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1290872 2012-07-25 22:37:00 I need a backup program - freeware or $$ - whatever is good, something that I can 'set and forget' so that it makes the back up once a day or other time frame.

If it will make a backup to two hard drives, that would be nice.

Thanks.
Strommer (42)
1290873 2012-07-25 22:50:00 Windows 7's built-in one is good :) pcuser42 (130)
1290874 2012-07-25 22:51:00 Fbackup (http://www.fbackup.com/) - it will back up what ever you want to where ever you want, over a LAN, external drives, fully automated.


If it will make a backup to two hard drivesHope the Two hard Drives are not internal ones ;)
wainuitech (129)
1290875 2012-07-25 23:03:00 Windows 7's built-in one is good :)

Good to hear. I haven't used it in awhile so will give it another try - unless another program is better.



Fbackup (http://www.fbackup.com/) - it will back up what ever you want to where ever you want, over a LAN, external drives, fully automated.

Hope the Two hard Drives are not internal ones ;)

Thanks wainuitech. One hd is internal, the other external :D
Strommer (42)
1290876 2012-07-25 23:43:00 Love crashplan myself. Backup to Another folder, another machine, a friend via the internet (you can send a harddrive first) or pay for it and use their cloud service....

I have 140GB in their cloud, + on another machine at home, + a folder inthe same machine (basically protected for hard drive failure, machine failure and house burnt down).

But then I'm paranoid... :D
psycik (12851)
1290877 2012-07-26 03:11:00 Fbackup (http://www.fbackup.com/) - it will back up what ever you want to where ever you want, over a LAN, external drives, fully automated.

Hope the Two hard Drives are not internal ones ;)
WT, I liked the look of fbackup but found it wouldn't even put 2GB on a 4GB stick. Said it was splitting files or something and then said out of space. Looked good till this fatal occurred.
linw (53)
1290878 2012-07-26 03:48:00 WT, I liked the look of fbackup but found it wouldn't even put 2GB on a 4GB stick. Said it was splitting files or something and then said out of space. Looked good till this fatal occurred.

Probably need to format you stick to use a >2gb filesize file system. NTFS for windows - ext2 for linux - just not fat32/fat.
psycik (12851)
1290879 2012-07-26 04:23:00 exFAT would be a better choice than NTFS for flash drives :) pcuser42 (130)
1290880 2012-07-26 05:44:00 Synback is also another good free backup programme :) smurf (6545)
1290881 2012-07-26 07:36:00 WT, I liked the look of fbackup but found it wouldn't even put 2GB on a 4GB stick. Said it was splitting files or something and then said out of space. Looked good till this fatal occurred. As psycik mentioned, try looking at the format on the USB, just did a 3GB backup to a 8GB USB NTFS drive no problems. wainuitech (129)
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