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Fast Backup

dani_17
10-13-2003, 07:18 AM
hi!!

I tested a lot of backup programs and still couldn't get the one that fullfills my needs. I thought other people here might be looking for something similar, so i post this.

The option i couldn't find is a backup type that doesn't copy over all the files. It just syncs the folders. I want this because it's a lot faster than moving 10 gb+ every time i need to do a backup.

I just want to keep my stuff mirrored in a folder in another pc thats in the network. Other programs will just copy over all the stuff. I want the program to first check out which files i created, modified and deleted in my local files, and then reflect that same changes in the remote backup folders.

Can anyone help me? I realle tried a lot of backup programs..l about 15 of them hehe

Phantasm66
10-13-2003, 09:22 AM
You are talking about some sort of incremental backup.

I am sure that the backup program built into windows does just that.

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dani_17
10-13-2003, 09:23 AM
Its more a sort of 'folder sychronization'...

no compresson or archiving needed

Rick
10-13-2003, 11:32 AM
I used xxcopy for my incremental backup needs. It's 100% command line though, which may or may not be your thing. Once a batch file is properly setup, you can do an incremental backup of certain folders and certain types of files with the double click of your mouse.

RealBlackStuff
10-18-2003, 03:27 AM
Look for Powerdesk on http://www.ontrack.com/redir/pcutilities.asp
This is an excellent Explorer-replacement (with 2 view-panels instead of Explorer's 1), which also does Folder-synchronization.
Incremental backups also with Retrospect (from www.dantz.com)

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