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    (Free) backup utilities?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Jalf, Mar 26, 2008.

  1. Jalf

    Jalf Comrade Santa

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    Do anyone know of some good backup utilities?

    Ideally, I'd like something that:
    - works (A corrupted backup isn't very useful)
    - can do incremental backups in the background
    - is free

    I'm too lazy to manually do backups, or to have to reboot or otherwise leave my computer alone while it's doing a backup. So it'd be nice to have something that can do this on the fly.
    I know there are tools that can do that, but the ones I'm aware of all cost a bit more money than I'm willing to spend on this. So figured I'd tap the combined wisdom of this forum. :)
     
    Jalf, Mar 26, 2008
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  2. McGrady

    McGrady Notebook Virtuoso

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    McGrady, Mar 26, 2008
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  3. andyasselin

    andyasselin Notebook Deity

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    what os are you run ntbackup is not bad and come with xp home vista has backup util in too

    where you try back up too network usb hard disk?
     
    andyasselin, Mar 26, 2008
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    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

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    if you have vista ultimate, it already has backup capabilities
     
    timtravel42, Mar 27, 2008
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  5. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    may be u want to look into RSync? it is quite flexible for hand-on type users that want to undertand every aspect of system performance ;)

    it is popular under OSX and Linux, but is also sought after under windows (keyword search "rsync windows") environment as well

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Mar 27, 2008
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