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| Vincent Schmid 2005-06-08, 5:52 pm |
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Hello everybody
I have recently lost a document file when using the beta version of
OpenOffice : The program crashed while saving my document and the result
was a file of size zero (It was beta software and I knew it, no blame to
OpenOffice here).
Looking for a way to protect against such accidents, I came across a
software from IBM called VitalFile. This software makes a copy of every
document before it is beeing rewritten.
I installed a trial version, but I'm rather disapointed by the user
interface of VitalFile. I just wonder wether there are other
alternatives doing the same job. If one has any experience with such
software I would be glad to read it,
Sincerely,
Vincent
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| Andrew 2005-06-09, 7:46 am |
| AJC Active Backup does what you want:
http://www.ajcsoft.com/AJCActBk.php
Have you ever experienced that horrible sinking feeling when you realize you
have lost some work ? Maybe you deleted a file, over wrote it with another
file or it has been corrupted etc. This can be very costly in terms of time
and money and in the worst cases can land you in deep trouble.
Now you can make this problem a thing of the past with AJC Active Backup.
AJC Active Backup monitors the files you change on your PC and then
automatically and silently backs them up into a compact archive. You decide
which folders and file types are backed up.
The archive stores multiple revisions of each file you edit. Think of it as
a revision control system for your hard disk. This means you can get back
any version of a file giving you unlimited undo capabilities and also you
have a complete record of what you have been doing. No more restoring to
last night's or last week's backup ! It also has the built in capability to
show you a comparison of your files so you can see what has changed.
There is very little extra load on your PC due to the way it operates in the
background. You just see a subtle indicator in the Windows taskbar status
area. The backup archives are generally very small because they are
compressed and only the changes to each file are stored each time a new
revision is added. There is an automatic purge facility to save you disk
space by stopping the archives from growing too large.
Even if you have a centralized revision control system and do regular
backups AJC Active Backup is of great value because it backs up every time
you save a file without you having to think about it. Your archive is
always up to date whereas your other backups may be hours or days out of
date.
AJC Active Backup is a must for any serious PC user who values their work.
To name but a few, programmers, web designers, documenters would benefit
from this. I can honestly say it has saved me from trouble on several
occasions !
How much is a days work worth to you ? $300 ? $400 ? Even a small mistake
could cost you money, more than the $29 purchase price for AJC Active
Backup.
AJC Active Backup runs on Windows NT, 2000 and XP and costs $29 for a single
user.
Read more at:
http://www.ajcsoft.com/AJCActBk.php
--
Andrew Cutforth - AJC Software - www.ajcsoft.com
The best folder synchronize and directory compare tool available.
AJC Active Backup instantly archives every file you edit giving you
unlimited undo and automatic revision control. Never lose your data again.
"Vincent Schmid" <mightberead@econophone.ch> wrote in message
news:3goo58FdidomU1@individual.net...
>
> Hello everybody
>
> I have recently lost a document file when using the beta version of
> OpenOffice : The program crashed while saving my document and the result
> was a file of size zero (It was beta software and I knew it, no blame to
> OpenOffice here).
>
> Looking for a way to protect against such accidents, I came across a
> software from IBM called VitalFile. This software makes a copy of every
> document before it is beeing rewritten.
>
> I installed a trial version, but I'm rather disapointed by the user
> interface of VitalFile. I just wonder wether there are other
> alternatives doing the same job. If one has any experience with such
> software I would be glad to read it,
>
> Sincerely,
> Vincent
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| Vincent Schmid 2005-06-09, 5:47 pm |
| Andrew a écrit :
> AJC Active Backup does what you want:
> http://www.ajcsoft.com/AJCActBk.php
Great, I will have a look at it soon :-)
Thank you
Vincent
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