Quik Sync 3.0

by Iomega

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005B8I0
• Item model number: 31816
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 10, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,664 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Iomega Quik Sync 3 provides an automatic and transparent way to keep important files safe from user or machine malfunctions. Every time a user saves a file to their hard drive or to a network drive, Quik Sync 3 will automatically and transparently make a copy of that file to a network drive, hard drive, or removable drive (including all Iomega drives). Quik Sync 3 comes with an easy-to-use wizard that leads the user through the initial setup. Once configured, Quik Sync 3 runs in the background. Unless you want to change the settings, you won't have to interact with the program. Files are saved in their native format so restoring a file is as simple as using the Explorer feature in your operating system.

Quik Sync 3 backs up files automatically and transparently. Files that are saved to designated folders are automatically copied to the designated sync location--the files are copied transparently without further user intervention. Users can select multiple folders from either their hard drive or a network volume for Quik Sync 3 to monitor. The same folder structure is created in the sync location to make finding files easy. Although Quik Sync 3 automatically sets up everything for a typical user, it also allows for scheduled backup times and other user preferences. Users can choose to save revisions of files instead of overwriting files that have been previously copied to their sync location. Files can be filtered by file extension type. Quik Sync 3 can exclude specified file types when backing up files (e.g., exclude all temporary (.TMP) files). If something goes wrong, restoring files is simple: access the designated sync location and drag the files to the preferred location on the desktop; no decompression required. An administrator's guide is available to help IT professionals control the setup and implementation processes within their organizations.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works effectively in the background to save your data, July 27, 2001

By 

pm444 "pm444" (Okemos, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quik Sync 3.0 (CD-ROM)

I downloaded this as a 30-day trial from Iomega's website and by the second week, bought my own copy. It does exactly what it says it will do: gives you transparent back-up of your files any time you alter or add a new one to the designated folder. I've used it several times already to recover files that would have otherwise been lost. Both times it involved a program that froze before I had saved changes to a file. QuikSync's "revisions" feature had automatically saved the earlier version of the file for me. So while I lost a few changes, I was able to recover the original. I'm using it with a Zip 250 but it will work with other drives as well. It's probably not the best way to back up your entire system, but for backing up data files automatically and unobstrusively, I think it's ideal.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple, effective software, May 20, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Quik Sync 3.0 (CD-ROM)

Quick Sync 3.0 does just what it says: background backups of changed files in directories you specify. It has saved my data on several occasions. I have been very pleased with this product, and have used it over the last couple of years. It does not take the place of more extensive backups, but is just great for interval, completely timely backups of work.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 'Best' Back-Up Software That Was Ever Discontinued, August 5, 2011

By 

Joseph K. Bagdonas (Suburbs of Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quik Sync 3.0 (CD-ROM)

Iomega made a huge mistake by first discontinuing this software, then not supporting it anymore. In fact you call Iomega, and you would be lucky to find anyone that even remembers of knows of this software today.

And Iomega Quick Sync 3, replaced Iomega Quick Sync 2, which had limitations of only being able to back up files from one source. Example... one partition on a hard drive. Quick Sync 3 came out and you were able to select any and all partitions within your computer, or anything connected to it, including other external hard drives.

This software backs up `file to file', NO COMPRESSION. You can back up to an external hard drive and you will see the exact files you backed up, open them, read or view them, change them, whatever you desire to do.

Personally I have not had very much luck using software that compresses files without winding up with corrupt files somewhere along the way. And I began backing up files when Iomega was pushing tape drives.

I got this software for free along with a purchased Iomega external hard drive years ago, called their HDD Drive.

The program is really easy to set up, an icon in your task bar shows you when it's running. It has a very flexible, do whatever you want schedule. Back up by day of week, by time, can even be set up to sense when a file has changed, and will immediately back that up.

One does have to do some research though on this software, and good luck with that these days, with Iomega not supporting it anymore, and no one even remembering it. Probably the best source for information is through an Iomega forum.

When I began using this software I was still using Windows 98SE and it worked great. I updated to Windows 2000, and began having issues with it. Although Iomega, (reading off some script), and other references, will tell you that it will even work on XP, Vista and 7. It didn't work on my XP system, and doubt if it will work on others...

Through a forum reply I was advised to use a later back-up program Iomega came out with called Quick Protect for the XP operating system, which I did, and that worked out very well. Very similar to Quick Sync 3, a `file to file' back up program, and just as easy to use. Iomega doesn't support that anymore either...

If I'm remembering, Iomega came out with a patch or updated driver for Windows 2000. The original software that came with the external drive would not work on the 2000 operating system.

There is no reference to which version you actually have anywhere in the software.

I am guessing that version 3.0 was the original, and what came with the external drive, and Windows 98SE was still the latest operating system out there.

I was still able to get Iomega to at least send me version 3.10 and 3.11 from their archives, and it seems like 3.10 is working on Windows 2000.

This is the most dependable, most flexible, easiest back-up software I have ever tried and used. I surely think if Iomega updated this, designating specific versions for each operating system, and put it back on the market, they would do very well with it!