Media Center Backup Utility

Right O… Iv been looking for this god like application for some time now. As an avid lover my my Microsoft (Sigh) Windows (Sigh) Vista (Sigh) Media Center machine, im often in a position where i need a quick reinstall, or im creating a new build for another house machine, family machine, test machine etc etc..

If you’ve ever been in this position too, then its obvious that microsoft has missed out on a great opportunity to throw out one of their leogondary (usually buggy) powertools to create backups of all your scheduled recordings, channel listings, etc !

well, the days of dreaming are finally over, and here we go…

Ian Dixon over at The Digital Lifestyle has created and released (some time ago, 2007, sigh) a beta of a program which does all the following ;

Features:

• Backs up TV channel assignment
• Backs up Scheduled recordings and series recordings
• Backs up recorded TV to local drives, or networked drives (via UNC paths)
• Backup up an additional folder
• Has its own schedule engine for automating backups
• Displays the status of critical Media Center services
• Command line and GUI version available, 10 foot version coming soon
• Works with Vista and XP
• Can be used to transfer settings from one Media Center PC to another

Get over there and download it now !