which is the "real" Backup My PC?

When doing a Google search for Backup My PC, there are two listings for
what looks like the same product - except it isn't....

One is made by "StompSoft" and is version 5 - the same version that has
been out for a long time.

One seems to be made by Sonic and is the "new version 6".

Are these two different programs with Sonic masquerading as Stomp? Or
how do they relate?

I'm concerned because StompSoft version 5 has not been upgraded in a
long time and every so often, as it has for years, it throws out an
entire backup because it says there's an error on the disk. This is
usually not the case and I've yet to figure out what causes it but it's
making me look further for DVD backup programs.

TIA

Louise

Louise wrote:

When doing a Google search for Backup My PC, there are two listings for
what looks like the same product - except it isn't....

One is made by "StompSoft" and is version 5 - the same version that has
been out for a long time.

One seems to be made by Sonic and is the "new version 6".

Are these two different programs with Sonic masquerading as Stomp? Or
how do they relate?

I'm concerned because StompSoft version 5 has not been upgraded in a
long time and every so often, as it has for years, it throws out an
entire backup because it says there's an error on the disk. This is
usually not the case and I've yet to figure out what causes it but it's
making me look further for DVD backup programs.

http://www.sonic.com/support/dmd.asp

Historically, BackupMyPC was the desktop version of Seagate/Veritas Backup
Express. For a while it was being producted by Veritas and marketed by
Stomp. In 2002 Sonic bought the desktop software product line from Veritas
and apparently continued to market it through Stomp for a while. The
version on the Sonic site can be presumed to be "official" considering that
it is now their product.

TIA

Louise

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Louise wrote:

When doing a Google search for Backup My PC, there are two listings for
what looks like the same product - except it isn't....

One is made by "StompSoft" and is version 5 - the same version that has
been out for a long time.

One seems to be made by Sonic and is the "new version 6".

Are these two different programs with Sonic masquerading as Stomp? Or
how do they relate?

I'm concerned because StompSoft version 5 has not been upgraded in a
long time and every so often, as it has for years, it throws out an
entire backup because it says there's an error on the disk. This is
usually not the case and I've yet to figure out what causes it but it's
making me look further for DVD backup programs.

http://www.sonic.com/support/dmd.asp

Historically, BackupMyPC was the desktop version of Seagate/Veritas Backup
Express. For a while it was being producted by Veritas and marketed by
Stomp. In 2002 Sonic bought the desktop software product line from Veritas
and apparently continued to market it through Stomp for a while. The
version on the Sonic site can be presumed to be "official" considering that
it is now their product.

TIA

Louise


Thanks for the explanation.
Many years ago I used Veritas
and found it flawless.

It sound like this might be
worth purchasing. There
doesn't seem to be an upgrade
price from Stomp to Sonic :-)
So might it be that some of
the flakiness of my Stomp v 5
would disappear with Sonic's
new version?

Has anyone had experience with
Sonic's version of Backup My
PC?

TIA

Louise