Backup4all should be a familiar name to dotTechies because I have written about Backup4all multiple times in the past. For those that don't remember, or don't know, what Backup4all is, let me recap.
Backup4all is an easy-to-use, commercial file backup software that comes in four flavors: Backup4all Lite, Backup4all Standard, Backup4all Professional, and Backup4all Portable. Here is a chart listing the features of Backup4all and comparing the feature differences between all four versions:
In the review of Backup4all Lite (v4.0) I wrote last February, I was impressed by Backup4all - specifically the extensive plugin support - yet felt the Lite edition was a bit too basic. So, flash forward to this February and dotTech is here to give away 30 licenses of Backup4all Professional (the fully-featured edition of Backup4all) to 30 lucky dotTechies for free! Whoever wins a license of Backup4all Professional "get the same rights as (regular) customers of Softland." In other words, the winners of these licenses will be able to receive all "minor updates" for free. What exactly is a minor update? Well, currently Backup4all is v4.4. A minor update would be v4.4 -> v4.5; a major update (i.e. an update that won't be free) would be v4.4 -> v5.0. However, don't worry. Once you reach the point where you no longer receive updates for free, you can still use your version of Backup4all Professional indefinitely because it will still be supported.
That being said, here are the rules for this giveaway:
Version being given out for free: v4.4.189
Free updates: Minor updates only
Supported OS: Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008/Win7
Download size: ~19 MB
- To win a license of Backup4all Professional, you must post a comment below stating that you want to enter the drawing. If you do not state specifically that you want to enter the drawing, you will not be entered.
- You may only enter once and you may only win one license. Anyone caught trying to enter more than once or trying to win more than one license will be disqualified.
- 10 licenses are reserved for dotTech donors, authors, forum admins, and artists (if you fall in this category, please specifically state it in your comment; also if you are a donor, use the e-mail you donated with so I can verify). The other 20 can be won by anyone.
- I reserve the right to award specific people licenses if I feel they have helped foster the dotTech family by being very active (the people who fall into this category is at my sole discretion).
When posting a comment, please make sure you enter an e-mail that is 100% valid and an e-mail you will check because the licenses will be distributed directly by my contact in Softland. If you win and don't have a valid e-mail or an e-mail you don't check, your license will go to waste. However, please don't post your e-mail in your comment! You should never post your e-mail on a public form. Just enter the e-mail you want to be contacted at in the "E-mail" field when writing your comment - I will be able to get your e-mail from there. Or if you are a registered dotTechie, just post a comment normally and I will be able to find your e-mail.
By entering in this drawing, you give dotTech permission to give your e-mail to Softland - so they can contact you with your license information - if you win.
The winners of this giveaway will be determined using a random number generator when the giveaway ends (there will be a random number generation for the 10 reserved licenses, and there will be a random number generation for the other 20). The giveaway will end in 72 hours (on February 5, 2010).
Good luck to everyone!
Anyone that misses out on a free license can always purchase Backup4all from the homepage. The price ranges from $19.95 to $49.95 depending on what edition you want. You can get a 10% discount if you enter the coupon code CHRM09.
József
Hey,I currently use its Lite version and yes I feel it is a bit too basic, but working well ! The PRO version of Backup4all is really quite fantastic
and free license would be very handy…I would like myself to be included in the drawing.
Thank you.
Jami
Yes, Ashraf, please enter me in the drawing for Backup4all Professional. thank you!
Ashraf
You know I just thought of something: I should have made voting for dotTech in Blogger’s Choice Awards a requirement. Imagine if all these people asking for a free license would vote for us.
Sharuc
I would like to enter for the Backup4all giveaway Thanks
Aviator
Hello, I certainly would like to win this professional version. Please consider me for this giveaway. Thanks ashraf.
John
I am interested in entering the drawing for Backup4all Professional. Thanks!
k19s
Hi, I would like to be entered in the Backup4All drawing.
Thanks
Dan
I want to enter the drawing for Backup4all Professional – thanks!
Bonnie Domeny
I would like to enter the Backup4All contest.
p.s. I’ve voted for your blog!
secret2008
I would like a license please.
Paul
I would like to enter the drawing. Thanks!
Kraal FictionWriter
I would like to be entered in the drawing please.
Thank you.
And what a wonderful looking give away this is here. Good luck to everyone. =)
Maciej Haudek
Hello,
I want to enter the drawing for Backup4all Professional.
