Backup software?

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Hi everyone,

I'm looking for a good system backup option for Windows 7. I currently have a HDD attached to a router and would like to use that HDD for backup. What software would you recommend getting. I would like to backup the whole system as supposed to just emails, document etc. Thanks. :)
 
I make use of ShadowProtect. It's worth the cost in my eyes. You can set it up to make a full backup once a week for instance and then do incremental backups the rest of the week or however suits you.

http://www.shadowprotect.com/
 
Solitude said:
I make use of ShadowProtect. It's worth the cost in my eyes. You can set it up to make a full backup once a week for instance and then do incremental backups the rest of the week or however suits you.

http://www.shadowprotect.com/
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+1 above is a solid solution.

We however use http://www.genie9.com/, only due to it being the best we used overall and is also recommended to our client base.

Should you look at Genie9, I will only recommend the Backup Manager versions, should you not be interested in the “cloud” otherwise the Timeline versions has greatly matured.
 
Have a look at Symantec System Recovery

I use the server version at work and it is excellent. You can do a live full disk image which can then be restored to bare metal, dissimilar hardware or a virtual machine. There is a trial version that you can download.
 
Currently using Acronis True Image Home 2010 build 6.029 - used it for a few years now and does a full weekly backup of my server and PC OS drive and a few data drives - no hassles so far and easy to use with various options.

Not sure what the latest versions are like though - I'll give ShadowProtect a look as it seems highly recommended.
 
CrashPlan. A nice online option. We had a flood and all equipment was damaged. .. of it was not for the online backup all would have been lost.
 
howardb said:
Currently using Acronis True Image Home 2010 build 6.029 - used it for a few years now and does a full weekly backup of my server and PC OS drive and a few data drives - no hassles so far and easy to use with various options.

Not sure what the latest versions are like though - I'll give ShadowProtect a look as it seems highly recommended.
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:)Hi howardB,have you ever tried restoring your OS to a brand new HDD? if so how was it?
Did you buy it on the web? Our ROE has made it quite expensive these days.
 
pedruid said:
:)Hi howardB,have you ever tried restoring your OS to a brand new HDD? if so how was it?
Did you buy it on the web? Our ROE has made it quite expensive these days.
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Hi pedruid,
It works really well to a new HDD, no issues. Still using it daily.
 
I use Cobian backup works well and you can setup to email you a logfile of each backup, it is not an image, but you could image the drive once and then only copy the data.

Just a thought.
 
pedruid said:
Thanks, where did you buy it and how much?
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Bought it on the web in 2009/2010 - really can't remember what I paid for it (could have been R300-R450) - agree that the ROE is crazy at the moment, although it's still less than R550 converted - not too bad.

What hard drive make do you have - if Western Digital, maybe check the Acronis True Image WD Edition version here - not sure if works for other drive makes though but worth a try (Seagate, Samsung, etc)... have a look at the features and release notes to see if it may help.
 
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