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| 1383890 | 2014-09-14 09:12:00 | . Seen way to many times backup software says its done the job then when its needed it has actually failed (this can happen with any Software) Echo that. Had a backup and when I tried to use it, no good. These days I backup documents to Google Drive and photos to Picassa (Google). I'm very pleased to say these worked when I moved to a new pc. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 1383891 | 2014-09-14 22:25:00 | DO NOT use copy and paste. Not reliable, the copy can just fail/stop without warning . If possible , dont back up to USB Sticks or CD/DVD's . Backup to external hard drive is more reliable (usually) |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1383892 | 2014-09-14 23:09:00 | DO NOT use copy and paste. Not reliable, the copy can just fail/stop without warning . x2, SuperCopier is much better |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1383893 | 2014-09-15 00:35:00 | DO NOT use copy and paste. Not reliable, the copy can just fail/stop without warning . So are you saying that other backup software WONT fail as well ?? If so that's BS. If its going to fail with a copy paste then it will also fail with backup software, and USUALLY it will say its done It when in fact it hasn't. Personally I'd rather know something has failed so you can fix it while you can. I did a backup yesterday 818GB, took most of the day but copied perfectly. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1383894 | 2014-09-15 02:24:00 | No ,Im not saying that at all. I think you know that . Im saying that copy & paste can just stop without warning if it gets to one uncopy-able file (although its now better in Win7 & 8 ) Im saying its the worst option, use something better Are you saying you would recommend copy & paste to your customers as a backup method , rather than even a basic robocopy backup batch file or some other syncing/backup program ? ;) |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1383895 | 2014-09-15 03:25:00 | No ,Im not saying that at all. I think you know that . Im saying that copy & paste can just stop without warning if it gets to one uncopy-able file (although its now better in Win7 & 8 ) Im saying its the worst option, use something better ;) Yeah but you can see it do that. You can see your files and what it's stopped on. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1383896 | 2014-09-15 03:53:00 | Really depends. If you want regular scheduled backups to happen automatically yes you should use some backup software, either windows in built ones or something else. If you just occasionally want to backup some important files copy & paste (or in my case drag & drop :p) is perfectly fine. Yes it can stall part way through but it's really not so common an issue as to be worth stressing over. This thread prompted me to image my C: drive again, it's been a while since the last time. I just used windows built in imaging tool to an external drive. I might do it again with Active@ as I'd forgotten I paid for that but the windows one is perfectly adequate. My main beef with the MS one is it's rather slow and a little awkward to restore from. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1383897 | 2014-09-15 04:07:00 | Yeah but you can see it do that. You can see your files and what it's stopped on. My point as well. If you use copy paste you can see where it stops if it does. Are you saying you would recommend copy & paste to your customers as a backup method , rather than even a basic robocopy backup batch file or some other syncing/backup program ? Completely depends on whats being backed up. An example, lets say a person has some pictures or some documents that never change, its not like they are going to be making a back up of them every day /week or month. Going through all the rig-ma-roll of entering details into software is time consuming and not needed. If there's documents that do get altered all the time, or a folder that has such items then sure some sort of automated system. Sometimes depending on whats needed automated software is a better option, as I said before I did a backup yesterday 818GB, That was a Oh Sh1T moment :horrified I went to update one of my server backups, and the backup drive spat the dummy {insert swear words--- 2TD drive -- it went whirrrrr clunk clunk raspppp:yuck:) dragged out a new drive and used the server backup software to create a new image/backup. Then today manually copy /paste a second copy of the "important" folders/files to another PC as a second backup. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1383898 | 2014-09-15 05:04:00 | The biggie, here, is that with any backup system, you need to know how to check that it is still working as intended. It is this problem that has me wondering whether there is any hope for implementing a reasonably fail safe system for the 'ordinary' user. I am sure most of us have seen backup failures in our own schedules and those of clients. No such thing as set and forget!! |
linw (53) | ||
| 1383899 | 2014-09-15 05:32:00 | Our computers here do daily backups every night between 8-9pm ( as long as they are turned on), they are set and forget, as long as there's no power outage and the UPS's haven't gone flat :) Doing backups of the Server concerned to an external Drive, that's done manually ( when the drive doesn't crap its self) :rolleyes: |
wainuitech (129) | ||
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