Good data backup utility? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

zxello · 08-10-2007, 09:17 AM

I'm looking for a good, reliable, easy to use data backup utility. I don't like Norton Ghost, mainly cause I don't like Symantec products... but I'm pretty much up for anything else. Ideas?

vanblah · 08-10-2007, 12:07 PM

Are you trying to back up just the data or are you trying to create an "image" of your machine to reinstall at a later time (such as after a major crash)?

c172g · 08-10-2007, 12:45 PM

My two cents, spend $60 a year for a website and put your data there. Off-site storage, quick & easy (get an ftp program to send all your data to the site at 1 am every morning). Dot5hosting has plans starting at $4 a month or so.

Dilbert1234567 · 08-10-2007, 02:02 PM

i hate symantec, but i love Norton ghost 8.2. if you can find a copy of 8.2, it's wonderful.

zxello · 08-10-2007, 05:01 PM

I'm looking to backup my system before I reformat my computer. I don't want to really create an image because most images will retain errors in registry etc.

NeoRete · 08-10-2007, 07:00 PM

I'd highly recommend Acronis True Image, I've found it very easy to use and even the home version will allow you to make selective or whole backups, and then mount them as a drive for copying. If you to try their 15-day trial, it might be able to suit your immediate file backup needs (I'm assuming that's what you mean by backing up your system without imaging it).

MexicanOnABike · 08-11-2007, 05:44 AM

http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=121154
look at my post in this thread for my answer.

bendsley · 08-12-2007, 04:52 AM

I second Acronis for home backups. I don't like it for corporate usage because if I need to restore and Exchange mailbox, I can't, but anyway....

Yeah, Acronis is good stuff.

billege · 08-12-2007, 11:12 AM

Syncback is a great product for this type of backup.

http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/syncback-hub.html

08-10-2007, 09:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
zxello Addict Location: P-Town, WA	Good data backup utility? I'm looking for a good, reliable, easy to use data backup utility. I don't like Norton Ghost, mainly cause I don't like Symantec products... but I'm pretty much up for anything else. Ideas? __________________ Old signature just wasn't doing it for me anymore, so now I have this new one. It's equally as stupid but at least it looks really long. I'm probably just going to keep typing until I run out of things to babble about and see how many people actually read this. I once ran down a hill, fell down and hurt my elbow; my mom said I would be ok, she kissed it and made it all better. I've run out of things to say now, so if you have read this whole thing, congratulations you get a gold star!

08-10-2007, 02:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dilbert1234567 Devils Cabana Boy Location: Central Coast CA	i hate symantec, but i love Norton ghost 8.2. if you can find a copy of 8.2, it's wonderful. __________________ Donate Blood! "Love is not finding the perfect person, but learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." -Sam Keen

08-10-2007, 05:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
zxello Addict Location: P-Town, WA	I'm looking to backup my system before I reformat my computer. I don't want to really create an image because most images will retain errors in registry etc. __________________ Old signature just wasn't doing it for me anymore, so now I have this new one. It's equally as stupid but at least it looks really long. I'm probably just going to keep typing until I run out of things to babble about and see how many people actually read this. I once ran down a hill, fell down and hurt my elbow; my mom said I would be ok, she kissed it and made it all better. I've run out of things to say now, so if you have read this whole thing, congratulations you get a gold star!

08-10-2007, 07:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
NeoRete Crazy Location: Cape Cod	I'd highly recommend Acronis True Image, I've found it very easy to use and even the home version will allow you to make selective or whole backups, and then mount them as a drive for copying. If you to try their 15-day trial, it might be able to suit your immediate file backup needs (I'm assuming that's what you mean by backing up your system without imaging it). __________________ Charlie was a chemist but Charlie is nomore, what Charlie thought was H2O was H2SO4

08-11-2007, 05:44 AM	#7 (permalink)
MexicanOnABike Location: up north	http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=121154 look at my post in this thread for my answer. __________________ - Movie Reviews - Ratings-

08-10-2007, 12:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
vanblah Junkie	Are you trying to back up just the data or are you trying to create an "image" of your machine to reinstall at a later time (such as after a major crash)?

08-10-2007, 12:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
c172g Crazy Location: Michigan	My two cents, spend $60 a year for a website and put your data there. Off-site storage, quick & easy (get an ftp program to send all your data to the site at 1 am every morning). Dot5hosting has plans starting at $4 a month or so.

08-12-2007, 04:52 AM	#8 (permalink)
bendsley Professional Loafer Location: texas	I second Acronis for home backups. I don't like it for corporate usage because if I need to restore and Exchange mailbox, I can't, but anyway.... Yeah, Acronis is good stuff. __________________ "You hear the one about the fella who died, went to the pearly gates? St. Peter let him in. Sees a guy in a suit making a closing argument. Says, "Who's that?" St. Peter says, "Oh, that's God. Thinks he's Denny Crane."

08-12-2007, 11:12 AM	#9 (permalink)
billege Watcher Location: Ohio	Syncback is a great product for this type of backup. http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/syncback-hub.html __________________ I can sum up the clash of religion in one sentence: "My Invisible Friend is better than your Invisible Friend."