Backup software

[Scotteh]

Which free backup software would you suggest?

Need to backup my HDD, SSD and other external drive (so needs to allow multiple drives at once)

Any suggestions?

thanks

 

[Burnsy2023]

Synctoy/robocopy? Windows Backup? What sort of backup strategy are you planning?

 

[Scotteh]

Strategy as in?

i'd want a full backup like once a month then every other week differential

 

[Burnsy2023]

What type of files? Full image or just a small subset like My Documents?

 

[Scotteh]

Full system backup

 

[Burnsy2023]

Full system backup

As an image? In which case I'd use Windows Backup.

 

[Scotteh]

Not sure, what's recommended?

atm i'm using cobian which just basically copies all the data across, but doesn't half take up space.

 

[jbloggs]

Windows Backup & Restore Utility

Macrium Reflect free or paid for

Acronis True Image Home (paid for only)...

 

[embalse]

I use Synkron.
It's free and works well.


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[clade]

I vote for Acronis, download the free trial to make sure its compatible with your system but really good and worth the money especially if you Google for voucher code.

 

[Scotteh]

Just got my hard drive so looked into it, I liked reflect but seems you can only do incremental backups if you purchase it, which puts me off it.

I'm sure I've used acronis years ago i'll take a look

 

[KIA]

I've never seen incremental system imaging in a freeware product.

 

[Scotteh]

Used cobian before for incremental but didn't do imaging

But yeah having a look at acronis, it's on offer at like £23 atm so if it's decent i'll just buy it

 

[Raumarik]

Have a look at Crashplan, you can pay for it to go to their cloud ( which is what I do ) or backup to other devices or even your mates PCs etc.

Well encrypted too so it's secure.

Edit: if it's whole system/OS drive I'd go for acronis or use the built in windows product if using Windows 7 or 8.

 

[Scotteh]

does windows image and allow incremental?