AlohaBob PC Backup Description:

AlohaBob PC Backup review:
1 stars (Not very flexible. OK if you just accept all the defaults.) - I really dislike this software. I'm the type that likes to customize everything and this program just is not made that way. First, when you initially select files and folders, your disk choices are "C:" or "ALL". I have several disks and I want to pick and choose, but this program makes that really difficult. Then you have to pick a destination where the files will be backed up. Choose carefully, because you won't be allowed to change it later! And if you want to do incremental backups, be sure to schedule it before you do the initial save, because you can't do it later. Basically the entire job, future backups and all, must be defined completly at the beginning and can never be changed without completely starting over.
5 stars (Great product for backup) - Excellent product for backup with the intelligence built into it. Highly recommended!
3 stars (A few obvious things missed) - 1) PC Backup doesn't recognize my External Harddrive connected through a USB 2.0 port, under Windows XP Professional, even after a re-boot. I have to Browse and point to it each time the software starts up.



2) It cannot run an incremental back-up on demand. Instead, an incremental back-up must be scheduled.



3) It is slower than Backup which comes free with Windows XP.



If you are dissatisfied with Windows XP's Backup, and don't find the features mentioned in the reviews above compelling, I recommend to continue searching for something better.