Re: Tools of the Devil
Have a look at Cobian Backup Amanita (version 9) http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm It's quite sophisticated, but also simple at the same time. It installs itself as a system service, but can be run as a stand-alone application. It's schedulable and can also run jobs on demand. I use it for backing up my work computer to a network drive, for network backup. Oh BTW it backs up to a zip file, which can be read on anything. Regards Greg On 06/11/2009, at 4:43 PM, Rob Findlay wrote: Excuse my posting a Windows question here but I trust you guys more than a Google search and random website. I have so little to do with Windows these days it drives me crazy when I have to do something in it. I need a simple one click cheap/free backup for Windows XP. Nothing fancy just select a folder of docs, select a target, press backup. Needs to be really simple for one of my clients who is not tech savvy. I need to be able to setup a script that copies A - B but not schedule as it will happen at different times. Versioning would be nice but not essential. I've found a bunch of stuff by Google but wanted a personal recommendation. I've previously recommended Acronis True Image which is good but a little more powerful than what is needed here. Want to be able to say, click this icon to launch the program then click the big red button says backup. Cheers Rob -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Tools of the Devil
Excuse my posting a Windows question here but I trust you guys more than a Google search and random website. I have so little to do with Windows these days it drives me crazy when I have to do something in it. I need a simple one click cheap/free backup for Windows XP. Nothing fancy just select a folder of docs, select a target, press backup. Needs to be really simple for one of my clients who is not tech savvy. I need to be able to setup a script that copies A - B but not schedule as it will happen at different times. Versioning would be nice but not essential. I've found a bunch of stuff by Google but wanted a personal recommendation. I've previously recommended Acronis True Image which is good but a little more powerful than what is needed here. Want to be able to say, click this icon to launch the program then click the big red button says backup. Cheers Rob -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Tools of the Devil
Hi Rob, If the builtin backup feature of Windows (under Accessories I believe or maybe System Tools) is good enough for my father, it's good enough for anyone (: It can select folders and schedule backup times. Gav On 06/11/2009, at 4:43 PM, Rob Findlay wrote: Excuse my posting a Windows question here but I trust you guys more than a Google search and random website. I have so little to do with Windows these days it drives me crazy when I have to do something in it. I need a simple one click cheap/free backup for Windows XP. Nothing fancy just select a folder of docs, select a target, press backup. Needs to be really simple for one of my clients who is not tech savvy. I need to be able to setup a script that copies A - B but not schedule as it will happen at different times. Versioning would be nice but not essential. I've found a bunch of stuff by Google but wanted a personal recommendation. I've previously recommended Acronis True Image which is good but a little more powerful than what is needed here. Want to be able to say, click this icon to launch the program then click the big red button says backup. Cheers Rob -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
Re: Tools of the Devil
Here's a link about it: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03july14.mspx Sorry, forgot to post earlier. Gav On 06/11/2009, at 4:50 PM, Gavin Criddle wrote: Hi Rob, If the builtin backup feature of Windows (under Accessories I believe or maybe System Tools) is good enough for my father, it's good enough for anyone (: It can select folders and schedule backup times. Gav On 06/11/2009, at 4:43 PM, Rob Findlay wrote: Excuse my posting a Windows question here but I trust you guys more than a Google search and random website. I have so little to do with Windows these days it drives me crazy when I have to do something in it. I need a simple one click cheap/free backup for Windows XP. Nothing fancy just select a folder of docs, select a target, press backup. Needs to be really simple for one of my clients who is not tech savvy. I need to be able to setup a script that copies A - B but not schedule as it will happen at different times. Versioning would be nice but not essential. I've found a bunch of stuff by Google but wanted a personal recommendation. I've previously recommended Acronis True Image which is good but a little more powerful than what is needed here. Want to be able to say, click this icon to launch the program then click the big red button says backup. Cheers Rob -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au
