Back Up Software to External Drive...

Eatchipz · 12 Feb 2009 at 00:05

What is a good piece off software (free) that would be a good to handle back ups from my 1tb hard drive to a 500 gig external?

So that would back up certain files and folders?

Thanks

Greenlizard0 · 12 Feb 2009 at 00:06

Once a set of profiles have been created, SyncBack is a very good piece of software that I use.

Others include e.g. Microsoft's SyncToy.

RobH · 12 Feb 2009 at 01:48

I use SyncToy on my 8GB USB drive and it does a good job. All I do is sync it to a folder on my hard drive about once a day, the main reason is in case I loose the damn thing.

bledd · 12 Feb 2009 at 09:24

robocopy /e "c:\users\bledd\music" "z:\music"
robocopy /e "c:\users\bledd\pictures" "z:\pictures"

Paul11 · 12 Feb 2009 at 09:24

synctoy is birlliant

_Jimlad_ · 12 Feb 2009 at 12:53

bledd. said:
robocopy /e "c:\users\bledd\music" "z:\music"
robocopy /e "c:\users\bledd\pictures" "z:\pictures"

yep bledd converted me on this and i used it all the time, really good bit of software:

here is my code:

robocopy C:\Users\Jimmy\music s:\music /MIR /R:50
robocopy C:\Users\Jimmy\Pictures s:\Pictures /MIR /R:50
robocopy C:\Users\Jimmy\Utilities s:\Utilities /MIR /R:50
robocopy C:\Users\Jimmy\Videos s:\Videos /MIR /R:50
robocopy C:\Users\Jimmy\Documents s:\Archive\documents /MIR /R:50