Thx.
Silas
I want to enter the drawing for the free license of Backup4all Professional.
Thanks.
ARMANDO
I WANT TO ENTER THE DRAWING FOR BACKUP4ALL PROFESSIONAL
nader yassa
Hi Ashraf
I want to enter the drawing for Backup4all Professional.
Thanks
Jaap
@Ashraf: You are perfectly right! I just gave you my vote. You are now second best with 101 votes.
P.S. This is my second message in this thread. I don’t need more than one license. ;)
ny tech guy
I am interested Backup4all… I love to use something else besides Norton 14 ..yuck :)
Refpeuk
I need a better backup software – count me in!
Ande
Please enter me into the drawing.
Thanks Ashraf!
Lamont Cranston
What a wonderful gesture Ashraf, kindly include me in the ballot for donors’.
Regards,
David
I like this progeam and would appreciate the chance to obtain a licence for Backup4al Pro ashraf
Win or lose
Thank you for the chance.
clockmender
Nick
You have a great website and I would appreciate a chance for a license for Backup4all Thanks
d.s.
I want to enter the drawing for Backup4all. Thanks for hosting this. : )
eee
Please include me in the draw.
I have a Lite version license and I’d like to have the Pro version, especially for the incremetal backup feature.
Thanks.
Aang
@Ashraf: you are right. I also wonder, where have these people. Many new names, not in here before or are listed on the voters in the Blogger’s Choice Awards.
By the way, before I commented here, I had a to see about this Backup4all Professional on their website , CNet Download.com and Softpedia. Just to find, compare and see what their assessment of this Backup4all Professional (Sorry, not because I doubt your assessment of this utility).
This brings me to one final conclusion, Backup4all Professional has enough value to grabs (like this giveaway). So here I am, signed up for my luck.
PS: Good luck everyone. Hopefully the people who will get the prize here is the people who do need this Backup4all Professional.
Lee
I would love to enter the give-away for the Backup4all Pro License. I recently lost important data because I was using a backup program that was hard to configure properly.
BigPotz
I would like to enter the drawing for the pro version of Backup4all. Thanks for the opportunity.
BigPotz
Kenneth Aspinwall
I would like to enter the drawing for Backup4all Pro version. Thanks.
Carl
I would like to enter the drawing for Backup4all.
Thanks!
Carl
Shi
Please enter me in the Backup4all Professional contest for free license thanks.
josh
id like to be entered in the drawing
my_immortalize
Count me in please…
Thanks…
Ryan
@Ashraf,
If all these people were to vote for you, you will win. It could be from your dottech friends, I guess. Blogsolute, Ghacks Technology News, Raymond.cc, windows Eight.
GTiR
@Ashraf:
That’s what you should do with your next giveaway. Then when the giveaway’s finished, get rid of the evidence ;-)
(I don’t need a license)
sambasivaraju
I would like to enter in this draw. Thanks for the giveaway.
miou
nice gift
please enter me in this drawing
Tylicia
Please add me into the draw and thank you for such a wonderful chance to have this product. Hugs and good luck to all. :)
richard
Let me in on this freebie Backup4all Professional.
Frank Ylagan
Please include me in the raffle for a
license of the Backup4all Professional!
Thanks!
MK
The Backup4all Professional software has got to be better than the standard Microsoft Backup–which I’ve used a few times, sporadically. I’m hoping that with this package, and all it’s features, that I’ll be backing up on a regular basis…
Please enter me into the drawing for a free license.
Good going Ashraf!
Henry T. Lausch
I would to enter the drawing to win a license of Backup4all Professional. Thank you.
WECH
Yippe, I want to enter the drawing
Granny
Would like to enter the contest, and be considered for one of the free licenses.
Ya can NEVER have too many backups…
Ozzie
@Ashraf: Yep, you definitely should have. Next time, hey.
Harold Carlson
Very broke senior citizen and sure could use a decent backup program. And thanks very much for your super contributions to the world of computing!
Mohammed Sarhan
I wanna enter that drawing, Ashraf
I think I need this soft
Ozzie
And having said that, I just realised I hadn’t cast my own votes this year … situation now rectified. Memo to self: people in glass houses shouldn’t walk around naked … um, throw stones.
anoop.ghildiyal
Hi Ashraf,
I do want to enter the drawing.
Regards,
Anoop
Bionic
i´d like to enter the draw,
will vote for you bud & thanks for everything