ZephyrBackup

Homepage: www.geisswerks.com
Author:   Ryan Geiss
Cost:     Free
Feedback: send email to "guava" at the domain "geisswerks.com"

ABOUT ZEPHYRBACKUP

          ZephyrBackup is a tiny-but-powerful backup scripting program.
          
          It's basically a user interface that allows you to select 
          folders to copy using the fast and reliable "XCOPY" command.
          It's a great tool for backing up your critical files to a 
          USB hard drive, or to another computer on the network.
          
          To begin a backup, just select the source folders you want
          to copy, as well as the corresponding destination folders
          (where you want them copied to).  Once you've done this,
          you can save the backup script for future re-use.  
          
          You can map each source folder in the backup to a
          custom destination folder, optionally using powerful tokens 
          to name destination folders intelligently.  For example:
          
          Source Folder      Destination Folder
          --------------     -------------------
          C:\MP3          -> Z:\MP3
          C:\MyDocuments  -> Z:\backups\2008_01_31\MyDocuments
          
          Notice that the second destination folder, above, was tied
          to the current date.  If you ran the backup the next day,
          the folder name would be 2008_02_01.  The special code
          you would use to do this is simple: 
              
              Z:\backups\<YEAR>_<MONTH>_<DAY>\MyDocuments
              
          Many options are available, from the day of the week (1-7,
          sun-sat, Sun-Sat, SUN-SAT, sunday-saturday, etc.), to the 
          current user name.  Click the 'formatting help' button for 
          full details.
          
          ZephyrBackup supports copying files with verification.  It
          will also show you, very clearly, if any files were unable to 
          be copied (for example, if the file was open and locked by
          another program).  It can also generate a log file of every 
          file copied if you like, and can auto-save this to a location
          of your choice.
          
          ZephyrBackup is freeware.

INSTALLATION

          To install ZephyrBackup, just copy the two main files:
          
              zb.exe       -  the program
              zb_doc.html  -  the documentation
          
          To a directory on your hard drive, and create a shortcut to the
          .EXE.  That's all there is to it.

TIPS

          COMPRESSED FOLDERS:  
          
          If your destination drive uses the NTFS format, then you can
          select certain folders to be compressed (using Windows Explorer).
          We recommend using this option for your destination folders that
          hold large amounts of small files or uncompressed data (word documents, 
          text files, etc.).  You will probably save about 30-40% both
          in disk space (on the destination drive) and the backup will go
          30-40% faster.  However, you should NOT compress folders that
          will store media data (music, video, pictures) - this kind of
          data is already heavily compressed, so you won't be able to 
          save much space, and the backup will actually go slower in this
          case.

          
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VERSION HISTORY
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v1.0 - 2/3/2008
     - Initial release.
v1.1 - 5/14/2008
     - Fixed bug with 'Save Script' button.
     - Fixed bug with log-viewing at the end of a backup, where sometimes,
         the log would not be properly loaded.


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COMING SOON
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  -build simple installer (using NSIS)
  -add Sync mode