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It may be the perfect backup tool. NTI Shadow 2.0 is a wonderfully effective and easy-to-use backup program for both home and business users.
Shadow is a "continuous" backup tool: Unlike its traditional counterparts, it backs up your data on the fly, so you needn't hassle with scheduling hourly or daily backups. Each time you save a file to your hard drive, Shadow creates a second copy. It's that simple. Continuous backup is a bigger drain on system performance than traditional tools, which is one knock against the method, but judging from our experience at PC Magazine Labs, Shadow's performance hit is negligible. The app is unobtrusive and extremely fast.
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