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- Introduction
- ============
-
- HardBack is a hard disc backup utility which allows you to protect
- your data from unforeseen events. If your hard disc crashes or you
- accidentally delete an important file, having a backup copy can
- save you a great deal of trouble and prevent you losing what may
- be many hours work. It can also help, for example, if your
- computer is stolen or some errant virus deletes your hard work.
-
- HardBack is Shareware, which means that, if you like it, use it
- regularly or want the features of the full version, then you send £10
- to the author: see Appendix A for details.
-
- This is a demonstration version of HardBack, which means that
- some of the features - compression being a major one - have been
- removed. There will be no further demo versions of HardBack,
- except possibly small bug fixes, as I shall now spend time
- improving the registered version.
-
- Features of this demo of HardBack include:-
-
- • Splitting of large files between discs
- • Filling up of discs completely
- • Multitasking backup and restore operations, allowing you to
- get on with other work while the backup proceeds
- • Restoring selected items from windows which look and
- behave almost exactly like Filer windows
- • Dragging of objects from the selected items window directly
- onto programs, without having to drag them to a disc first
- • Selecting of many destinations from any FileCore filing
- system, such as ADFS, SCSI, IDE etc.
- • Backing up on media of any size, from 12K RAM discs to
- 4Gb+ hard drives
- • Mixing of media size within the same backup
- • Choosing to backup particular files/directories or backup the
- contents of one directory
- • Choosing to backup only particular types of files, including
- Impression documents
- • Ignoring certain files/directories, if you do not want them to
- be backed up
- • Backing up of objects created after either the last backup or
- created after a specified date and time
- • Choosing various options about how to backup PC partitions
- and similar files
- • Optimising HardBack to work as efficiently as possible
- through various configuration options
- • Saving of all options as a script file, which, as well as being
- able to be reloaded into HardBack, can be run from other
- programs or double clicked to start the backup procedure
- • Saving of a script file as the default to be loaded when
- HardBack starts up. This script file can be anywhere and
- need not be inside the !Backup application
- • Requiring no disc workspace for Backup and Restore: they
- do not write to files inside their applications, so they could
- easily be put onto a CD-Rom
- • Carrying out of a backup operation without human assistance
- - for example, in the middle of the night - due to several
- command line options
- • Managing of memory dynamically, which allows you to alter
- the amount of memory used as workspace by HardBack
- • Formatting of discs automatically, if necessary
- • Preserving of all the other files on backup discs, which need
- not be empty: the files will remain intact, if you wish
- • Informing you comprehensively of how the backup is
- proceeding and giving you an estimate of time to go
- • Pausing of the backup operation option, which allows you to
- halt it temporarily
- • Backing up can be stopped at any point, without quitting the
- application
- • Restoring the whole backup or only selected items, as you
- prefer
- • Working on all versions 2-3.5 of Risc OS, under Risc OS 3,
- with nice 3D windows and solid sprite drags for all drag
- operations
- • Containing all messages in a file which can be translated into
- any language
- • Backing up of individual files directly from the source entry,
- a way to archive large files over several discs
- • Supporting fully of Interactive help
-
- Installation
- ============
-
- To install HardBack onto your hard disc, simply drag the
- applications !Backup and !Restore to a suitable directory viewer on
- your hard disc. But remember that, if you pass this demo version
- of HardBack onto anyone else, you must include the
- documentation and all other files in the HardBack directory; it only
- inconveniences them if they don’t have any instructions.
-