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Need recommendation for file monitor/auto backup software

I'm looking for a Windows utility with the following characteristics:

- Watches files that I specify and backs them up every time they're modified, recording in some place the username of the modifier
- Runs as a Windows service
- Shareware/downloadable free trial

I'd like it to have some kind of diff functionality to compare versions of the files being monitored, but it's not essential.

Thanks

Reid Palmeira

First I would suggest you post this in the Storage area on EE as well but you should look into something like BackupExec and/or the other Veritas products that got bought up by Symantec. They're very good for that sort of thing.

madacebo

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Maybe "auto backup" is the wrong term... I just have about 10 text files on a PC that I want to monitor and record previous versions of. I don't need to run any scheduled backups or real restore functionality. Just a copy of the file somewhere each time it gets changed, so I can go back and browse its change history. I've found several utilities (Absolute Backup Monitor, for example) that do what I want, but none run as Windows services. Backup Exec and the like would be overkill.

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