Hi,
I just learned about Comodo Backup, and I like its look and feel very much, and it has some very nice features.
Things I consider essential for a quick-and-easy backup programme:
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Verify after backup (bitwise comparison)
Reason: Reliability, obviously -
Ability to choose file comparison “by size, date&time, and/or content” for incremental backups;
- optionally ignore a time difference of [n] seconds
Reason: To fine-tune which files are eligible for copying again.
And: On NTFS there often is a time difference of up to 2 seconds between two identical copies of a file! This causes a lot of unnecessary copy traffic if not taken into account.
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When destination files are to be overwritten, their sizes should be added to the available free space! Sounds obvious, but CmdBackup doesn’t seem to do that.
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Ability to split destination into chunks of predetermined size, also on non-removable media. (without file splitting!)
Like “ask for new destination after [n] GB”.
Reason: The optical medium of choice is DVD-RAM, because it’s far superior to DVD±RW in terms of longevity and reliability, but it is treated by the OS like a harddisk. So you’ll have to select the “Backup to local disk” option but still need to replace media inbetween.
- Ability to backup more than 2 GB to a set of ZIP files
e.g. MyBackup_Part001.zip, MyBackup_Part002.zip
Reason: The only way to achieve password protection is to create ZIP archives – which is fine as long as the amount of data is small.
As the ZIP format doesn’t provide for bigger or split archives, why not have CmdBackup predetermine the contents and create a matching number of ZIP files.
- Ability to compress to TEMP location, then move to destination afterwards.
Reason: for ZIPping to slow media – backup speed will increase tenfold
Implementation of these items should not be very time-consuming.
Another wish that might require major changes:
External language resources, so that users can create their own localised menus!
Thus I could recommend the programme to other users, many of whom, astonishingly enough, do not feel comfortable with software in English.
Sorry if I’ve missed something that is already there – I’ve been playing with the programme only one evening now.
Thanks in advance for considering