If I can make a suggestion, you should make the actual install binaries available for download. I've just encountered a problem that enlightened me to the fact that AW2K backups are essentially worthless.
I last did an AW2K backup on 09/09/10. Somewhere around 09/13/10 my Windows installation was corrupted, which required a complete reinstallation. I am not a fan of the reformat-and-reinstall method. I prefer to reinstall on a different drive, in the event I need something from the old drive.
I needed to reinstall AW2K, so I downloaded your installer and ran it. Everything went fine. I then tried to Restore the database. This resulted in AW2K crashing every time it started up. I removed, rebooted and reinstalled about 5 times, and every time the same thing happened. Essentially, my database backup was unavailable. I also tried several different databases, in the hopes one would take. No go.
My solution, which was only available because I didn't format my original drive, was to copy the entire contents of the old installation into the new installation. I ran that, and that's when I discovered there had been a program update between the 10th, when I did a backup, and today. It appears your installer installed a newer version of the program, and it could not run with my 10-day-old database backup. If I didn't have the old installation, I would have been in trouble.
This could have been resolved by allowing me to download the version of the software I was using when I backed up.
Ultimately, I won't bother doing a database backup once a week. Instead, I will just make sure the AW2K installation folder is backed up nightly, and that will have to serve as my emergency backup.
Very frustrating.
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