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- ║ MegaBack ║
- ║ PC Backup System ║
- ║ for DOS ║
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- by Tony Curro
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- As some of you may know, I am a big advocate of backups. A few
- weeks ago I was testing this product for review. About 10 days after I ran
- my last test, and last backup, I had a hard drive crash. The only way to
- get into it was by reformatting. This meant losing ALL the data on the hard
- drive, of which the original of this review was one. I knew I had a backup.
- Actually, I had several. A few were for other tests and were outdated. The
- one for MegaBack was the most current, and since I do a FULL backup
- every time I test, I did have a good portion of the information. I lost 5
- reviews I had written, and several programs I had recently downloaded. It
- was not as bad as it seemed at first.
-
- MegaBack was a BIG plus for me this day, as any backup program
- would have been. One thing that makes MegaBack different is that it's
- shareware. You can download it from most BBSs, and even directly from the
- author's BBS (Patri-Soft). Some backup programs can be cumbersome when you
- do not have the catalog file. MegaBack created the information directly
- from the disks I had the backup on. The rest of the restore was easy and
- painless.
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- Mostly all the features you will find in a commercial backup
- program, you will find in MegaBack. It supports floppies or any DOS device,
- but does not support a tape drive. It will do a Full, Incremental, or allow
- you to select files to backup. When you choose incremental, if you wish,
- you can see a list of the files that need to be backed up. From this list
- you can deselect files you do not wish to backup.
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- MegaBack can be run from the command line if you prefer. It has
- online help for all the commands and options. Installation is very simple
- and there is help there to guide you every step of the way.
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- Backing up multiple drives is also available from MegaBack. You may
- also change the color combinations of the screens if you so desire. You
- have the option to select which files to restore, if you do not want them
- all placed on your system.
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- When I backed up, I selected the options: Save Space(Max), and
- Verify. Both of these options will slow the program down a bit. I was still
- doing over a megabyte a minute while backing up. As I mentioned earlier
- MegaBack will build an index from the volume data in the event your index
- was destroyed.
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- Registered users receive additional utilities, one of which is
- MBAlarm to remind you when it is time to backup. These programs are also
- available on Patri-Soft BBS.
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- For its price and ease of use, I would suggest MegaBack. Since you
- can download it, you do not even have to go the store to buy it, and since
- it is shareware you can try it and then buy it. Look for MBACK135.ZIP,
- which was the latest as of this writing.
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- ║ Product Information ║
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- ║ MegaBack ║
- ║ PC Backup System ║
- ║ for DOS ║
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- ║ Registration - $39.00 ║
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- ║ Patri-Soft ║
- ║ 5225 Canyon Creek Drive ║
- ║ Suite 71-358 ║
- ║ Riverside, CA 92507 ║
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- ║ 714-352-2820 ║
- ║ 714-352-2825 (BBS) ║
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