Comments on: dotTech Promo: 15 free licenses of Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 Suite!

By: waynos

waynos — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:38:08 +0000

Im not on the list but Paragon sent me a key and links on the 13th, thankyou Paragon.

By: Grr

Grr — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 10:28:31 +0000

Thanks Ashraf,
I got my license on Dec-13. Now using it for my new laptop.

Thanks,
Grr

By: MerleOne

MerleOne — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:52:48 +0000

Thanks a lot for the license, I got it a few days ago.

By: Robbie

Robbie — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:39:38 +0000

Thanks Ashraf & Paragon. This makes for a great little Xmas pressie for myself – but ssssh, don’t tell me, I don’t want to ruin the surprise :)

By: Denis

Denis — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:01:19 +0000

Thank you veryo much, Ashraf and Paragon Software! I received the mail yesterday. I’m going to experience WinPE soon.

By: groovey

groovey — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 23:10:36 +0000

Thank you Ashraf.

By: Tej

Tej — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 02:52:53 +0000

@Ashraf: Thanks a lot Ashraf!

By: Ashraf

Ashraf — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 19:38:18 +0000

Okay, it took me a very long time but winners have finally been picked. If you name is on the following list please check your e-mail for an e-mail from Paragon Software (they will be sending out the licenses):

4
Claudio Senna

7
Robbie

9
Soulflare3

11
the borg

14
David

15
Mayank

17
waynos

20
Pootle

21
MerleOne

23
Tejvan

33
Grr

34
groovey

35
Denis

38
Joseph

39
Barney

@Tortuga: I know you are a donor and I greatly appreciate it. But you won a license last time and one of the rules was you can’t win again if you won last time. Sorry :-(.

By: Ashraf

Ashraf — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 23:00:45 +0000

@Fred: Guilty as charged. @John Constantine: Hopefully the winners will be announced by the end of today since I got the comment numbering system up and running.

By: John Constantine

John Constantine — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 22:15:13 +0000

when will the winners be announced?

some message or word to the extent will be appreciated…..

By: Fred

Fred — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:31:20 +0000

Last time nearly two months passed until the winners where announced. Oo
Since i´ve won one license last time i pass this time. :-)

By: Ashraf

Ashraf — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:06:27 +0000

Be patient please…

By: Damien

Damien — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:05:37 +0000

Winners….? When……?

By: Shades

Shades — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:52:24 +0000

“The winners of this giveaway will be announced after the giveaway has ended in 72 hours, or on Sunday November 28, 2010.”

I’ve been watching for the announcements of the winners. Am I missing something? Haven’t seen any announcement.

By: Barry Laughton

Barry Laughton — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 03:31:45 +0000

There is a lot of discussion above as to how often people should backup their personal files. Well, how often doesn’t matter, as long as you do.

By: malkhaz

malkhaz — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:40:04 +0000

I have no words, Great software. Everybody must to have it. I hope that I will be one of the winners.

By: siebert

siebert — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 08:46:57 +0000

1. I only backup occasionally, much less than I should
2. I try to backup my complete system
3. deduplication, incremental backups, bare metal restore.
4. I would pay up to 10 Dollar.

By: GT

GT — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 02:12:13 +0000

please show my coment

hello,
thanking you for the givingaway. Please count me in this giveaway of dotTech Promo: 15 free licenses of Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 Suite! I want only one license.
I always never win anything at your blog, I don’t know. I hope to win now.
I post a comment below and I post answers to the following questions:

Do you backup your files? If yes, how regularly? (I.E. Hourly, daily, monthly, weekly, once in a blue moon, when you feel like it, etc.)
daily i copy to my drive.
What types of files do you primarily need to backup? (I.E. Backing up personal files, work files, school files, documents, programs, etc.)
whatever new I have got in the day I copy to my backup everyday
If you were looking to purchase a backup/recovery program, what are the three top features you would look for?
cheap, support from the software and work on XP easily.
Based on the features Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 Suite has (refer to the fact sheet for detailed list of all features), would you pay $49.95 to purchase it? If no, please state the price you would be willing to pay.
Yes, can you give Thanksgiving discount, everyone is giving now.
(Optional) Please provide any other feedback you may have for Paragon Software.
no, thanks you.

