Distribution Summary
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GRBakP40.zip
GRBackPro: professional backup for Windows NT/98/95 v4.0.46
Size( compressed/Not compressed): 507K/1200K
Date: 08/04/1998
Categories: WinNT/98/95, backup utility, file utility, system utility
Replace files: grbakp30.zip.
Special Requirements: none.

Review
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GRBackPro is a data backup program for Windows 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 NT or Windows 98/95 service to have your backups start even if no users are logged in. The program is full featured with many professional options and is backward compatible with its predecessor program GRBack. A setup program allows you to install, evaluate and uninstall the package leaving your system perfectly clean. GRBackPro is year 2000 ready.

Detailed Description
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GRBackPro is a Windows NT/98/95 professional backup program that can
help you maintain your vital computer data. It recreate your source
directory tree into the destination drive and for every directory 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:

* 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 span on multiple removable media.
* Can run as NT or 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.
* Synchronize the backup archives with the source files/directories.
* Run in the background and it is actionable from the tray icon bar.
* Can run 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.
* Easy registration with e-mailed personal license key file.


What's New on version 4.0.46
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- Added: day of the week on the "Destination path layout" in the backup dialog.
- Added: better and more accurate final statistic.
- Added: green check boxes into the Edit Job dialog. Now in the Edit Job you can also add other Jobs.
- Added: When the Log file reach the specified size the program resize the file to about the half instead of delete it. The Log file thus maintain the last entries and delete the older.
- Added: zip password protection (encryption/decryption)
- Added: option to run the backup of a session at Windows shutdown
- Added: session name on the progress dialog
- Added: the program main window is now resizable
- Added: duplicate session button on the Job dialog
- Added: hot key letters for the Job dialog buttons
- Added: new button to duplicate a session Job list
- Added: new button to print the Job list
- Added: better and more accurate final statistic.

- Fixed: if options 'Delete empty destination folders' and 'Create source folder file list ($backup.dir)' were both ON a spurious error appear on the Log file.
- Fixed: print option.
- Fixed: on the Add/Edit Job some Windows folders (like Desktop) were not shown.
- Fixed: during backup progress the source file name was changed with the alias name.
- Fixed: Log file size option was not correctly loaded but always set to 500.
- Fixed: zip compression of big files bug - crash with memory allocation error.
- Fixed: bug handling skip folders option not terminated by a ';'
- Fixed: file list wrong behavior on the Add/Edit Job dialog
- Fixed: the last session was never scheduled
- Fixed: source and destination drive ready checking code
- Fixed: on restore, the handling of files with access denied was shown as disk full.
- Fixed: if the $backup.inc file specify an extension that does not match any files, then the $backup.inc file processing was erroneously stopped.

Install
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Unzip the distribution archive in a temporary directory and run the
setup.exe program. This program will copy all the needed files where you want and will register the program on your system. This setup program 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 95 standard
requires.

License
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This is NOT FREE software. This license allows you to use this software
for evaluation purposes 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).  I recommend you to register the program ONLY after you have full tested it on your system as this shareware version behaves exactly as the registered version.

Registration
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This software product is licensed at ONLY $59US (site licenses $2000US
and world-wide licenses $3000US).  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
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 extensively 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 the author for a written permission before to modify.


Author 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/grbakp40.zip

Program Icon
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http://www.grsoftware.net/grbackproicon.gif

Program Screen Shot
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http://www.grsoftware.net/grbackpro.gif
