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Today’s Software
- Auslogics BitReplica: set up easy-to-use backups
- LD Move: a Windows copy+move replacement
- Free Internet Window Washer: clear temporary data and logs from many different programs
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Software for June 3, 2012
Auslogics BitReplica
Backups are critical to maintaining a happy and useful computer experience but are oft-neglected. Many backup tools are just too complicated, and make backing up a painful, begrudging event. However, with Auslogics BitReplica, you can make backups of just the things you care about with ease.
One of the coolest things about BitReplica is that it has a fairly unique backup profile wizard that automatically presents to you things it thinks you may wish to back up. It allows you to back up your desktop, My Documents, Music, Photos, Videos, and browser profiles, as well as custom folders.
Once you’ve selected folders and files to back up, BitReplica will simply back them up to either an external drive or a different, internal drive. In fact, it’s smart enough that if you try to back up to the same drive you’re backing up, even a different partition, it warns you about data loss.
BitReplica is a cool backup utility for those looking to set up backups without any of the hassle of setting up a complicated backup program.
Price: Free!
Version discovered: v1.0
Supported OS: Windows XP+
Download size: 5.2MB
VirusTotal malware scan results: 0/42
Portability: Requires installation
LD Move
Windows’ built in copy is terrible. It’s slow, it freezes, it sometimes refuses to work, and is unpausable. LD Move is none of those. Most importantly, it’s designed to pause, start, and even skip with ease.
LD Move is not a leader of the pack in speed, moving and copying around roughly the same speed as most other 3rd party copiers. It’s still faster than Windows Explorer, and allows you to drag and drop files onto its interface, making it very easy to use. (I never was able to figure out how to use TeraCopy.)
If you’re looking for a copy manager that allows you to pause and resume copies, LD Move is by no means the only option available but is still a nice tool for the job.
Price: Free!
Version discovered: v1.01
Supported OS: Windows all
Download size: 1.3MB
VirusTotal malware scan results: 0/42
Portability: Entirely portable!
Free Internet Window Washer
Looking for a nice tool to compliment CCleaner? Try Free Internet Window Washer. It’s a free tool available for any computer running Windows 95 or up, and is pro at clearing temp files and logs.
It can clear data from programs like Office 2003, various messengers, Windows XP’s Outlook Express, and many more applications. As a cool little trick on the side, it features a “Boss Key” setting that lets you hit a key to hide various web browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, or Netscape.
As you can tell, FIWW is not a new program, nor is it the most up-to-date program. It’s not really an issue so long as you don’t make it your primary cleaning program, but it certainly doesn’t bode well for its future, as it doesn’t support Office 2007+ or Chrome.
Price: Free!
Version discovered: v3.1
Supported OS: Windows 9x+
Download size: 1.2MB
VirusTotal malware scan results: 0/42
Portability: Requires installation.
Free Internet Window Washer homepage
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