I downloaded an installed version 2 of Comodo Backup today. Slick looking interface. I had a few questions about its capabilities:
my experience with the previous version was that if one were backing up selected files (say the Documents Folder) then after the first backup only those files which had changed would be backed up in future passes. This doesn’t seem to be the case. Is this correct?
there is a new option, backing up User Settings. I read the help file and the manual and it only very generally describes what this type of backup covers. If I export my computer using Windows Easy Transfer it will transfer a broad range of user settings for applications, colors, folder options, email settings. There is very little “fine tuning” left to do on the new machine save resinstall the applications themselves. I am wondering if this is the case with this User Settings of backup? Is there anyplace that I could review a detailed listing of the categories that are covered?
These are referred to as incremental backups. Incrementals are currently not implemented in Comodo Backup 2, but are planned for a hopefully soon release.
Why anyone would release a backup app that cannot do incrementals is a discussion best left to brighter minds than mine. Like psychiatrists. 88)
- there is a new option, backing up User Settings. I read the help file and the manual and it only very generally describes what this type of backup covers. If I export my computer using Windows Easy Transfer it will transfer a broad range of user settings for applications, colors, folder options, email settings. There is very little "fine tuning" left to do on the new machine save resinstall the applications themselves. I am wondering if this is the case with this User Settings of backup? Is there anyplace that I could review a detailed listing of the categories that are covered?
The USER SETTINGS backup includes the user portion of hte registry, which includes all user modifications written to the registry. Providing your apps follow Windows guidelines and write their settings to the user registry, you should be fine.
Thanks for your reply. I wasn’t even aware that psychiatrists had minds at all, I thought it was all meat in there.
I find this all curious for a “Release 2.x” The earlier version had some amount of valuable functionality that is no longer present in the “more advanced” release. Makes no sense. Maybe they just buy an application, then label it “2.0”. Whatever, it’s free so who am I to complain? Actually, I like it a great deal. The only thing that worries me is that I have no idea how well it actually works. You don’t need to know until the day you lose your files. I was not willing to rely on CBU for a disk image. Let the Windows utility do that for me. Windows will restore an image for you from an external HD, but first you have to boot the computer using a recovery DVD. I have no idea how you would restore the CBU image in the event you lose your hard drive or it won’t boot.
You correctly spotted that I hover around the borders of computer literacy when I didn’t dare to chance using the term “incremental backup”. I was also not aware that the user settings were stored in the repository. At least not sure they were ALL there. Maybe some were somewhere else.
Don’t get me wrong. I think Comodo Backup V2 will end up being brilliant!!! As it exists, it has a great interface, it has basic functionality (with a couple of bells and whistles) and the framework is in place for the advanced features.
For simple file/email and registry backups, it’s fine.
When the advanced stuff gets dropped in, it’ll be great.
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