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healer · 07-18-2007, 12:48 AM

Hi Guys

I need to get some kind of desktop backup solution for one of our high-end (read dumb) users. Basically I need to be able to specify the folders needed for backup, specify the type of backup (prefer Differential, or whatever's the speediest), the destination for the files and be able to make a desktop icon to run the backup whenever he needs it.

I've been looking into some free solutions but almost all the good ones save the data into a zip or rar file, which is not what I want to do.

This user is running Vista Business on a Vaio TX series notebook, but if I can get my hands on a solution that works on both Vista and XP, that'd be a lot better.

Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks
-healer

Dilbert1234567 · 07-18-2007, 04:27 AM

windows has a built in backup utility that you can schedule.

(accessories > utilities)

bendsley · 07-18-2007, 07:36 AM

I might also suggest Acronis software. I've used it before for personal and work related backups and it seems to do the job quite well.

www.acronis.com

MexicanOnABike · 07-18-2007, 08:29 AM

i saw one on tech tv a few weeks ago. let me get my page.
it's called Snap backup. but you need java to work it.

heres the link: http://www.snapbackup.com/

this was his recommended backup software. hope it works for you!

cyrnel · 07-18-2007, 10:12 AM

Syncback is working very well for a number of my customers. It has all the usual backup/sync/copy options, it's quite stable, and it looks polished. A nice feature for your situation is it lets you drag a backup profile to the desktop to create a "run now" button. Granted, that can be done with just about any backup solution but the steps required usually mean your user will be calling you later.

The one big missing feature is open file backup, but they include that with the paid (SE) version.

Give it a try.

healer · 07-18-2007, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dilbert1234567

windows has a built in backup utility that you can schedule.

(accessories > utilities)

I haven't played with Vista much, so I'll be looking into how Vista handles this. I'm not really looking to schedule it - I want the user to be responsible for his own backups, so I want him to double-click this icon on his desktop in order for it to run.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MexicanOnABike

i saw one on tech tv a few weeks ago. let me get my page.
it's called Snap backup. but you need java to work it.

I tried this one too, but it saves the files to a Zip directory. I'll keep using it for myself, but it doesn't satisfy my needs for this user.

Cyrnel, I've just started downloading SyncBack, so I'll try it out tomorrow at work.

Thanks for the help guys.

Necrosis · 07-18-2007, 08:30 PM

Robocopy? Works great for me.

More here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tec...litySpotlight/

avernus · 07-21-2007, 02:52 AM

I can vouch for SyncBack - its a great little tool.

07-18-2007, 04:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
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07-18-2007, 07:36 AM	#3 (permalink)
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07-18-2007, 08:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
MexicanOnABike Location: up north	i saw one on tech tv a few weeks ago. let me get my page. it's called Snap backup. but you need java to work it. heres the link: http://www.snapbackup.com/ this was his recommended backup software. hope it works for you! __________________ - Movie Reviews - Ratings-

07-18-2007, 10:12 AM	#5 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	Syncback is working very well for a number of my customers. It has all the usual backup/sync/copy options, it's quite stable, and it looks polished. A nice feature for your situation is it lets you drag a backup profile to the desktop to create a "run now" button. Granted, that can be done with just about any backup solution but the steps required usually mean your user will be calling you later. The one big missing feature is open file backup, but they include that with the paid (SE) version. Give it a try. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195 Last edited by cyrnel; 07-18-2007 at 10:15 AM..

07-21-2007, 02:52 AM	#8 (permalink)
avernus Crazy Location: Bath, UK	I can vouch for SyncBack - its a great little tool. __________________ I like to browse in occult bookshops if for no other reason than to refresh my commitment to science. -- Heinz Pagels, "The Dreams of Reason"

07-18-2007, 08:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
Necrosis Tilted	Robocopy? Works great for me. More here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tec...litySpotlight/