NVBackup is a free, thorough and easy-to-use backup / restore solution for newer Palms: Treo 650, T5, TX, LifeDrive and TE2. Since NVBackup is designed specifically for Palms with the NVFS, it will not work on older devices. Users report success in backing up on the 700p, but no feedback has been received about restore tests.
NVBackup is free and may only be used AT YOUR OWN RISK WITH NO WARRANTY AT ALL. Unlike most other backup programs (Dmitry's PowerBackup is the one exception I know of right now), this one grabs data straight out of the hidden directory where they are hidden on NVFS device. In theory, this should make the backup faster and more reliable. But because doing this is undocumented, there is always danger.
A backup made with NVBackup is likely not to work on other devices (e.g., a T5 backup cannot be restored on a TX). Don't try--it may crash your device. Also, if you make a backup, upgrade your Operating System, the old backup may not work--instead, either use another backup utility, or use hotsync to back up across OS upgrade.
It uses a different (undocumented) method for accessing data that theoretically should make it be more reliable than commercial backup programs on crash-prone newer PDAs (e.g., ones unstable because of incompatible third party software or buggy operating system).
Features:
- Daily (or nightly) scheduling of backups.
- Backs data up directly from the internal non-volatile memory. This should prevent crashes that may happen with other backup programs.
- Does not require a hard or warm reset before restoring data.
- Precise restore of saved state.
- Compresses and checksums backup data.
- Fast update mode that replaces backed up files changed since last backup.
- Selective restore function to restore one or more specific databases from a backup set.
- Full source code available under BSD license (i.e., unlimited commercial use permitted, though I would appreciate being told about what use you make of it).
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