BACKUP SOFTWARE

delpy8 · 3 Sep 2010 at 20:27

Hi forum,

Have been looking around for a good bit of backup software so as to backup win7 64bit,

Acronis looks good so does Norton ghost,

Anyone recommend anything better that will backup my ssd image etc

Paul11 · 3 Sep 2010 at 20:30

win 7 has a image backup built in

mrk · 3 Sep 2010 at 20:31

Windows Orb, Type "Backup" and click Windows Backup & Restore.

This can create rolling backups or System Images (VHD format).

No point paying for backup software when this exists.

I prefer FreeFileSync over Windows 7 incremental backup but use System Image creator a lot.

delpy8 · 3 Sep 2010 at 20:33

Cheers will try that but will that let me backup NTFS files onto a FAT32 external drive

mrk · 3 Sep 2010 at 20:35

Why is the external drive FAT32?

It's a VHD image so I don't see it being a problem either way.

delpy8 · 3 Sep 2010 at 20:47

Khaaan! said:
Why is the external drive FAT32?

It's a VHD image so I don't see it being a problem either way.

Ive got large files like MKV etc

mrk · 3 Sep 2010 at 20:48

Snap I just thought of something, the VHD image will be larger than 4GB (obviously) so FAT32 will have issues most likely.

Convert it to NTFS, FAT32 is redundant now anyway.

delpy8 · 3 Sep 2010 at 20:59

Khaaan! said:
Snap I just thought of something, the VHD image will be larger than 4GB (obviously) so FAT32 will have issues most likely.

Convert it to NTFS, FAT32 is redundant now anyway.

Im getting myself confussed LOL its NTFS sorry,

MikeTech · 11 Sep 2010 at 13:57

Try Handy Backup, it's reliable software for image backup. I have used several backup programs for years, and I recommend Handy Backup.
Hope it will work for you too.

theheyes · 11 Sep 2010 at 14:18

If you're just taking one time backups to external disk (NTFS) then look no further than the built in tool. It does the basics as good as any third party tool I've used.