Second Copy Guestbook
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Ich benutze Second Copy seit 20 Jahren. Es ist das beste Backup-Programm, das ich kenne. Es hat mich in diesen Jahren mehrmals vor vielen Schwierigkeiten gerettet.
Vielen Dank für diese hervorragende Arbeit.
Gruß
Peter
Ich benutze Second Copy seit 20 Jahren. Es ist das beste Backup-Programm, das ich kenne. Es hat mich in diesen Jahren mehrmals vor vielen Schwierigkeiten gerettet.
Vielen Dank für diese hervorragende Arbeit.
Gruß
Peter
Added: May 29, 2018
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Second Copy ran continuously on our server from 2006 to 2017 - ELEVEN YEARS. It hardly affected server performance - so we easily ran backups every few hours. You can never lose more than a few hours of work (until a consultant disabled in a few months ago without telling me). Second Copy has saved us countless times when a user accidentally overwrote a file or a file got corrupted before the daily server incremental backup occurred.
Of course you get backup reliability by using cloud-based software - but as far as I know, you can't ask the Office 365 team to deliver you a backup from 8 versions back. Or let you browse versions 6,7,8,9 to be certain that the material you lost was in the 8th oldest version, not the 7th oldest version.
The unfortunate part of Second Copy is that Microsoft hasn't given the company wheelbarrow loads of money to integrate it into Windows.
Second Copy ran continuously on our server from 2006 to 2017 - ELEVEN YEARS. It hardly affected server performance - so we easily ran backups every few hours. You can never lose more than a few hours of work (until a consultant disabled in a few months ago without telling me). Second Copy has saved us countless times when a user accidentally overwrote a file or a file got corrupted before the daily server incremental backup occurred.
Of course you get backup reliability by using cloud-based software - but as far as I know, you can't ask the Office 365 team to deliver you a backup from 8 versions back. Or let you browse versions 6,7,8,9 to be certain that the material you lost was in the 8th oldest version, not the 7th oldest version.
The unfortunate part of Second Copy is that Microsoft hasn't given the company wheelbarrow loads of money to integrate it into Windows.
Added: May 3, 2018
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Lots to tell about SC and it's potential. I love it! Setup SC9 on Windows Svr 2016 and working beautifully as expected. Of course time will tell, but from the first backup, there were no hick-ups with 170gb. So please put that in your resume for SecondCopy9. I've been using since SC7 on multiple windows platforms, but will always use simple, solid programs over more robust do-everything applications that cost way more and are cryptic in setup. The recovery of data is so simple as well. IMHO this has the best in backup features that I can rely on. Job very well done!
Lots to tell about SC and it's potential. I love it! Setup SC9 on Windows Svr 2016 and working beautifully as expected. Of course time will tell, but from the first backup, there were no hick-ups with 170gb. So please put that in your resume for SecondCopy9. I've been using since SC7 on multiple windows platforms, but will always use simple, solid programs over more robust do-everything applications that cost way more and are cryptic in setup. The recovery of data is so simple as well. IMHO this has the best in backup features that I can rely on. Job very well done!
Added: March 21, 2018
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Hello, I have been using Second Copy since year 2000 and it has been the most useful piece of software I've had.
Since I only recently upgraded the PC from WinXP to Win7, my PC and Second Copy don't seem to like each other very well, and it may be time to upgrade to a later version of SC.
I currently have SC V6.2.
I'm wondering how much the upgrade cost will be, and if the current version of SC will run well on Win7.
thanks for years of good service.
Admin reply: As a returning user of Second Copy 2000, we will give you 50% discount on Second Copy 9 upgrade. Please email your existing license information to "Support@secondcopy.com" for verification and to receive the discount. Thank you for your continued support and consideration to Second Copy.
Hello, I have been using Second Copy since year 2000 and it has been the most useful piece of software I've had.
Since I only recently upgraded the PC from WinXP to Win7, my PC and Second Copy don't seem to like each other very well, and it may be time to upgrade to a later version of SC.
I currently have SC V6.2.
I'm wondering how much the upgrade cost will be, and if the current version of SC will run well on Win7.
thanks for years of good service.
Admin reply: As a returning user of Second Copy 2000, we will give you 50% discount on Second Copy 9 upgrade. Please email your existing license information to "Support@secondcopy.com" for verification and to receive the discount. Thank you for your continued support and consideration to Second Copy.
Added: March 17, 2018
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I have been using the SC Ver 7 for so long that I have forgotten when I first installed. My PC just crashed and the data I saved using the SC Ver 7 saved my life !! I note that you have a Ver 9 now, I would want to upgrade. Can you pls point to me where I can find out about the additional features,
And one more thing, I lost the Lic No. and am very glad that I could email you and got my lic number almost instaneously
Thank you
Admin reply: We have emailed our response to you.
