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When did you last back up your data? Are you living on the edge?
I use "Macrium Reflect Free Edition" to backup my OS and data partitions.
I create backup images before:
- I install the "Patch Tuesday" updates
- Trying out new programs
I create backup images before:
- I install the "Patch Tuesday" updates
- Trying out new programs
Great list of options, I am always on the lookout for free options to recommend to colleagues, and clients.
I just wanted to let you know that there is an error in the FBackup Section, Microsoft Outlook plugin is only available for Backup4All. only outlook express plugin is available for FBackup.
An in depth set of instructions for backing up Outlook data are located here: http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/backup-outlook-emails-and-settings
Peter.
I just wanted to let you know that there is an error in the FBackup Section, Microsoft Outlook plugin is only available for Backup4All. only outlook express plugin is available for FBackup.
An in depth set of instructions for backing up Outlook data are located here: http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/backup-outlook-emails-and-settings
Peter.
Am I missing something here? One thing many of my (not very computer literate) customers says about backup (yes, they know its important!) is they want it to be as hands-off as possible. Which prompts a number of questions.
1. is there a technical issue with doing backups in real-time?
2. do any of the above products have a "backup in real-time" option?
3. article idea -> "Have you ever considered backing up for free in REAL-TIME?"
I've mainly used IOMEGA quickprotect when required but this is not supported under Windows8. There must be a demand for this sort of thing.
1. is there a technical issue with doing backups in real-time?
2. do any of the above products have a "backup in real-time" option?
3. article idea -> "Have you ever considered backing up for free in REAL-TIME?"
I've mainly used IOMEGA quickprotect when required but this is not supported under Windows8. There must be a demand for this sort of thing.
"Am I missing something here? One thing many of my (not very computer literate) customers says about backup (yes, they know its important!) is they want it to be as hands-off as possible. Which prompts a number of questions.
1. is there a technical issue with doing backups in real-time?
2. do any of the above products have a "backup in real-time" option?
3. article idea -> "Have you ever considered backing up for free in REAL-TIME?"
I've mainly used IOMEGA quickprotect when required but this is not supported under Windows8. There must be a demand for this sort of thing. "
There is a product called "Memeo Professional Backup" (www.memeo.com) that is simple and works in realtime - assuming you mean backups happen as they need to. This prduct ships with some Seagate USB drives. It allows you to simply plug in the removable media, set up the back up profile and go! Then you can either leave the drive connected and the backup happens automatically (only files that need to be backed up are actually backed up) or you can plug and unplug the removeable device and the backup happens in the background automatically. It is simple and nice and relatively painless. Not sure why it wasn't reviewed here.
1. is there a technical issue with doing backups in real-time?
2. do any of the above products have a "backup in real-time" option?
3. article idea -> "Have you ever considered backing up for free in REAL-TIME?"
I've mainly used IOMEGA quickprotect when required but this is not supported under Windows8. There must be a demand for this sort of thing. "
There is a product called "Memeo Professional Backup" (www.memeo.com) that is simple and works in realtime - assuming you mean backups happen as they need to. This prduct ships with some Seagate USB drives. It allows you to simply plug in the removable media, set up the back up profile and go! Then you can either leave the drive connected and the backup happens automatically (only files that need to be backed up are actually backed up) or you can plug and unplug the removeable device and the backup happens in the background automatically. It is simple and nice and relatively painless. Not sure why it wasn't reviewed here.
I read in a forum somewhere that the well known and most excellent program .... Unstoppable Copier .... can be scheduled to perform automatic backups. I believe it can also backup the same data to several locations.
Now I'm not 100% sure about this (I'm going from memory) but a time saving feature like this would be worth a web search.
Now I'm not 100% sure about this (I'm going from memory) but a time saving feature like this would be worth a web search.
I used Cobians tool many times. It can be set to run to schedule or by a simple manual start 'right click' select Run. You get the choice to automatically shut down when the backup is complete. It can also be set to mail a report to a 3rd party.
I've been using "SECOND COPY" for almost 10 years now. Minimal interface, sImple & Very Easy to use. I have it both on my personal laptop and my work laptop. You can set to backup specific files/locations, how often to backup, etc...
I have a NAS storage unit with RAID... all important data gets stored onto the NAS... anything unimportant (applications, games) that can be restored easily are just stored locally and I dont bother backing them up...
