Backup program needed
in [Windows XP]
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From: Anthony Buckland on 31 Jul 2010 20:13 "Henry" <wa0goz(a)arrl.net> wrote in message news:i3249e$4gq$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Running WinXP Pro SP2 on Dell with 3G CPU and 2G RAM. > > I bought a Seagate external hard drive for backup purposes and now I'm > looking for a good backup program. The one that came with the Seagate > isn't very good because it makes you backup on a schedule rather than when > you want and Microsoft's SyncToy is worthless because I don't have all of > my folders under My Documents so I have to make folder pairs for each > folder. > > If there is something free out there that would be great. On the last point, you want to have one of the most important functions on your machine, backup and safe restore, done for free? What you get as a result will be worth every penny you actually paid for it. In general, though, most of us go for backup schemes that not only restore files other than My Documents, but restore the entire contents, byte by byte, of our C: partitions. Acronis True Image is an example, but not the only one.
From: wilby on 31 Jul 2010 20:42 On 7/31/2010 3:24 PM, Henry wrote: > Running WinXP Pro SP2 on Dell with 3G CPU and 2G RAM. > > I bought a Seagate external hard drive for backup purposes and now I'm > looking for a good backup program. The one that came with the Seagate > isn't very good because it makes you backup on a schedule rather than > when you want and Microsoft's SyncToy is worthless because I don't have > all of my folders under My Documents so I have to make folder pairs for > each folder. > > If there is something free out there that would be great. I'd like to be > able to have the program run and only change the folders/files that have > changed since the last time I backed up. > > Thanks > > Henry For making disc or partition images, use Macrium Reflect Freeware version. I like it better than my paid for Acronis. For making simple copies of files use Karen's Replicator freeware. It is able to deal with errors and can be set to only copy files that have changed. I love it. Wilby
From: Bob CP on 1 Aug 2010 06:39 On 7/31/2010 8:26 PM, choro wrote: > Anthony Buckland wrote: >> "choro"<choro(a)tvco.net> wrote in message >> news:g925o.9506$zo4.6203(a)hurricane... >>> Gerald Ross wrote: >>>> Gerald Ross wrote: >>>>> Henry wrote: >>>>>> Running WinXP Pro SP2 on Dell with 3G CPU and 2G RAM. >>>>>> >>>>>> I bought a Seagate external hard drive for backup purposes and >>>>>> now I'm looking for a good backup program. The one that came >>>>>> with the Seagate isn't very good because it makes you backup on >>>>>> a schedule rather than when you want and Microsoft's SyncToy is >>>>>> worthless because I don't have all of my folders under My >>>>>> Documents so I have to make folder pairs for each folder. >>>>>> >>>>>> If there is something free out there that would be great. I'd >>>>>> like to be able to have the program run and only change the >>>>>> > No, I wouldn't want to restore My Documents or any of its sub-folders. But I > might want just to have a look at My Personal Phone List for example by > connecting an external 2.5" SATA disk to my friend's computer. I can't help > but wonder why things cannot be made as simple as possible. As I said in the first reply, xxclone will do exactly what you want. If you want to back up only certain folders, use xxcopy in a batch file.
From: choro on 1 Aug 2010 09:55 Bob CP wrote: > On 7/31/2010 8:26 PM, choro wrote: >> Anthony Buckland wrote: >>> "choro"<choro(a)tvco.net> wrote in message >>> news:g925o.9506$zo4.6203(a)hurricane... >>>> Gerald Ross wrote: >>>>> Gerald Ross wrote: >>>>>> Henry wrote: >>>>>>> Running WinXP Pro SP2 on Dell with 3G CPU and 2G RAM. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I bought a Seagate external hard drive for backup purposes and >>>>>>> now I'm looking for a good backup program. The one that came >>>>>>> with the Seagate isn't very good because it makes you backup >>>>>>> on a schedule rather than when you want and Microsoft's >>>>>>> SyncToy is worthless because I don't have all of my folders >>>>>>> under My Documents so I have to make folder pairs for each >>>>>>> folder. If there is something free out there that would be great. >>>>>>> I'd >>>>>>> like to be able to have the program run and only change the >>>>>>> >> No, I wouldn't want to restore My Documents or any of its >> sub-folders. But I might want just to have a look at My Personal >> Phone List for example by connecting an external 2.5" SATA disk to >> my friend's computer. I can't help but wonder why things cannot be >> made as simple as possible. > > As I said in the first reply, xxclone will do exactly what you want. > If you want to back up only certain folders, use xxcopy in a batch > file. Thanks. I will try to give xxclone a try. I am already using xcopy by going to the DOS command center after copying and pasting one of the appropriate xcopy commands with the required parameters from a word .doc file for which I have put a shortcut on my desktop. This enables me to copy folders and subfolders from the appropriate partitions on any of the hard disks which I have installed on my computer. But I feel it is now time to switch over to the new computer I have built for myself as the motherboard on my old faithful won't support SATA drives. The new motherboard is equipped with a fast four-core AMD CPU as well as a very fast DDR3 graphics card plus a generous 4 GB DDR3 RAM. My old faithful will only take PATA HDs, AGP graphics cards and much slower memory modules. But it still is my old faithful and I am finding it hard to switch over to my newer computer. I guess I am put off by having to reinstall all the programs I have already installed on my old faithful and all the tweaks I have made on my old faithful which incidentally is now a full 10 years old. It was and remains my first true love! I also have to admit that I am so happy with my Windows XP/SP3 that I hesitate to move over to Windows 7. -- choro *****
From: Daave on 1 Aug 2010 10:14
wilby wrote: > For making disc or partition images, use Macrium Reflect Freeware > version. I like it better than my paid for Acronis. What specifically about Macrium do you prefer? |