AKAJohnDoe

I downloaded and installed the lastest Spb Backup (V1.5) last night and set it to perform a scheduled backup this AM at 05:05. I have a Sprite Backup scheduled for 04:04.

As with earlier releases, Spb Backup shutdown the Odyssey client such that it did not restart in the system tray after soft reset. Sprite Backup does not do this. While some may view this as a desireable feature of Spb Backup, I do not. The Odyssey client does restart manually.

Also as with earlier releases, the scheduled Spb Backup did not actually complete until the password lockout was interrupted by my first alarm of the day, which was at 08:15. Sprite Backup is unaffected by the password lockout.

The size of the Spb Backup files (there are two for every backup) is smaller than the (single) Sprite backup file. This could be related to compression.

I have done a number of restores from hard reset with Sprite Backup that were 100% successful, including full restores of BIS onto Dell replacement devices. I did not test restoration with this installation of Spb Backup, but I have before.

I really do not understand why Sprite Backup does not offer a trial period. A very puzzling business policy.

Bottom line: I am running WM2K3.2 on a Dell X50V. Were I to go to a WM5 device, I would certainly try Spb Backup again, especially since I already bought it back in mid-February of 2006 and I do not own the WM5-compliant version of Sprite Backup, but at this time, Sprite Backup is my choice. Spb Backup deinstalled once more.

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