Holiday Software License Giveaway: Handy Backup
Folks, I am pleased to announce my latest software license giveaway drawing.
The folks at Novosoft have generously donated five licenses for Handy Backup Standard to me, to award to my readers. I sincerely thank them for that. So I am going to do a random drawing¹ contest from folks who “enter” by posting a comment (below). The drawing will close Thursday, June 3rd, and the winners announced Friday. So act now.
Handy Backup is a program for creating “backup copies” of the files on your computer, which regular readers know, is something I repeatedly urge people to get into the habit of doing! With a backup program like Handy Backup, you don’t need a ‘habit’, you can set-it-and-forget-it. Below, I will give you my impressions and some screenshots, but first…
CNet Editors say, “Handy Backup Standard offers users an easy, streamlined approach to backing up important files and folders. Novice users will especially appreciate the program’s easy navigation.” |
Publisher’s description:
Handy Backup™ Standard is an easy-to-use backup software designed to perform automated backup of your computer. User-friendly interface and a rich set of backup features make it one of the best PC backup software for home and small office use.
- Outlook backup, Windows Mail
- My Documents backup
- Desktop backup
- Windows Registry backup
- Individual files and folders backup
- Backup your Program settings, playlists, skins, etc.
- a variety of free plug-ins that let you back up Outlook Express, Photoshop, Winamp and Windows Media Player, back up Skype and Yahoo Messenger, and much, much more.
- Free Email, Phone, Internet Support
Handy Backup will automatically backup your data with the options of file mask filtering, backup compression, backup encryption, “native”, and other options. The application supports backing up to DVD/CD, Blu-ray, HD DVD discs, LAN/FTP and Online.
Here is a “slideshow” of screenshots of Handy Backup Standard.
I found it easy enough for beginners, as it uses a “wizard” to walk you through the process of creating a “task” (a backup, or a restore) the first time it runs (but after that first time, you need to click on “New task”, which is not made obvious). I particularly like Handy Backup’s ability to automatically “span” a backup set across multiple CD/DVD discs (you must place a check in a checkbox, though), prompting you to insert a fresh disc when it fills up the current one. (One other note.. you need to place a check in “Verify the backup after burning” to help ensure a successful write. This should be the default, IMHO.) Handy Backup successfully handled every backup and every restore operation I tested it with. It is a full-featured backup solution.
One critique: it does not support “selective file restoring”.
(Those of you in medium to large business environments will want to look at Handy Backup Server. Handy Backup Server is a complete enterprise backup solution that allows performing centralized backup of all network workstations, on a client-server scheme.)
How to enter? To enter the drawing, simply click on “comment”, and enter a name and valid e-mail (so I can send you the key) in the form. Actually commenting is optional. And, I shouldn’t have to say this, but multiple entries will result in disqualification.
Again, I thank the folks at Novosoft for making this giveaway possible. A 30-day free trial can be downloaded here, Download Handy Backup. Try it out yourself. (And then leave a comment. You may just win an activation key..)
¹ All entrants will be placed into Random.org’s “randomizer”, and the top 5 results will be the winners.
Please have a safe and joyous Holiday.
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Great site, great giveaway.
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Comment by 1websurfer | May 31, 2010
1websurfer,
Wow. That was fast.. this just went up!
You are entered, and good luck.
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Comment by techpaul | May 31, 2010
Hey TechPaul,
Thanks for the drawing; please enter my name…
Thank you TP
Thank you Novasoft.
Best,
Bob
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Comment by Bob Slyker | May 31, 2010
Hi. TechPaul
i try to test my luck again.. thank for great offer for handy backup. pls include my name inside the drawing
regards
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Comment by aungzeya38 | May 31, 2010
Wow Paul, what another great giveaway. Please include me. Thank you.
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Comment by Cappydawg | May 31, 2010
Thanks for the promotion Paul&Novosoft,
with all theese giveaways your stats will reach 2 million by the end of month :)
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Comment by Bionic | May 31, 2010
Bionic,
Considering it took me a thousand articles and 3 years to get to a million.. Nice thought though (and I appreciate your support).
I often marvel at the fact that more software authors/retailers don’t contact me, and other bloggers like me, about their products. As long as their product isn’t garbage, it’s a win-win-win idea.
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Comment by techpaul | May 31, 2010
Bob Slyker, aungzeya38, Cappydawg, Bionic..
You are entered, and good luck.
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Comment by techpaul | May 31, 2010
Hi, thanks again for this nice giveaway techpaul & Novosoft.
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Comment by kirk | May 31, 2010
Hey Paul, please include me in the draw! Thanks for your hard work in setting up this give-away!
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Comment by Lee | May 31, 2010
This is a great software. And will like to thank tech for all there great advice
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Comment by Rulis | May 31, 2010
I’m just about to by an external drive so that I can start doing proper backups, but I’ve yet to decide on how I’m going to manage them. This sounds like a perfect solution. Please count me in!
