WD Anywhere Backup, TrueCrypt, And Memeo AutoSync
Anywhere Backup is bundled with the Western Digital My Book Home Edition. A wizard helps to configure your backup settings, and you can back up not only to a My Book device but to a network location, a USB drive or an iPod. The software supports versioning and lets you choose between automatic selection of files and backup locations and or creating a customized backup set. The software also supports built-in encryption, though this feature isn’t explained in detail by the included documentation.
TrueCrypt
TrueCrypt is a popular tool that allows encrypting files into a secured container and mapping an encrypted container into your Windows environment as a new drive. This allows working with files inside an encrypted container as if they were on a local drive. You can create regular or hidden TrueCrypt volumes on a partition of your choice, select the encryption algorithm and limit the volume size for the encrypted container. This can’t be done if you create a file on an existing partition.
Memeo AutoSync
Memeo AutoSync is a powerful tool to keep your system and backup files in sync. However, this should never be used instead of regular backups—it’s an option to provide an exact copy of your files. This copy may be newer than the last backup, but it won’t help if you need to restore to an older revision of an important document. Unfortunately, My Book Home Edition comes with just a 30-day trial version of AutoSync.
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hmmz, final power consumption chart states that it's "sorted by stand by", yet on the legend it says that the black bars are stand by?
so the order goes:
5.5
7
2
3.6
pff!
if anything it's sorted by idle, the yellows bars...
at least get your charts right..!
cheers,
bill
p.s. stuff and nonsense: http://www.eupeople.net/forum
@googzaymunanos,
I noticed that error too in the chart, but I also noticed the following in the review for the WD drive:
If the WD is the only drive which consumes 0.4W when the system is shutdown, then what is the 5.5W power doing in the chart for the Seagate drive?
Also, the seagate drive doesn't have a switch, so there shouldn't be a value on the chart for this as it could be misleading.