Backup Software

rickman:
> At one time I did backups manually by periodically copying directories

> from my computer to a backup hard drive.  The last year or two I've
been 
> using the Memeo Instant backup that came with an external Seagate
drive. 
>   I'm finding out it is not what I thought it was.
> 
> First, it doesn't backup the entire drive.  It only backs up things
that 
> *it* thinks you want to backup.  There is no way to tell it what to 
> backup, or so I thought until I found I could diddle the hidden bit on

> the user directory to get that to backup.  But this means *everything*

> under user is backed up which is *too* much.
> 
> They just offered me a "special" on upgrading for only $40 I think 
> compared to the usual $60.  I think this version gets around the issue

> of controlling what is backed up.
> 
> I'm wondering what better backup software is out there for Windows and

> possibly Linux too.  I've got a Raspberry Pi which I may start using
as 
> a server and will need to be backed up.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Rick

I've just forked out for Acronis Backup 11.5 (Windows). It seems quite
good, Claims it can recover the whole PC to a different machine (even to
a virtual machine) which I haven't tested yet. It does incremental and
differential backups with lost of options re scheduling and what to keep
etc. 
It seems pretty good so far but I've only had it running for  week.
I chose it as the product with a long track record, reasonable reviews
and OK prices (its not cheap).
The freeware things I tried were all pretty horrible. (bugs, bad
documentation etc).

MK

On 12/12/2015 5:10 AM, Michael Kellett wrote:
> rickman:
>> At one time I did backups manually by periodically copying directories
>
>> from my computer to a backup hard drive.  The last year or two I've
> been
>> using the Memeo Instant backup that came with an external Seagate
> drive.
>>    I'm finding out it is not what I thought it was.
>>
>> First, it doesn't backup the entire drive.  It only backs up things
> that
>> *it* thinks you want to backup.  There is no way to tell it what to
>> backup, or so I thought until I found I could diddle the hidden bit on
>
>> the user directory to get that to backup.  But this means *everything*
>
>> under user is backed up which is *too* much.
>>
>> They just offered me a "special" on upgrading for only $40 I think
>> compared to the usual $60.  I think this version gets around the issue
>
>> of controlling what is backed up.
>>
>> I'm wondering what better backup software is out there for Windows and
>
>> possibly Linux too.  I've got a Raspberry Pi which I may start using
> as
>> a server and will need to be backed up.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Rick
>
> I've just forked out for Acronis Backup 11.5 (Windows). It seems quite
> good, Claims it can recover the whole PC to a different machine (even to
> a virtual machine) which I haven't tested yet. It does incremental and
> differential backups with lost of options re scheduling and what to keep
> etc.
> It seems pretty good so far but I've only had it running for  week.
> I chose it as the product with a long track record, reasonable reviews
> and OK prices (its not cheap).
> The freeware things I tried were all pretty horrible. (bugs, bad
> documentation etc).

I tried the freeware version of Acronis on my previous machine which had 
some file corruption issues.  Acronis would hang and never complete.

-- 

Rick