RAID arrays can (and do) fail unrecoverable, especially in consumer grade NAS boxes. Also data may be destroyed on the RAID by "user error" (oops, I just synced my folder the wrong way with an empty folder!). RAID provides redundancy in the event of a disk failure, but you still need backup for important data. If your data is important you need at the very least two copies of it.
Just for future reference, "simplistic" does not mean "simple". "Simplistic" means: overly simplified as in "too much so". You comment that "Genie Timeline 2012 has one of the most simplistic interfaces youll find" is therefore not a compliment, but an insult meaning that GT20212 has an interface so simplified that it is not adequate to the job it is supposed to do.
Not too sure what the blogger was listening to when he wrote that headline :-\
It worked though. I did click to read it..................
It worked though. I did click to read it..................
Sorry - I cannot get reply to work.
"There is a product called "Memeo Professional Backup" (www.memeo.com) that is simple and works in realtime - assuming you mean backups happen as they need to...Not sure why it wasn't reviewed here. "
Interesting - yes - that's what I meant by real-time. Effectively you install the program and start it off. First time it obviously takes a while to backup your selection, but after that it justs sits quietly in the background.
Why not reviewed here? a. there's hundreds of backup products and b. its not free.
Still think there's scope for an article "fire and forget free backup tools".
"There is a product called "Memeo Professional Backup" (www.memeo.com) that is simple and works in realtime - assuming you mean backups happen as they need to...Not sure why it wasn't reviewed here. "
Interesting - yes - that's what I meant by real-time. Effectively you install the program and start it off. First time it obviously takes a while to backup your selection, but after that it justs sits quietly in the background.
Why not reviewed here? a. there's hundreds of backup products and b. its not free.
Still think there's scope for an article "fire and forget free backup tools".
...it is free if you by the removable disk with it installed! That is how I was introduced to it. 
They have a free backup program on their site, works well
Also Vice Versa is excellent for synching data
Also Vice Versa is excellent for synching data
I tried Cobian but it gave me some errors so I opted for FBackup and I liked how simple it is to schedule and setup incremental backups.. Both do the same using the shadowCopy service.. Personally I only back up 'media' files plus documents.. so this works great for my personal desktop..
Cheers
Cheers
I tried a couple of these and a couple of others. Didn't really like any of them, either features were missing or the interface was clunky.
The question I have is why do you need any of these if you have Windows 7? The backup application built into Windows 7 works fine for me. Does fulls and incrementals, the interface is OK. You do have to use its interface to do a restore, you can't just go grab the file, but that is fine as long as you don't have to restore a lot and if you do restore often then you have other problems.
The question I have is why do you need any of these if you have Windows 7? The backup application built into Windows 7 works fine for me. Does fulls and incrementals, the interface is OK. You do have to use its interface to do a restore, you can't just go grab the file, but that is fine as long as you don't have to restore a lot and if you do restore often then you have other problems.
The Windows built-in tool won't backup my Linux partition, but Macrium Reflect will.
Depending on your needs, you may want to focus on two different solutions: Restoring your system if it crashes or is physically damaged and restoring while data.
System restorations are often pointless with a copy of exceptions. If a machine breaks down, chances are it will be replaced with a new machine with its own system. In that case, it would probably be better to reinstall vital software rather than trying to restore on old backed system. The exceptions would be when replacing a fixed drive and those situations when you have software identified with the machine (such as Adobe products and iTunes) and which need to be unlinked before you can replace them on another machine.
The most efficient backup for those situations is probably weekly backups to external drives.
On the other hand, data that is vital to businesses need almost instant backup, and probably to offsite (or offsite and external drives) storage facilities. The good part of this is that such vital current data (as opposed to archive data) will probably be limited in quantity and can be placed with a number of free sites.
System restorations are often pointless with a copy of exceptions. If a machine breaks down, chances are it will be replaced with a new machine with its own system. In that case, it would probably be better to reinstall vital software rather than trying to restore on old backed system. The exceptions would be when replacing a fixed drive and those situations when you have software identified with the machine (such as Adobe products and iTunes) and which need to be unlinked before you can replace them on another machine.
The most efficient backup for those situations is probably weekly backups to external drives.
On the other hand, data that is vital to businesses need almost instant backup, and probably to offsite (or offsite and external drives) storage facilities. The good part of this is that such vital current data (as opposed to archive data) will probably be limited in quantity and can be placed with a number of free sites.
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