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Comment on Just Add Water? Memeo Instant Backup by Barry Malvin

Barry Malvin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:27:39 +0000

I am somewhat of a power user running Windows 7 Pro, savvy in managing PCs. Am I better off using Seagate Manager rather than Memeo Instant Backup for backing up Outlook as well as certain data files within Program directories? For that matter, how about Windows Backup?

Comment on Just Add Water? Memeo Instant Backup by Barry Malvin

Barry Malvin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:15:14 +0000

You said Memeo Instant Backup doesn’t backup Outlook, but I am looking at the Memeo Instant Backup screena dn it says:
Backup in Progress
Backing UP: Outlook.pst (4.6 GB)(78%)KI am running V 4.60.0.7252. Does this version include a provision ofor backing up Outlook files?

Comment on Just Add Water? Memeo Instant Backup by Mat

Mat — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:45:48 +0000

What a disgrace memeo instant backup is… I got it bundled with a Seagate external drive, and made the mistake of installing it. First, I hate it when a program tries to limit as much as possible the clickable functions. Memeo is like that, you can almost only click on “backup” or “restore”. You can’t program or adjust anything. Second, it’s very slow, and there’s no way of actually seeing what it does or did. 5 days to backup 500,000 files is totally ridiculous on a fast system like mine. 5 days!! 24 hours a day! And to top everything off, when my computer died and I plugged the external drive to my laptop to retrieve the files, Memeo didn’t find anything, and then again, no way of going further than the screen telling you it didn’t find anything. No way to browse the disk and worst, if it does find anything, no way to restore specific files instead of the whole sheebang.

It’s atotally useless program. Worst, it’s dangerous because it will give you a sense of security when in fact,it doesn’t work.

Comment on Just Add Water? Memeo Instant Backup by Diane

Diane — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:27:33 +0000

OMG I wish I had read this before I started this thing. It has been running for two days now and seems to have gotten through all the files once, but is now stuck on the “verifying” step. It pops up messages about the drive not being “available” (which it is) and I have to manually skip over files, looks like I will end up cancelling the backup. Still don’t know if I really have created a usable backup, after reading what other folks have written here.
Can I still use this hardware without using the Memeo software or should I take the drive back where I got it?
I did have the regular Windows backup run and it completed successfully.
I cannot live without the Program Files being backed up. That is a huge flaw, as I am a tax practitioner and my tax client files are stored in the same folder within Program Files as the program is! I worked as a technical software support thing before retirement. I find this is just pitiful.

Comment on Just Add Water? Memeo Instant Backup by Edward

Edward — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:46:01 +0000

Maybe someone can help me here… I installed the trial version since it came with my new Seagate drive. Software SAYS it will back up to network drive so I hooked my new Seagate up to my desktop computer and shared it… mapped it to my laptop and loaded Memeo on to my laptop FROM the shared drive (so I know the connection is fine). I can copy files TO my network share, but if I try to use Memeo to back up files it will not let me choose any network drives. Only drives listed in the drop down box are my D (restore partition)and Q (which appears to be my usb for my wireless mouse). No shared drives are even available. How does one get Memeo to recognize drives that Windows has no problem recognizing? (Windows Vista Home Premium SP 2 on the laptop, if that matters)

Comment on Just Add Water? Memeo Instant Backup by Sallie

Sallie — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:34:04 +0000

It’s been several years since I tested Memeo, so I haven’t used it with Windows 7, but I suspect they are.

Comment on Just Add Water? Memeo Instant Backup by Richard

Richard — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:53:00 +0000

Memeo Instant Backup only backed up the user files for my account, not for the other user accounts on my Windows 7 system. Are the other users expected to log in and run their own backup?

Comment on Just Add Water? Memeo Instant Backup by Adam

Adam — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:22:12 +0000

This software is JUNK.

Comment on The Drawbacks of Dell DataSafe by Sallie

Sallie — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:06:42 +0000

What are you backing up? How much data is there? What degree of redundancy is required? The best method depends on your needs, though in general it’s good to have both local and offsite backups. Online backup solutions are best for small quantities of important data; local backups, including complete drive images, can contain software and system information as well as data. If you have a local network, you may want to use a network drive rather than a USB drive for local backups. You might prefer scheduled backups to continuous backups, or vice-versa–the continuous backups mean you lose less in the event of a crash, but they use system resources in the background.

Comment on Just Add Water? Memeo Instant Backup by Sallie

Sallie — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:02:52 +0000

I haven’t used the program for years, so I’m not sure, but backup tools seem to come in either the continuous or the scheduled flavor. If you can’t find settings that allow you to set a particular time for backups, then you probably need a different program.