Back Up Software Suggestions please :)

Greenlizard0 · 2 Oct 2006 at 16:00

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 · 2 Oct 2006 at 16:03

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

I have heard good things about it.

jbloggs · 2 Oct 2006 at 16:12

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 · 2 Oct 2006 at 16:16

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 · 2 Oct 2006 at 16:29

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

Golden Ape · 2 Oct 2006 at 16:32

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 · 3 Oct 2006 at 01:43

Golden Ape said:
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 · 3 Oct 2006 at 08:57

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

Messiah Khan · 3 Oct 2006 at 09:18

Handwritten batch files for the win!

attman · 4 Oct 2006 at 12:26

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 · 4 Oct 2006 at 12:33

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 · 4 Oct 2006 at 12:38

SyncBackSE or SyncBack is a nifty bit of software.

JayMax · 4 Oct 2006 at 14:43

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.