{"id":526,"date":"2007-03-22T04:46:39","date_gmt":"2007-03-22T04:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2007\/03\/backup-platinum-cd-ftp-lan-backup-software-review\/"},"modified":"2015-09-09T19:40:16","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T11:40:16","slug":"backup-platinum-cd-ftp-lan-backup-software-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2007\/03\/backup-platinum-cd-ftp-lan-backup-software-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Backup Platinum &#8211; CD, FTP &#038; LAN Backup Software Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backup-platinum.com\/\">Backup Platinum<\/a> is an Windows platform backup program to make another copy of your important stuff so if your PC burns\/gets pwned\/crashes etc you won&#8217;t lose everything.<\/p>\n<p>It supports backup by Hard or USB drives, CD-R\/W or DVD\u00c2\u00b1R\/RW media, FTP server or Local Area Network (LAN).<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy enough to download and install, you can grab it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backup-platinum.com\/download.shtml\">here<\/a> (It&#8217;s only 2.6MB).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/88\/430025132_7b2aee93a3.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"Backup Platinum\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll need Microsoft 95\/98\/ME\/NT\/2000\/XP\/2003 and about 3MB of free disk space.<\/p>\n<p>The interface immediately fires up a backup wizards when you first start the software, this guides you nicely through how to setup a new backup job or synchronize your data between two locations.<\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3033787195489589\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Darknet Responsive Post Ad Links [previously link ad unit] -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3033787195489589\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5456620019\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/164\/430029527_a919ae0dc9.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"Backup Platinum Wizard\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It supports a good range of files such as Registry Files, Outlook Express Files, MSN Files and so on.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly it&#8217;s too MS-centric, I would like to see support for <strong>Thunderbird and Firefox<\/strong> files and settings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/172\/430032611_8ea31fb5aa.jpg\" alt=\"File Support\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I tested backup via FTP and it worked well allowing me to browse the remote FTP location within the interface and choose the location I wished to save the files.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/161\/430035651_5ca6c10266.jpg\" alt=\"FTP Backup\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It supports various encryption options (128-bit) with Blowfish to ensure file integrity and confidentiality.<\/p>\n<p>The DVD\/CD-Writing module also supports spanning across multiple disks and it integrates with windows scheduler so once you have created the jobs you can schedule your backups at regular intervals.<\/p>\n<p>Backup Platinum is priced at a fairly reasonable $67USD per license, honestly for this kind of software (it&#8217;s not rocket science) I&#8217;d prefer to see it around $30USD.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s simple software and it does what it&#8217;s supposed to do, good job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Backup Platinum is an Windows platform backup program to make another copy of your important stuff so if your PC burns\/gets pwned\/crashes etc you won&#8217;t lose everything. 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