Back-up software

[Appelzaadje]

Hey guys and galls,

What kind of back-up solution do you use and why? Think of software and hardware 

Im looking for an alternative to WD smartware 

 

[Wferr]

On a PC im guessing? you could use Crashplan and use it to backup to a HDD?

[ultimatemythbuster]

I use CrashPlan to backup to an external HDD and to CrashPlan central.  I use CrashPlan to backup family computers to mine.  Because of a software limitation in CrashPlan, you can't backup a CrashPlan archive with CrashPlan.  This means that although I can use CrashPlan to backup computers to mine,  I have to use the Windows backup feature in order to create a file that CrashPlan can upload to CrashPlan Central.

 

TLDR: My backup system is not the simplest in the world.  Have to create a work around to make it work for me.  Although there are probably better ways to do it.

[swifty7]

I use Acronis True Image.  It has the best features and it's very easy to use.  It hasn't failed me so far (knock on wood)

[ybriK]

Windows Backup suits me just fine, hasn't failed me yet nor any of my clients that have experienced a computer crash.

[LogicalDrm]

I do it manually mostly. In future I'll be testing DirSync and FreeBackupSoftware (both open source).

[Avuntia]

i use puresync for my backups. i do them over ftp

[MoDz]

I've tried a lot of backup software in the last few days. The best solution for me is WinRAR (I recommend version 5). I chose it mainly because of 3 major functions it possesses:

 

1. It supports file versioning and incremental backups - that's a HUGE plus.

 

2. It's pretty easy to test the archived files' integrity. WinRAR creates, stores and compares the checksums automatically.

 

3. The most important option though is the recovery record. In case of partial HDD damage (bad sectors), this record can recover your data. No other backup software I've tried has this option. Bad sectors are a real thing, so I have no idea why no one implements similar functionality.

 

And don't forget that you can create profiles of settings, so you can backup with 2 clicks.

[Vitalius]

I use AOIMedia Backup. Edit: AOMEI Backup. Horrible typo. Here's a link: http://www.aomeitech.com/download.html

1. It's free.
2. It has both Incremental and Differential Backup options.
3. You can explore the images it creates to get files back without restoring the whole backup.
4. It's easy to use.

It's pretty awesome imo.

[monicablake]

I can say that I also use Acronis. Good app which is rather reliable and create the backup of the whole disk and I can save the copy even on the cloud as Acronis offers 5GB free and even up to 250GB. You may say that it is not much, but I keep there only the most important data, but not films or music.

[swifty7]

I use AOIMedia Backup. 

1. It's free.
2. It has both Incremental and Differential Backup options.
3. You can explore the images it creates to get files back without restoring the whole backup.
4. It's easy to use.

It's pretty awesome imo.

link please!  can't seem to find it.

thanks!

[Vitalius]

link please!  can't seem to find it.

thanks!

I'll be getting home at noone (4 hours from now). I'm at work. Will let you know then.

[Vitalius]

link please!  can't seem to find it.

thanks!

Sorry, took longer than expected. I typo'd the name.

AOMEI Backup. Got Media confused into it on accident.

Link.

 

[pals0007]

I have been using the free version of this http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx Macriun Reflect. I have used it on many occasions with the back up images were on an external NAS, and it has worked great everytime

[brob]

Acronis TrueImage. Love the fact that one can create mountable backups. Has good options for controlling backup sets and the total amount of space used by a backup library. It will also email me when a backup fails, among various notification options.

[swifty7]

Sorry, took longer than expected. I typo'd the name.

AOMEI Backup. Got Media confused into it on accident.

Link.

 

thanks!

 

have you tried Acronis True Image?  if so then what are the pros and cons of each.

 

thanks again! 

[MG2R]

I use Bittorrent Sync to sync all my documents between NAS, laptop and offsite server