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 Integration
with the operating system
IQ
Backup is available from the windows context menu for
files and folders (i.e from within windows explorer),
and from within the "Send To" menu. All of IQ
Backup's file types are associated with the application
for complete ease of use from anywhere on your system.
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Configurable,
industry standard zip compression
Using
standard Zip files means that backups made with IQ Backup
are extremely portable. Coupled with the ability to create
Self Extracting Executables it removes the need for any
dependant files on the target machine.
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Disk
Spanning/Splitting
IQ Backup
can span disks where necessary, even non-removable disks.
This means that the same backup configurations can be
utilised whether you are backing up to CD, Floppy, Local
or Mapped Network drives.
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Self
Extracting Executables
This
type of backup will run without the need for any compression
software on the target machine. The backup can be configured
to run and provides security in the knowledge that the
backup can be used under any circumstances.
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Native
CD Writing
IQ Backup
will write to UDF formatted CD's, just as it will write
to any mapped drive. In addition, Native CD's can be written
(subject to certain restrictions) without the need for
packet writing software. This means that files can be
transferred to a CD that can then be used by any system
with a suitable CD reading device without the need for
any UDF Reading software, further enhancing the portability
of IQ Backup's files.
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Unattended
Scheduled backups
IQ Backup
includes an integrated scheduler that, whilst the application
is running, unobtrusively performs backup tasks as they
become necessary. No interaction is necessary and the
results of the backup can be viewed using the application
and/or backup logs.
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Configuration
Level logging
If required,
logging can be configured for each backup in turn. This
means that you need not create log files at all if they
are not relevant, whilst your crucial backups can store
full, file-level details of the operation. Each configuration
can define whether to overwrite or append the previous
log file.
In addition to the Configuration Level logging, IQ Backup
has an application log summarising backup events.
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Color
coded log viewer
The use
of color for Errors and Warnings makes it easy to pick
out any problems with the backup, even when Full Logging
is selected. In addition, a useful "Next Error"
button allows you to easily skip forward to the next error/warning
in the file. The viewer also allows you to clear the log
file(s).
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Backup
level priority setting
In order
to make best use of system resources, IQ Backup allows
you to define the priority for each backup set, thus allowing
the backup to run in the background with minimal effect
to your ongoing work, or to run aggressively to finish
the backup as quickly as possible, ensuring that your
backed up data is safe.
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Unrestricted
file selection
Files
can be selected for backup from any location that is directly
accessible from your machine at the time of the backup.
Individual files, complete folders or drives can be selected
in any combination from multiple drives, all with inclusion
and exclusion rules based upon name, type, attributes
or size. All this within a single backup set.
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Backup
preview
The backup
set can be previewed, optionally calculating the size
of the resultant backup file. This can be useful when
estimating the number of disks required for backup, automatically
taking into account the zip compression level, files and
folders specified.
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Drag
and Drop restoration
Individual
files can be extracted from a backup, either by using
the built-in zip viewer's menus to select files for extraction,
or by dragging the files directly from the zip viewer
window. This convenient "Single File Recovery"
makes the retrieval of files from large and complex backup
sets extremely easy.
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Backup