Corsair Flash Voyager Port
Backup Wizard
Published: 12th May 2009 | Source: Corsair | Price: £19.32 |
Backup Wizard
The feature which will be most used is the backup wizard, so I will be focusing on that for today's review. Upon clicking the icon a separate window is opened, and you are asked what you wish to backup. The Smart Select is a nice feature, allowing you to quickly select only the most common folders. If you wish to select other files and folders not listed, then you will need to click 'Let me select items manually'.
The next step only applies if you select 'Let me select items manually'. An extra step is added in to allow you to choose your files and folders, using a folder explorer on your left which is expanded across to the right when a folder is selected. What you need to do is locate the folders you wish to backup,then tick the box next to them and they will be selected for backing up.
The next step is to define your backup, selecting what type of backup you wish to perform and how to store it. You can choose to either append or overwrite the existing media; either should work perfectly well. The option between Full, Incremental, Differential and snapshot are all fairly familiar. I feel Full and Incremental are the most useful, with Full just doing a complete copy of all your data each time, whilst incremental only backs up what has changed since the last backup.
Next up we have what I would call data handling. From this menu you can turn on/off data verification (I would suggest leaving this on), enable or disable software compression (I would recommend leaving this off, unless necessary as it will almost certainly slow things down) and also change virus scanning preferences. For some reason these options were greyed out for me, despite the latest AVG being installed - maybe it's just not supported with AVG.
Having progressed through all the previous stages you will reach the final step. On this page the main feature is the ability to select what launches the backup. Selected by default is 'OneButton', which is triggered by the button on the front of the Voyager Port. There are various other options that run the backup on a schedule, but this defeats the whole concept of the Port.
Having successfully worked through the wizard, I am pleased to report that the software worked incredibly well. The integration with the Voyager Port worked flawlessly, and the activity icon in the system tray would spring into life the moment we pressed the button on the Port. Although our full Backup did take some time (it's certainly nowhere near as rapid as HDD to HDD), it wasn't unbearable. Once the initial Backup was done, incremental data backup was much faster, taking just a matter of minutes.
Most Recent Comments
Very nice product and very nice review..
Thing is I'd need a pretty hefty memory stick to be able to back up enough data.
Thing is I'd need a pretty hefty memory stick to be able to back up enough data.
Nice review, link to the 32GB drive is broken 
As bungral said, its not big enough, unless you used it for major backups only...
As bungral said, its not big enough, unless you used it for major backups only...
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Originally Posted by name='PeterStoba'
Nice review, link to the 32GB drive is broken
As bungral said, its not big enough, unless you used it for major backups only... |
If It doesnt come back in stock in the next few days then Ill add a different link..
32/64gb may not seem enough, but actually, all my vital data was only a fraction of what I thought it would be.
Just buy a WD passport 160gb for £45 and use that, doesnt have to be the usb stick.
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Originally Posted by name='tinytomlogan'
Just buy a WD passport 160gb for £45 and use that, doesnt have to be the usb stick.
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Relatives have one and it is awesomez
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Originally Posted by name='tinytomlogan'
Just buy a WD passport 160gb for £45 and use that, doesnt have to be the usb stick.
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Yep, WD Passports go up through 500GB and are USB powered:
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=525
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=525
we have one of the passports at work and it is excellent
i'm thinking of getting one for myself now
i'm thinking of getting one for myself now
Looks amazing
I already own a Corsair Voyager but I think ill b sticking to my WD passport for the time being
I already own a Corsair Voyager but I think ill b sticking to my WD passport for the time being
One thing I hate about the Passport is that it is so f00king expensive. Well for me anyways. 
Looks and sounds great. One question though is does the port/software allow for backup of the USB stick to your PC? as I would find that more useful backing up my PC to the USB Stick.
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Originally Posted by name='Tomcat31'
Looks and sounds great. One question though is does the port/software allow for backup of the USB stick to your PC? as I would find that more useful backing up my PC to the USB Stick.
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Sorry for not making my self clear. I currently keep alot of my documents and files on my USB stick as I work between 4 pc's at different locations. As such every so often I take a copy of my usb stick as save it to my PC. Can this device do this for at a press of a button?
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Originally Posted by name='Tomcat31'
Sorry for not making my self clear. I currently keep alot of my documents and files on my USB stick as I work between 4 pc's at different locations. As such every so often I take a copy of my usb stick as save it to my PC. Can this device do this for at a press of a button?
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Thanks for that, it sounds like this device will be no good for what i need to do, as i want a quicker way to take a backup of my usb stick rather than use the stick as a backup drive.
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