Backup program?

[Thulack]

Just looking to find a program thats free that will let me backup my videos etc easily. Basically something that i can tell to backup everything on my E drive to my G Drive on a regular basis. Anyone have some personal preferences?

[nalkin]

cron jobs

[username17]

https://www.dropbox.com
Unless you're on Linux. Then yah cron come rsync's to a file host somewhere.

[Thulack]

Originally Posted by username17 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

https://www.dropbox.com
Unless you're on Linux. Then yah cron come rsync's to a file host somewhere.

can't really use Dropbox to backup 2tb worth of stuff. Thanks though. I have the harddrive space i dont need storage room just want to know whats easiest way to setup one harddrive backing up to fully to another occasionally.

[Cookiefist]

I use EZBack-it-up for my clients. Simple.

[Indefinite]

rsync is all you need.

[Thulack]

Originally Posted by Cookiefist [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I use EZBack-it-up for my clients. Simple.

Gave it a try. Sadly it doesnt backup to network drives so useless for me [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Thulack]

Originally Posted by Indefinite [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

rsync is all you need.

All i see about Rsync is linux based. Anything windows based that is simple to use? I'm not into coding and such.

[murrpau]

Sorry, this method may seem troglodytic.
1) use google reminders on your droid or main computer to remind you to back up on a certain day.
2) use TeraCopy for the actual copying.
3) click My Computer.
3a) click E:\ drive.
3b) CTRL-C
3c) click G:\ drive.
3d) CTRL-V
4) When teracopy detects that files already exist, etc, tell it to overwrite with new versions only, or something like that. It's one of the options.

[Thulack]

Originally Posted by murrpau [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sorry, this method may seem troglodytic.
1) use google reminders on your droid or main computer to remind you to back up on a certain day.
2) use TeraCopy for the actual copying.
3) click My Computer.
3a) click E:\ drive.
3b) CTRL-C
3c) click G:\ drive.
3d) CTRL-V
4) When teracopy detects that files already exist, etc, tell it to overwrite with new versions only, or something like that. It's one of the options.

That is how i normally do it. But my issue with this is that when i tried to copy 2TB worth of info over to a drive that only had 1tb free even if it already had the files it wouldnt allow me to do it. I had to go into each subfolder(music,videos,games) and copy them individually.I just wanted a automated version of this. Just using the installed WD software now on the My cloud to see how it goes. Takes awhile to backup 2TB the first time. Didnt realize my my cloud came with free pro version.