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I am looking for a backup utility that will do the following. 1) backup to any location including USB drive, NAS etc. 2) set of source of any combination of files, folders or even drives. 3) create a .ZIP at the backup location. 4) do a backup to update the zip 5) have multiple include and exclude filters 6) set up to be have a repeating automatic backup based on a schedule. 7) save multiple backup configurations. 8) select backup configuration as part of the scheduling. Free would be best. Any app out there to do this ? |
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Furbish wrote:
I am looking for a backup utility that will do the following. 1) backup to any location including USB drive, NAS etc. 2) set of source of any combination of files, folders or even drives. 3) create a .ZIP at the backup location. 4) do a backup to update the zip 5) have multiple include and exclude filters 6) set up to be have a repeating automatic backup based on a schedule. 7) save multiple backup configurations. 8) select backup configuration as part of the scheduling. Free would be best. Any app out there to do this ? The best way to do this is: 1) Use a regular backup program that you don't obviously like. 2) Make sure it has a "mount" capability, You "mount" a given backup to expose "files, folders" for restoring back to where you got them. Restoring files and folders doesn't need "a big ceremony", and instead, if the restore looks like a partition in Disk Management, you can use Explorer to grab a file or folder you need. 3) The tool handles partition-level backups just fine. That handles disks. 3) The tool has compression built in, which can be "light" or "heavy". There is still decent speed with compression in place. 4) The tool also supports VSS so it can handle the C: drive "hot" without rebooting like the old Ghost would. Any one of about 20 different backup programs could manage to do this. Their file extension won't be ZIP, but the output files will still be compressed. Just not compressed with an arithmetic compressor (BZIP2, 7Z , RAR or wharever). Now, swallow your distaste for VSS and MRIMG, and get on with it. It doesn't need to be "all purdy and in ZIP containers" to work. You're over-specifying the problem. It just has to contain the things you need backed up, and not bother you too much. https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree Nobody really wants to do a lot of customization. Set up a basic run. If you want Incremental (saves space), then pay for it. Hold your nose while using it. After one little setup, with the "recurring" activated on it, it can run without you meddling with it and trying to micromanage it. If you're "afraid someone might see the excess of content kept in the MRIMG", define full disk encryption for one partition of the output drive, and when the MRIMG is stored in there, nobody else can read it without the password. By using this compromise approach, and dropping the need for ZIP, there'll be about 20 options. https://www.raymond.cc/blog/10-comme...ed-comparison/ If you want to futz with stuff, there's always Retrospect. Costs money. Needs customization, and fiddling. The last time I set up an entire computer for backups, it took two whole days of work to test and make sure it was working. It'll give you a new hobby. Paul |
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I'm no expert but the backup system you
designed for me works perfectly, with Macrium Reflect and Mrimgs. I do a backup at the beginning the each month for the Dell 8500 and the Dell 780 using 2GB Seagate HD's in external enclosures. Plus with Macrium you can backup, clone and restore. Robert |
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The backup system you designed for me
works perfectly, with Macrium Reflect and Mrimgs. I do a backup at the beginning of each month for the Dell 8500 and the Dell 780 using 2GB Seagate HD's in external enclosures. Plus with Macrium you can backup, clone and restore. Robert |
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Il giorno Sun 22 Jul 2018 08:28:06a, *Furbish* ha inviato su
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general il messaggio news I am looking for a backup utility that will do the following cobian does almost all of them, not sure about the single zip file -- /-\ /\/\ /\/\ /-\ /\/\ /\/\ /-\ T /-\ -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- - -=- http://www.bb2002.it ............ [ al lavoro ] ........... |
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