Back Again/2

Back Again/2 Professional takes advantage of OS/2 Warp, with IBM Workplace Shell "drag and drop" support, a built-in scheduler, password protection, and multiple levels of data compression. A previously defined backup can be initiated by simply pointing at the backup set object and double-clicking on the mouse.


 * Editions
 * Back Again/2 Professional Edition (BA/2 Pro)
 * Back Again/2 Personal Edition

BA/2 Pro

 * standalone restore facility
 * backing up to SCSI tape drives, networks, removable cartridges, and even floppy disks
 * supports ATAPI/IDE tape drives.

Advanced features:
 * Full 32-bit implementation
 * Graphical and command line interfaces
 * Completely multithreaded
 * Full Workplace Shell integration
 * Complete disaster recovery utility
 * Broad device support

Supported devices:
 * Fixed and Removable disk drives
 * 360k, 720k, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, 2.88MB diskette drives
 * Hard drives supported by OS/2
 * LAN-attached drives (via drive letter and UNC)

Removable cartridge drives:
 * Iomega Bernoulli, Jaz, and Zip drives
 * Syquest 5.25" and 3.5" removable drives (including the 135MB EZ drive)
 * Magneto-optical devices from APS, Fujitsu, IBM, Mitsubishi, and others

ATAPI/IDE tape drives:
 * APS Technologies APS HyperQIC ATAPI/IDE Minicartridge Drive
 * Conner CTMA4000 ATAPI/IDE Minicartridge Drive
 * Conner CTT8000 ATAPI/IDE Minicartridge Drive

Supports any device supported as nameable drive, including SCSI tape drives, Bernoulli Boxes, Syquest removable hard drives, diskettes, etc. Will support EAs, HPFS, HPFS386, and long file names. Ease of use and powerful capabilities go hand-in-hand with BackAgain/2 Professional. Featuring an attractive point and click interface modelled after the OS/2 ‘drivesobject’, Back Again/2 Professional also features a built-in scheduler, password protection, and multiple levels of data compression.