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Comment by izaakmak | May 31, 2010
My appreciation to both you and Novosoft for the opportunity. Certainly looks good.
Please count me in. Cheers.
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Comment by BaldEagle | May 31, 2010
Another great giveaway… Thank you both Paul and Novosoft..
I used to manually backup the needed stuffs but once lost a very precious stuff due to my lazyness for which i still regret myself..
Don’t wanna happen that again..
So, count me in Paul.. Afterall, humans learn from their mistakes… :p
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Comment by Ranjan | May 31, 2010
Ranjan,
“Afterall, humans learn from their mistakes… .:p”
One of my early teachers told my class, “mistakes are learning opportunities in disguise” and it kind of stuck to me. I had to learn about computers because I “mistakenly” deleted files from a folder named “Windows” to free up space on my 4.3 GB hard-drive, for example.
And one of my favorite ‘Quotable Quotes’ is by George Santayana: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Which tells us we can learn from mistakes our predecessors had made before us, too. (If we bother to think about History.)
So, yes, I certainly hope you’re right, but sometimes I look around and wonder.. But, sorry, I’m just “thinking out loud” a bit. Your comment well illustrates what a proper backup ‘solution’ can help people avoid — regrets. Thanks.
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Comment by techpaul | May 31, 2010
thanks 4 the giveaway paul……………………..
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Comment by tijybba | May 31, 2010
kirk, Lee, Rulis, izaakmak, BaldEagle, Ranjan, tijybba..
You are entered, and good luck.
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Comment by techpaul | May 31, 2010
I want to enter please.
Recently HandyBackup has been giving away a real lot of their licenses on many different sites. Promotion techinique?
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Comment by Adrian | May 31, 2010
Adrian,
I am going to answer you simply this way: the more websites you get mentioning your name, the more “the public” becomes aware of you and your product.
You are entered, and good luck.
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Comment by techpaul | June 1, 2010
Thank for the giveaway. Please include me.
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Comment by Sourav | June 1, 2010
[…] Software License Giveaway: Handy Backup – The folks at Novosoft have generously donated five licenses for Handy Backup Standard to me, to award to my readers. I am going to do a random drawing contest from folks who “enter” by posting a comment, or by sending an e-mail. The drawing will close Thursday, June 3rd, and the winners announced Friday. […]
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Pingback by Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – June 1, 2010 « Bill Mullins' Weblog – Tech Thoughts | June 1, 2010
Thanks once again for a great giveaway.
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Comment by Steve | June 1, 2010
Hi, great giveaway please count me in
Thanks
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Comment by k19s | June 1, 2010
Hey Paul, another great giveaway. Keep em’ comin’!
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Comment by couchcase | June 1, 2010
Adrian, Sourav, Steve, k19s, couchcase..
You are entered. Good luck.
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Comment by techpaul | June 1, 2010
I’d love to be entered in your draw, Paul. Thank you.
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Comment by Paul Andrew Russell | June 1, 2010
I’d luv a licence,i’ve got to start backing my stuff up…
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Comment by simon | June 1, 2010
Hi Paul,
just to say thank you for your efforts.
Do [B]not[/B] count me in please.
I already own one license of this excellent backup software.
Good luck to other people
Greetings from your friend from Italy
S.
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Comment by leofelix | June 1, 2010
leofelix,
you want to use the ‘less than’ and ‘greater than’ in HTML, but I got the message. Thanks for the input, maybe it will help a few folks.
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Comment by techpaul | June 1, 2010
I’d like to be entered.
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Comment by jb | June 1, 2010
Paul Andrew Russell, simon, jb..
You are entered and good luck.
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Comment by techpaul | June 1, 2010
Paul Lubic
paulshomecomputing(at)yahoo(dot)com
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Comment by Paul Lubic, Jr. | June 1, 2010
Thanks for the giveaway Paul.
Please count me in.
Thanks, Grr
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Comment by Grr | June 1, 2010
Thanks for the opportunity – please enter me in the draw – Best regards / David.
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Comment by David | June 2, 2010
Great, just what I’ve been looking for. Thanks.
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Comment by 7073 | June 2, 2010
Paul Lubic, Jr., David, Grr, 7073..
You are entered. Good luck!
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Comment by techpaul | June 2, 2010
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Hi techpaul,
thanks You for this giving away. I’m also wanting to use this backing software and entring this giveaway.
Also thnking-you for “slideshow” of screenshots of Handy Backup Standard. it is looking good and helpful to my use.
Regards,
Mr G.T.
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Comment by GT | June 3, 2010
GT,
You are entered, and good luck!
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Comment by techpaul | June 3, 2010
hii there.. nice giveaway.. count me in tooo..
nice and effective slide show..
hope so, this time my comment will not be transferred to Spam… :)
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Comment by princeaniket | June 3, 2010
princeaniket,
It wasn’t. You’re entered and good luck!
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Comment by techpaul | June 3, 2010