Monday, January 9, 2012

Sync / Backup My Files

Most of my files that are downloaded are saved in one folder.
This makes it very easy to backup my files.
The only other folder that I need to backup, is the "My Documents" folder.

I don't like the way some programs back the files up as an ISO or image file, I prefer to see the files on the backup drive.

I have a spare 500 Gig drive separate to the Main C drive so that all files can be copied to.

Incremental Backup - Will backup only files that have been changed since the previous backup.

Differential Backup - Will backup all files that have been changed since the first full backup

Full Backup - The Entire Drive will be backed up.

EaseUS Todo Backup : https://www.easeus.com/download/tbf-download.html



 
SyncSyncToy 2.1 : http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=15155

Free program that synchronizes files and folders between two drives or locations
even network locations



Backup Time = http://www.cezeo.com/products/backuptime/?r3=backuptime17abt - Free for personal use only - If you want support or additional functionality you can purchase a license.

I was using this for sometime, it backed up my individual files and folders each day for me at 3.00 am

The only problem with the free edition is it backs up all the files each day.

After you purchase a license yo can enable additional functionality, which will unlock incremental backup.



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PureSync = http://www.jumpingbytes.com/en/puresync.html - Free for personal use only

This is my software of choice and its free. It allows you to back up all the files as they are to another drive, but will only backup the files that have been changed.



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DriveImage xml = http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm - Private Edition is Free
This is great if you wants to back up your whole pc to an image and restore at a later date.




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