Backup software - what's any good?

GeX · 31 Mar 2008 at 16:54

Howdy

My main drive is two 300gb WD's in RAID 0. I have a Seagate 250gb as a backup drive. I use my PC for a lot of photo editing work, and do not want to loose any of my photo library. So what i've been doing is when adding new photos to my main drive, i've been copying them onto the backup drive as well.

Which got me thinking, there must be software out there than can just check what is in my photo directory and then copy over any new files automatically.

I wasn't sure if this thread was bested suited in hard drives or software.. please move if i got it wrong!

Thanks in advance
Mark

thefishydidit · 31 Mar 2008 at 17:35

Hiya

I use Acronis True Image 11.

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/

crazyDAJT · 31 Mar 2008 at 17:47

if you just want to do a file backups, look at synctoy or Allway sync, both are free.

True is very good for OS backup

GeX · 31 Mar 2008 at 18:25

cheers, will check them out. its only file backup i want to do, not image the OS!

bledd · 31 Mar 2008 at 18:28

acronis isn't designed for media

robocopy is awesome.

google "robocopy gui" and follow the ms link,.

robocopy is commandline synctoy basically, but better

addylad · 31 Mar 2008 at 21:29

karen's replicator - on google.

brendy · 31 Mar 2008 at 23:45

Sync toy will do everything you mentioned, there is a version 2 out now vista 64 compatible if necessary.

ChrisLX200 · 1 Apr 2008 at 13:55

You want this:- http://www.superflexible.com/
Brilliant software...

ChrisH