Is SPB Backup worth $24.95? + general BU questions.

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Hello all

Now that I think I've pretty much got my TP2 setup how I like it, I would like to start backing things up.

I've seen a lot of people recommend SPB Backup and it looks like a great program but to be honest $24.95 seems a little steep for a only do one thing program.

Heck for only $5.00 more I can get Mobile Shell and look how much that can do.

How is the support for SPB products? Does anyone know of any specific support boards for them?

At any rate, so is this program really worth that much and especially in regards to it above others?

Basically and forgive me if this is not how any WM backup programs work but, I want a program that will do a complete back up of everything to my PC's hard drive in a single image type file that I can just do a hard reset to the device, install the backup program, hit one button and sit back and "everything" is restored just as it was when the back up was made. As well I would like to be able to amended that backup file with incremental backups, as I need too, so it doesn't take so long to do one.

Then as well I would also like to make a complete or partial copy of all the device's files that are all obtainable individually just as if I were looking at the devices with it's file explorer program so that I could have access to any file I need to and work with and/or restore as needed.


In regards to this.

In my experience with PC backup's typically most backup programs make a single image file that while sometimes they will offer a proprietary program to go into those, are still kinda messy with just getting one file if you need it. Plus with these if that one image file gets corrupted or lost, then there goes your whole backup. Also they typically don't like incremental backups as its tough to just select changed files in a image file.

Then as far as file per file backups these are typically called Synchronization programs that while are great for getting a file per file copy, typically can be messy if you want to get everything on a disk as they tend to leave out files from running programs and stuff, plus they can really take a long time. So in other words they typically are useless for a full restore program as they may or may not have or be able to replace certain files. Btu they can be nice for incremental backups as they only will work with what files have been changed.

Anyway I just thought I would mention all that as for me for standard PC's I found that I have had to have both as no one program was best for both of the conditions, so is this true for the HH's as well?

In other words are most if not all backup programs that can do a complete restore gonna be an image type file thing?

Then if so, are there any file Sync programs out there?

Are there any that do both?

Thanks for any help