Distribution Summary
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grbakp54.zip    GRBackPro: professional backup for Windows XP/2000/NT/Me/98/95 v5.4.xx
Size: 687KB
Release Date: 27 May 2003
Categories: WinXP, Win2000, WinNT, WinMe, Win98, Win95, backup utility, file utility,
system utility
Replace file: grbakp53.zip, grbakp52.zip
Special HW Requirements: none.

Review
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GRBackPro is a data backup program for Windows XP/2000/NT/Me/98/95 designed to easily solve your backup problems at a low price. You can define multiple backup sessions each having different options. Each session can contains many Jobs. Any Job can backup a whole disk, a single folder or few files. An integrated restore facility allows you to quickly maintain two or more PC aligned. GRBackPro has an integrated scheduler to make your backup automatically start without your intervention. You can install it as a Windows XP/2000/NT or Windows Me/98/95 service to have your backups start even if no users are logged in. GRBackPro support network, floppy, Hard drives, CD-RW and all removable hard drives (NO Tapes). GRBackPro is full featured with many professional options. GRBackPro comes with a setup program for an easy installation. GRBackPro is year 2000 compliant and has been selected in the past as the Microsoft and WUGNET shareware pick of the week.


Detailed Description
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GRBackPro is a Windows XP/2000/NT/Me/98/95 professional backup program that
helps you maintain your vital computer data. It can recreate your source
folder tree into the destination drive (or a single compressed
archive) and for every folder it can copy your files or create a pkzip
compatible compressed archive with long file name support and password
protection.
You can run a full, incremental or differential backup of your files. 
You can synchronize your backup files/directories with your sources. The 
integrated scheduler allows you to run the backup at predefined moments 
without your intervention. Your backup is fully configurable via the
user interface or with simple text files placed in your source
directories.
The program comes with a setup program that allows you to install,
evaluate and uninstall the package leaving your system perfectly clean.
Follows the major GRBackPro features:

* Support for network, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD-R, CD-RW (Packet Write), 
  fixed and removable drives (floppy, Iomega ZIP/JAZ,  and other).
  Tapes are NOT supported unless they have a drive letter.
* Support network UNC names.
* Running as NT Service can Logon to any account.
* Can store backup files/archives on multiple removable media.
* Can run as Win 2000/NT or Win 98/95 service process.
* Fully customizable: include, exclude files; exclude, skip directories.
* Backup a single file or folder or even a complete disk drive.
* Integrated restore facility.
* Integrated scheduler.
* Create PKZIP 2.0 compatible archives with long file names support.
* Support PKZIP standard password protection scheme.
* Backup modes are: Full, Incremental and Differential.
* Allows you to copy files instead of compress them.
* Recreate exactly your source directory structure so that you can
  easily navigate into the backup archives and restore single files.
  Optionally can backup to a single archive with stored path names.
* Synchronize the backup archives with the source files/directories.
* Run in the background and it is actionable from the tray icon bar.
* Can start the backup at Windows shutdown or shutdown Windows at 
  backup completion.
* All backup activities are notified into a detailed log file.
* A report dialog allows you to view and extract selected activities.
* Print facility.

CD-RW support
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GRBackPro cannot directly write to a CD-R nor a CD-RW media because it cannot
sustain the minimum data rate the CD drive REQUIRES. You have however the
chance to install a packet write software so that you will be able to use
GRBackPro to backup to a CD-RW media like you normally do to a floppy for 
example. This software drive virtualizes the CD-RW media allowing any
application to read and write to the CD media without any limitation to the 
data rate because this problem is handled by this software driver.
GRBackPro can write to packed write formatted CD-R or CD-RW media and span on 
multiple disks if your source files does not fit in a single CD-R or CD-RW.

