Back Up Software Suggestions please :)

[Greenlizard0]

I have an external WD 400GB Firewire/USB2 drive and the backup software that WD have supplied with it is shockingly poor. I was wondering whether anybody knew of an alternative (preferably free) that works well as part of their backup solution.

Thanks.

 

[The_KiD]

Try mirror folder: http://www.techsoftpl.com/backup/index.htm

I have heard good things about it.

 

[jbloggs]

greenlizard0:

You could have a look at Second Copy 7 - I have used it for sometime now and find it very good, backups can be made either automatically or manually.

Unfortunately, it is not free.

 

[Greenlizard0]

Thanks for the quick replies they look pretty good and can both do incremental back ups. The trouble is I really am looking for something that does the job for free

 

[The_KiD]

ah sorry lizard, the last time I checked, mirror folder was free

 

[Golden Ape]

I use syncback (http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/syncback-hub.html) which is free! There's also a paid for version but the free version will probably do everything you need. An alternative which is easier to use but less powerful is Microsoft's synctoy, it's one of their powertoys.

 

[Greenlizard0]

I use syncback (http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/syncback-hub.html) which is free! There's also a paid for version but the free version will probably do everything you need. An alternative which is easier to use but less powerful is Microsoft's synctoy, it's one of their powertoys.

That looks very slick. Thanks for the headsup

 

[Uhtred]

if you use xp pro the inbuilt backup software is actually quite good...

 

[Messiah Khan]

Handwritten batch files for the win!

 

[attman]

Acronis V7 for free - be quick (17-10 expires)

Try this - one of the top backup packages....

http://www.computeractive.co.uk/acronistrueimage7/index

 

[Bry]

I use genie-soft backup, very good though not free. I prefere it to windows backup as it can copy your files straight across ratehr than putting it into one big file, which if it gets corrupted means you lose every signlefile.

 

[zetec452]

SyncBackSE or SyncBack is a nifty bit of software.

 

[JayMax]

I use robocopy (free) for my nightly docs, multimedia & pst backup.
And Acronis TrueImage (not free) for a nightly HDD image.
I've never bothered with differentials or incrementals - data transfer rate is about a minute per Gig so I do a full image each time.