Back up options for vista

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Elf_Boy

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I liked the built in vista back up software. It wont work with a network drive. Stupid microsoft.

Any sugestions for free to inexpensive software to do back ups, that will work with a networked drive?

I would be very aprecitive.

Thanks
 
Stupid Microsoft indeed! I mean would that be SO hard for them. Always lacking something...
I was SO disapointed with that fact. And I wanted tosave my images to server, I guess not... stupid.
 
Seriously: I can go into the back up utility, select the network drive, then a dialog box to log on pops up... no answer is corect.

Is there a way to maybe alias a network drive to make windows think it is local?
 
I haven't used the Vista backup utility, but some other programs that choke on the UNC path (\\servername\sharename) will work if you map that folder to a drive letter.
 
Maping the folders won't fool vista. :(
I think they've did this because they didn't make the recovery process from boot cd work through network anyway...
 
I have set it to just back up data, not to worry about windows anyways. Seems silly to not have this avail in windows.

Are there even utilities on the markey for backing up?
 
Disclaimer: I work for NovaStor.

NovaBACKUP 10 www.novastor.com will do this for you, and has a 15 day full free trial.

Other backup software that would work for this from my knowledge:
Genie Backup
Nero's Backup utility bundled with their software.
Norton Ghost

If your machine is x64 Vista I will say you will have a number of issues with backup software, as Microsoft so kindly decided to change the ball on software developers with the volume shadowcopy service in x64 version.
 
Do you need a full system backup, or just to keep certain data backed up? I use SyncToy on my computer and my wife's to send all our important data to a server.
 
I dont trust any of Microsofts products for backups (heck, thats why we even need backups, cause we use Microsoft crap). I'd settle for Ghost, etc.
 
That's a shame you are willing to ignore a good, free product. I use Synctoy in a corporate setting for my remote users, and it works flawlessly. By the way, if you have data that is important to you, regardless of the OS, you back it up. On top of that, how exactly would a hard drive failing be Microsoft's fault? So if I used OSX or Linux, I'd never have a hard drive fail?
 
I use AceBackup. It's free and has an easy to use GUI. It can do, local, remote, and FTP backups. I have it backing up my Workstation and Laptop to an offsite location.

Another free alternative lots of folks seem to love is SyncBack. Their page is a mess but you'll find the free one somewhere on their site. Personally I don't like it only because I hate their GUI.
 
What software would be a good choice if one would want to restore an entire system partition from an image? (Acronis, maybe...?)
Is there one that can read from an image saved on a server or are they all depending on having an backup image present locally when restoring?

P.S. that SyncToy sounds nice, I will try it on my systems. Thanks. I love good free programs like AVG, that actually work and last for more than a year. :)
 
RallyBlue said:
I dont trust any of Microsofts products for backups (heck, thats why we even need backups, cause we use Microsoft crap). I'd settle for Ghost, etc.
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NO, we need backups cause stupid users delete things by accident, get viruses, or hardware fails.

OSX, Linux, etc. should be backed up just as much as any Microsoft OS.
 
Thanks; That sure is a lot of diferant options. I will check them out.

I am just backing up data; itunes (who wants to rip all that again) some writting, etc.

Thanks to all.
 
Elf_Boy said:
I am just backing up data; itunes (who wants to rip all that again) some writting, etc.
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SyncToy would work perfectly for you. My wife has it set to do her e-mail, iTunes folder, pictures, and game saves. She runs the software, clicks one buttong and anything new/changed since the last run is sent off to our server.
 
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