Need a very light backup program

Craig321 · 13 Jun 2008 at 11:24

Hi,

I'm looking for a very light backup program that will use near on no CPU power.

My brother's PC is very dodgy at the moment & resets when the CPU has high usage for a long time (overheating maybe).

Need to do a backup ASAP.

We've tried Acronis and Windows Backup - both make the PC reset after a while

Craig.

Ethics · 13 Jun 2008 at 11:40

backup of what? you could try using xcopy from the shell, don't know what sort of usage it has though.

bledd · 13 Jun 2008 at 13:02

run acronis in low priority

take the side off the case, clear dust out, apply thermal paste, add a fan....

etc

Craig321 · 14 Jun 2008 at 01:50

bledd. said:
run acronis in low priority

take the side off the case, clear dust out, apply thermal paste, add a fan....

etc

Done all that. Also, running it in low priority will still take near enough 100% CPU, it'll just be taken away from Acronis if it's needed elsewhere... won't it?

Damn 5 year old pre-built computers :rolleyes:

The CPU actually doesn't go much over 60oC... which is fine. Maybe there's something else wrong. Same goes for the graphic card and other components, none of it's overheating.

Ethics said:
backup of what? you could try using xcopy from the shell, don't know what sort of usage it has though.

Preferably a backup of everything (C:\ ~150GB of stuff), a straight xcopy will do for now if it works, I'll try that next

Greenlizard0 · 14 Jun 2008 at 11:23

You said your brother's PC - can you not take the hard drive out and stick it in another system?

Craig321 · 14 Jun 2008 at 17:49

Greenlizard0 said:
You said your brother's PC - can you not take the hard drive out and stick it in another system?

Too much of a hassle

Tomsk · 15 Jun 2008 at 13:19

Craig321 said:
....
Damn 5 year old pre-built computers
...

Time for a new PSU perhaps?

MarcLister · 15 Jun 2008 at 13:24

Would it be a stupid suggestion to take the side of the case off and blow a desk fan at the innards of the case? Might keep the CPU a little cooler?

GingerNinja1989 · 15 Jun 2008 at 14:45

Or, as above, put the drive in a different system, and stop being so lazy!

jbloggs · 15 Jun 2008 at 15:33

DriveImage XML

or

DrvImageXP...?

Craig321 · 15 Jun 2008 at 15:35

Tomsk said:
Time for a new PSU perhaps?

Tried that

MarcLister said:
Would it be a stupid suggestion to take the side of the case off and blow a desk fan at the innards of the case? Might keep the CPU a little cooler?

No desk fans around unfortunately :S

Managed to do it with unstoppable copier. Not the best way, but at least there's a backup.

MarcLister · 15 Jun 2008 at 15:38

Craig321 said:
No desk fans around unfortunately :S

Managed to do it with unstoppable copier. Not the best way, but at least there's a backup.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-001-SH

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-000-SH

:cool:

Ah done it?

Datamonkey · 15 Jun 2008 at 17:42

klite backup next time,

Brilliant bit of freeware, love it.

Google Karens Backup Tool. I use it on my whs with jobs set to run at certain times, hasnt let me down yet and very small footprint.

hhhhbk · 17 Jun 2008 at 03:59

how can a 2 minute job of putting the hard drive in a different tower possibly be too much hassle

you have spent more time than that putting in a different PSU

and also wasted far more time on this thread

hard drive in a different tower is always the easiest solution (aslong as you have another pc with suitable connectors on MB)

hp7909 · 17 Jun 2008 at 04:19

Was going to suggest you try using the Acronis bootable rescue/back-up disc