Back up question.

Magic_x_uk · 30 May 2011 at 10:05

Just wanted to know if I am doing a 'backup' the right way. Plus is this the most sensible route.

Just a home use, but I have lot of photos that are important to me, plus I have ripped all my music collection to the computer which I play through a wireless music player.

Using Windows 7

Main PC has a 250GB drive for photos, music and videos.
Another drive for OS and programs. (64GB Raptor)

I have a external buffalo 1TB HD Drive which every now and then I connect to my computer (USB 2.0) and copy all photos, music and videos over to etc.

I have to sit in front of the PC when doing this as the external HD already has of course a lot of what I am already copying on already. So I have to keep clicking when windows asks me.

Is there anything better.

Blue160 · 30 May 2011 at 10:26

You can run scheduled back ups with Windows 7 which you don't have to supervise. It will create a system image and a full backup of all files. Set it up to back up once a week, then leave the external drive plugged in. It will throw up an error message if the backup fails to complete for any reason.

hawker1986 · 30 May 2011 at 10:31

google for synctoy

worked well for me for years, scheduling is also an option, but if like me your PC isnt on at regular intervals I find this works well.

Hawker

CaptainCrash · 30 May 2011 at 10:40

I've found SyncToy to be less than 100% reliable, as well as being slow and feature-limited. I'd go for FreeFileSync instead, hugely superior in every way IMO.