HotSync does not comprehensively backup your data and it can not completely restore a handheld after synchronization errors, dead batteries, resets, errant programs or malware.

BackupBuddy 2 protects all the contents of your handheld by keeping a running history of every change you make to each and every file. If something should ever happen to your handheld you don't need to spend hours restoring and reconfiguring it. You can restore any file or your entire handheld from any backup made in the past.

You simply cannot lose a single piece of data when you have BackupBuddy Professional installed. Ever.

Features

• Comprehensive backup for PalmOS handhelds and attached memory cards, to your Windows or Mac OS X desktop (the bundled Palm software does NOT do this),

• Mobile back-up to SD/MMC/Memory Stick for when you're traveling (includes BackupBuddyVFS Personal (lite) version)

• Restores your handheld and your files to a previous healthy state after a system crash, virus attack, or some other catastrophic event

• Resolve problems by removing any system changes that were made since the last time you remember your handheld working correctly

• Create restore checkpoints which can used when you make changes to your handheld that may be risky

• Automatically create checkpoints during each HotSync, or as frequently as you want

• Retrieves previous files individually that have been deleted or overwritten, including ALL previous versions backed up by BackupBuddy

• Upgrading handhelds is greatly simplified when using BackupBuddy

• Device imaging and cloning are made easy with BackupBuddy

• User manual written by Denny Atkin (author of Sony CLIE for Dummies and former Editorial Director for Handheld Computing magazine) gets you started quickly and helps you get the most out of BackupBuddy

• Exclude specific files, file types, and card directories from being backed up

• AutoSync initiates a HotSync daily at your chosen time

• TimeSync synchronizes the clocks on your handheld and your PC

• Multi-user support to store backups for multiple users and/or handhelds on one PC

• Enable or disable backups during modem and Bluetooth HotSync

• Free trial period of 15 days