Very poorly presented software (referring to their website which I just visited). There is no indication of exactly what it does, how it works, how it is controlled, or the full feature set. There is only a list of "benefits".

I won't trust my backup to a company that can't communicate what their software is doing. I do note however that their "enterprise" version is much better documented. So I think the "lite" is a bait and switch product that they don't take seriously.

lemonadesoda  –  13 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+208)

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If you are considering this program you probably want to see this review before you install

http://dottech.org/gotdreviews/20403/

Hope it helps some of you decide!

Lefty  –  13 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+197)

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ok, we don't know what it's doing but we know the risks it leads to...
bye bye !

*Excludes My Documents from protection - there is no option to have My Documents also be protected.
*Needs to provide better visual notifications that the system is protected and all changes will be lost upon reboot; something like having the option to have some sort of warning displayed right before a reboot occurs, reminding the user all changes will be lost, is needed.
*Encourages users to disable Windows System Restore during installation.
*Did not cleanly uninstall on my computer.

zorglub  –  13 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+49)

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Forgetting all the high-tech speculation that is going on, personally until I understood the functions and method of operation of a program of this type there is no way I would use it!
The developer needs to give a technical explanation of precisely how it functions.

OldScotty  –  13 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+41)

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AyRecovery Lite is only for people who are using obsolete OSes. From its description, it's clear that it's a disk access virtualizer, similar to other such products, noting that it applies to all drives/partitions, not just your system partition. As such, it's extremely dangerous for those who don't understand the implications.

From their website: "AyRecovery protects all your HDD partitions after the installation and the protection is enabled by default. (You can choose disable protection function for new programs installation.) Your system will be restored at each reboot and all the newly-added data will be thrown away at the next reboot, excluding your My Document folder."

That's actually a disaster for most versions of Windows, even XP. Virtualizing disk access, whether single-shot like AyRecovery Lite or via multiple such restoration points, has the advantage of speed of restoration, but requires free disk space and provides no protection from disk failures, damage, or theft, or very malicious malware. Document-backup applications protect some types of data, but not your system. Disk-image backup protects your system, but most don't provide convenient point-in-time restoration. I prefer near-continuous backup, there are a number of such applications, my personal preference is StorageCraft® ShadowProtect® Desktop™ with StorageCraft® ShadowControl™ ImageManager™, it's not cheap up-front (although maintenance renewals are for home users), but it's the best such application. It backs up my system every 15 minutes to an external drive, compressed and encrypted; I rarely notice it. Off of an external USB 3.0 drive, I can mount a complete point-in-time image of the 120GB or 620GB volumes that I'm having backed-up, in about 8-12 seconds. The disadvantage of full-restoration software is the time it takes to do so, which depends upon the complete throughput of the drives involved.

Fubar  –  13 years ago  –  A fost util acest comentariu? da | nu (+39)

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