I have been using the SC Ver 7 for so long that I have forgotten when I first installed. My PC just crashed and the data I saved using the SC Ver 7 saved my life !! I note that you have a Ver 9 now, I would want to upgrade. Can you pls point to me where I can find out about the additional features,
And one more thing, I lost the Lic No. and am very glad that I could email you and got my lic number almost instaneously
Thank you
Admin reply: We have emailed our response to you.
Added: March 10, 2018
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As a long term and very satisfied user of Second Copy, I make the following suggestions for minor improvements to what is an excellent product.
1. When doing initial backups involving a multitude of files, the log file takes far too long to refresh. There is no cancel option, once you've selected refresh. The only thing you can do is to force quit using Task Manager, then delete the log file directly in the System folder User/AppData/Local/Centered Systems/Second Copy/log.rtf. Then recommence the backup.
Is there something I'm missing?
2. Given that many users backup to removable discs, which invariably have a name different from the Drive letter allocated by Windows, the option "AlwaysShowVolumeNames=1" should be included as a default option. Finding out about this hidden feature is difficult and it would be much easier if it appeared in the default profile creation panels, so that users would be aware that that option exists if needed.
Regards
Richard Millington
Admin reply: Thank you for your suggestions to Second Copy. We have added your suggestions to our wish list for a future version of Second Copy.
As a long term and very satisfied user of Second Copy, I make the following suggestions for minor improvements to what is an excellent product.
1. When doing initial backups involving a multitude of files, the log file takes far too long to refresh. There is no cancel option, once you've selected refresh. The only thing you can do is to force quit using Task Manager, then delete the log file directly in the System folder User/AppData/Local/Centered Systems/Second Copy/log.rtf. Then recommence the backup.
Is there something I'm missing?
2. Given that many users backup to removable discs, which invariably have a name different from the Drive letter allocated by Windows, the option "AlwaysShowVolumeNames=1" should be included as a default option. Finding out about this hidden feature is difficult and it would be much easier if it appeared in the default profile creation panels, so that users would be aware that that option exists if needed.
Regards
Richard Millington
Admin reply: Thank you for your suggestions to Second Copy. We have added your suggestions to our wish list for a future version of Second Copy.
Added: February 13, 2018
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Second Copy still does not check the destination drive available or not... scans the source files then tries to find destination... also SC can not run multithreaded... It is a must for SC... This software must scan the source and destination same time... if not lack of time...
Second Copy still does not check the destination drive available or not... scans the source files then tries to find destination... also SC can not run multithreaded... It is a must for SC... This software must scan the source and destination same time... if not lack of time...
Added: February 4, 2018
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We are in the business of IT support and at one of our smaller sites we have been using Second Copy v7 since January 2009. We do not use it at many sites, but it has certainly been a 'fire and forget' solution at this one.
We had a hard disk failure at this site a few days ago (January 2018!) and so we can say it has been running without any oversight on our part for over nine years. We are upgrading to v9 and it will be money well spent.
We are in the business of IT support and at one of our smaller sites we have been using Second Copy v7 since January 2009. We do not use it at many sites, but it has certainly been a 'fire and forget' solution at this one.
We had a hard disk failure at this site a few days ago (January 2018!) and so we can say it has been running without any oversight on our part for over nine years. We are upgrading to v9 and it will be money well spent.
Added: January 24, 2018
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Hi, I have had this product for a while now and love it.
I just rebuilt my computer system and forgot to copy over the serial number.
How do I retrieve it please?
Regards
Simon B
Admin reply: Thank you for your compliments to Second Copy. For future reference, please send your support related questions via email to "support@secondcopy.com".
You can retrieve your license information using the following link:
http://www.secondcopy.com/secondcopy/getregkey.asp
Hi, I have had this product for a while now and love it.
I just rebuilt my computer system and forgot to copy over the serial number.
How do I retrieve it please?
Regards
Simon B
Admin reply: Thank you for your compliments to Second Copy. For future reference, please send your support related questions via email to "support@secondcopy.com".
You can retrieve your license information using the following link:
http://www.secondcopy.com/secondcopy/getregkey.asp
Added: November 2, 2017
Name: Brett Williamson
From: United States
E-mail: Contact
Been using Second Copy for years and it's the best, simplest backup tool by far. I would love to see development to add cloud services (OneDrive, Google, etc.) as backup destinations. Any chance a new version of Second Copy will include this feature?
Admin reply: Thank you for your compliments and continued support to Second Copy. The current version of Second Copy does not support cloud storage directly. We have this feature on our wish list for a future version of Second Copy. Meanwhile, however, if you have something like OneDrive or Dropbox that uses a local drive for repository then you can use Second Copy to setup automatic backups to Dropbox by copying files to its local drive.