Disk Hero - Real-Time Backup for U3 Drives

December 2nd, 2007

Too lazy to back up your U3 drive, or couldn't figure out how to keep a second copy of your portable apps? Disk Hero believes they now have a 'set it and forget it' solution; their real-time remote backup automatically encrypts your U3 apps & files, compresses them and lastly uploads to a remote server. All these occur in real time so you won't lose anything if your U3 thumbdrive suddenly gives up on you. You get 1GB free storage, which includes up to 5 file history version for restoring files from different points.

Storage upgrade to 5GB to $39.95 a year, something that 4GB U3 users may need. Should you need to retrieve the data, simply grab a new U3 drive, install Disk Hero, login with your account and your files, U3 apps as well as setting should reappear. By the way, Disk Hero is free.

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