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FileHamster

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Back up files and folders in real time using this accessible tool that monitors given locations and automatically copies new revisions to a backup library, featuring a wide range of advanced settings. #Data backup  #Data restore  #Incremental backup  #Backup  #Rescue  #Recover  

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FileHamster is a comprehensive, yet simple-to-use software application that can continuously back up files in the background while you carry on with your regular PC activity. It monitors files and folders.

Before proceeding any further, you should know that, although this is a free tool, FileHamster gets installed in trial mode. It's not limited by time and doesn't have any feature restrictions, but this free edition no longer receives updates. Plus, you need to enter an email address to obtain a download link from the developer.

Once launched, the program creates an icon in the system tray area and gets sent there on close, so it continues to run in the background to watch files and folders, and back up any new content.

At startup, you are welcomed by a simple wizard that invites you to create your library for storing FileHamster backups in. This can be a directory in a local, removable or network drive, and you can specify the library display name.

It's possible to put together as many backup libraries as you want if you plan to save files in different locations, and password-protect them to prevent other PC users from tinkering with settings.

New files can be added to the watchlist by simply indicating them via a file browser. When adding directories, you can ask the tool to monitor all items, prompt you for action when a new event occurs, or take into account only files matching a specific type or pattern. Evidently, you can add as many files and folders as you wish to a single library.

A wide range of advanced options are available for experienced users. For instance, you can point out an inactivity time for the watchlist, hide balloon tips which notify you of file events, limit the file size for a revision, set a delay time before creating new revisions, set a storage time for old revisions, create exclusions with file patterns, or edit a monitor's description.

The software utility has automatic monitors prepared for special Windows locations, namely the desktop, documents, music and pictures, so you can add any of these to the watchlist. What's more, the app can immediately trigger all delayed revisions.

It's possible to check out all revisions in a separate window, examine log details with important events, show a toolbar with filters for the watchlist, documents and presets, as well as to administer plugins.

From the watch tree you can open files and explore directories, password-protect items, purse missing or unprotected documents, remove any file from the watch list, update revisions on the spot, ignore a specific file or its extension, as well as reset options to the ones defined in the parent.

We haven't come across any stability issues in our tests, thanks to the fact that the tool didn't hang, crash or prompt errors. It monitors files and folders while silently running in the background, so it doesn't interrupt your regular computer activities. CPU and RAM consumption was minimal.

Taking into account that it's free, FileHamster proves to be a highly resourceful software program for automatically backing up new files and folders from any given locations.

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FileHamster 1.7.0.3418

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  runs on:
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows 2K
  file size:
5 MB
  filename:
FileHamsterSetup.exe
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FileHamster - This is the main window of FileHamster where you can create backup libraries with the files you need.FileHamster - The Preferences window of FileHamster allows you to enable autostart and to show the main window on launch.FileHamster - The Bubbles section will allow you to suspend notification bubbles or to customize the displayed ones.
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