GoBack 3 Deluxe

The meat of the program is its drive restoration function, which creates periodic system safe points to which GoBack can revert a system. For example, if a recently installed program causes some sort of failure, GoBack can restore the system to its state prior to the program's installation. Or if the PC worked when the system was booted up but some unknown factor has hosed it, GoBack can revert the system to its startup state. GoBack can catalog several restore points, depending on the amount of available disk drive space it has. One feature even allows GoBack to revert a system to a particular safe point on a regular basis, which is ideal for PCs in controlled environments.

GoBack 3 caters to newbies and experienced users alike. The application is capable of automating everything for hands-off drive preservation, but is also completely configurable. The documentation, both online and physical, is thorough and friendly, as are the tutorials, so anyone willing to spend the necessary time will be able to take full advantage of GoBack's layered features.

The major flaw with GoBack is its propensity to churn the hard drive almost incessantly. It's especially noticeable right after the program is installed and after the user installs new software. This victimizes owners of older systems lacking DMA hard drives by bogging down almost everything, from simple Windows Explorer file management to application loading. Modern systems are more forgiving; however, writes (saving data to the hard drive) are noticeably bottlenecked.

GoBack 3 Deluxe isn't a replacement for regular backups of your important data files--it can't save your system in the case of a catastrophic hardware failure--but its wide range of system restore features can greatly cut down the time necessary for recovery from a virus, a failed program installation, driver corruption, or other common data problems. --Joel Durham, Jr.

Amazon.com Product Description
GoBack Deluxe 3.0 delivers quick and easy system recovery, providing award-winning protection to Windows PCs. Once installed, it gives users the power to immediately restore healthy system configurations and lost or damaged data on their own. With GoBack Deluxe 3.0, you can dramatically reduce PC downtime, service calls, and technical support costs, as well as eliminate the hours spent reloading software on computers that fail for unknown reasons. The auto-revert feature gives the option to periodically restore public access PCs to a pre-selected clean state without user intervention. Password protection keeps GoBack's power in appropriate hands.

GoBack offers automatic, continuous protection and up-to-the minute protection from virus attacks, software downloads, and unexpected system failure. Once installed, GoBack Deluxe will continuously protect your system and data without requiring you to do a thing. Have peace of mind knowing that your PC is safe and secure. GoBack Deluxe also allows you to restore your PC to working condition--no special boot disks required--and rescue damaged data instantly. With GoBack Deluxe installed, you don't have to know what went wrong in order to get your computer working again. PC problems that used to waste your time are quickly resolved, and you are back to work. Recover your deleted or overwritten files, even those emptied from the recycle bin. If you decide you like your first draft more, but wrote over it, simply go back.