Like Bob W, I use SyncToy, free from Microsoft, and have done for several years now. Simple, flexible, and very fast. Be careful with the configuration - if you simply set up 'contribute' as the mode, files can be copied one way to the destination, allowing you to make what is essentially an incremental backup. Setting 'echo' makes it a two way check, which means files essentially archived will be copied back to the source drive - which you may not want!
HTH John in Brisbane >>> On 1/24/2015 12:00 PM, Bill wrote: >>>> I'm playing around with back up software. The one that I was using >>>> (Acronis) won't work with the type of disc formatting Windows 7 has >>>> created (GPT or some such). >>>> I've always just done this sort of thing manually by dragging and >>>> dropping from one drive to another, but there must be an easier way. >>>> What are some good back up programs that work in a Win7 64 bit >>>> environment? >>>> I am not concerned about free, I want something that works easily >>>> and doesn't create it's own type of file as a back up (Acronis, as >>>> an example, creates something with it's own file extension and >>>> calls that a back up). >>>> I suspect what I am looking for is something that creates a disc >>>> image. >>>> >>>> thanks >>>> >>>> bill >>>> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
