Any Free Backup Software?

Once a while, i need to backup some folders and files to external harddisk.
The only function i know is "COPY and PASTE" .

So it took me quite a while for the whole process...

Are there any free backup software? If yes, please recommend....

 

Comodo Backup. Here you can try this....

http://www.comodo.com/products/free_products.html

 

Cobian Backup

http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm

 

For simple data backups, free SyncBack is tough to beat. Lots of good recommendations too...

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/SyncBack.html

 

Karens replicator should work.

 

Everyone has a different one it seems.
There's also MS PowerToys stuff.. SyncToy, supposed to be one of the best syncronizers (?), well it's easy to use anyway.

 

SyncBack free or Microsoft SyncToy. Both are good.

 

Hello,

You could write - or ask someone to write - a simple batch file that will automate the process - and then you can even schedule it if needed.
Fully customizable, 100% cheap.

Example:

xcopy d:\waterloo\sunset\*.* t:\backups\waterloo\
xcopy d:\credence\clearwater\revival\*.* t:\backups\ccr\
xcopy d:\kinks\lola\*.* t:\backups\kinks\

And so on ...

Mrk

 

Hello Mrk, That's also always been my method.

My first backup procedure used six floppy disks - one for each of my data directories. The Batch file prompted for insertion of the next disk.

While my storage media have changed, I still like this procedure,

1) It's simple

2) It's a nice feeling to design your own solutions.

Also, it meets bryanjoe's criteria: It's free!


regards,

-rich

 

You could always use the built-in windows backup that is installed on your OS. I have mine set to backup files every night to a SAN and it works just fine.

 

Here's the link to Karen's Replicator. It's a fairly small file, 1.5MB. http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp

 

A couple simple registry tweaks work for me. You still have to do it manually but they work well.

 

Lots of free backup software available. Just look over the freeware entries on this link.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads3.html

 

I like the last freeware version of backup4all. Thorough and easy to use.

http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/page4.html#Backup4all

 

Paragon Hard Disk Manager 8 is still available for free at the moment.

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=171144&highlight=paragon