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Software EMC Retrospect 7.5 Professional for Windows

Domain Name Com's - Software : EMC Retrospect 7.5 Professional for Windows

- Not user friendly
I gave this three stars because it's supposed to work well. Once I figure out how to use it, I'll bet it does. If anyone can figure out how to rotate more than two tapes in a set please let me know.

Rating:

- Excellent Choice for Small Businesses or Home Users
These comments are closely related to David Arnstein's review and comments below with which I fully agree.

I am a CPA who requires accurate, reliable backups for all of my programs and files. There is no margin for error. Since December 2006 I had been using the backup software that was bundled with my Buffalo Technologies TeraStation. In early August this software stopped working reliably after issues that were created by Microsoft Technical Support. I remembered a favorable write up on this product by Consumer Reports and started my investigation. My other planned alternative was Symantec's Backup Executive. I contacted Dantz/EMC2 Insignia Technical Support (866-362-1111 or 800-225-4880) for pre-sales information after seeing the Professional version of this product on Amazon's website. The information that I received was outstanding. They provided me with the following recommendations:

1) Go to the EMC2 Insignia website and download the fully featured 30-day (really 45 days) trial version;

2) Go to this website for a movie/video tutorial for every feature of the software http://www.emcinsignia.com/supportupdates/video/ and spend the required time learning how to use the software. It takes several hours, beats reading the 400-page user guide, and is time well spent. You won't regret it. You can view all 54 separate tutorials or just the ones that you require;

3) Call EMC2 Insignia T/S at any time during the 45-day trial period for FREE T/S from professionals who are located in CA;

4) If you like the product, buy it from Amazon at the end of the trial period insert your license key code and continue to use the application without having to uninstall/install the software which drives the Windows Registry nuts. This is a Microsoft issue!

There are too many options that are available to you in the software to go through in these comments. I am continuing to use my Buffalo Network Attached Storage (NAS) device. To keep this simple I'll cover the three back up strategies that I use:

Backup #1 - back up your entire system whenever you change hardware or software and create a new disaster recovery CD. I also run this program weekly.

Backup #2 - I save all of the files that I create in separate folders (not in the Program folder)on my HD. I back up all of these files daily.

"Duplicate" Back Up. This is a Restrospect option. Backups #1 & #2 require the use of Retrospect for a Restore. The "Duplicate" option allows you to do the same as Backup #2 and then retrieve a separate file to drag-and-drop it back to your HD without the need to use Retrospect.

I can't speak for everyone who reads these reviews or address even most of the individual back up requirements that you might have. My only recommendations are for you to do your own investigation of this product and then spend the time to go through the video tutorials from the Internet. Afterwards make your own determination as to whether Retrospect 7.5 Professional is an excellent solution for your own requirements. It is working perfectly for me.

Rating:

- Retrospect: learning hurdles, yes -- but very reliable once you understand
Reading through these reviews and comments, I have to agree that Retrospect's interface has always marched to it's own drummer. When I first stomped my way through an old Mac version back in 1994, I used it to do basic one-off backups but didn't understand it well.

Over time and several versions, on both Macs (desktops and servers) and Windows (desktops and servers), it's a tool that I regularly count on for reliability and redunancy. I have client sites where I can easily roll back to any date in the last 6 months and pull a single misplaced file or an entire disk.

Like any backup regimen, it requires that you think about how you want to use the product (number of backup sets and disk sets) and how your users should be protected. A little seasoning (and reading the manual) pays big dividends!

--
Gary Szabo
Principal, Mindful Technologies

Rating:

- Very full-featured backup software
EMC Retrospect 7.5 Professional for Windows is VERY full featured, as evidenced by the manuscript sized manual. It contains many very useful advanced features BUT, if you're a novice to backing up, you can just pretty much run through the intuitive wizard and get a good backup of your data. I love the fact that it has a disaster recovery option, allowing you to make a bootable-cd to boot to in case of operating system failure. I work in Information Technology and still had to read the manual to figure out exactly how to use some of the advanced features, like using the incrememtal backup and scheduling automated client backups. But one can install it and run manual backups that are as thorough right out of the box. This is a great product and will give you much peace of mind about keeping your data safely backed up. I highly recommend it.

Rating:

- Lost my data
Okay, I was using the previous release of Retrospect. But it was a COMPLETE AND TOTAL FAILURE.
I made backups, both "duplicate" and "comprehensive".
My disk crashed.
I went to restore.
NOTHING THERE.

Knowing this, would you buy another Retrospect product?

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