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What is the best backup solution?

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plasma

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I would like to have a way to backup my machine regularly. I want to use Ghost or something similair so I can justquickly restore the image if something goes wrong.

I was thinking about buying one of the one touch backup solutions available, but I think I could do the same on my own for much cheaper?

Should I get a one touch solution like the Maxtor or some other companies?

Or should I just get a spare drive and either an external case or just mount internally, but disconnect after backing up?

Thanks
 
Iomega External HDD's have Great backup software on them
I use them alot, you could also ghost to that external
What i would do is, take a Ghost Image about once a week or month to that external
Than use the External's software to backup file changes nightly :)
 
Acronis is recommended by many. That + external HDD may be a nice option.
 
Thanks for the suggestions, and software names guys, now I have a few things to do a little research on:)
 
You can also just create a small partition for your Acronic backups, keeping the backups you want the most on that partition. I also highly recommend Acronis.
 
Is there a way to rig up a DVD autoloader, and incorporate it into Ghost?
 
I reccomend an external HD for backup.

I use SyncBackSE for bacups - it's rocks. It's only $25 and worth every penny. It's not an imaging tool though. But it will reliably copy whatever you tell it to copy.

Turn off the external HD when you're not doing backups.

Any thing that moves will eventually break - law of entropy.

I'm personally not a big fan of imaging for data backups.
 
Actually for simple data backups all you need is a USB stick or a CD. Copy/Paste.
 
I need more than a simple copy and paste can do. I want to have windows and all the settings, updates etc... all my drivers everything saved. I really like the idea of an image; because should something happen I can be back up and running exactly as I was in no time.
 
plasma said:
I need more than a simple copy and paste can do. I want to have windows and all the settings, updates etc... all my drivers everything saved. I really like the idea of an image; because should something happen I can be back up and running exactly as I was in no time.
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well, that is the point of system state backups too.

and your thread should be changed to "good enough backup solution." best backup is, and probably will be for a very long time, tapes. but for the average person, it is not needed.

hopefully you can find something here you like.
 
for my dad, I just scheduled a task with windows and a command-line CD-burning utility. all he needs to do is turn on the PC, put a CD-r in the drive and all the "my docs" are backed up.

works reasonably well for his needs.
 
Best solution is 3 copies of everything and store them in different locations in static-safe environments. How you make those 3 copies is insignificant.
 
davidlem said:
Best solution is 3 copies of everything and store them in different locations in static-safe environments. How you make those 3 copies is insignificant.
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Gets back to my question about autoloaders- anyone have any experience with them? All I have found is hardware/software that does disc replication- I just want the hardware/software that will take blank discs off a spindle and take care of the mind-numbing swapping procedure.
 
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