[DUG] Backup software

[John Bird]

For complete disk backups:

I use Drive Snapshot  - have used it for 6-7 years and it has saved my hide several times.   Complete backup of a PC with 200GB data including Windows runs in about 2 hours.    Backup size on USB disk is around 100GB.  Backups can be mounted and Windows Explorer used to browse for individual files.   Cheap, fast, small and reliable.

http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/

Note the web site doesn’t make this clear, but it is easy to restore C: from Windows too – it offers to restart and run the restore before windows boots – similar to Windows Update etc

Some time ago the best one in the reviews was Acronis disk backup.   otherwise Norton Ghost.

Key folders Backup

If you want to quickly backup a few key folders to a USB drive zipped up then I have one: - wrote just such a program at the request of Christchurch clients who couldn’t get at their server for 6 weeks (they had tapes but no server with the tape drive and software and the network supplier also was locked out of their office).  Takes from a few seconds to a minute or two depending on size of folders  .   Program contains  ZipKit so there are no external DLL’s and its nearly as fast as Pkzip/Winzip.

http://www.jbcl.co.nz/JBCLMenu.htm#JBCLHawkOffsiteBackup

John Bird
 
Can anybody recommend a good backup system, just for backing up to an external Hdrive?

I downloaded a trial version of "Nero BackItUp" but appears poor in UI, slow as a dog and poor setup options.

 

Thanks

John 



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