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DOUBLE IMAGE v3.1 for Windows 95/NT Provides Network Administrators a High Speed Tool for Network & Optical Disk Backup.


BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 16, 1998--Host Interface International, Inc. today announced DOUBLE IMAGE Release 3.1 for Windows 95 and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. .

This fully automated and cost effective ($549-$849) network backup software See backup program.

(tool, software) backup software - Software for doing a backup, often included as part of the operating system.

Backup software should provide ways to specify what files get backed up and to where.
 is FAST and can run up to 32 copies on a single PC at the same time. Network client disks, CD rewritable, WORM and Jukebox storage files or portions of files are copied for only those that are new or need updating on the destination cartridge or drive. "Command Lists" permit users to stage massive backup sessions for a multitude of network drives and destination drives from one or more locations.

While there are a lot of backup software programs around, this "smart" backup software produces a backup file A file on a tape, removable disk or the fixed disk of another computer that is a copy kept for backup purposes. See backup types.  with the smallest possible physical size on WORM and CD destination drives and in the least amount of time. Options provide exact disk duplication and for the copying of Hidden files, System files and Read Only files. The Archive attribute A file classification that indicates whether the file has been updated since the last backup. A bit is set in the file directory to indicate the archive status. When a file is created or saved, the bit is turned on. When it is backed up, the bit is turned off. See file attribute.  may be kept the same on the destination as on the source. Copy duplication is also accomplished by permitting the user to choose to delete some or all files on the destination drive that are not on the source drive/directories.

Backups can be made using date and time ranges. A log is produced defining the files that were copied and when. An activity meter is displayed to the screen and log, showing the no. of bytes Read, Saved, Skipped and Compared.

A single drive can be used for both the input/source and the output/destination files. Conventional Microsoft Explorer type directory and file browsing (1) To view file and folder names on a disk. See file manager.

(2) To view the contents of files. See file viewer.
 is used. Both Universal Naming Convention See UNC.  and drive letters can be designated for the source and destination.

When using Microsoft's WINAT.EXE Exe (ĕks), river, c.55 mi (90 km) long, rising in the Exmoor, Somerset, SW England, and flowing S across the Cornwall peninsula, past Exeter to the English Channel at Exmouth.  scheduler, the user now has a virtual unattended backup solution for all networks. Because files or portions of files are only updated when they are different, this software can be executed many times a day to freshen fresh·en  
v. fresh·ened, fresh·en·ing, fresh·ens

v.intr.
1. To become fresh, as in vigor or appearance: freshened up after the day's work.

2.
 destination drives or jukeboxes, with little overhead and little time being used.

DOUBLE IMAGE is a pioneering product of Host Interface International, Inc., a software development firm located in Bellevue, Washington USA. Please contact Bryant Kittelson at 1-425-746-4361 or send email to hii@hostinterface.com for more information.

CONTACT: Host Interface International

Brent Kittleson, 425/746-4361

bryantk@hostinterface.com

http://www.hostinterface.com
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