Simple Backup Program

PatZ1989 · 19 Dec 2011 at 20:10

Have looked for this but its surprisingly difficult to find, i am just after a very simple program that can keep a folder backed up to an external drive, something light weight that runs reliably.

I have tried synctoy but its quite manual even when scheduled as it does work the way expected - anyone recommend one?

Thanks

Mr Plow · 19 Dec 2011 at 22:34

Dano said:
Start > Control Panel > Backup and Restore

or if you still have category view on:

Start > Control Panel > System and Security > Backup your computer

Davefran · 19 Dec 2011 at 22:40

Download Cobian Backup 10 is pretty good.

http://www.cobiansoft.com/programz/cbSetup.exe

bledd · 19 Dec 2011 at 22:48

robocopy, it's built in

google a guide for it, or do a search for my name and robocopy in the Windows forum

jbloggs · 20 Dec 2011 at 02:59

Or SyncBack Freeware

Thrash · 20 Dec 2011 at 07:18

Another vote for Cobian.

apatia77 · 20 Dec 2011 at 17:16

robocopy is full of win however it might be very confusing for not so experienced users.

Burnsy2023 · 20 Dec 2011 at 18:12

apatia77 said:
robocopy is full of win however it might be very confusing for not so experienced users.

That's what SyncToy is for

Rabtech · 20 Dec 2011 at 18:24

Been looking around myself recently for some decent backup software. I settled on Duplicati after doing a OcUK forum search