Backup solution

tintin82 · 2 Feb 2020 at 09:40

Hi folks,

Hoping for some advice as I am loosing my mid with my current backup solution (Acronis) and looking for other options.

I have a standard desktop PC and use Acronis so schedule a backup of C:\Users\(user) to an external hard drive every month, and a scheduled backup to the Acronis cloud every week. I use the cloud to access my files when I am on the road (about half the year). I loved Acronis as is did all this in one place and was very easy.

Then late last year a bug in the software resulted in all my cloud data being lost (luckily my external drive was ok). But since then I am having nothing but hassle trying to access the Acronis Cloud. Three times in the past month none of my files are accessible as the webpage hangs on the log in screen. I have tried multiple computers and networks to access my files, but nothing works. Then randomly the next day it is working, for now.

So has anyone any advice for a simple solution that replicates what Acronis does.

I have BT Cloud storage but have never used it, might be a good starting point.

Deleted member 77746 · 2 Feb 2020 at 10:04

Why not just use something like mega.nz or dropbox or Google Drive or OneDrive to backup required folders automatically? I used to make images of systems but I stopped doing it as it was faster just to reinstall. Plus I actually don't know when I reinstalled my OS, must be a good 6-8 months ago now.

All my data is in the cloud, don't make backups of full systems any more.

tintin82 · 2 Feb 2020 at 10:36

mrbell1984 said:
Why not just use something like mega.nz or dropbox or Google Drive or OneDrive to backup required folders automatically? I used to make images of systems but I stopped doing it as it was faster just to reinstall. Plus I actually don't know when I reinstalled my OS, must be a good 6-8 months ago now.

All my data is in the cloud, don't make backups of full systems any more.

Do you not bother with external disk backups?

I never did the entire image backup, just userfiles folder.

Deleted member 77746 · 2 Feb 2020 at 10:58

tintin82 said:
Do you not bother with external disk backups?

I never did the entire image backup, just userfiles folder.

I use a backup disk yeh every so often I backup what I backup to the cloud.

tintin82 · 2 Feb 2020 at 22:42

What backup service do you use. I am keen for alternatives to Acronis.

Deleted member 77746 · 2 Feb 2020 at 23:01

tintin82 said:
What backup service do you use. I am keen for alternatives to Acronis.

I got a mixture, Google Drive (100GB), 2x Mega NZ (60GB), OneDrive (15GB), iCloud (5GB) and then my 1TB HDD. All the important files are between (COPY) Cloud/Local Disk.

EssexBoy · 2 Feb 2020 at 23:12

I got Onedrive 40gb for photo's and smaller files works great and sync from nas local.

Mcnumpty2323 · 2 Feb 2020 at 23:25

I like macrium reflect
Had plenty issues with acronis
Especially secure zone
A 40gb image restore with
Macrium takes me
2 minutes 50 seconds
Though have fast M2 drives
An image restore is absolutely
Faster than a re~install
It's not so much Windows but all the
Other stuff with a re~install
That takes the time
Software, drivers, updates etc
Never tried macrium to cloud
Though
As do 3 local independent backups
Macrium images are mountable
So can browse for files
Instead of needing to restore
The whole image