AutoVer for Windows

User Reviews

• Does the job; a little geeky

  RonaldDad6/21/2011

  Pros

  Transparently saves versions of kind and when you wish.

  Cons

  Takes a little attention to set up, but this is not really a negative. Sometimes misses a stitch in forming a new folder. Has crashed but rarely.

  Summary

  Autover saves the bacon for anyone who does very detailed edits in real time. Saves from disaster by keeping updated versions at save time. I suppose it could be a good backup app, too, I don't use it that way.<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Jun 21, 2011<p/>Forgot to mention that it works much better than Stardock's KeepSafe, which would often give 0 byte files. AutoVer does give good recovery files and faithfully.

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• Don't lose a minute's worth of work!

  chance2now8/12/2010

  Pros

  Lets you back up files and folders in real-time, so if you should have a problem, you don't have to lose anything, even if you just modified the file five minutes ago. Can keep multiple versions or just a current copy. Doesn't bog the system down.

  Cons

  A bit cumbersome if you have files all over the place; not really suitable for mirroring a complete drive (although it will do it if you ask it to). Cannot currently use a Windows 7 library as a backup source, although this is suposedly in the works.

  Summary

  You still need a "full" backup program to do regular backups of your complete hard drive, but this program works great to keep your files that change most frequently constantly up to date. After you make changes to a file in any of your "watched" folders, a copy is created in the corresponding backup location within seconds of the change. You can backup sub-folders as part of the same watch, as well as create multiple historical backup versions if you desire. A desirable feature for Windows 7 users would be to "watch" a library as a backup source; then you could add folders to the library and they would automatically be added to the watch. While this feature does not exist in the current version, the developer has indicated that this would be considered for a future release. You can add folders within a library, just not the library itself. But even Windows 7 users can find much usefulness in the program as it stands right now.

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• Great real-time backup!

  chance2now3/26/2010

  Pros

  Backs up files in real time. Can keep multiple versions if you wish. File copying happens practically instantly.

  Cons

  Default settings when creating backups are not configurable.

  Summary

  A great program to supplement routine full computer backups. Pick the directories that change often and set up a "mirror" directory on another device and keep up-to-date copies of your files in case of disk troubles or other catastrophe.

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• Great Design But Wouldn't Work

  RELDDAP6/19/2009

  Pros

  Design was just what I was looking for.

  Cons

  Wouldn't work. Watched folders that were to be backed up disappeared every time the program was shut down and reopened.

  Summary

  When I listed the folders to be backed up it worked great and backed up everything perfectly but when I shutdown my computer for the day then reopened it the next day, all my folders would disappear from the backup list. I redid them several times but each time on shut down they vanished. Wish the creator of this software would revise it so it would work. He stopped his involvement with it over a year ago. What a disappointment when I finally found a simple backup software and can't get it to work.

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• Good. Haven't had to "restore" so that would be proof.

  ghinfla6/2/2009

  Pros

  Free. Use in addition to Back2Zip (old version)

  Cons

  Not particular intuitive but then you rarely get a lot of documentation with freebies.

  Summary

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• Does back-up job that Maxtor One Touch S/W quit doing.

  6/1/2009

  Pros

  Functions well.

  Cons

  Austere feature set.

  Summary

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• Excellent piece of software!

  Nadir015/26/2009

  Pros

  Does exactly what it says! I set it to backup my files and it does it quite well and with no flaws! Just what I was looking for! :)

  Cons

  Nothing yet!

  Summary

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• I like the realtime backup

  gyroguy1/9/2008

  Pros

  Just installed and tested a few files. Works as advertised. I'm using it to backup to an external hard drive. I need to try it a while longer to make sure there are no bugs.

  Cons

  You have to set up each directory separately that you want to back up. Unless you select the whole drive. It would be nicer to be able to select multiple directories for one session.

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• very good reaktime backup

  liory16/30/2007

  Pros

  the only problem is blancing network load.

  Cons

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