I second and third Moose's SyncBack SE recommendation. It's a wonderful
piece of software. Something I hardly ever say about software.
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>>What I want to do is to set my computer up to where I back up
>>(automatically) only my photo files. Any suggestions on software to do this
>
> I've been using SyncBack SE, freeware <http://www.2brightsparks.com/>.
> It has worked perfectly for me so far. Great flexibility in setting up
> just what you want.
>
>>and/or hardware with which people have been happy. Please keep in mind that
>>I seek simple,
>>idiot proof solutions to somewhat complex problems.
>>
>>I'm thinking perhaps two external hard drives with photos files backed up to
>>both at essentially the same time (same files on each).
>>
>
> I started doing something similar, although one 300gb drive is in the
> computer and the second is an external 500gb drive. When traveling, I
> keep files on the laptop and burn copies to DVDs as backup as I go
> along. When I get back, the files get copied to the desktop and cleared
> off the laptop.
>
>>My laptop is loaded with photo files currently and I need to back them up
>>and then delete them from the laptop. That is a very scary thought.
>>
>
> I got nervous, even though I haven't had a disaster like yours, when I
> started running out of space on the 3 drives in the box to maintain
> backups of everything.
>
>>Comp USA is having a decent sale this weekend and I might go buy something
>>on Monday.
>>Should I be looking at a 800 Firewire connection?
>>
>
> Several brands provide triple interfaces, USB 2.0, Firewire and Firewire
> 800. I bought mine from LaCie on the web. I purchased from their refurb
> page, with 90 day warranty, at a very good price, but appear to have
> received a new one with full warranty. Unlike some brands, LaCie
> provides cables for all three interface connections, worth quite a few $
> if you have to buy them separately. I'm using it on regular Firewire
> (400) and everything works well.
>
> I leave the drive unconnected except when doing backups, so there is no
> way that a virus or worm can get at it. That makes automated backup
> impossible, but seems worth it to me. I have saved profiles, or whatever
> they call them, in SyncBack with all the parameters, kinds of files to
> save and not to save and so on, so I can just plug in the drive and
> start the process so it runs automatically from that point. I keep
> copies of new shots on two drives in the box until I do a backup to the
> external drive, then erase one copy.
>
>>
>>Thanks in advance. I am going to do it this time. <[8^) Bill Barber
>>
>
> You better!
>
> Moose
>
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