trekhead

I just got my X30 low and it's charging. So I'm trying to make decisions about essential programs. From reading in the forums, I know that a backup program is recommended vs. the one in the OS. I've read a lot of positive comments about Sprite as a backup program. My question is whether the backup feature in SK Tools is sufficient for this purpose. If not, why? From the description of the program it does a lot beside backup, which is why I'm interested in it. Any comments about the ease of use of this program are welcome too. Thanks.

Bud Pritchard

Even though SKTools has a good backup program, I still prefer Sprite for the following reasons:

1. Backups can be EXE files so that a restore from hard reset can be done without loading Sprite.

2. Multiple Backups on Storage Card. Sprite handles file naming. I backup daily, so if for some reason a backup is bad, I can use the previous backup.

3. Backup to PC. Additional safeguard.

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trekhead

Originally Posted by Bud Pritchard

Even though SKTools has a good backup program, I still prefer Sprite for the following reasons: 1. Backups can be EXE files so that a restore from hard reset can be done without loading Sprite. 2. Multiple Backups on Storage Card. Sprite handles file naming. I backup daily, so if for some reason a backup is bad, I can use the previous backup. 3. Backup to PC. Additional safeguard.

Thanks for your response. You listed 3 good reasons. Is SK Tools unable to do any of these, particularly backing up to a PC? That would be a significant drawback.

wooch

Yes, SK does not support the features that Bud listed. I personally don't care about the Backup to PC feature. I have Sprite Standard, so I just manually copy my executable backup files over to my PC. I don't like backing up while connected because ActiveSync is running. I much prefer to have as many processes as possbile closed when I do my backups.

Bud Pritchard

Originally Posted by trekhead

Thanks for your response. You listed 3 good reasons. Is SK Tools unable to do any of these, particularly backing up to a PC? That would be a significant drawback.

Never used SKTools. However, both have a trial to run your own comparisons.

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