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| Thread ID: 112279 | 2010-08-30 11:14:00 | Media for backups - options. | timmy5953 (6846) | Press F1 |
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| 1133130 | 2010-09-01 12:04:00 | The collective wisdom from replies has decided me; get an external drive,usb powered, that gets an ok review. i did start with Windows 7 backup 6 months ago when i got the new laptop. But it was real clumsy having to switch to more than one dvd/flash drive each time. when i get my external hard drive i/ll give W7 Backup another go. many thanks to all. |
timmy5953 (6846) | ||
| 1133131 | 2010-09-03 01:20:00 | [QUOTE=wainuitech;945401]Just a bit of a warning/ Advice Just be careful with the Paragon Backup & Restore. Several people including myself have had problems with it. Sometimes it works, other times it fails, usually just when you need it. There are better programs available to do backups that are more reliable. One of the three that I use these days that has never failed yet is Active@ Disk Image (http://www.disk-image.net/) - not free, but it is worth it. Thanks for that wainuitech. Have just uninstalled the latest Acronis TI and gone back to AcronisTIH 2010 b13.0.0.7046 as the 2011 version caused a black screen on first startup, then was doing something on second restart,which was hard to stop.Also not as easy to figure out as previous version, I find.Win7 64x . Have you had any trouble with the latest? |
Neil McC (178) | ||
| 1133132 | 2010-09-03 02:15:00 | I used to use Acronis for doing backups of customers PC's to save data before reinstalling (most people dont back up) The last few versions, I personally have found sometimes fail - they appear to back up, go through all the motions but when recovering fall falt on their face. Failed backups are NOT good. The Program I linked to Active@disk Image has Never failed yet, on XP, vista or Win 7 (32 or 64 bit) Please refer back to Post #4 from Gary67 -- his experiences were similar. For my own backups I use different programs - But i would be happy to use Active@ if if I didn't already have others in place. (and they do work - had to use them every so often). If you want to see active @ in action, I made This rough Video (www.youtube.com) a while back - its using the bootable CD to image back a backup to a HardDrive. The backup image is on one of my servers, its pulling it over the LAN. Doing the Back up is even easier. Edited: since that video was made, I have discovered it doesn't matter if the firewall is on or off, still works fine. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1133133 | 2010-09-03 21:25:00 | Thanks.Have been using both Acronis and Active@ weekly.Only thing with Active@ is I have to do a manual verify,but I can live with that! Looks like the latest Acronis is the same.Couldn't find a setting that was in older versions to select verify after imaging. So far Acronis has worked for me but they were older versions. You allowed to mention which other programs you use? Thanks again. |
Neil McC (178) | ||
| 1133134 | 2010-09-03 21:29:00 | Wainui uses Windows home server which does its own backups | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1133135 | 2010-09-03 22:38:00 | Yep, Windows home server does daily backups of the complete system. The WHS has saved me a couple of times. Had a HDD fail - put in another new one, boot from the WHS CD, 30-45 minutes later every thing is back up and running as if nothing had happened, just one Awhhhhh Bugger (www.imagef1.net.nz) :badpc: Plus I also have Fbackup (www.fbackup.com/) doing daily backups of the important items that always change daily Example (http:) to two different servers in the workshop. (the program is free) The office one contains several folders, and files, the others no need to explain. One thing I like about the Fbackup, is it saves them to a zipped file so any PC can open them if needed. Some backup programs require you to have the actual program installed to access the files. They do the backups automatically every night I dont need to touch anything. While they are going to a server, they could just as easily be set to go to a USB external drive. One other thing that is a MUST ---any backups must work, no point if you need them and they have failed, thats why they should be checked every so often - better to find out before they are needed than :crying afterwards. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1133136 | 2010-09-03 22:55:00 | Plus I also have Fbackup (www.fbackup.com/) doing daily backups of the important items that always change daily Example (http:) to two different servers in the workshop. (the program is free) The office one contains several folders, and files, the others no need to explain. One thing I like about the Fbackup, is it saves them to a zipped file so any PC can open them if needed. Some backup programs require you to have the actual program installed to access the files. One thing that is a MUST ---any backups must work, no point if you need them and they have failed, thats why they should be checked every so often - better to find out before they are needed than :crying afterwards. Thanks for that.Will look at Fbackup.Have been using Second Copy for a few years now for Outlook,Cashbook etc.Now backing up to 3 hard drives in the pc after my 6 month old Seagate Data drive started warning me it wanted to leave me! It's just the C drive image thing that I'm doing once a week that I'm wanting to use the best program for. Thanks for your help. |
Neil McC (178) | ||
| 1133137 | 2010-09-03 23:08:00 | just curious as to why you are using 3rd party backup when Windows 7 has a great image and data backup application built in? Yes that puzzles me too |
BBCmicro (15761) | ||
| 1133138 | 2010-09-03 23:27:00 | Yes that puzzles me too Hoe premium doesn't back up over a network which is why I don't use it |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1133139 | 2010-09-04 01:19:00 | According to an MS forum people using Premium use Synctoy, with no probs at all Synctoy (www.microsoft.com) Or Comodo backup (www.comodo.com) |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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