I am looking for a FREE to download backup program that uses a GUI interface. I need a good one. A working one. I currently use XXCOPY but it is too complicated with all those switches and it never works for me, especially when copying to a CD. I have used dozens: Cobal, MOB, too many to list. Some programs do one thing I need while others do another. What I need is this from one program:
*GUI interface
*Compatible with Win9x, 2000, XP
*Able to select folders and files to backup
*Able to create sets of multiple entries to backup
*Able to create groups to run multiple sets.
*Able to choose from copy all and incremental.
*Able to choose to delete files/folders in destination that are no longer in source.
*Able to copy/overwrite files/folders regardless of attributes
*Can write to a CD-RW when the CD is a drive letter using DirectCD or similar.
*Must copy files, with option to compress them. What is the point to access a file from a zipped backup when you are stuck ina non-bootable Windows system when you need that copy of USER.DAT?
*An option to compress files or just copy them, and when it copies, it copies to the directory specified, not to a directory called (for example): d:\c\dir\docs when the correct directory is d:\docs.
So, what programs do you recommend I try? Either point me the way or send it my way. I will try anything if I have not already done so.