Backup Software - Opinions Wanted

[mosesbotbol]

Originally Posted by Tenor CS

Bonus is that since you're running off the linux CD, you can't possibly have windows files in use.

WinPE and a batch file or Ghost is going to do the same thing and WinPE is free and easy to use.

[MajorCaptSilly]

I like Acronis. It's not the easiest to use but is very reliable. You can choose to do file backup or disk imaging. With disk imaging, you can get a full image then do incremental backups of the changes. I do the full image backup and have done 2 succesful restores with absolutely no problems.

MCS

Originally Posted by MajorCaptSilly

I like Acronis. It's not the easiest to use but is very reliable. You can choose to do file backup or disk imaging. With disk imaging, you can get a full image then do incremental backups of the changes. I do the full image backup and have done 2 succesful restores with absolutely no problems.

MCS

Concur!

Acronis is the best home solution in my books... can't beat the imaging method.

Or you can buy a Western Digital Passport drive and it's included backup software is pretty decent as well. It's very granular... You can retrieve individual e-mails if you are using MS Outlook.

I've used Backup Exec for 10+ years for corporate servers and am not a big fan it since Symantec bought it out... It works well but it is cumbersome.

In the past 6 months, we have been using BackupAssist for corporate server backups and it works very, very well with external hard drives. For home use, it is too expensive @ $249 USD

[Razorhog]

I suggest Handy Backup. http://www.handybackup.com/ Only $30 and works great.