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| AlohaBob PC Backup | 
 enlarge | From: Apptimum, Inc.
Category: Software
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $22.99
You Save: $27.00 (54%)
New (2) Used (2) from $16.09
Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 7223
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows Xp, Windows 95
Media: CD-ROM
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.9 x 1.9
MPN: 401
Model: 60100
UPC: 811331004014
EAN: 0811331004014
ASIN: B0002AVOTE
Release Date: August 23, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: New - Factory sealed box! ** Check out my other items! **
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| Features:
| • | Quick and easy backup solution for comprehensive protection | | • | Determine critical files and settings to backup based on AIDE technology | | • | 15 templates or customize your own to reflect personal backup needs | | • | Recognizes and copies modified files since previous backup | | • | Easy-to-use migration software; simple and intuitive interface |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Aloha Bob PC Backup offers a simple and intuitive way to back up the critical data on your PC. With its Smart features, easy customization and rich feature set, Aloha Bob PC Backup is the most complete backup solution in the market.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 A Case For Why We Need A Zero Star Choice In Our Reviews March 2, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you want to throw away your money, just send it to me. I'll waste it on junk food - and you'll get just as much for your money.
I'm running XP - but this program refuses to load - and won't load from the start prompt, despite the supplied directions.
So, I've got nothing, right? Next step oughta be their website for a little support, right? Forget it. It's a shell with absolutely nobody sitting in any office anywhere - except maybe a cashier counting your money.
This text clip from the AlohaBob site really says it all: "This site has been disabled for the time being." Oh - plus their "speak to a live person" chat deal for those looking for help doesn't work - in either IE or Firefox (so there is no support).
Do not throw away your money on this dead end, rip off product.
Never have I been so let down by a piece of software May 17, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I trusted that this software would do what it claimed to do and was so let down by its lack of performance that I am dumbfounded and left speechless. During backup process I selected about 15GB of info to backup, spanning 4 DVDs. Everything looked fine, except for TWO (2) simple errors that I received, indicating that those related files may not have been copied/backed up properly. I figured no big deal, 2 files/errors out 15GB, I could handle that. Based upon the false pretenses that my critical info was backed up properly (simple pictures, videos, mp3 files and Financial Files to include previous years tax files), I then proceeded to slick my drive. Remember, only 2 simple, benign and almost inconspicuous errors during the backup process. Everything looked great.
During the restore process, I then received numerous errors, each of them requiring me to click 'Yes' when asked if I wanted to proceed. I got tired of clicking Yes around the 100 or so mark and decided to click no. When you click 'no', EVERYTHING is undone; there is no 'ignore all' function so I had to sit through every prompt and got tired of it and decided that proceeding with 1000 files and answering yes would involve too much pain for me. I then selected a smaller group of files to have restored, only the 'My Documents' folder but ran into the same situation. Eventually I ran a test on a small folder to have restored and still ran into the errors but pressed through. Hardly any of the files were received error free and those that had issues were never restored. My guess is approximately 2/3 or 3/4 of my files were not restored and of course none that really mattered made it.
I had the latest update applied to the program, so that should not be the cause. I would have done better to slick my entire hard drive without going through the backup process as I would have been at nearly the same place but without experiencing all the headaches, frustrations and an investment of hours, no DAYS of my time.
The program has been recently purchased by Microsoft for inclusion in the Vista OS, I imagine. It will do well as a Microsoft product, as it fails to deliver upon its promises.
 AlohaBob PC Backup February 25, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a good package for backing up your PC. Fairly intuitive, although it took me a couple tries to figure out what the software was doing so I could select the right stuff to backup. It uses good compression to minimize the amount of disk for your backup. The downside of that is you can't just select a file to restore, you must go through the restore process. You can select a single file, but it takes a bit of time. Runs automatically and unobtrusively so it won't interfere with your current work.
 GREAT PRODUCT February 4, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
That's a great product. I strongly recommend without hesitation. I had saved all of my data when my laptop was stolen. Easy to use and easy to restore data. Only I had a problem with e-mail restoration. Still I am glad I have bought this product.
Disappointed October 27, 2005
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
All I wanted was a way to identify some files, remember which ones so every time I wanted to backup, I would press "go" and the backup would start. AlohaBob was too "smart" for my use. First, it has this intelligent file finder that finds what is likely to be backed up. I indicate that I want to select my own files (which it lets me think I can do). Then thinking it would bring me to browser window -- no, no, no...it still needs to waste time doing its indexing as if I had selected the "smart find". I then manually select my files (great!!). In trying to save the "template" of what files I wanted to backup, it requires that I make it a reoccurring backup with selected backup frequency (YUK!!). I want to back up when I get to it (about once a month, not when it wants to -- I am backing up to a DVD which I need to put in the drive). OK, so now I am over that and the backup begins - GREAT!!! Upon returning into the application a month later, I can not select my saved "template" to "run now", it will run when it is scheduled to run :( So...I need to repeat the whole process just to get the same files as last time backed up. I exchanged emails with the company and they understood but were not going to "add" the features I described. Oh well - it looked like such a promising product. Now I need to find another that satisfies my requirements.
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