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What is the best Backup Prog to get ?

Must be quick , easy ... Did I say quick and easy ?

October 19, 2008 3:02:43 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

Ok, guys and gals ...  a little conundrum for y'all !!

I have a new Acer PC ... Pleased as punch with it .. Vista Home Premium .... ( couldn't afford Ultimate ..)

I am looking for a Downloadable FREE Backup prog so that I can , of course , do a full backup of my system ... progs , windows , et.al .... Reason being that the one that came with the PC is unintelligible ...  and has a pretty awful interface ..

Hence my post ... I have used Nero ( on XP) but I have heard that Nero and Vista do not play well together ..

So that's it ...

In one question ...

" What is the best ,free , downloadable Backup prog , that I can get hold of ... ?  "

 

 

 

 

 

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mike b1954
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Reply #1 October 19, 2008 3:08:44 PM
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woops double post sorry !

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Reply #2 October 19, 2008 4:00:55 PM
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Cobian Backup.....Free.......http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Cobian_Backup/1016777450/1

I've used it for a couple years works great.

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Reply #3 October 19, 2008 5:00:45 PM
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Thanks Lantec .. Is it fast ?

 

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Reply #4 October 19, 2008 7:11:38 PM
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Depends...if it's to an external drive it's regulated by your connection more than the software. Internal drive to Internal drive is very fast. I don't use compression so I'm not sure if there's a performance hit for that.

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Reply #5 October 19, 2008 7:23:06 PM
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Ah .. that's interesting to know ...  I do have an external 500Gb Maxtor ... I am not too sure what you mean by Compression ... is it Zip files 

 

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Reply #6 October 19, 2008 7:27:32 PM
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It uses 7zip for compression.

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Reply #7 October 19, 2008 7:44:57 PM
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Ahhh.... well thanks for the info , mate .. I appreciate ya popping in ... I will try the Cobian first thing tomorrow ..I will keep you posted as to how I get on !!

Thanks again ... Regards ,

Mike

( ps If folk throw up a couple of others I will try them too  ... )

 

 

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Reply #8 October 19, 2008 8:43:14 PM
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The latest versions (8.0+) should work fine on Vista.  However, I recommend spending some money and getting a real good backup program.

Either Acronis True Image or Genie-Soft Backup Manager.

 

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Reply #9 October 19, 2008 11:50:47 PM
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Well , Thanks Jafo  !! I went for Genie -Soft backup manager ..here in the UK it was £35

Complete System Backup and verify in 43 minutes,39 seconds ... all my media , extra apps like OD etc, DS , 24 .6 gb ~ all to my external Maxtor  HD !

Most excellent ...!!  ~ ~ ( and that was the Trial before you buy , too ...)

and another thing , the online tuts were very informative ... and easy to understand ...

Lantec, it was as you said .. Cobian  .. 1hr 27 minutes ...

 

Cheers bud !!

 

 

 

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Reply #10 October 20, 2008 12:07:18 AM
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Well , Thanks Jafo !!

.......that hurt

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Reply #11 October 20, 2008 12:20:30 AM
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Well , Thanks Jafo !!

.......that hurt

IT'S ALIVE!!!!!!

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Reply #12 October 20, 2008 12:26:51 AM
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Reply #13 October 20, 2008 5:20:53 AM
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Reply #14 October 20, 2008 8:40:55 AM
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Good Grief .... OMG Darn damn and blast ...  Sorry about that guys ... 

It was well past 4 am when I posted that  I was falling into my keyboard... ID ...  sorry ...

Thanks , Island Dog ....

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Reply #15 November 7, 2008 12:35:18 PM
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Acronis True Image is a great imaging program that can really save your bacon.

A simple BU program called Second Copy has worked great for me for years.

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Reply #16 November 7, 2008 12:59:58 PM
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My desktop just totally died and I was able to completely restore it with ShadowProtect Desktop Edition. It wasn't cheap but it was worth every penny. Top choice by CNET. I also use SeondCopy to backup personal files to an external drive. Don't try doing back-ups on the cheap. It's not worth it....speaking as someone who's lost more than 1TB of data to a dead external drive.,,,more than once. External hard drives have nosedived in price. I now backup everything I don't want to lose to at least 2 external drives.

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