Personal Backup Vers. 2.1

© 2002, J. Rathlev, IEAP, Uni-Kiel (License)

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Overview:

Personal-Backup is a program to save personal data at any destination folder. This folder may be located on a local fixed or removable drive or on a network server. It runs under Windows 95/98/ME and Windows NT4/2000/XP and supports multiuser environments.
Selecting a folder puts all contained files and subdirectories into the backup task. At the destination folder the original drives (C:, D:, etc.) look like subdirectories named LwC, LwD, etc. The original directory structure remains unchanged beneath these folders. All files may be compressed using GZip. You can select groups of file types (depending on filename extension) which should be excluded from backup. All created backup tasks can be stored for later use.
Performing the backup can be done manually or automatically. During the backup the programm checks wether the file to be saved is newer than the backupped file or not. Only changed files are saved.
The automatic backup is started on login or at a selectable time of day. Instead you can use the windows task scheduler to create your individual backup plans.
Caution: Personal Backup should not be used to save and restore system files.

New in Version 2.0

New in Version 2.0

Installation

Personal-Backup comes as self extracting archive. Installation is made to any folder on your system (Default: C:\Program Files\Personal Backup). It contains one EXE file, the help files and one module for each supported language (*.ENU, *.DEU).
For program removal use the windows control panel.

Startup

After installation of the program you will find a desktop icon and a menu item in the Windows start menu to start the program.
When activating the autostart function with time schedule or backup on logoff you can launch the program from the task bar.

Program manual


Licensing

1. Using the program
The program may be used in any way, for any purpose, at no cost. There is no warranty for correct operation of the program and results. The author is not liable for any damages on hard- and software arising out of the use of the program.

2. Distributing the program
It may be distributed by any means, provided that the original files as supplied by the author remain intact and no charge is made other than for reasonable distribution costs.
The program may not be distributed as a component of any commercial product without a prior license agreement with the author.

Author:
Dr. Jürgen Rathlev
Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics
University of Kiel
24098 Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40
E-Mail: rathlev@physik.uni-kiel.de
Acknowledgements:
The program was created under Borland Delphi 5.
Data compressing uses the ZLib routines from Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler.