Simple Backup 2.2

by VERITAS

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004YKF4
• Item model number: VDK-CXPR-0004
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 10, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #33,341 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Simple Backup is a simple data backup solution for your PC. An easy-to-use and flexible utility, Simple Backup can safeguard your valuable computer data. It allows streamlined data protection for nontechnical users who want fast, simple, and reliable insurance for their data. Simple Backup doubles your CD capacity with software compression. Custom Backup and Restore allow you to select specific files to protect. The application installs easily and immediately detects your backup device automatically. Simple Backup is specifically designed for CD-Rs and CD-RWs on Windows 95, 98, and Me.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Waste Your Time or Money, December 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Simple Backup 2.2 (CD-ROM)

Don't waste your time or money on this crummy little program. Here are some of its many shortcomings: 1. There are NO instructions, and NO HELP FILES, (your only recourse is to navigate the hard-to-use Veritas web site) 2. It does not remember what files you backed-up, so you have to go through the laborious process of selecting what files to back-up EACH TIME you use the program), 3. There is no way to back-up only those files that have recently changed (incremental); this makes it impractical to use as a daily backup. 4. You have no control over compression, 5. Technical Support at Veritas is pay-as-you-go. 6. There is no way to display what files you have backed-up. This program makes clunky old Microsoft Backup look like a jewel.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars WARNING -, April 28, 2001

By	edward (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Simple Backup 2.2 (CD-ROM)

This product does NOT allow you to transfer the system back-up from one hard-drive to another (you will get an error message when you try).

If you buy a Hewlett-Packard burner with this back-up software because you have to replace a bad hard-drive on a lap-top (as I did), you're in for a very unpleasant surprise. The manufacturer doesn't trumpet this limitation, and even the people over at HP tech seemed unaware of it. Brilliant. And, by the way the overall documentation provided by these people really is shameful, even by this industry's abysmal standards.

4.0 out of 5 stars Simple, but easy., July 7, 2001

By	Charles M. McGraw (Colorado Springs, Colorado United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Simple Backup 2.2 (CD-ROM)

I liked the way it installed on Windows ME. It seemed to put my files on the cd so it is easy to backup when needed.