Recommended backup software?
I personally use Windows Server 2012 at home, which comes with a very useful tool called wbadmin (both command line and the .msc snap-in) for backups. However for Windows 7 and newer, it, at best, pr...
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mlts22 wrote:
Mozy is similar to Carbonite. The advantage of backing up to a local drive is the ability to deal with a complete hard disk failure without having to redownload hundreds of gigs of data. Mozy, Backblaze, and Carbonite are great for a second line of defense, say one loses their computer and their backup drive. However, it is nice to just restore a file with a click, than to have to find decent Internet access (or burn up precious gigs on a LTE connection) to restore.
Not saying Carbonite is bad. It has its place. However, the first line of defense is an external HDD, if possible.
This sounds good. Will Carbonite make a image of your boot drive to recover a working copy of your system files? I use Acronis as well and am comforted by knowing I can just insert my backup of my boot disc and it will work just like the original. This saves a lot of time when a drive dies - BUT - if - Carbonite does this too - I think this would be most cool. A working hard drive boot disc you could download anywhere!
Cool!