Please count me in.

Regards,
Mr. G.T.

By: GT

GT — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 02:10:56 +0000

Please count me in.

Regards,
Mr. G.T.

By: tunchi_1939

tunchi_1939 — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 02:00:14 +0000

1).- I backup every three months.
2).- Type of files: personal and documents. I don’t backup music.
3).- three top features: ease of use, incremental backups, elect the files to be restored.
4).- Price: not more than $30, based on my economy situation.

By: AdaMskI

AdaMskI — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 20:01:02 +0000

?Do you backup your files? If yes, how regularly? (I.E. Hourly, daily, monthly, weekly, once in a blue moon, when you feel like it, etc.)
– No, unfotunatelly I do not pay any attention to files backup.

?What types of files do you primarily need to backup? (I.E. Backing up personal files, work files, school files, documents, programs, etc.)
– First of all email history, some important job files.

?If you were looking to purchase a backup/recovery program, what are the three top features you would look for?
– Easy user interface, the price, reliability.

?Based on the features Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 Suite has (refer to the fact sheet for detailed list of all features), would you pay $49.95 to purchase it? If no, please state the price you would be willing to pay.
– No. Max price I could afford is $24.99.

?(Optional) Please provide any other feedback you may have for Paragon Software.
– No reverse feedback, sorry.

By: ShadesIan

ShadesIan — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:46:18 +0000

I’m hoping I may get one of your discretionary awards, for suggesting “dotTech Freebies”. Whether I do or not, I must say I was THRILLED to see that you liked the suggestion. Thanks! Anyway, here are my answers to the questions:

* Do you backup your files?

Not nearly as often as I should (just had my main laptop die – hopefully repairable, but maybe not. Meanwhile EVERYTHING is on there and most of it is not backed up)

If yes, how regularly? (I.E. Hourly, daily, monthly, weekly, once in a blue moon, when you feel like it, etc.)

once in a blue moon.

* What types of files do you primarily need to backup? (I.E. Backing up personal files, work files, school files, documents, programs, etc.)

Personal, music, photos, business docs, some programs, downloads, zips, finances.

* If you were looking to purchase a backup/recovery program, what are the three top features you would look for?

Free – Easy to understand – Easy to execute – intuitive.

No – I have no money and no income – if I were buying one commercially, for a company I worked at, I’d certainly consider Paragon as a top contender. $50 is okay – $30 would be better.

* (Optional) Please provide any other feedback you may have for Paragon Software.

Keep up the great work!

By: Barney

Barney — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:34:31 +0000

Do you backup your files?
yes
If yes, how regularly? (I.E. Hourly, daily, monthly, weekly, once in a blue moon, when you feel like it, etc.)
about weekly or before and after important changes
What types of files do you primarily need to backup? (I.E. Backing up personal files, work files, school files, documents, programs, etc.)
system and data files on the system drive or in a special container file
If you were looking to purchase a backup/recovery program, what are the three top features you would look for?
1.Easy and robust employment in a small package
2.Name the backup files to my taste with a meaningful name
3.High grade encryption

Based on the features Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 Suite has (refer to the fact sheet for detailed list of all features), would you pay $49.95 to purchase it?
No
If no, please state the price you would be willing to pay.
29.95 at the most
(Optional) Please provide any other feedback you may have for Paragon Software.
Get rid of the ghost encryption algorithm and replace it with something modern. Cut out the bloat in your programs.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:45:11 +0000

