Hey, I'm looking for a program that will back my hard drive up on to another hard drive. A program that I can set different tasks to backup and most importantly, one that will actually back up the FILES. The ones I've found all encode the data into some weird format that only the backup program can read. I want all the data there so that I can look through it if I want. Anyone know of any good programs?
Yes, I am perfectly aware that I can copy all the files with a simple copy and paste. These files are updated every day, and I need a PROGRAM that will update the backup when the files are updated, so please don't suggest that I just copy/paste.
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4 responses so far ↓
1 bjp b // Jun 29, 2008
Why not just copy into a high capacity flash drive?
2 pappy12a // Jun 29, 2008
Just tell it where and when to back it up
http://free-backup.info/
You can do it manually too
3 roderick_young // Jun 29, 2008
I use SyncBack. There's a freeware version, and a pay version. The free is good enough to do what you want. In the link below, scroll down to the free one at the bottom. The one at the top is the pay one.
4 hstagner // Jun 29, 2008
I know you said you don't want to do a copy and paste. However, if there are only certain folders you want to backup the dead simplest thing to do is open up notepad and create a text file.
Type this in:
copy <your source folder name> <your destination folder path>
Save this file as something.bat or something.cmd (make sure you choose "all files" when saving instead of "text files").
Now schedule your new batch file to run as a scheduled task nightly (Start->Programs->Accessories->System Tools->Scheduled Tasks).
Easy, effective, built in.
If you are looking for more control over the copy then I would suggest using robocopy, which is available in the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit (you can install this on Windows XP or robocopy is already built in to Vista). The same idea applies, except you will be creating a batch file with the robocopy utility rather than the copy command. The download link for the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit is listed below:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&displaylang=en
If you have any questions about this please feel free to contact me using the form on my blog:
http://www.searchmarked.com/contact
Regards,
Harley Stagner
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