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Realtime backups
oblivion:
I'm going to start with the top two recommendations over on TechSupportAlert and, if they don't do what I want/need, I'll try AJC: looks good, and not too expensive. (SFFS IS too expensive, on the other hand, and will be kept in reserve for the point that I decide that nothing else will do. :) Thanks to everyone!
kyrathaba:
I use FBackup 4 (freeware) instead of the crappy WDSmart software that came with my WD 1 Tb MyBook Essential. FBackup 4 works fine. I've used it to mirror my notebook's drive to the MyBook.
Would you believe that WDSmart would not let me backup MyDocuments and its subfolders!?
oblivion:
FBackup 4 works fine. I've used it to mirror my notebook's drive to the MyBook.
-kyrathaba (August 04, 2011, 05:12 PM)
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That was on my list of things to try -- but my first experiment is underway. PureSync. Free, has the sync on shutdown option that 40Hz recommended, installed with no glitches, seems easy to configure... looks good so far.
oblivion:
Okay, Puresync is gone. I didn't like the way it managed the file lists (very nonstandard) and even after the initial backup was done, the comparison process to work out if anything needed doing subsequently took a very long time.
I'm now trying Create Synchronicity and I'll let you know...
oblivion:
Well, Create Synchronicity is okay, but it is far more of a synch tool than a backup tool -- despite what it says at its home. I'm still using it but it throws errors when trying to backup certain things (automatic logfiles belonging to SYSTEM, I think) and trying to exclude those things is far more hassle than it should be. I'm not going to uninstall it just yet but I'm going to give AJC a try...
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