Q’s and A’s:
* Do you backup your files? If yes, how regularly? (I.E. Hourly, daily, monthly, weekly, once in a blue moon, when you feel like it, etc.)
- I would say monthly right after purchasing an external hard drive.
* What types of files do you primarily need to backup? (I.E. Backing up personal files, work files, school files, documents, programs, etc.)
- The whole OS partition, I would often try to experiment… There’s no telling whether I’d suddenly have a crash.
* If you were looking to purchase a backup/recovery program, what are the three top features you would look for?
- I’d say ease of use, ability to backup the whole drive and be able to boot that, lastly, ability to be portable.
* Based on the features Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 Suite has (refer to the fact sheet for detailed list of all features), would you pay $49.95 to purchase it? If no, please state the price you would be willing to pay.
- I’m still a student, but I could say around $10-20?
* (Optional) Please provide any other feedback you may have for Paragon Software.
- I just got an external hard drive so I’ve just started finding a backup program. I know your products rock!

By: NoWankersHere

NoWankersHere — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 06:22:07 +0000

Here we go, chap:
?Do you backup your files? If yes, how regularly? ( when I’ve a pint and feel like it)
?What types of files do you primarily need to backup? (personal files)
?If you were looking to purchase a backup/recovery program, what are the three top features you would look for? (quality of backup, price per licence, proper english instruction (wot wot) if not intuitive)
?Based on the features Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 Suite has, I would pay up to 30 quid to purchase it, and not one farthing more.

Cheers!

By: john d

john d — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 05:50:28 +0000

hi,
I want to win a license if you could please.
john d

Do you backup your files? If yes, how regularly? (I.E. Hourly, daily, monthly, weekly, once in a blue moon, when you feel like it, etc.)

I used to use a particular software, can’t remember the name. Once I lost the password and lost all my backup. Currently I write DVDs and manual copy to portable WD.

What types of files do you primarily need to backup? (I.E. Backing up personal files, work files, school files, documents, programs, etc.)

everthing. I don’t want to take any chance.

If you were looking to purchase a backup/recovery program, what are the three top features you would look for?
Based on the features Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 Suite has (refer to the fact sheet for detailed list of all features), would you pay $49.95 to purchase it? If no, please state the price you would be willing to pay.

I would pay $39.95.

(Optional) Please provide any other feedback you may have for Paragon Software.

No thanks. I would post once I win.

By: Denis

Denis — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 04:39:56 +0000

* Do you backup your files? If yes, how regularly? (I.E. Hourly, daily, monthly, weekly, once in a blue moon, when you feel like it, etc.)

I usually make a disk image once in a while, after significant changes to the system disk.
I make selective backups of specific data (personal files, photos, music) at different rythms (at least once a month, after a major influx of new files, …). For these backups, I do not use a backup software : I want to keep the data accessible without any reader software, in order to keep an access from other computers.

* What types of files do you primarily need to backup? (I.E. Backing up personal files, work files, school files, documents, programs, etc.)

Personal files (photos, documents)
Technical data (work, computer or activity related)
Programs, tools (if downloaded), CD images (if physical format)

* If you were looking to purchase a backup/recovery program, what are the three top features you would look for?

Disk imaging, from bootable CD/USB
Image mounting for partial recovery
Programmable file backup : every X, with ability to maintain directory hierarchy, ability to specify a destination destination directory with date suffix (to maintain several backup at different dates)

This price has been typical for this kind of software for years (apart from promotion). I wouldn’t mind paying this price for a reliable software. But I actually waited for promotions every time I bought one.
Compared to Acronis True Image, the set of features included looks better. Notably since Acronis has now moved the WinPE capability into an expensive plugin.

* (Optional) Please provide any other feedback you may have for Paragon Software.

I’ve used Drive Backup 8.5 from an old magazine promotion. It was as an efficient tool to backup partitions in order to resize them or transfer them to another disk. The only issue I had when I bought a new computer was that I couldn’t use the Linux bootable CD as it didn’t recognize the SATA controller.
The WinPE option looks promising. I hope it makes it easier to get a bootable CD than with the BartPE plugins it was possible to find on Internet before (I failed to get a working BartPE disk on that new computer).

