free backup tool
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A simple batch file using robocopy does the trick.
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Does anyone know a good backup tool for windows 10? My father in law wants to backup his documents onto a usb hard drive. (he doesn't want to put it in the cloud, so no dropbox or onedrive or the likes). Basically it should just take a copy of his documents and images (about 6 GB or something) every month or so... I could write something, but wanted to check first if something was already available. the simpler the better. thanks.
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Robocopy running from a scheduled batch file (as mentioned by others) is a good choice. Also, take a look at Cobian backup. I've been using it for years. It has a built in scheduler so can run unattended. The only possible downside is the backups are stored in ZIP file format so an unzipping application is needed to access the backups. 7ZIP is a freebie that could accomplish that.
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Does anyone know a good backup tool for windows 10? My father in law wants to backup his documents onto a usb hard drive. (he doesn't want to put it in the cloud, so no dropbox or onedrive or the likes). Basically it should just take a copy of his documents and images (about 6 GB or something) every month or so... I could write something, but wanted to check first if something was already available. the simpler the better. thanks.
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If you are willing to share with your dad, I would recommend Crashplan free. You can have your backups sent to your dad and he can have his sent to you.
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Does anyone know a good backup tool for windows 10? My father in law wants to backup his documents onto a usb hard drive. (he doesn't want to put it in the cloud, so no dropbox or onedrive or the likes). Basically it should just take a copy of his documents and images (about 6 GB or something) every month or so... I could write something, but wanted to check first if something was already available. the simpler the better. thanks.
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I would imagine that, because it's been updated by microsoft in recent years, it's bloated, buggy, and unintuitive to use.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
On the other hand, if it IS any good and you start to rely on it, they will discontinue it. Or they will change the features claiming 'no one wants to back up to their own hard drive' (that is SO yesterday), so they will surreptitiously redirect the back up to a cloud location which will continue to increase in price. Finally, they will close down their cloud service.
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On the other hand, if it IS any good and you start to rely on it, they will discontinue it. Or they will change the features claiming 'no one wants to back up to their own hard drive' (that is SO yesterday), so they will surreptitiously redirect the back up to a cloud location which will continue to increase in price. Finally, they will close down their cloud service.
You just can't hide from reality.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Does anyone know a good backup tool for windows 10? My father in law wants to backup his documents onto a usb hard drive. (he doesn't want to put it in the cloud, so no dropbox or onedrive or the likes). Basically it should just take a copy of his documents and images (about 6 GB or something) every month or so... I could write something, but wanted to check first if something was already available. the simpler the better. thanks.
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This is what I using now. FreeFileSync - Free Backup and File Synchronization Software[^] It has left/right screen for files and folders comparison, a button to sync files/folders between two directories. this is a free software, should contains what you want. Cheers, tzuhsun
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Does anyone know a good backup tool for windows 10? My father in law wants to backup his documents onto a usb hard drive. (he doesn't want to put it in the cloud, so no dropbox or onedrive or the likes). Basically it should just take a copy of his documents and images (about 6 GB or something) every month or so... I could write something, but wanted to check first if something was already available. the simpler the better. thanks.
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+1 for Cobian BackUp, have used it for years and it works great, and is free.
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Does anyone know a good backup tool for windows 10? My father in law wants to backup his documents onto a usb hard drive. (he doesn't want to put it in the cloud, so no dropbox or onedrive or the likes). Basically it should just take a copy of his documents and images (about 6 GB or something) every month or so... I could write something, but wanted to check first if something was already available. the simpler the better. thanks.
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you can use RightBackup cloud backup software lnk: rightbackup.com[^] Regards Madhusudan
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Does anyone know a good backup tool for windows 10? My father in law wants to backup his documents onto a usb hard drive. (he doesn't want to put it in the cloud, so no dropbox or onedrive or the likes). Basically it should just take a copy of his documents and images (about 6 GB or something) every month or so... I could write something, but wanted to check first if something was already available. the simpler the better. thanks.
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I've been using Macrium Reflect[^] since January, and I'm pretty happy with it: once set up it just works. Currently my setup is configured to do incremental backups daily and full backups weekly, with a set rotation of 6 weeks (i. e., backups older than 6 weeks get overwritten) You can freely configure what disk or subdirectories to backup and where to put it (just needs to be on a different drive). If your PC isn't running at the scheduled times, the backup will run the next time you turn it on. When it starts, a dialog will pop up that will let you defer it, but I never really needed that as it doesn't interfere with running applications or even games. Restoration works pretty well, too, and I even used it once to clone my installation to a secondary SSD. Speed is great: the initial backup of my fresh Windows 7 installation (~36GB) took ~70s (source: SSD, target: SSHD). Windows 10 was similar. Incremental backups take less than a minute, spending most of the time searching for changes. The backup data is compressed, and that greatly helps for writing the data onto my SSHD as even a full backup fits into the SSD write buffer. Obviously it would also help in case you wish to store your backup on an USB drive or other external drives with a low(er) bandwidth connection.
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