Re: Best Windows backup program


Godfreyz wrote:
Failed to mention that I am using Windows XP home edition. I have
tried to use Retrospect Express which came with my Western Digital
USB hard drive but have had a myriad of problems with it. Suffice to
say is that it is hit or miss and a bear to understand and use. Not
user friendly at all in my opinion. Also, I understand that it
doesn't back up email files (I use Outlook Express). Have tried
Ntbackup but it doesn't provide me with the ability to look at
individual files that are backed up. Am looking for an easy, user
friendly backup program that will let me view individual files and
will also back up my email. Thanks
My recommendation is that you buy a USB external drive, and copy your
files to that.


"Bioboffin" <Reply_to_group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Additionally (quicker and more professional method - after buying your USB
external drive) is to buy Acronis true image - which gives you an
effective file backup and also a useful disk imaging program to back up
your system drive too. Acronis true image 10 is just released.

http://www.acronis.com/promo/ATI/true-image-016.html?source=google&ad=ati&s_scid=acronis%20true%20image|726752417&gclid=CJbH5cvG2IgCFRZZXgodoSRghg
--
John


GodfreyZ:
John's advice is sound. Do consider a disk imaging program such as the
Acronis program recommended by John. As he points out, the great advantage
of these types of programs over other types of backup programs is that not
only do they back up your user-created data files, but also your operating
system and all your programs & applications - in short, everything that's on
your working HDD. So if & when the time comes when you have to restore your
system you can do so relatively easily & reasonably quickly

By & large these programs are fairly easy to use and quite effective in
their results. Since you indicate that you're interested in viewing the
actual files that are backed up, you would most likely prefer to use the
Acronis (or similar) program for disk-to-disk cloning. These programs also
have the capability of "disk imaging" which, in effect, creates a backup
file which is a snapshot of your system. But you cannot view the individual
files in that instance until you undertake the recovery process. So a
disk-to-disk cloning operation would probably best meet your present needs.

I recently posted to this newsgroup a step-by-step guide for using the
Acronis program. It covers both the disk-to-disk cloning process as well as
the disk imaging process. If you're interested you can find it in the thread
"Re: XP home backup utility" dtd. 11/18.
Anna
Re: XP home backup utility


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