By: groovey

groovey — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 03:03:14 +0000

# Do you backup your files? If yes, how regularly? (I.E. Hourly, daily, monthly, weekly, once in a blue moon, when you feel like it, etc.)

I try to do a weekly backup but lately I have only had the time to do a monthly backup (I had one too many hard drives die on me, so now I’m paranoid).

# What types of files do you primarily need to backup? (I.E. Backing up personal files, work files, school files, documents, programs, etc.)

Personal files, school files, music/movies, jpeg. and png. files.

# If you were looking to purchase a backup/recovery program, what are the three top features you would look for?

1. The ability to choose which files and folders I backup.
2. Ease and ability to restore from any form of media i.e. flash drive, CD/DVD/Blue-ray, external hard drive.
3. Time it takes to back up and resource usage.

# Based on the features Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 Suite has (refer to the fact sheet for detailed list of all features), would you pay $49.95 to purchase it? If no, please state the price you would be willing to pay.

For the features that it offers yes I would pay $49.95.

# (Optional) Please provide any other feedback you may have for Paragon Software.

Compression size could be better

By: Grr

Grr — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 01:27:59 +0000

Hi Ashraf,
Thanks for this giveaway opportunity. I want to enter and here are my answers. Please count me in.
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* Do you backup your files? If yes, how regularly? (I.E. Hourly, daily, monthly, weekly, once in a blue moon, when you feel like it, etc.)

–when you feel like it (manual) + monthly (using software)

* What types of files do you primarily need to backup? (I.E. Backing up personal files, work files, school files, documents, programs, etc.)

–personal data, documents, programs, browser-data, torrent data, photos, music, movies, downloads, emails (outlook pst files), lotus-notes files

* If you were looking to purchase a backup/recovery program, what are the three top features you would look for?

–once set it should not bother me. In every case it should provide me complete report in .html format
–should not bog down my system and eat on resources while backing the data
–should be able to save my configurations, should in case I have to reinstall or such as reformat system
–should must have/support Incremental backups, as it saves a lot of time.
–should not require closing Lotus notes or Outlook to backup email files

– For my budget $49.95 is costly, it may differ for others. For all the features listed on their website, I would be willing to pay US$30, including taxes.
Missing features according to me:
–there is no encryption for the data which is backed-up on the local drive (Paragon Backup Capsule). In fact I do not see anything mention about encryption. This is a serious concern.
–it does not allows backing data to just an image file like ISO or bin.
–no mention of compressing the data while doing the backup.

* (Optional) Please provide any other feedback you may have for Paragon Software.

–Paragon Software download size is exceptionally higher than other’s in the same category. This becomes annoying.
–They have at least 2/3 softwares with almost similar title, which is good enough to confuse. Example: System Backup & Drive Backup.
–They change the names of their software quite often (re-brand0 and this decreases the consistency and to some extent trust.

Thanks,
Grr

By: Malik

Malik — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 22:36:00 +0000

I do around monthly backups without fail. Storm might hit you and boom all your data is gone.
I backup office files/reports/drawings and designs/personal stuff pictures/music/movies etc.
Well, a backup software forme should be:

-Not a system hogger and definitely will not make my pc suffer from it.
-Effectiveness/ease of use(sort of a dummy will/can use it after small reading..lol)
fast backup/restore process without booting issues.
-recovery from complete unstable unbooted system from recovery cd(Linux cd/WinPE or flashdrive)
-Should be able to backup/restore files/folders on top of incremental and the whole disk partition. VirtualBox support backup/restore would be nice additional.
-ENCRYPTION definitely. Strong one too.

$49 to purchase it…hmmmmm..personally it would be very attractive if the cost is between $30-40 only. So my answer is no.There are a lot of new features yes but for a home user they would unlikely be using only a fraction of all of it. The power user at home might but all the features are mostly geared for office support(most offices have Acronis $75/Norton $78…I think..price might be incorrect though..). Power users or administrators or poeple in IT will be tempted. Personally I wanna see it perform to check out all it’s features.

