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Thread ID: 128556	2012-12-28 20:39:00	Easy to Use Back Up Software	mark1978 (13845)	Press F1

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1320542	2012-12-29 00:01:00	To be a bit safer you shouldn't back up the back-up drive. The backup drive should be backing up your usual daily use hard drives. The backup drive should be safely place somewhere else ... You can backup your usual HDs to your 1, 2 or more external backup drives .... I use Syncback myself. Ie., on on the shelf NOT plugged to the PC and maybe one at a different address like a bank / safe custody box.	Nomad (952)
1320543	2012-12-29 00:10:00	I hear you WT... Am looking at purchasing a separate external hard drive and keep it safe somewhere..	mark1978 (13845)
1320544	2012-12-29 00:45:00	Just re programs -- you have to be careful with some of them. Meaning if you backup data, some will put the backups into their own format, and if you want to read any backed up data you cant actually open them without putting back everything. Some will simply compress data into a zip file. Thats why I mentioned easy way is to copy /paste. If I do put in backup software I generally use Fbackup (http://www.fbackup.com/) - Its free, works over a LAN, and uses a zip format to save data, which means you can take the backup drive anywhere and read/ extract 1 single file if you want - has lots of other features as well.	wainuitech (129)
1320545	2012-12-29 03:04:00	Syncback is good backup software. +1 There is a pay version but the free one is fine, all you need. You can copy and paste to begin with, but Syncback is good thereafter as it then only copies over anything new or altered. And doesn't do any weird backup file formats, it just does a copy/paste of what's new etc... Make sure you have a copy on at least 2 separate drives.	pctek (84)
1320546	2012-12-29 03:53:00	I just use a software to do the copy/paste for me b/c I have many folders. A once click solution does it for me after it is set up. It syncs it so any files that is extra not from the source will be deleted (via option) and files not there will be copied over. I don't use some programs b/c they have their own formats like WT say. What happens in the future if you get a compatibility issue esp if you upgraded the OS. I also don't use ZIP b/c what happens if a little part of it becomes corrupted, the whole ZIP file of everything could be unreadeable.	Nomad (952)
1320547	2012-12-29 05:38:00	I need to back up because am SO scared something will happen to this external drive that everything will be lost! I have 2 external drives at the moment, 2 seagates, one is 250GB and the other 450GB, the 250 has music etc and the 450 photo's and videos . . both sit on top of a shelve connected to the pcAhh, makes quite a difference when you know the full story . Keeping a drive plugged in is as good as having an internal drive, so having a backup is a very good idea as others have said . I think WT and others have provided good solutions so I wont add anymore as it would just be repeating what has been said . Dont put it off any longer . Good luck .	Iantech (16386)
1320548	2012-12-29 06:16:00	Finding somewhere to store it away but still have access when you need it is the real problem	gary67 (56)
1320549	2012-12-29 09:04:00	Crashplan. Either paid to their cloud. Or if you have a friend with enough space, you can (for free) backup to their computer. Its all encrypted at your side - they can't see it, pretty much set and forget.	psycik (12851)
1320550	2012-12-29 20:33:00	But where do you store the offsite backup. I could now that I work in one place, but when I was a builder I was rarely in the same place for more than a few weeks and nowhere to store something like that. I'm not making excuses just pointing out that it's not always easy to accomplish short of renting a bank box	gary67 (56)
1320551	2012-12-29 21:02:00	This is is why you use a combination of local backups (for speed of restore) and cloud for offsite.	psycik (12851)
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