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Novastor NOVABACKUP PROFESSIONAL EDITION FOR TAPE DISK & CD/DVD

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Performance
Design and usability	Very Good: 89
Documentation	Superior
Backup creation	Very Good
Backup restoration	Very Good
Performance and reliability	Very Good: 88
Features	Good: 77
Incremental backup: Application backs up all of the files that you have changed since the last incremental backup. The software keeps multiple backup sets, and each contains different files or different versions of files.	Yes
Differential backup: Application backs up all of the files that you have changed since the last full backup. The application keeps two backup sets: one for the full backup and one for all of the new files plus the last versions of any changed files.	Yes
Full backup: Application backs up the entire PC, including the operating system files. Some applications may perform a full backup without copying open system files.	Yes
Native backup: Application backs up files and folders in their original format so that you can view and open them in any file browser (such as Windows Explorer).	No
Imaging: Application performs a sector-level backup of an entire hard drive. Its main disadvantage is that generally you can't choose which files and folders to protect--you must image the entire disk.	No
Disaster recovery: Application examines system files, programs, user settings, and everything else on a hard drive and copies all of it to a bootable partition or disk. When your primary boot disk fails, you can use the copy to get back up and running quickly.	Yes
Open-file backup: Application has the ability to back up files another program is currently using. An option available only in Windows XP.	Yes
Compression	Yes
Verification: Application compares the backed-up files with the source files to ensure completeness and accuracy.	Yes
Encryption	Yes
Password protection	Yes
Scheduling	Yes
Push-button support: Software is compatible with an external hard drive that has one or more buttons on its enclosure for initiating a backup.	No
Media supported	Hard disk, CD/DVD, tape, Rev drive

User Reviews for Novastor NOVABACKUP PROFESSIONAL EDITION FOR TAPE DISK & CD/DVD

Reviewed by: fishfart

Duration of ownership: 6 Months

Strengths: good backup, easy to follow directions

Weaknesses: SUPPORT is very poor. I spent 3 days trying to get the program installedd. The support personal gave me over a dozen "try this" none workdde. It was like they didn't know how to fix the problem and where just pulling the fix out of thin air. I spend 3 days emailing and calling before I gave up on the program. Now I am looking for a good reliabel backup program.

Overall Evaluation: Good backup and restore directions in the manual. Support? don't even bother. The "technicians" are lazy, uninformed, and don't know how to fix any problem in the program goes South, and it will. Save your money and buy some other backup utilitity. PC Word's review is based upon a working program. Why didn't try the get suppor. Then, the review would have been "poor"
Reviewed by: BOUTYM

Duration of ownership: 2 Years

Strengths: Relatively simple to use

Weaknesses: Serious restore issues

Overall Evaluation: Have used NovaBACKUP with my customers since the 6.x versions and was always happy with it until 7.x versions arrived. Have found that restores are VERY unreliable with 7.x versions. To date, NovaSTOR has been unable to resolve issues.