Trial Back up

Hi - Bit sparse on the question detail, but I will make another great assumption and dive in.

I assume you are refering to some type of backup software. If not, then you need to post some additional to indicate exactly what context "trial backup" is in.

Many software companies allow you do download a trial copy of the software and use it 'free' for 30 days or so to determinie if it provides the functionality and such that is desired. This is a great idea and good to test before you buy. If it isn't what you were after, find another. The real problem with this is that you can't use the backups you created during the test period unless you are stil in the trial period. Using various features, you can schedule backups, verify backups, etc. and at some point restore a backup back to the disk (to a different directory or on another system, just in case).

One of the questions / test should be to simulate (put in a test hard disk), install a base OS, install the trial software,restore a backup. Test that it restored and what was in the 'real' system came back in the restore.