Distribution Summary
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GRBakP50.zip    GRBackPro: professional backup for Windows NT/98/95 v5.0
Size( compressed/Not compressed): 530K/1271K
Date: 02/03/1999
Categories: Win2000, WinNT, Win98, Win95, backup utility, file utility, system
utility
Replace files: grbakp41.zip, grbakp40.zip, grbakp30.zip.
Special Requirements: 8MB ram.

Review
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GRBackPro is a data backup program for Windows 2000/NT/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 2000/NT or Windows 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 as the Microsoft and WUGNET shareware pick of the week for Windows 98/95 and Windows NT: 
http://www.wugnet.com/shareware/98/week110/
http://www.wugnet.com/shareware/98/nt_week98/
Best rated with five stars by ZDNet.

Detailed Description
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GRBackPro is a Windows 2000/NT/98/95 professional backup program that
help 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:

* Year 2000 compliant.
* Support for network, CD-W, fixed and removable drives (floppy, Iomega
  ZIP/JAZ, LS-120, Syquest and other similar). Tapes are not supported.
* Support network UNC names.
* 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 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.
* All backup activities are notified into a detailed log file.
* A report dialog allows you to view and extract selected activities.
* Print facility.


What's New on version 5.0
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- Added: GRBackPro now remember the window size/location after being
  closed and restore them when opened.
- Modified: The size of the "Include/Exclude" and "Skip Folders" edit
  boxes has been increased from 260 characters to 1024.
- Fixed: the option "Delete files to recycle bin" was always ON even if
  unchecked.
- Improved: Restore synchronization option now correctly handle the
  $backup.inc and $backup.exc files. Also the delete confirmation
  dialog has been enhanced.
- Added: Pressing the INS key you can now add a Job in the Job dialog.
- Improved: A new more powerful scheduler has been implemented. You can
  now add many scheduler events and you have more options for each
  event.
- Added: A new button on the autostart dialog to disable the triggered
  scheduler event.
- Fixed: When using compression level 1 the resulting zip archive appear
  to be encrypted/protected.
- Replaced: The option "Force Full backup after <n> incr./differ.
  backups" has been deleted because this functionality has been 
  replaced by the new scheduler.
- Fixed: Disallowed date before 1980 not correctly handled by Windows.
- Added: Execution of a command before (Pre) or after (Post) the backup
  execution.
- Changed: Optimized the analysis of big Log files.
- Added: Backup zip archive file name selection options.
- Added: Restore zip archive file name selection option.
- Changed: the temporary path, if not specified in the Backup dialog, is
  no more the destination folder but is the standard Windows temporary
  path.
- Enhanced: The disk span function in case of disk full condition. When
  you are doing full backup, GRBackPro can now proceed the current Job
  in many destination media while copy only or compressing. The span is
  however executed at file level: i.e. if a file (even compressed) does
  not fit into a destination media then GRBackPro stop.
- Added: An option in the Option dialog to backup the Windows registry
  and the system files: system.ini, win.ini, autoexec.bat and config.sys.
- Fixed: The autostart dialog erroneously restart the count down and
  does not automatically start the backup.
- Fixed: The Job list header sometimes does not repaint the background.
- Added: New option in the restore dialog to restore empty folders. 
  Previous versions always delete empty folders during restore.
- Fixed: The disk full dialog do no more disable the available options.
  In this way if there is a CD-W mapped to a network the backup can
  proceed to the next media.
- Added: New option to make the program pop-up from the tray (unhide)
  when a backup or restore session is starting. And then hide back to
  the tray when finished.
- killed: The columns "Compress ratio", "Source size" and "Destination
  size" from the progress dialog.
- Added: A pause button has been added to the Progress dialog.
- Fixed: The command line option /S was not correctly handled. Valid
  entry are now: /S sess_name or /Ssess_name or /S"session name" or /S
  "session name".
- Fixed: Little problems while printing from the Job and Progress
  dialogs.
- Added: Browse button to the disk full dialogs to allow the user
  explore the destination disk.
- Fixed: The email and the url on the about box are no more underlined
  to be more readable.
- Fixed: Pressing Enter the program quit.
- Added: Empty folders are no more inserted during analysis.
- Added: When the restore synchronizazion procedure want to delete a
  source file there is now a new button to set a folder name in which
  delete files without user intervention.
- Added: A popup menu has been added to the Add/Edit dialog on the
  destination list.
- Added: "Duplicate and Edit Job" button on the Job dialog.
- Fixed: The destination folder is now created only when a file need to
  be backed up.
- Fixed: Session lists sorting problem.
- Added: To the Destination path layout the current logged in user name.
- Added: Language translation kits are available for the program and the
  setup.

Install
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Unzip the distribution archive in a temporary directory and run the
setup.exe program.
If you want to install a language translation, unzip the translation
package before to run the setup program so that it will take care of the
rest for you.
The setup 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.

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. 
This evaluation license allows you to use this software, for evaluation 
purposes only, without any charge for a period of 30 days. If you use
this software after the 30 days evaluation period a registration is
required (see the help file for details on how to).
The shareware concept allows you to register the program ONLY after you
have fully tested it on your system.

Registration
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This software product is licensed at ONLY 59 US$ (site licenses 2000 US$
and world-wide licenses 3000 US$).  Credit cards supported: VISA, Master
Card, American Express, Discovery and Dinners Club.  You can also
register this product directly on the WEB: http://order.kagi.com/?LU&S
with a secured transfer protocol, or by phone: +1 (510) 658-5244.  NOTE:
registrations by e-mail will not be accepted if coming from anonymous
e-mail addresses.


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 for our reseller conditions: email to grsoftware@grsoftware.net.

Contact Information
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Ing. Roberto Grassi
GRSoftware
P.O.BOX 48, 10096 Leumann (Torino) ITALY, EUROPE.
Internet E-Mail  : grsoftware@grsoftware.net, support@grsoftware.net
Internet Web site: http://www.grsoftware.net

Internet Download URLs
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http://www.grsoftware.net/grbakp50.zip

Program Icon
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Program Screen Shot
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