Good backup freeware software?
 

I downloaded GFI Backup home edition. I read good things about it. Anyone else use it?

I guess it could use the built-in Windows program but I think 3rd party programs provide more options.

i'm using synchback and it is fine.....the backup program in windows 7 home premium won't let you back up to a network drive (you need a more expensive version of windoze)

Which system software are you running, XP, Vista Windows 7? I use in Windows 7 ultimate the integrated tool which run grate for me.

the big problem with windows bu and freeware bu, is they usually do not transfer from one ms os to the next.

so if you need something from 2000, either you build a new/old machine, or you are sol.

For backups, I swear by CrashPlan. It's free (Windows, OS X, Linux and Solaris) and will automatically backup to an external hard drive, another computer on your network, a friends computer on the other side of the world or to CrashPlan's paid backup hosting solution.

I have used GFI backup. And just installed CrashPlan ... which is backing up right now to my WD "PassPort" external disk.
However, all back-up programs I know perform only a partial back-up. I am looking for a a full 1:1 image back-up for the complete Windows System for Vista. Looks like Windows 7 has such a feature.
This article .. sorry in German ... describes this:

http://www.heute.de/ZDFheute/inhalt/...010211,00.html

Is there anything out for Windows Vista?

Cobian Backup 9 is also a good backup software. It is open-source and can be used to automate the process of backing up. It is a free and easy to use program.

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DriveImage XML does a very nice job of complete disk/system images. Free for non-commercial use and to try.

For regular backups, SyncbackSE is hard to beat - very fully featured and backs up to local or remote, including FTP, encryption and compression, with complex rule creation possible.

Second CrashPlan
 

CrashPlan is it. Cross-platform, easy to use, and free. No-brainer!

Am I the only one left on the planet still using xcopy to backup data? :D :D :D

Sounds like you want imaging software, not backup software, and Acronis is pretty widely regarded.

www.computersworth.com has it for $22.

A bit different, but Mailstore for backing up outlook is amazing and free for home users.

+1 for Cobian. I've been using it for years now and use it to make a monthly full backup of all my data files followed by a weekly differential and a daily incremental backup to both a network drive and an external drive so that I have two sets of backups. It is easy to set up & configure for an automated operation and each set of backup has the date & time and so I have a history of backups going back several years, I delete all daily incrementals older than a year. Thus I can retrieve any version of any changed data file going back to any day within the past one year and any version of the same file going back several years to any week prior to the past year. Relatively inexpensive high capacity drives help make this possible.

All my data files are organized under various subfolders within subfolders by type of data and are on a separate partition on my laptop in a root folder called D:\DATA and almost all my applications are configured to store or read files from the appropriate subfolders in D:\DATA\.

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Great thread... Im looking to backup some things and one of these will come in handy.

I use TreeComp to do delta backups. Works awesome.