Titan Backup rebranded GFI Backup now free for home usage

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  1. Creer

    Creer Registered Member

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    Titan Backup has officially died and been replaced by GFI (http://www.gfi.com/backup-hm )

    Anyway, GFI offer now free backup tool for home usage:
    http://www.gfi.com/backup-hm


    Did anyone try that? Any thoughts?

    Thanks.
     
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  3. MerleOne

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    Seems to be faster than the last Titan version, and works nicely so far. An excellent value !
     
  4. layman

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    I've been using Titan Backup for more than a year and updated to the GFI version about a week ago. This release is working fine for me, and corrects at least one problem I was aware of.
     
  5. Creer

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    I have tested it on my Windows 7 machine and it works like should, no problems so far. It's quite light for resources, easy to configure... very nice application. On my old Win XP i used SyncBack, also great piece of software.
     
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    Ditto on Windows 7 X64
     
  7. layman

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    There is one problem I've found with the new version: it's producing a debug log that grows to be huge. There is no apparent way to turn this logging off in the current release, so I've instructed CCleaner to delete the file whenever it is present by adding the lines below to Winapp2.ini:

    [*GFI Backup]
    LangSecRef=3024
    DetectFile=%ProgramFiles%\GFI Backup\DebugLog.txt
    Default=True
    FileKey1=%ProgramFiles%\GFI Backup|DebugLog.txt
     
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    Thanks !
     
  9. fouriron

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    Thanks for the heads up, but why not just add the file using the CCleaner GUI under options/include/add file.?

    I added it there and ran CCleaner and it deleted the file.

    Len
     
  10. layman

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    I use that for another, specific purpose -- month-end cleanups. Besides, you can't toggle the custom 'includes' separately.
     
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    I have created the winapp2.ini file with your content, but the item doesn't show up in the App settings ?
     
  12. layman

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    Hmmmm. It appears under my Applications tab in the Utilities caption. Did you possibly install in a differerent location or mistype the path? Is the .ini in the same directory as the executable? Is your "start in" on the shortcut a directory other than the one where the executable is located?

    I have added three programs via the Winapp2.ini and the feature has worked great.
     
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    It was indeed the path. I had to use the following string :

    [GFI Backup]
    LangSecRef=3024
    DetectFile=C:\Program Files\GFI\GFI Backup 2009 - Home Edition\DebugLog.txt
    Default=True
    FileKey1=C:\Program Files\GFI\GFI Backup 2009 - Home Edition|DebugLog.txt


    Thanks a lot !
     
  14. layman

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    Oh, sorry! I forgot that I hadn't installed the software in the default directory!
     
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