Backing up computer
What to use to backup your hard drive.
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darsben wrote:
Is the OP asking about hardware or software?
Good point? I use both WD 3.5/2.5 USB3 HDs for backup drives. The Free AOMEI Backupper Standard for system image backups. Supports both differential(preferred) and incremental subsequent backups, with option to encrypt them. Plus, is relatively fast.
In addition, My Documents files, Photos, Dropbox, Firefox and Thunderbird profile folders, all of which are encrypted locally, get backed up automatically twice daily using the open source FreeFileSync to a secondary encrypted drive. Also supports versioning, and can be setup to backup immediately upon changes. FreeFileSync has worked great, but may not be as user friendly to many as it basically requires setting up a batch routine file to automate syncing/backup jobs. Though not that difficult.
So, basically, don't have to even think about backups as its done automatically.