Examples of packet write software drives are: Adaptec DirectCD and Ahead InCD.
You can find them at http://www.roxio.com or http://www.ahead.de

NOTE: we have seen that the CD writer device that can read at high speed (>=30x)
but write at 2x, 4x, 8x, 10x can be slow when you execute an Incremental backup.
This is due to the fact that this backup mode need to frequently switch from 
write to read and back to write. As the normal CD writer read speed is high the 
CD writer has to change the spin rotation of the CD and thus every time the backup 
software switch from write to read and vice-versa the CD writer has to spend 
additional time to change the spin rotation and wait it stabilize. 
To overcome this problem you have to change your packet write driver settings in
order to set a read speed near or equal to the write one.

What's New on version 5.4
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This version fixes all version 5.3 problems. They were:

- Fixed: Not complete file/folder delete from disk full dialog.
	 VERY IMPORTANT: previous program versions do not completely delete all
	 folders on Full backup mode. If you were using this bug as a feature you
	 may lost your previous backup folders when you upgrade to this version.
- Fixed: Few more internal problems on full backup mode.
- Fixed: Diagnostic about temporary storage disk full condition.
- Fixed: Now the program main window can be moved when the backup is running.
- Fixed: Scheduler never "force full backup" problems.
- Fixed: Including files with brackets in file name does not include them.
- Fixed: After the scheduler has run a backup if the machine suddenly reboot the
	 last executed time was not stored so that after the reboot the backup
	 start again (i.e. the previous run time was not stored).
- Fixed: Using the backup at shutdown only execute once if repeated shutdown
	 happen.
- Fixed: The Restore procedure showed a long Analysis phase.
- Fixed: Some system folders were not shown when browsing in Job Add/Edit dialog.
- Fixed: Backup synchronization does not delete read-only files.
- Fixed: Restore synchronization does not delete hidden/system files.
- Fixed: Zip compressor: if a file read error occur the resulting zip archive is 
	 not complete (i.e. the central directory is not well written).
- Fixed: When running as a service under Windows XP/2000/NT the AddJob dialog does not
	 correctly login.
- Fixed: When a Job has skip folders defined and it is executed, then the next
	 backup will still skip that same folders (i.e. the skip folders option is not
	 reset at backup completion).
- Fixed: Restoring to a disk near full does not shown disk full error.
- Fixed: When restoring from an NT machine unpacked files erroneously have DOS 8.3
	 truncated names.
- Fixed: When the program start for the very first time it display a message that
	 states the Backup configuration file need to be updated (in reality it does not 
	 yet exist).
- Improved: Add/Edit Job dialog is now displayed more quickly.
- Improved: Documentation.
- Changed: Button Close has been renamed to "Hide".
- Changed: The backup execution at Windows shutdown has been changed in order
	 to be more compatible with what Windows requires.
- Changed: The folder creation and deletion on the destination drive has been
	 optimized.
- Added: Job list popup menu selections to change source and destination folder
         name.
- Added: Possibility to quit or shutdown windows after a backup run (if no errors).
- Added: Confirmation request before to start a Restore operation.
- Added: Possibility to shutdown and power off after a backup run completes.
- Added: Delay at shutdown parameter in order to be sure the disk cache correctly
 	 flushes.
- Added: Volume label is now set on destination disk at every disk full condition.
- Added: File and Folder details when deleting destination disk.
- Added: When a full backup mode is selected the program now check if the
	 destination disk is empty. In this case it will no more ask to delete
	 existing files.
- Added: The new Log file mode "Debug" has been added so that some technical
	 information has been moved out from the Log file mode "Detailed". In
	 this way the "Detailed" is more cleaner from the user point of view.
- Added: The disk full dialog now remember the last selected action.
- Added: Log report entry to signal when a file is not backup but it has a size
	 different from the destination file.
- Fixed: Zip archive version has been changed to 0 (DOS) so that many more unzip 
	software can read the archive file attributes.
- Fixed: The scheduler didn't take into account the daylight saving.
- Fixed: Killed an extra delay when windows forces program close (shutdown, reboot).
- Fixed: When backing up with a single zip archive as a destination the program 
	erroneously shown a wrong statistic on the progress dialog and on the Log file.
- Changed: When running as a service the Close command [x] has been mapped directly
    to the Hide button. If necessary, the service must be stopped from the control 
