XR Backup, is a very simple, easy to use and powerful backup, archiving and versioning system. The program is designed to keep your changes safe, and allows you to access your backups the easiest and fastest way possible.

XR Backup is different from any other backup software; its main feature is that it will take copies of your files automatically whenever they are changed, and it keeps a full history of versions of each file. It also allows flexibility as to when the backup is done. You can select an hourly, daily, weekly or monthly backup...or even place a shortcut on your desktop so that the program will detect changes on demand.

This program allows you to browse and manage the history of your files, you can select to view and/or restore an individual version of a file, or you can select to fully restore your files to how they were at any point in time.

With XR Backup, you can select your backup destination to be on a Local Disk Drive, a network shared folder on another computer, a Network Attached Storage (NAS), a USB Hard Disk or even a Flash Drive.

What Does XR Backup Do?

XR Backup works in the background while you work, to gather your changes and save them automatically in the backup store. It can also work on a timed schedule to perform these backups, or you can select that the program will only take backups whenever you want by placing a shortcut for the quick-backup operation on your desktop or quick lunch bar. You can use it to backup files from your desktop PC. It can also be used with USB Flash Disks, iPOD or almost any portable storage device.

 How does it work?

The user chooses at what interval and for which files to perform backups. When a backup is performed a list of versions for each chosen file is generated. These versions contain the history of changes over the specified time. The backup versions are most accurate if the real-time backup option is enabled. The real-time backup option saves a version every time the file is saved. This is known as Continuous data protection - the program will copy your changes instantly and will store all the versions in specified backup destination for later recovery and access. To control disk space usage, the program also provides purging of old files based on the user's preference.

Why Should You Use XR Backup?

There are many file backup and archiving software titles out in the market, so why should you choose XR Backup?

• Automated: Once set up, XR Backup can silently and automatically make sure that your files are kept safe and stored whenever they are changed without any further user interaction. Everything is automated the way you want it.

• Easy to use catalogue: the backup store can be accessed through an easy to use interface to browse your files and monitor their history and access any of your older copies without any hassle.
  

• Skipped-files-free backup (Windows specific): XR Backup uses Microsoft's Volume Shadow Copy™ technology to ensure that no files are skipped during the backup even if locked by the system or by another application.
  

• Compression: your files maybe be compressed to keep disk usage to a minimum.
  

• Encryption: your files can be encrypted to ensure that nobody can access your private or confidential documents.
  

• Flexible file filtering: Easily set rules to ignore files and/or folders that you don't want to include in the backup, based on virtually any file attribute you can think of.
  

• Pre and post backup command execution: Let XR Backup automatically execute commands immediately before or after backing up your files. (Check files for viruses, make a full compressed copy of the target folder, etc.)
  

• Informative Logs: Optional detailed logging of all operations as well as email reports.

Possible Uses:

• You're working on a slide show for your next meeting, and you're nervous and you're afraid that you may lose all your hard work by making a mistake, by losing power or by any physical disk disaster. All you have to do is point XR Backup to your documents folder and save your files as frequently as you want. All the changes will be stored and you can access older copies by browsing the history of the file.

• You're usually using a laptop at work, during commute or while drinking a cup of coffee at the nearby cafe. You also have a desktop computer at home that you use because it has a bigger screen and is more comfortable to work with. And you want to keep a backup of your documents and store them on your home computer because you cant risk losing these files for any reason. All you have to do is connect your laptop to the network and perform the backup and set it to point to your home computer.

• You're a file server administrator at your work, you're responsible for keeping any work related document within your network safe and accessible quickly at any time. And you're tired of reminding your staff or co-workers to keep backups of their files. XR Backup helps you automate this operation by simply installing it on each computer and allowing it to monitor and send all the changes to the file server. This is done quietly and transparently and they wont even feel it working. Safe documents accessible at anytime. Secured with the encryption facilities, what more do you need?

Feature Wish List

If you have a suggestion about a new feature that you would like to be added to XR Backup, send us your comments about the feature and its expected functionality in the Contact Us section. If the suggested feature is added, you will get the version of XR Backup that has that feature free of charge, provided that you are an owner of an older version of the software. Otherwise, you will be granted a 20% discount to buy the software.

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