POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows


	POPFile Backup/Restore Utility for Windows (latest build) Old Versions


	This is an experimental version so some problems may be found when using it on systems which do not use the default POPFile settings or when transferring data between different versions of POPFile. If things go wrong, log reports and backup copies of some key files are available to help repair things. IF YOUR DATA IS IMPORTANT DO NOT USE THIS AS YOUR ONLY BACKUP PROGRAM

	POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.28 Build F, created 29 October 2009 (775 KB zip file) Release Notes for POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility 0.0.28 This is an experimental version of the POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows. This utility is really in two parts: the 'Backup' wizard makes a backup of important files from the 'User Data' folder and the 'Restore' wizard allows these files to be restored to a location selected by the user. The 'Backup' wizard makes a backup of the following data: POPFile configuration (popfile.cfg) the 'ignored words' list (stopwords) POPFile corpus (SQLite, BerkeleyDB and flat-file format supported) magnets (if any are defined) SQL database dump (if a suitable SQLite database is found) original email settings (if any were changed by the installer) uninstaller (to restore email settings, etc) Recent Messages (if the user selects this option) With the exception of the SQL database dump and the Recent Messages, all of these items are automatically backed up if they can be found. A summary page is displayed to allow the user to review (and change) the settings before starting the backup operation. The 'Backup' wizard then creates a single executable file containing all of the backed up data and a program to allow this data to be restored. A timestamped backup log report is saved in the 'User Data' folder as a record of what was backed up. Although this build can backup SQLite 3.x format databases, it cannot generate SQL dumps for them (because it uses sqlite.exe to generate the dumps and sqlite.exe does not work with SQLite 3.x format databases). The executable file created by the 'Backup' wizard is in fact a customised installer which allows the user to choose which items are to be restored and the 'User Data' folder where the selected item(s) should be restored. So although the backup may contain all of the items in the above list the user can, for example, choose to restore only the list of ignored words. A summary page is displayed to allow the user to review (and change) the settings before starting the restore operation. If the 'Restore' wizard finds an existing copy of any of the following files during the restore operation, it will rename the existing file to avoid overwriting it (e.g. 'stopwords' will be renamed to 'stopwords.bk1' before the 'stopwords' file gets restored). Up to 3 renamed copies of a file will be retained, as a safety measure (see the sample restore report for some examples). POPFile configuration (popfile.cfg) the 'ignored words' list (stopwords) POPFile SQLite database original email settings (if any were changed by the installer) uninstaller (to restore email settings, etc) If an existing BerkeleyDB or flat-file corpus is found when restoring a BerkeleyDB or flat-file corpus, the user will be asked if the existing one can be deleted before the corpus is restored. The Recent Messages are handled in a similar fashion. The 'Restore' wizard saves a timestamped restore log report in the 'User Data' folder used for the restore operation. Details of any files which were renamed during the restore operation are listed in the report. The POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility tries to cope with more than just the current official release of POPFile but much more work still has to be done to improve the utility. So care should be exercised if attempts are made to restore data to a system (or installation) which uses a different version of POPFile. The 'Restore' wizard will attempt to alert the user if data is being restored to a different version of POPFile from the one to which the original data belonged (but it is still up to the user to determine if the restore operation should be performed). (top)

OLD VERSIONS

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.27
Build B, created 12 October 2008 (not released)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.26
Build A, created 18 June 2008 (not released)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.25
Build T, created 7 June 2008 (561 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.24
Build F, created 2 November 2007 (505 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.23
Build A, created 4 May 2007 (495 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.21
Build C, created 22 October 2006 (490 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.20
Build N, created 29 August 2006 (490 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.19
Build N, created 26 April 2006 (473 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.18
Build S, created 18 January 2006 (440 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.17
Build X, created 27 August 2005 (439 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.16
Build H, created 9 August 2005 (437 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.15
Build P, created 23 July 2005 (437 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.14
Build C, created 20 July 2005 (435 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.13
Build C, created 19 July 2005 (434 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.12
Build E, created 9 June 2005 (434 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.11
Build A, created 30 March 2005 (431 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.10
Build A, created 26 March 2005 (431 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.9
Build R, created 20 March 2005 (431 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.8
Build K, created 14 February 2005 (431 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.7
Build H, created 12 February 2005 (430 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.6
Build B, created 26 January 2005 (429 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.5
Build A, created 11 January 2005 (428 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.4
Build J, created 11 January 2005 (427 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.3
Build B, created 20 December 2004 (426 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.2
Build F, created 9 December 2004 (426 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.1
Build E, created 17 October 2004 (426 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.0
Build 284, created 19 September 2004 (423 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.0
Build 276, created 10 September 2004 (421 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.0
Build 268, created 15 August 2004 (421 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.0
Build 266, created 14 August 2004 (410 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.0
Build 247, created 11 August 2004 (288 KB zip file)

POPFile 'User Data' Backup/Restore Utility for Windows 0.0.0
Build 239, created 10 August 2004 (288 KB zip file)

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