:-)

By: Damien

Damien — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 22:12:37 +0000

–justlike to add this one;

Hope the unmount feature get’s resolved in this version. The PBR 10.2 freeware/PBR 2010 Advanced share the unmount problem. Though small and cured with a restart it really will be an improvement.

By: Damien

Damien — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 21:55:26 +0000

I backup regularly once a month. Image backup. But I would like to have or do incremental backups of files especially is I have done work that is important weekly.

Usually I backup workfiles first(CAD drawings/reports etc), personal files from another seperate hdd, and miscellaneous files.

What I would look for is it’s reliability to get the job done. Ease of use. No hiccups whatsoever. Features should be up-to-date with current trends in computing. No boot problems upon restore. Backup/Restore including email clinet contents(from incremental/whole disk partition). Selective restore function would be nice for the things you need only at the moment you need it and not the whole increment/partition. It would also be nice if someone has made something that will have sort of an exclusions feature so if you make a scheduled backup it will not back it all up with the exclusions in place. Really would like o see one wiht that. Of course scheduling would be without hitches. Some of the scheduling features of freeware are horrible.

WinPE 2.1 compatibility feature is must especially for Win7 users. with x64 support. Flash memory capability atop Linux cd is also a must with the ne designs of mobos that are capable of it. Dynamic disk support/Online backup and restore –would definitely be a good feature imagine using the files along side backing it up) VSS support for multiple data.

Virtual disk/Individual File/Folder restore/resize when restoring. Would like one to be able to restore a whole partition from a small hdd to a big capacity drive and make the data proportionate. Not a clone feature but a restore one.

And the one great feature should be tech support. 24/7 and reliable. Will certainly get a product with loving support like your Mom. Good product should have good reliable tech support because when your in trouble and no help….the product ends up in the trash. Plus gossip/bad experiences spread like wildfire.

$49 for a suite…? Yeah why not if the features are working to the “T”.

By: Mongoplus

Mongoplus — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 21:38:50 +0000

? Do you backup your files? Yes

? How regularly? Daily and Weekly

? What types of files do you primarily need to backup? Personal Files, Documents and Databases

? If you were looking to purchase a backup/recovery program, what are the three top features you would look for? Price, Performance and Speed

? Based on the features Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 Suite has (refer to the fact sheet for detailed list of all features), would you pay $49.95 to purchase it? If no, please state the price you would be willing to pay. Yes, this program is well worth the money.

? (Optional) Please provide any other feedback you may have for Paragon Software. This company is highly recommended for it’s high performance software.

By: peter

peter — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 21:32:32 +0000

Hi Ashraf
Here are my answers:
1. Yes, ones a month.
2. full imagebackup, school work, favorites.
3. like paragons backup capsule. Really nice when you are on the move and need to make a full recovery. Next feature, backup over network. Last feature, Keep several versions of a file.
4. no more than 35 dollars. A student don’t swim in cash.
5. (optional) Keep up the good work.

By: Paul Bennett

Paul Bennett — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 21:23:16 +0000

Do you backup your files? If yes, how regularly? (I.E. Hourly, daily, monthly, weekly, once in a blue moon, when you feel like it, etc.) ANS:I backup weekly

* What types of files do you primarily need to backup? (I.E. Backing up personal files, work files, school files, documents, programs, etc.) ANS: Having partitioned drive with only OS on C: I backup entire C drive to portable hard drive.

If you were looking to purchase a backup/recovery program, what are the three top features you would look for?ANS:Reliability, speed, ability to restore only required files.

* Based on the features Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 Suite has (refer to the fact sheet for detailed list of all features), would you pay $49.95 to purchase it? If no, please state the price you would be willing to pay.ANS:As I have other Paragon software from promotions I think their software is certainly value for money.

Paragon software is always of the highest quality and I would recommend them without hesitation.