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| Author: | Drexxell [ Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Best backup software / hardware? |
Knowing that I need backups to my computer hard drives, I've played around with a few. The first was what came with my first external hard drive I used for a backup, a Western Digital. I hated it because it didn't do what I wanted, which is to create an actual mirror image of files of interest to me. Instead it'd create a compressed "archive" file. Yuck. So I got used to a little thing called "SynchToy" which Microsoft swears wasn't designed for backups, but does EXACTLY what I want...only it can't be scheduled. I have to remember to run it regularly. So on my newly rebuilt computer (after the whole "dead SATA drive" episode), I now have a new external hard drive that came with software for backing up, called Black Armor. Guess what? Once again it ONLY makes compressed "archive" files, not searchable copies of the directories of interest to me. So, any advice? I'm looking for something that will be: 1) Schedulable 2) Let me pick a group of multiple directories to backup 3) Create a backup that is searchable 4) Will only change the backup by making whatever changes I have made since the last backup Thanks, Drex |
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| Author: | Minalcar [ Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Best backup software / hardware? |
As a non-technical person, I use the non-scheduled, read manually, copy the necessary stuff to another drive, either in the machine, or external. |
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| Author: | Drexxell [ Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Best backup software / hardware? |
| Author: | Pahkur [ Thu Dec 03, 2009 9:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Best backup software / hardware? |
There is a 2.1 version of Synctoy now. I have not used it, but the release notes say that it supports command line instructions; you may be able to use the Windows Task Scheduler to run the program to do what you want. |
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| Author: | Tanliel [ Fri Dec 04, 2009 12:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Best backup software / hardware? |
I am unable to vouch for all of these apps, but they sound like they may do what you're looking for. Geek to Live:Automatically back up your harddrive http://lifehacker.com/software/geek-to- ... 147855.php Personal Backup: http://personal-backup.rathlev-home.de/index-e.html Backup Maker: http://www.ascomp.de/index.php?php=prog ... ackupmaker Ace Backup: http://www.acebackup.com/index.htm GFI Home Backup: http://www.gfi.com/backup-hm/backup-hm-features.htm Then there are the online backup services which range in price per month or year: Carbonite http://www.carbonite.com/ Mozy: http://www.mozy.com/ A couple of places to store your important data and you should be covered for the inevitable crash. |
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