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Bytecc One Button Backup (ME-808) Enclosure Review

Author: Dennis Garcia

Published: Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Conclusion

As was mentioned before the Backup Star itself is not much different from a regular external HDD enclosure except for the single button on the front of the drive and the included backup software. Once installed the software runs whenever your computer is running and keeps track of the file activity that happens between backups. This allows you to backup your entire HDD at the touch of a button or on a scheduled basis. The backups also happen in the background so you can continue to work while the system works. The software also comes with a very slick restore method that will allow you to put from one of the provided floppy disk images and restore your HDD to how it was when the last backup was made giving you an instant recovery method in the event of a system failure. The only real requirement is that the drive used in the Backup Star is as large if not larger than the one used in the system you are wishing to backup.

Now for the ever popular list of Good things and Bad things.

The Good Things

Dual use External USB Drive Enclosure
USB 2.0 Support
Backup and Recovery Software Included
Dual Power Support with Interchangeable Adaptors
Built-in Cooling Fan
One Touch Backup

The Bad Things

No Firewire support
Rather large to carry around.

Ninjalane Rating

I would like to thank Bytecc Inc. for helping to make this review possible.