- Fully Automatic - Goes to work whenever your computer is connected to the backup drive, wireless network or LAN.
- Drive Rotation - Backup to multiple drives and rotate them offsite for additional disaster protection.
- Continuous Data Protection - Rebit 5 monitors changes to your files and backs them up within moments.
- Concurrent Direct and Network Backup - Backup to hard drives connected directly (USB, eSATA, etc.) or networked.
- Easily recover the entire system hard drive from any catastrophic event hard drive crash, virus or corrupted software installation.
- File versions are maintained so you can go back in time to any previous version.
- Wireless backup or LAN connections to Network Attached Storage (NAS).
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- Platform: Windows Vista / XP Home Edition / XP Professional, Microsoft XP Media Center Edition
- Media: Electronics
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The Rebit 5 Backup Software now supports backup to any NAS device as well as direct attached storage. The Rebit 5 Backup Software features automatic backup and recovery software, it is also suitable for 1 User. Get the Rebit 5 Backup Software today!
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By reskiles
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This software runs pretty good and is basically "hands off". I am running Windows XP Home 32bit. I like the Explorer interface for viewing and copying files stored on the backup drive. It will also tell you how many file versions are available. It appears to use services to do all of the dirty work in the background. Nice little widget in the system tray at all times for quick access or status.
Some things I noticed:
1. You can not restore to a drive smaller than the drive that was backed up, even if the backup will physically fit on the smaller drive. This is the only thing I really don't like about the software.
2. This software backs up created/modified files on the fly. I have a triple core CPU and 4GB of memory, so it really doesn't affect me most of the time. I only seem to notice some lag when the machine first boots as it performs a backup right away, so grab some coffee as it will take a few minutes to calm back down.
3. It creates a recovery point every 24 hours after the last recovery point. If you don't want this heavy activity to impact you, I suggest staying up late one night and kicking one off manually. Mine usually runs around 2:30am. Since I leave my machine on 24/7 it generates the recovery points while I am sleeping.
I think Rebit is pretty cool stuff and reminds me of Apple's Time Machine. Some experimentation and patience, along with decent hardware, and you should have few, if any, problems. I have a 250GB external USB 2.0 hard drive dedicated for these backups. I spent the first couple days testing and learning, searching and reading the Rebit forum, uninstalling/reinstalling the software, formatting the backup drive over and over again, until I felt comfortable with it all.
Some things I noticed:
1. You can not restore to a drive smaller than the drive that was backed up, even if the backup will physically fit on the smaller drive. This is the only thing I really don't like about the software.
2. This software backs up created/modified files on the fly. I have a triple core CPU and 4GB of memory, so it really doesn't affect me most of the time. I only seem to notice some lag when the machine first boots as it performs a backup right away, so grab some coffee as it will take a few minutes to calm back down.
3. It creates a recovery point every 24 hours after the last recovery point. If you don't want this heavy activity to impact you, I suggest staying up late one night and kicking one off manually. Mine usually runs around 2:30am. Since I leave my machine on 24/7 it generates the recovery points while I am sleeping.
I think Rebit is pretty cool stuff and reminds me of Apple's Time Machine. Some experimentation and patience, along with decent hardware, and you should have few, if any, problems. I have a 250GB external USB 2.0 hard drive dedicated for these backups. I spent the first couple days testing and learning, searching and reading the Rebit forum, uninstalling/reinstalling the software, formatting the backup drive over and over again, until I felt comfortable with it all.
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
By M. Endrizzi
If you have a grandma or person that can't turn on a computer, this is for you. Its fantastic.
If you need more control over your backups, not for you:
1) Can't delete old backups so you fill up the disk and they say you have
to get a new backup disk
2) Can't specify what folders to backup
3) Can't create a backup schedule
4) Can't tell what kind of backup (full, incrememtal, diff)
If you need more control over your backups, not for you:
1) Can't delete old backups so you fill up the disk and they say you have
to get a new backup disk
2) Can't specify what folders to backup
3) Can't create a backup schedule
4) Can't tell what kind of backup (full, incrememtal, diff)
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By Geek Daddy
I wanted to backup to a local ESATA drive. I have about 500G of data, mostly HD videos from my camcorder. Using online backup for that would be a pain.
I've used three different backup solutions in the recent past (Novastor is the latest). This one is the simplest and the best for local backup. There's not much to configure: What do you want to backup and where do you want it. It took over a day to backup the 500GB even over ESATA (Note to self: get a 7200RPM local drive for faster backup instead of the 5400RPM). It continually backs up the data and I've noticed no performance impact on my PC.
A PCWorld review indicates that you have to monitor the backup disk to ensure it has enough space. So far, that's not a problem for me.
Thankfully, I've not had to restore the complete PC yet, but being able to browse the backup repositories and see the different versions of each file that has changed is reassuring. I can restore single files easily. I am partly going by faith here since I didn't test the full system restore, but so far, I am very pleased with the ease of use.
I've used three different backup solutions in the recent past (Novastor is the latest). This one is the simplest and the best for local backup. There's not much to configure: What do you want to backup and where do you want it. It took over a day to backup the 500GB even over ESATA (Note to self: get a 7200RPM local drive for faster backup instead of the 5400RPM). It continually backs up the data and I've noticed no performance impact on my PC.
A PCWorld review indicates that you have to monitor the backup disk to ensure it has enough space. So far, that's not a problem for me.
Thankfully, I've not had to restore the complete PC yet, but being able to browse the backup repositories and see the different versions of each file that has changed is reassuring. I can restore single files easily. I am partly going by faith here since I didn't test the full system restore, but so far, I am very pleased with the ease of use.
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Published 6 months ago by Michael A. Kanner
2.0 out of 5 stars
Doesn't work on my computer!
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Published 7 months ago by Uncle Steve
4.0 out of 5 stars
It just works!! GREAT, Sort of
I recently bought a new PC a high end Windows 7 HP with great specs and an SSD drive for Windows, a 1 Terabyte drive for data etc. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Radio Man
1.0 out of 5 stars
Dangerous program for your hardware
SUMMARY: My, this is one dangerous program for XP. It is designed for computer dummies, and tyrannizes them. Read more
Published 10 months ago by brainout
5.0 out of 5 stars
No settings needed because it's near-perfect as-is
Being a techie who likes to have all the options available, I was a little hesitant to trust a backup program that made all the nitty-gritty decisions for me. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Alan Tutt, author of "Harmonic Prayer" & "Choose To Believe"
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good support
I am giving this software 4 stars because they have very good support. That is something I haven't run into lately. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Marsha Melone
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rebit review
Excellent!! Works exactly as advertised right out of the box. Insert the disk, install and plug in a drive. Done.
Published 14 months ago by Johnathan Butler
