don1163 Goldmember  More info | Nov 23, 2015 15:50 | #1 I need to do back ups to 2 external hard drives...What is a nice simple program for me to get?. I have been manually copying files for years but I am replacing my drives and want a program that will do backups to my 2 external drives so they are mirror copies of each other. 1DX, 500L f4, 70-200L f2.8II, 100L f2.8 macro ,16-35 f4, 1.4xIII, Metz 64-AF1
LOG IN TO REPLY |
ThreeHounds Goldmember  More info Post edited over 7 years ago by ThreeHounds. | Nov 23, 2015 15:53 | #2 PC or Mac? 5D MkIII | 7D | Bronica ETRS
LOG IN TO REPLY |
DGStinner Goldmember  More info | Nov 23, 2015 15:54 | #3 What operating system? If you're on Mac, you could use Time Machine. It's free and part of OS X.
LOG IN TO REPLY |
Nov 23, 2015 16:02 | #4 ThreeHounds wrote in post #17794304  PC or Mac? Sorry...I'm on PC running windows 7 ultimate 64 bit.. 1DX, 500L f4, 70-200L f2.8II, 100L f2.8 macro ,16-35 f4, 1.4xIII, Metz 64-AF1
LOG IN TO REPLY |
JohnfromPA Cream of the Crop 11,257 posts Likes: 1526 Joined May 2003 Location: Southeast Pennsylvania More info Post edited over 7 years ago by John from PA. | Nov 23, 2015 17:12 | #5 don1163 wrote in post #17794316 Sorry...I'm on PC running windows 7 ultimate 64 bit.. If you are "PC" savvy and can write a batch file check xxcopy (note the extra "x"). Amazingly versatile.
LOG IN TO REPLY |
tim Light Bringer  51,010 posts Likes: 375 Joined Nov 2004 Location: Wellington, New Zealand More info | Nov 23, 2015 17:15 | #6 Read my windows backup software review here Professional wedding photographer, solution architect and general technical guy with multiple Amazon Web Services certifications.
LOG IN TO REPLY |
Nov 23, 2015 17:36 | #7 tim wrote in post #17794378 Read my windows backup software review here .Note that copying and mirroring is not a backup. If you corrupt your primary (virus, randomware, bad RAM) that corruption spreads to the mirror and you lose it. You want something that does incremental backups and versioning. I think CrashPlan software does this and lets you back up to another PC free, it's only if you use their data centers for backup they charge you. Agreed about the need for incremental backups and versioning. Crashplan can indeed backup to a local drive or another PC, but restoring requires being able to authenticate with their servers. If you can't do this for any reason, the backup is useless. I use and recommend Crashplan for fully automatic off-site backup, but not for local backups.
LOG IN TO REPLY |
What I meant was incremental backups to both external drives so they are identical...not a mirror of my primary drive..also my PC is not connected to the Internet, so much less chance of virus or the like... 1DX, 500L f4, 70-200L f2.8II, 100L f2.8 macro ,16-35 f4, 1.4xIII, Metz 64-AF1
LOG IN TO REPLY |
tim Light Bringer 51,010 posts Likes: 375 Joined Nov 2004 Location: Wellington, New Zealand More info | Nov 23, 2015 18:26 | #9 don1163 wrote in post #17794413 What I meant was incremental backups to both external drives so they are identical...not a mirror of my primary drive..also my PC is not connected to the Internet, so much less chance of virus or the like... A friend has mentioned Syncback free. Have you any experience with that? I had bad RAM in my PC for a couple of years before I worked that out. At the time I used a mirror, not a proper backup. As a result of that my backups became partly corrupt. Your plan has the same flaw, which is why I recommend software that does incremental. Professional wedding photographer, solution architect and general technical guy with multiple Amazon Web Services certifications.
LOG IN TO REPLY |
bubbygator I can't tell the difference  1,477 posts Gallery: 1 photo Likes: 63 Joined Feb 2011 Location: Sarasota, sunlight, butterflies, fish, Gators, and Seminoles More info | Nov 23, 2015 18:38 | #10 I'm an amateur. I've used FolderClone and Karen's Replicator - both free. Gear List
LOG IN TO REPLY |
 | x 1600 |
| y 1600 |
| Log in Not a member yet?
Register to forums
Registered members may log in to forums and access all the features: full search, image upload, follow forums, own gear list and ratings, likes, more forums, private messaging, thread follow, notifications, own gallery, all settings, view hosted photos, own reviews, see more and do more... and all is free. Don't be a stranger - register now and start posting!
|
| ||
| Latest registered member is MWCarlsson 728 guests, 173 members online Simultaneous users record so far is 15,144, that happened on Nov 22, 2018 | |||
