.LSP', 'ABCD0003.LSP','ABCD0004.LSP'....)
- After
the maximum number of backups (specified by the user) is reached,
the oldest backups are deleted as the new ones are created. You
can specify any amount for the maximum backups, but
we recommend around 20 or so.
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Compression - Uses the highly efficient "LS_Pack" compression library for the
creation of the backup files. "LS_Pack" is very fast, reliable, and
makes the possible use of disk space. For more information about
"LS_Pack", visit Linder Software.
If you are a software developer and need compression functionality in
your application, then "LS_Pack" is something that you must see.
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Friendly - "InBack" is a Win 32-bit program, which is "friendly" to other programs running on your system, and takes very little system resources.
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Can reside in the taskbar icon tray, and optionally remind you to backup your current project at a time interval that you specify.
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Handy - "Favorites Folders" where you can copy backup files to or receive files from other locations. If you have
finished an important part of a computer project (such as a version
number, or document revision), and want to save this backup
indefinately, you can copy the backup file to a "favorites folder".
When a backup is inside a "favorites folder", it can be re-named,
comments can be added, and the backup won't get "cycled" like a normal
"InBack" backup would be.
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Personal - Each "InBack" backup file has a "comments" section, where you can enter information specific to this backup file.
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Configurable - You can set many different aspects of the behavior of "InBack", such
as level of compression, speed optimization, sounds, reminder time, and
more.
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Reusable - There is a
place where you can list all of your commonly used file masks, such as
*.txt, *.doc, *.xls, *.app, *.dct, etc... You can choose from
this list of masks when using the "Mask Builder", so that you have to
do little/no typing when setting up a new project. There is also
something called "Mask Themes", which are commonly used groupings of
file masks. These "Mask Themes" allow you to bring a combination of
masks for commonly used project types.
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Professional - Send your backups to remote locations via FTP or e-mail (MAPI or SMTP). Use them to interchange files with your work team. Keep your backups safe uploading them to remote servers. |
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