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(More customer reviews)After reading the less-than-winning reviews by others, I tried several less expensive alternatives - with less than stellar results. So I tested the Retrospect trial version that came with my Dell. I was impressed - so much so that I shelled out close to a C-note. And believe me, after once having suffered an unrecoverable crash, it's worth the peace of mind.
If nothing else, the software comes with a well-written and illustrated printed manual (a rarity these days), and an equally lucid help section. True, some of the terms are arcane ('progressive' backup) and some are needlessly brought into play (like 'snapshots'). Yet the package does very well for beginners with it's outstanding wizards -- if you are willing to read just the introductory chapter to get familiar with the terminology.
The pervasive ease-of-use fell short only in the vital 'Disaster Recovery' section: 1) nowadays most PC's ship with a manufacturer-specific Windows reinstallation disc that is 'unreadable' to the Retrospect media handler; how to create a disc image from the hard drive should have been geared more to the beginner; 2) totally unclear is how to make a bootable CD/DVD from the image; it would have saved me a lot of grief if the manual had only made it clear that the disc image is created in bootable format. That said, and realizing that few big-name computers ship with the original Windows installation disc, the company ought to have created yet another wizard so as to burn the disc image direct to a disc. I'm sure many users would be put off by the (totally unnecessary) extra step of having to exit Retrospect, then switch to another package to burn the Recovery disc image to a CD/DVD.
With that caveat in mind, this is a solid, fast, highly reliable and well-documented piece of software. And, not the least, the Dantz company gives every indication of success - and thus the comforting reassurance that they'll be around for many years. Further, the website is informative and up-to-date, and the tech desk responds promptly and patiently. Retrospect fully earns its top-notch recommendations by PC-mag and PC-world.
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Retrospect 7 Pro delivers reliable automated protection for servers, desktops and notebooks in any small and midsize businesses (SMBs). Run your backups automatically, with filter that exclude unnecessary or unwanted information - saving you time and storage space. Retrospect protects open files and verifies all backup content, then provides the flexibility to leverage disk, tape, or optical devices for optimal backup and recovery performance. It runs on networked computers running Windows, Linux and Mac OS. Your SMB's critical information will be more secure than ever. Exchange Server protection enables backup and restore of individual public folders at the message level 128-bit AES data encryption on backup media Compatible with the latest releases of Red Hat Linux, SuSE LINUX, and Mac OS X Fibre Channel and iSCSI tape backup device support Supports 8GB Double Layer DVDs
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