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| Thread ID: 47403 | 2004-07-25 03:19:00 | Data backup program | heni72847 (1166) | Press F1 |
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| 255257 | 2004-07-25 03:19:00 | can anyone suggest a free simple reliable backup program that i can use for backing up data only my removable hd i currently use datakeeper but i'm not very satisfy with it its backup seem to get bigger and bigger and my ext hd jz runs out of room i only backup the contents of my documents i don't see why the size of the backup slows gets bigger overtime the computer i run my backup on is running window 2000 |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 255258 | 2004-07-25 04:07:00 | A backup programme will normally manipulate the "Archive" attribute so it backs up only files which have been changed since the last archive . If you are making a new archive each time, it might be doing something silly like adding changed files to a copy of the previous backup . The traditional backup procedure was to make a full backup once a week, then do "incremental" backups (of files chnaged that day) each day . Have you room for a set of files called something like: "LastWeekFull", PreviousWeekFull", "Monday", "Tuesday", etc . It's important to never remove the previous full backup until the new one has been completed . In the old system it was automatic because you used at least three sets of tapes . Just rename the last weeks full backup before making the new one . You could probably make a batch file which will do the whole thing . Look at the options for XCOPY . I think it's "/m" which will copy only files with the archive bit set, then clear the bit . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 255259 | 2004-07-25 05:19:00 | This is one line from my DOS backup batch file, it runs under XP. xcopy c:\data\*.* e:\*.* /y/d/s It copies to e: (a separate HDD) only those files in the "data" directory or subdirectories that have a file date and time that has changed relative to the ones already backed up. That routine is run at the end of every day. e: is a removeable HDD which also gets rotated around a set of 4. The files get copied to a DVD every month. It works, I have had to restore data several times. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 255260 | 2004-07-25 06:57:00 | As a matter of interest where do those Flashh do dads come in on this sort of thing? | Old Tom (5871) | ||
| 255261 | 2004-07-26 04:44:00 | You could do it quite well with a few of them, like GF's method of multiple removable disk drives . The cost might be a bit higher, though they are a more convenient size . The convenient size means you would want a secure lockable place for them, as well as following the rule of storing the backups away from the computer . There have been a number of cases of computers and the backups being stolen together . :_| |
Graham L (2) | ||
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