	panel.
- Changed: In Full backup mode the program now delete the destination disk folders
	during the analysis phase instead that during the Execution phase. This avoid
	that previously backed up folder can be erroneously deleted.
- Changed: the new option "At backup completion do: <action>." has been moved from 
	the Options dialog to the Backup dialog so that it can be enabled or disabled 
	on a per backup Session basis. The option has been also renamed to 
	"On Manual backup completion do: <action>." so that it is more clear that this
	option is active ONLY when the backup is manually started by pressing the 
	Backup button.
- Added: Files that compared to the destination only differ on the file attribute 
	will now backed up only if the file date and time are the same.
- Added: In order to have the backup safely start and complete at Windows shutdown 
	the program has been modified in order to stop the Windows shutdown procedure. 
	When the backup is complete the program has to display a new shutdown dialog 
	box asking the user what to do because Windows does not notify any application 
	what kind of shutdown was originally requested. To avoid this extra dialog box 
	a new selection has been added in the Add / Edit Scheduler Event dialog to the 
	right of the option "At Windows shutdown" so that the user can define a default
	action to do without to have the extra dialog. If you select "Ask me at runtime"
	from this new selection, the program will display the extra dialog again.
- Fixed: When renaming a backup session the scheduled events were not copied to
	to the new backup session.
- Fixed: bug when copying files. File attributes were not always copied.
- Fixed: Command line option /Q in some cases start a Windows shutdown.
- Fixed: Excluding file whose name has one or more spaces does not work.
- Fixed: A damaged log file could block the program execution.
- Fixed: When pressing the Empty List in the Job dialog the program now ask
        confirmation.
- Fixed: Zip compressor now test to not overcome the zip archive limit of 2GB.
- Fixed: Zip compressor now skip source files greater than 2GB not supported
	by the zip archive.
- Added: Support for the new Windows XP visual aspect.
- Fixed: the skip folder list in the add/edit job dialog can be 1024 characters 
	but the program internally was using a shorter length.
- Added: new option in the backup dialog to select if you want or not the JobSrc
	path name in the destination layout path name.
- Added: in the progress dialog the file sizes are now converted to KB or MB as
	needed. This make them more readable.
- Added: when running the post backup application the program now wait execution 
	completion before to proceed.
- Added: pre and post backup application execution is now traced in the log report 
	file.
- Updated: Setup application to allow the user to decide if keep some user files
	or let setup delete them.
- Added: Tip of the Day
- Fixed: When running as a service and the backup mode is Full, the program 
	doesn't shown the delete previous backup confirmation dialog.
- Fixed: Bug when the destination path layout doesn't include "JobSrc".
- Fixed: Bug when copying files.
- Added: Tip of day Previous Tip button.
- Added: Report dialog: added the report activity hive size to the list of backup/restore
	start.
- Added: Report dialog: when you press the "Only Updates" or "Only Error" button 
	and you have a line in the activities list selected the program maintain that
	item as the selected one
- Fixed: Setup is now able to stop a GRBackPro running service.
- Added: Report dialog: in order to quickly enter this dialog when big backup runs
	are listed, the "Operation Activities" list is no more completely filled each time.
	A message has been added, in red, at the end of this list to advise the user that
	if he/she want to display the whole log he/she has to click on the list once.
- Added: Report dialog: the "Operation activities" list box is no more completely filled.
	This save extra time when the report is big. In order to display the complete report
	a single click is sufficient over this list box. Alternatively you must
- Fixed: On the Report dialog the log maximum file size parameter doen't allow the 
	user to set a log file size greater than 500 using the arrows.
- Fixed: When the backup is scheduled at shutdown it starts even if the scheduler is 
	disabled.
- Fixed: An error message was displayed while trying to backup a file bigger than 2GB 
	even if this file has been specified to be skipped.
- Fixed: Problem when the destination layout path option in the Backup dialog is all 
	empty (i.e. all options are set to blank).
- Fixed: Folders that start with a '.' characters were not correctly backed up.
- Fixed: Not all sessions were started when the scheduler is programmed to start the backup
	at Windows shutdown.
- Fixed: Bug preventing the scheduler to start at the specified time (see help file for 
	the details on what parameters are involved).

