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markg
 Post subject: Bacdafucup
PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2010 9:10 
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Just a quickie really, what do people use to do regular backups of the files on their home PC? I mean what software to backup to an external drive? I'm using Windows 7's built in backup programme but it seems a bit shit. It seems to continuously create one complete backup after another until the drive is full.
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Trooper
 Post subject: Re: Bacdafucup
PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2010 9:19 
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I don't :D

I use a Drobo to put all my large but not the end of the world data on (films, TV shows etc...) and also have a backup of my music on there too. Which should protect me from drive failure.
Out of the those I have my music collection on my main pc, which iTunes looks at.
I also have dropbox setup on all my computers, which stores all the really important stuff I don't want to use.

System files, games, etc... just gets kept on the main PC, and if that goes they just get reinstalled as and when.

The only thing I need to sort out is my photo collection, which is only stored on the Drobo at the moment, I should really get an overnight sync going to another computer...
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 Post subject: Re: Bacdafucup
PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2010 10:04 
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what is a drobo?

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 Post subject: Re: Bacdafucup
PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2010 10:40 
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A NAS for the easily shinied...

http://www.drobo.com/
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KovacsC
 Post subject: Re: Bacdafucup
PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2010 10:44 
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I have a NAS (Thanks to the doc).

I also tried the WIN7 back up and as stated swallowed quite a chunk up..

I just really need a simple way of doing backups..

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markg
 Post subject: Re: Bacdafucup
PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2010 10:46 
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Yeah all I want is something to copy a set of directories from one place to another every day. I guess I could just write a batch file and then create a scheduled task.
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 Post subject: Re: Bacdafucup
PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2010 10:48 
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markg wrote:
Yeah all I want is something to copy a set of directories from one place to another every day. I guess I could just write a batch file and then create a scheduled task.

Do you? I'd want something that copied things that had changed in those directories.

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markg
 Post subject: Re: Bacdafucup
PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2010 10:49 
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Ideally, I could still do that with xcopy though?
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Trooper
 Post subject: Re: Bacdafucup
PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2010 10:53 
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markg wrote:
Yeah all I want is something to copy a set of directories from one place to another every day. I guess I could just write a batch file and then create a scheduled task.


synctoy and a scheduled task?

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... laylang=en
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Cras
 Post subject: Re: Bacdafucup
PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2010 10:54 
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That's what I do. Robocopy stuff that's changed into my dropbox.

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Sir Taxalot
 Post subject: Re: Bacdafucup
PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2010 12:15 
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Grim... wrote:
markg wrote:
Yeah all I want is something to copy a set of directories from one place to another every day. I guess I could just write a batch file and then create a scheduled task.

Do you? I'd want something that copied things that had changed in those directories.


I want something like that. I tried using the backup software that came with my samsung external HDD and it was shit.

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markg
 Post subject: Re: Bacdafucup
PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2010 12:16 
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I've found this one, it looks a bit shonky but seems to do just what I need:

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp

Thanks, Karen.

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Malabelm
 Post subject: Re: Bacdafucup
PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2010 14:36 
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http://www.backupsoft.net/everydayautobackup.htm

Scans whatever folders/files you choose, however often you want. Backs up whichever files have changed. Freeware.

I use this. It does the job. No complaints.
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Cras
 Post subject: Re: Bacdafucup
PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2010 14:37 
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Sir Taxalot wrote:
Grim... wrote:
markg wrote:
Yeah all I want is something to copy a set of directories from one place to another every day. I guess I could just write a batch file and then create a scheduled task.

Do you? I'd want something that copied things that had changed in those directories.


I want something like that. I tried using the backup software that came with my samsung external HDD and it was shit.


Code:
c:\>xcopy /?

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