Originally Posted by
stueys
I backup wirelessly to my NAS, I just use the standard software that came with it (Netgear Nas Duo). It takes a bit longer than cabled but if you do it daily it just takes the updates so about 15 minutes.
On a separate note does anyone ever test a restore? I haven't but I guess I could be deluding myself with my backup without doing that right? Something to ponder..
If you want a better recovery software use the latest Acronis True Image. It can do an initial clone and then a version chain that you can define triggers for (such as time, date, type of changes and so on). The beauty of this is that you can recover from it to a new hard drive and continue where you left off. It can even do sector-by-sector back up.
To prepare for recovery you can either burn a recovery software to CD or Flash Media and boot with that. It can see your NAS connected to your network and recover your PC off of it or for better performance you can directly connect the NAS. I use this software at work and it works flawlessly on USD 100'000+ medical equipment with 4 partitions of FAT32, NTFS, Ext3 and Linux SWAP all on one disc!
If you get it, look at the Plus Pack as well that adds some Linux support if you think you will need it.
It's similar to Time Machine on Mac but less straight forward.
EDIT:
Here is a comparison of the different Acronis True Image and other Acronis products.