Auto back up?

BennyBlanko

Hi,

Got a desktop PC running Xp Home edition - I have a external harddrive (Seagate) and want to get it to do a daily or weekly back up to the ext.hard drive.Is there a way to set this up please?

Thanks
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pickarooney

If you want to back up the entire contents of the disk you might be best off schedluing a ghost imge every day/week. Otherwise keep your personal data in a separate area and use synching software to back it up. I don't know the name of any in windows unfortunately.

tman

pickarooney wrote: »

Otherwise keep your personal data in a separate area and use synching software to back it up. I don't know the name of any in windows unfortunately.

Synctoy - a free app from MS which should do the job nicely

RolandIRL

what you need is SyncToy for file-backups. i don't think it schedules back-ups but it's easy to use. all you need to do is enter the folder where your stuff is on the LEFT folder and the External Hard Drive on the RIGHT folder and set action to contribute. SyncToy will copy contents from LEFT to RIGHT, but will not delete anything. if the contents are already there, it doesn't copy them over, and any files renamed on the LEFT will also be renamed on the RIGHT folder.

shanemort

synctoy from microsoft

BennyBlanko

Thanks - great info !

Appreciated.

jbloggs

There is also SyncBack Freeware and Cobian Backup

T-Square

SyncBack is far better than SyncToy.

Gadgetman496

Allway Sync is the one I use & it has the ability to schedule too.

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T-Square

I used to use it, I also used to use SyncToy.

SyncBack is the better tool

BennyBlanko

I went for the allway Sync - worked very well, Totally backed up now.

I can't seem to schedule an auto back up tho on it?
Anyone know how to do it in Allway?

Thanks Again and I'd like to say this is what's wonderful about boards, sound advice from sound people!

Gadgetman496

BennyBlanko wrote: »

I went for the allway Sync - worked very well, Totally backed up now.

I can't seem to schedule an auto back up tho on it?
Anyone know how to do it in Allway?

Thanks Again and I'd like to say this is what's wonderful about boards, sound advice from sound people!

Your automated Sync options are:

1. When removable device is connected

2. Through a specified period

3. When first changes are detected

4. When computer is idle

5. On application start

6. Before you log out

7. Use Windows Task Scheduler

These are all available under the Job<Properties<Default Profile section & can be configured separately for each individual job.

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BennyBlanko

Thanks Gadgetman!

Just did it there as per your instructions - I scheduled it through the task scheduler - such piece of mind!

Thanks again all!