4 stars (Backup My PC 2005 works excellent) - I use scheduled backup's of "My Documents" and it's excellent. 1 stars (Useless) - It doesn't tell you it doesn't work with XP Home. In fact, each time I would try to do a backup it would restart my computer. Then I would get a message from XP saying it had recovered from a serious error. Following that I would get a Microsoft Crash Analysis Report. The program scares the crap out of me. SUPPORT-- NON EXISTANT. 2 stars (Image Backup Doesn't Work on Pre-installed System) - I purchased this software to do readily-restorable image backups for disaster recovery, if ever necessary. I immediately encountered a problem because the program asked for a 16-digit Product ID and Serial Number of my Windows XP installation CDs. Like many people who have purchased systems (mine is a Compaq Presario), the operating system was pre-installed, and I did not receive any Windows XP installation CDs. The recovery CDs supplied with the system had no Product ID or Serial Number. E-mail from StumpSoft (which was returned in 24 hours) indicated that this was a common problem -- with Dell, HP (others?) -- major computer distributors. The alternative suggested was a more elaborate restoration process, which would involve my recovery CDs, file backup, and a "system stamp." It was not the one-step disaster restoration that I was looking for. I might say too that this significant limitation was documented neither in the manual nor in the advertising material. So, I decided to uninstall the software. The uninstall process did not work properly. When I rebooted, Windows was now looking for a missing file for the StumpSoft Update Manager (which supposedly was uninstalled). I was able through Windows Add/Delete Programs to do a "Change," reinsert the StumpSoft CD, and get the missing file back -- fortunately. I give two stars (instead of one) for the prompt E-mail response with a clear explanation of the situation. ... Stompsoft INC :: Back up (Backup Backing) :: Utilities :: Computer software (programs) :: :: Stomp Backup My PC 2005
1 stars (Just Terrible - what a disappointment) - Based upon the good performance of Backup My PC by the same publisher, I purchased this product. What a waste of time and money. It offers no advantage over the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard in XP and, what is more, doesn't seem to work. I did the deferred transfer - which the user guide tells me to copy the data to a folder and then copy it to the destination machine. I did this three times- and it is painfully slow. Then each time the destination machine could not run the created .exe file (which it is supposed to do) and gave an error message that this was not a valid windows executable file. When I tried to reach Stompsoft for help, I was on hold for more than 45 minutes and finally gave up. I went back to the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard in XP which worked in about 1/3 the time and was just fine. I would ask StompSoft for my money back but I don't want to be on hold for another hour. ... Stompsoft INC :: easy :: pc :: transfer :: stompsoft :: inc :: utilities :: system :: utilities :: easypctransfer 15 august :: 2005 :: Easy PC Transfer
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