#### Latest Build Changes ####

- Fixed: Restore hidden files fails.
- Fixed: If more than one event was scheduled at the same time only the first one was 
         executed.
- Fixed: The skip folder option doesn't completely handle the wildchar strings like for 
	 example *.dat
- Fixed: When you compress big files (greater than 262MB) the resulting zip archive is BAD.
- Fixed: When a file to be backed up is locked and cannot be opened or read, even if the
	 option "&Prompt if any error (attended backup)" is unchecked the program erroneusly
	 display the dialog box that ask if you want to retry the operation.
- Fixed: When restoring the current backup session the program fails to build the correct
	 source folder name if the option to create a single zip archive is active.
- Added: Message Box warning when the scheduler has active events and the user want to exit
	 from the program.
- Added: An option in the Options dialog to disable the check of an existing backup file
         against the source file to see if the date and time are the same but they have
	 different sizes.


Install
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Unzip the distribution archive in a temporary directory and run the
Install.exe program.
The Install procedure will copy all the needed files where you want and will
register the program on your system. It will allows you to add a desktop
icon, and to list the program into the "Start Menu" or into the "Start
Menu \ Programs" menu. 
It also registers itself into the Control Panel to allow a quick and
FULL Remove.
NOTE: You can install this version over a previous one if the program is not
running.

Remove
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From the "Control Panel" - "Add/Remove Programs" you can quickly remove
the program (completely) from your system how the Windows standard
requires.

License
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Shareware is NOT Freeware ! This is NOT FREE software. 
The Demo / Evaluation license allows you to use this software, for evaluation 
purposes only, without any charge for a period of 30 days. After the 30
days evaluation period you have to buy the program license if you want
to continue to use it (see the help file for details on how to).
The shareware concept allows you to buy the program license ONLY after
you have fully tested it on your system.
Please support the shareware concept, we must live selling our software.

Buying a License
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This software product is licensed at ONLY 59 US$ 
(site licenses at 2000 US$ and world-wide licenses at 3000 US$).
Accepted Credit cards are: VISA, MasterCard, EuroCard, American Express, 
Optima, Discovery, Dinners Club, JCB Card and Carte Blanche.
You can also register this product directly on the WEB (with a secured transfer protocol): 
http://order.kagi.com/?LU&S
or by phone (USA):
+1 (510) 658-5244 
or by FAX (USA): 
+1 (510) 652-6589. 

For those interested in, the Kagi FEIN number is 943-281-839.
Please run the register.exe application, fill out the form in any part
and then follows the program instructions for delivery.
From inside the register.exe application you can also print and Invoice.


Disclaimer of Warranty
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This software and the accompanying files are provided "as are" and
without warranties as to performance of merchantability or any other
warranties whether expressed or implied. Because of the various hardware
and software environments into which this software may be put, no
warranty of fitness for a particular purpose is offered. Please use the
Shareware concept and try this software before to buy it.
Any liability of the seller will be limited exclusively to product price
refund.  This software is produced by a member of the Association of
Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that The
Shareware Principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member
directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you
resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide
technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP
Ombudsman at 157-F Love Ave. Greenwood, IN 46142 USA, FAX 317-888-2195
or send e-mail to omb@asp-shareware.org.

Distribution
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Freely distributable as soon as the files inside the compressed archive
aren't modified in any way. Other text file can be added to the archive.
Please contact GRSoftware (see below) for a written permission.

Resellers
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Ask our reseller conditions to: sales@grsoftware.net.

Contact Information
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GRSoftware
Mr. Roberto Grassi
P.O.BOX 37, 10095 Grugliasco (Torino) ITALY, EUROPE.
Internet E-Mail: grsoftware@grsoftware.net, support@grsoftware.net
Internet Web site: http://www.grsoftware.net

