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In general terms, DeltaCopy is an open source, fast incremental backup program. Let's say you have to backup one file that is 500 MB every night. A normal file copy would copy the entire file even if a few bytes have changed. DeltaCopy, on the other hand, would only copy the part of file that has actually been modified. This reduces the data transfer to just a small fraction of 500 MB saving time and network bandwidth. In technical terms, DeltaCopy is a "Windows Friendly" wrapper around the Rsync program, currently maintained by Wayne Davison. "rsync" is primarily designed for Unix/Linux/BSD systems. Although ports are available for Windows, they typically require downloading Cygwin libraries and manual configuration.

nstalled and uninstalled a lot of programs the other day. I also needed to clean up some of that notorious Windows Registry. I did it by hand and also used one registry cleaner program to eliminate all erranous records (I think it was Eusing Free Registry Cleaner). That all led (zeppelin) to a disaster - I could log into Win, but it logged me right out again. So I was stuck logging in and out in the evening at work - it was my work PC. So not to mention I went home frustrated, I also thought is this the time that an it-person is supposed to go and get drunk in the nearest bar? Of course I didn't get drunk (yet). I did what every respecable engineer would do - research. I made a "disaster recovery plan", that simply stated that I need to do a backup of useful data before I try some recovery measures.