Backup Programs

Hi,

I have a fairly new windows 7 64 bit machine, which came with Memeo instant
backup preinstalled, and of course Windows own backup.
I can't say I like Memeo backup - too many pop-ups, and it seems somewhat
erratic. And I'm never inclined to trust Microsoft solutions, but I might be
wrong.

Can anyone recommend a good backup solution? - free if possible

Kev

Try syncback from 2 bright stars

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Hi,

I have a fairly new windows 7 64 bit machine, which came with Memeo instant
backup preinstalled, and of course Windows own backup.
I can't say I like Memeo backup - too many pop-ups, and it seems somewhat
erratic. And I'm never inclined to trust Microsoft solutions, but I might be
wrong.

Can anyone recommend a good backup solution? - free if possible

Kev

"Kev" <> wrote in message
news:vvZrp.54164$2...
> Hi,
>
> I have a fairly new windows 7 64 bit machine, which came with Memeo
> instant backup preinstalled, and of course Windows own backup.
> I can't say I like Memeo backup - too many pop-ups, and it seems somewhat
> erratic. And I'm never inclined to trust Microsoft solutions, but I might
> be wrong.
>
> Can anyone recommend a good backup solution? - free if possible
>
> Kev

I use and am completely satisfied with Acronis True Image Home 2010. Even
though there's a newer version out, I have not had a single problem creating
or restoring images with it.

There are free versions available if you have the correct internal or
external drive:

ATI for WD drives
http://support.wdc.com/product/downl...19&wdc_lang=en
ATI for Seagate drives
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...00dd04090aRCRD
ATI for Maxtor drives
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...00dd04090aRCRD

I prefer disk images over backups just from the ease of restoring it. Also,
the retail version of it allows you to create a boot CD to run the program
from so it doesn't even have to be installed to the hard drive if you don't
want to. If you want to do scheduled backups, it will need to be installed
(scheduling is not available in the free versions).
--
SC Tom

Hi Kev

On the: 21. of april-2011 At: 19:07 Kev wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a fairly new windows 7 64 bit machine, which came with Memeo
> instant backup preinstalled, and of course Windows own backup.
> I can't say I like Memeo backup - too many pop-ups, and it seems
> somewhat erratic. And I'm never inclined to trust Microsoft solutions,
> but I might be wrong.
>
> Can anyone recommend a good backup solution? - free if possible

This is the one I use:
http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/



Best regards
Asger-P

Hi OREALLY


On the: 21. of april-2011 At: 19:19 OREALLY wrote:

> Try syncback from 2 bright stars

Thats also the one I use:
http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/


Best regards
Asger-P

Kev wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a fairly new windows 7 64 bit machine, which came with Memeo
> instant backup preinstalled, and of course Windows own backup.
> I can't say I like Memeo backup - too many pop-ups, and it seems
> somewhat erratic. And I'm never inclined to trust Microsoft solutions,
> but I might be wrong.
>
> Can anyone recommend a good backup solution? - free if possible

I use Paragon, myself (free):
http://www.paragon-software.com/home.../features.html

You can find that and other free/cheap backup programs here:
http://thedatalist.com/pages/System_Backup.htm
--
Crash

I always thought Mensa was a Japanese import.

On 4/21/2011 1:07 PM, Kev wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a fairly new windows 7 64 bit machine, which came with Memeo
> instant backup preinstalled, and of course Windows own backup.
> I can't say I like Memeo backup - too many pop-ups, and it seems
> somewhat erratic. And I'm never inclined to trust Microsoft solutions,
> but I might be wrong.
>
> Can anyone recommend a good backup solution? - free if possible

I don't know anything about Memeo. I have used the Windows backup, it's
competant, though it produces somewhat large archives. I currently use
something called Macrium Reflect, which has a free version. I found it
useful enough to buy it though.

Yousuf Khan

In article <vvZrp.54164$2>, Kev at says...
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a fairly new windows 7 64 bit machine, which came with Memeo instant
> backup preinstalled, and of course Windows own backup.
> I can't say I like Memeo backup - too many pop-ups, and it seems somewhat
> erratic. And I'm never inclined to trust Microsoft solutions, but I might be
> wrong.
>
> Can anyone recommend a good backup solution? - free if possible
>
> Kev

free Replicator at http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp

just have it copy c:\Users\"you" to a b/u location = HDD, external HDD, etc.

It includes a scheduler and can do incremental

--
Zaidy

On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:07:32 +0100, "Kev" <> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have a fairly new windows 7 64 bit machine, which came with Memeo instant
>backup preinstalled, and of course Windows own backup.
>I can't say I like Memeo backup - too many pop-ups, and it seems somewhat
>erratic. And I'm never inclined to trust Microsoft solutions, but I might be
>wrong.

Kev, just a different perspective. :-)

The day I bought my new Windows 7 computer I partitioned the hard drive
so that I had C: D: & E: partitions.

I install only Windows 7 to C:.
All other programs are installed to D:.
Music is installed to E:.

>Can anyone recommend a good backup solution? - free if possible

I have two external hard drives and I manually backup programs/data to
each external hard drive alternatively because external hard drives can
fail too.

I never backup C: drive because if something goes wrong it is time to
reinstall Windows 7.

One of the advantages I find is if I'm having a problem with a
particular program on D: with my backup solution I can delete the
program causing problems and restore the program from backup using copy
& paste.

It often takes about 30 minutes to copy the whole content of my D: drive
to an external hard drive but I don't need to be in attendance once the
transfer starts.

USB Flash Drives are also an easy instant backup.
--

John

In news:iopqci$kav$,
SC Tom wrote:
>
> I use and am completely satisfied with Acronis True Image Home 2010.
> Even though there's a newer version out, I have not had a single
> problem creating or restoring images with it.
>
> There are free versions available if you have the correct internal or
> external drive:
>
> ATI for WD drives
> http://support.wdc.com/product/downl...19&wdc_lang=en
> ATI for Seagate drives
> http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...00dd04090aRCRD
> ATI for Maxtor drives
> http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...00dd04090aRCRD
>
> I prefer disk images over backups just from the ease of restoring it.
> Also, the retail version of it allows you to create a boot CD to run
> the program from so it doesn't even have to be installed to the hard
> drive if you don't want to. If you want to do scheduled backups, it
> will need to be installed (scheduling is not available in the free
> versions).

I have the free versions of Acronis True Image, Acronis True Image Home
2009, and Acronis True Image Home 2011. And I am not satisfied with
them. As ATI (all versions) has trouble seeing from some USB drives
during restore. I just don't understand how they could allow this bug to
continue?

I too prefer disk images to backups. As I bought extra drives and
caddies and just clone one to an other. Then use the clone as the new
master. That way you know by using it if everything is working ok. And
ATI is overkill for disk cloning. Plus it can't do it live like Paragon
can.

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2
Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3