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Second Copy Reviewer’s Guide
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Contents
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Why Second Copy?
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It
is not uncommon to lose an important
document or a spreadsheet that you
spent all day working on it. Not
everyone likes the backup
operations. Besides backups are only
good if you remember to do them.
Many backup programs store your
important data and when you need it,
you have to perform a restore
operation.
Centered Systems recently released
Second Copy, a shareware backup
utility that makes backup operations
a breeze! Second Copy allows you to
keep a backup of all your important
files at a different location. Set
it up once and forget about it.
Since you always have a backup, you
don’t have to perform any restore
operations. Second Copy will
automatically copy your files at
specified intervals with little
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Who needs a complicated
interface?
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Second Copy’s elegant and clean user
interface offers easy setup wizards
and multiple graphical views of the
information. Second Copy is designed
to run under Windows
. It provides
automated support for Install and
Uninstall.
To use Second Copy, simply create
profiles for files you want to copy
to another directory, folder, drive
or computer across the network. Each
profile defines a source location, a
destination location, and how often
the files should be copied.
Select Express setup for most
commonly used options, or select
Custom setup to define special
options, e.g., files to include or
exclude, compression, encryption,
and synchronization. Second Copy 's
setup wizard helps users define
different profiles, each indicating
different sets of files and rules.
These profiles can be organized in
groups by different categories such
as daily backups, weekly archives,
accounting files, etc. Setup wizard
also assists the user in setting the
frequency of the backups, including
specific days of the week, time of
the day, or any desired time
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What’s so special about Second
Copy?
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Please don't be fooled by Second
Copy 's simple interface. We kept it
simple for the 90% of the people who
don't like to worry about the
backups and who are not so computer
literate. The basic interface
provides these individuals with the
most important functions needed to
perform a reliable backup. However,
to avoid a cluttered and complicated
interface, the utility’s many
advanced features are kept out of
the way for all but the advanced
computer users. These advanced
features, which are easily
accessible, are well designed and
documented.
By default Second Copy only copies
new or changed files. This reduces
the amount of time it takes to make
the backup. Second Copy can compress
your files using PKZip compatible
compression, and it comes with its
own Zip Viewer. You can also
synchronize your files between the
source and destination so that you
always have updated copies.
Files can be stored on any local
fixed or removable disks, zip
drives, CD-RW's, as well as on
storage devices on other computers
across a network. Second Copy
backups can span across multiple
removable disks. Second Copy does
not backup to tape drives.
Second Copy can archive up to 25
earlier versions of files. You can
ignore files older than a certain
date, and set zip file compression
ratios. You can run any program
before or after running each backup
operation.
For added security, the compressed
files and customized settings can be
protected using encrypted passwords.
Second Copy 's built-in auto-dial
and auto-login features enable users
to back up their files remotely to
their servers in the office, or to
any other location. |
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Who needs Second Copy?
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Anyone who
would like to have peace of mind
without having to worry about
backups needs Second Copy. Whether
it’s a corrupted file, directory, or
a hard disk crash – you always have
a backup, and hence peace of mind.
Second Copy can copy any type of
file, whether it is a document, a
spreadsheet, a database, an e-mail
depository, system files, or program
files; Second Copy will always keep
your backup.
The following are a few examples of
Second Copy uses:
- Unattended,
automatic backups
- Copying files
between work and home computers
automatically without having to
carry any storage media – You
can modify files on the work
computer and they can be
synchronized with the home
computer using Second Copy.
- Many office
environments require you to copy
files to the network server or
network storage so that their
data will get backed up. Many
people forget to copy files from
their local machine to the
server or the network storage –
You can automatically copy files
from your local workstation to
the server or the network
storage using Second Copy.
- Keep your
laptop synchronized with the
desktop – Using Second Copy you
can copy files between your
laptop computer and your desktop
computer keeping all important
files updated on both systems.
- Second Copy
can also be used to copy files
between the servers to have
synchronized information across
the network.
- You can save
storage space and backup files
by using file compression – You
can use Second Copy to backup
files to any removable storage
device such as floppies, Zip
drives, and CD-RWs. These can be
used for off-site backup.
- If you
periodically copy files or
databases from one computer to
another, you know that, if
something goes wrong during the
copying process, you have to
restart copying all over again –
Using Second Copy, once you set
up the source and the
destination locations, even if
there is a problem, you don’t
have to start copying all over
again. Simply correct the
problem and Second Copy profile
will copy only the missed or
changed files since the last
copying operation.
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How does Second Copy work?
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Once
you define the profiles indicating
which files to copy, where to copy
them, and when to copy them, Second
Copy runs in the background. At the
specified time, it compares the date
and time stamp of the source and
destination files, and it copies new
and changed files. It also tracks
the copying activities in a log file
so that you can see which files were
copied and if there were any errors.
Second Copy copies only the files
that are not in use by other
applications. However, if it tries
to copy an open file, Second Copy
alerts you so that you have an
option to close that file for Second
Copy to copy it. |
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Where can you get Second Copy
software?
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You can
download Second Copy from any of the
following links:
http://www.centered.com/download.html
http://www.secondcopy.com/download.html
It is also available on major
shareware repositories such as Cnet/ZDNet
Download and Tucows. |
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Second Copy technical support
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Technical
support is available for Second Copy
customers by sending e-mail to
support@secondcopy.com. There
are two mirrored web sites, which
also offer a wealth of support
information including known issues
and tips and tricks.
http://www.centered.com/support.html
http://www.secondcopy.com/support.html
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Second Copy pricing
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A
single user license of Second Copy
is $29.95. Discounts are available
for multi-user licenses. For
multi-user pricing see:
http://www.secondcopy.com/secondcopy/pricing.html
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Ordering and registration
methods
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There are
several ordering / registration
methods available for Second Copy :
- On the World
Wide Web using secured web site
(by credit card)
- By Phone (by
credit card)
- By Fax (by
credit card)
- By Mail (by
check)
- By Purchase
Orders
For more
information on how to order see:
http://www.secondcopy.com/order.html
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Contact information
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Centered
Systems
7137 Oak Ridge Road
Falls Church, VA 22042-2561
Sales:
Fax: (703) 637-1259
sales@secondcopy.com
Support:
support@secondcopy.com
Websites:
http://www.centered.com
http://www.secondcopy.com
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