I just installed Sysback free today on my HP 6850 laptop running Windows 7 64 bit with latest upgrades.
Over the years I've had various backup programs but never one that generated so many errors and wasted so much time looking at them all.
I ran the first go and got 38 errors and on examination found most were probably due to programs being open ..like Lightroom, Google Drive etc. I ran it again and the result again is "Failure", this time with Lightroom and Google Drive closed ...and it skipped 120 files and generated errors on 97. If I can't even use my computer while a backup is running, and can have no confidence in the backup ...what good is it? With a backup program "Failure" isn't an option, and having to pay for a commercial version that handles open files reeks like the free version is just a fish hook to grab us in the lip and sell us the hook extractor.
I've never had a backup program ...free or otherwise that reported such files were locked an could not be backed up. Even the awful "Backup Now EZ" that came with my Toshiba 3TB USB3 drive ...the backup I want to replace because it is extremely slow, at least gets every file and does make a mirror immage of the C drive which it updates on a user's schedule.
I've spent more time exploring the errors on Sysback Free in one day than I've ever spent exploring backup errors on any backup software over the course of 25 years of using computers. Three are so many options to choose from that anyone with less that 'programmer' status would have a difficult time interpreting them.
We just want to back up our files ...open or not. What's the problem here? I won't wipe it off the drive just yet in case there is a version problem that can be fixed with an update, but it will be very difficult for 2brightsparks to entice me into buying a commercial version of the software after experiencing the time consuming, frustrating, confidence destroying errors and backup failure so far experienced with this so highly rated software. This experience has not been good at all and I wouldn't rely on the backup produced, for a heartbeat!
Over the years I've had various backup programs but never one that generated so many errors and wasted so much time looking at them all.
I ran the first go and got 38 errors and on examination found most were probably due to programs being open ..like Lightroom, Google Drive etc. I ran it again and the result again is "Failure", this time with Lightroom and Google Drive closed ...and it skipped 120 files and generated errors on 97. If I can't even use my computer while a backup is running, and can have no confidence in the backup ...what good is it? With a backup program "Failure" isn't an option, and having to pay for a commercial version that handles open files reeks like the free version is just a fish hook to grab us in the lip and sell us the hook extractor.
I've never had a backup program ...free or otherwise that reported such files were locked an could not be backed up. Even the awful "Backup Now EZ" that came with my Toshiba 3TB USB3 drive ...the backup I want to replace because it is extremely slow, at least gets every file and does make a mirror immage of the C drive which it updates on a user's schedule.
I've spent more time exploring the errors on Sysback Free in one day than I've ever spent exploring backup errors on any backup software over the course of 25 years of using computers. Three are so many options to choose from that anyone with less that 'programmer' status would have a difficult time interpreting them.
We just want to back up our files ...open or not. What's the problem here? I won't wipe it off the drive just yet in case there is a version problem that can be fixed with an update, but it will be very difficult for 2brightsparks to entice me into buying a commercial version of the software after experiencing the time consuming, frustrating, confidence destroying errors and backup failure so far experienced with this so highly rated software. This experience has not been good at all and I wouldn't rely on the backup produced, for a heartbeat!