Is it worth upgrading to Second Copy 8?

JohnnyScience · Sep 16, 2010

I have Second Copy 7 & am really happy with it, but of course the upgrade emails says its "a major upgrade"

What do you guys think, is it worth shelling out the extra cash to upgrade?

Bill2 · Sep 16, 2010

8??? What are you talking about?

JohnnyScience · Sep 16, 2010

Dear Second Copy user:

We are pleased to announce the new major release of Second Copy 8.

Major New Features
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- Copy open files
- Copy long filenames
- Unicode support

Special upgrade offer for Second Copy 7 users:
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Second Copy 8 is a major upgrade to Second Copy 7. If you are a registered
user of Second Copy 7, you can upgrade to it at a special 50% discount.

To order Second Copy 8 at 50% discount (offer expires on December 31,
2010), go to the following link:

Bill2 · Sep 16, 2010

Oh dude sorry!, I misunderstood. No idea about second copy 8.

Ryan2320 · Sep 16, 2010

I have never used Second Copy,

So I don't think I can help much.. (Had to look it up never heard of it)
Sounds intresting...

Lee · Sep 16, 2010

Here is a description of Second Copy 8 from their web site.

Second Copy® is the perfect automatic backup software designed for all versions of Windows. It makes a backup of your data files to another directory, internal or external hard disk or to a computer across the network.

Second Copy® monitors the source files and keeps the backup updated with new or changed files. It runs in the background with no user interaction. So, once it is set up you always have a backup of your data somewhere else.

Hope this helps those that are viewing this thread.

DeaconFrost · Sep 16, 2010

It sounds like a great idea, but I'm not sure why you'd feel the need to pay for it, when you can have similiar functionality for free. SyncToy is free, made by Microsoft, and works with all client Windows OSes.

JohnnyScience · Sep 16, 2010

I dont know, when I came on these forums, Second Copy was what everybody suggested and no one said there were any free ones for win 7.

It's too late now as I already bought Second Copy a while ago. Now I just have to figure out if its worth upgrading to the most recent version.

DeaconFrost · Sep 17, 2010

How is it too late? You haven't spent any money on the upgrade, so you still have a choice. At least give SyncToy a shot...it's free, so you have nothing to lose. It can even be scheduled to run on its own.

CGA1 · Sep 17, 2010

This is the changelog for version 8 according to their site:

8.0.0.0

Initial release

New feature: Copy open files using Volume Shadow Copy (32-bit Windows only)

New feature: Copy long filenames

New feature: Support for Unicode characters

Doesn't look like a must have upgrade if your current version is working for you.

JohnnyScience · Sep 21, 2010

CGA1 said:
This is the changelog for version 8 according to their site:

8.0.0.0

Initial release

New feature: Copy open files using Volume Shadow Copy (32-bit Windows only)

New feature: Copy long filenames

New feature: Support for Unicode characters

Click to expand...

Doesn't look like a must have upgrade if your current version is working for you.

Yeah I guess it's not really worth it, I dont seem me needing those features.

dubik99 · Oct 31, 2011

Don't do it

I've used Second Copy since 2003. I made a mistake of upgrading to 8. At some point I noticed Second Copy 8 taking unusually long time to sync my two computers. Turns out it was wiping out my Documents folder on the Destination computer. On the subsequent sync it would've wiped out the Source. I contacted the company. Remarkably they knew that this could happen starting with a Destination folder if you mount it a mapped drive (the usual way). But my case turned out to be different. For some reason SC8 thinks my Source folder is empty, even though it's not and proceeds to make the Destination empty. Support at Second Copy said "That is very strange. Please send us the "profiles.dat" and "log.rtf" files for analysis." I did. Have not heard back from them for more than a week. Pinged them a few days ago. Nothing. I think they are having a major problem. I went back to Second Copy 7 and am carefully previewing what it does. Hope this was Second Copy 8 "feature". I'm looking into other applications.

ignatzatsonic · Oct 31, 2011

dubik99 said:
I went back to Second Copy 7 and am carefully previewing what it does. Hope this was Second Copy 8 "feature". I'm looking into other applications.

Dubik:

I have used Second Copy for about as long as you have with no regrets or issues.

Thanks for the clue on problems with SC 8.

I am using 7.1.0.3 and have been for several years. No malfunctions on Vista, Win 7 32 bit , or Win 7 64 bit.

The nearest thing I have to a problem is that it will very very rarely refuse to copy or delete a certain file. This occurs ONLY when the path to the file in question is extremely long---I think beyond 255 characters. I use "exact copy" in all cases.

dubik99 · Nov 1, 2011

Ignat,
In one of SC 8 e-mails I saw something about them fixing long file names. But that's not worth the other problems. By the way, a day after I posted to the forum I got an email from them asking which operating system I'm using. Kind of lame after a week of silence.

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