Amiga Guardian 1.0 – Snapshot and Restore Utility for Amiga

Amiga Guardian 1.0 – Snapshots and restoration for Commodore Amiga

Amiga Guardian 1.0 is a free snapshot and restoration utility designed specifically for Commodore Amiga computers.

Publisher: CopperByte Games.

Compatible with original Amigas and emulators, this software helps protect changes made to your computing environment.

Similar in principle to Windows System Restore or Time Machine on Mac, Guardian lets you return files, drawers (folders) or disks to their previous state after a change.

Ideal for testing software, changing your Workbench configuration or experimenting without fear of losing your software environment.

Main features

Snapshot creation

• The first snapshot copies all selected items.
• Subsequent snapshots record only changes, saving time.

Compare changes

• Identify exactly which files were changed by an installation or operation.
• View differences between two system states.

File and system restoration

• Restore a file, a drawer or an entire disk.
• Review the list of changes and check available disk space before restoring.
• In full protection mode, items added after the snapshot are also deleted to restore the original state.

Safe, logged restoration

• Interrupt an operation with Ctrl+C.
• Resume or undo an interrupted restoration.
• Guardian refuses to start a restoration it cannot complete.

Snapshot protection

• Mark a snapshot to prevent its deletion.
• File permissions and attributes are preserved and restored.

Rescue disk

Guardian can create a boot disk containing the software and its settings.

It allows you to restore a hard drive from an external environment when the system no longer boots.

A blank, previously formatted floppy disk is required. Guardian does not format floppy disks.

Graphical interface and command line

• GadTools graphical interface accessible from Workbench.
• Can also be used from the Amiga Shell.
• Both interfaces are included in a single executable file.

Minimum requirements

• System: AmigaOS 2.04 (Kickstart 37) or later.
• Processor: Motorola 68000 or later.
• Memory: approximately 600 KB of free RAM.
• Stack: 8192 bytes.
• Storage: a hard drive is required to store snapshots.
• Compatibility: original Amigas and emulators.

The software has been tested from Workbench 2.04 to Workbench 3.2.3, on FFS and PFS3 file systems, with more than 450 checks.

Important: this software does not replace a backup

Amiga Guardian primarily protects against software errors, accidental changes and problematic installations.

Because the copies are stored on your hardware, it does not protect against physical hard drive failure.

You should therefore also make backups on separate media.

Software philosophy

Guardian was designed around one essential principle: never make an existing situation worse.

It prioritises checking operations, making changes transparent and ensuring restoration safety.

Publisher: CopperByte Games.