Question Backup to An External Drive

[mmitsch]

I want to back up my laptop's hard drive and not miss any available files / directories. I have a 1tb external usb drive to copy to.

What's a good solution to do this with (hopefully shareware or inexpensive) and your recommentation.

Hoping to do catch up (incremental?) backups every now and then as well and have a couple of laptops.

Let me know your suggestions.

 

[Bob.B]

I want to back up my laptop's hard drive and not miss any available files / directories. I have a 1tb external usb drive to copy to.

What's a good solution to do this with (hopefully shareware or inexpensive) and your recommentation.

Hoping to do catch up (incremental?) backups every now and then as well and have a couple of laptops.

Let me know your suggestions.

I think what you are looking for is an image prog.
I see macrium reflect mentioned often on the boards.
I do use the prog but not for imaging so others will need to guide you.

 

[Lafong]

I want to back up my laptop's hard drive and not miss any available files / directories. I have a 1tb external usb drive to copy to.

What's a good solution to do this with (hopefully shareware or inexpensive) and your recommentation.

Hoping to do catch up (incremental?) backups every now and then as well and have a couple of laptops.

Let me know your suggestions.

An image made with Macrium Reflect Free Edition is the standard recommendation.......if you are trying to "back up" Windows and installed applications.

If you instead are trying to back up only personal files, you might use something else entirely, typically an ordinary "file by file" program that does not involve imaging.

 

[ronb1955]

Hasleo is totally free, I think Macrium is ending the free version soon

 

[USAFRet]

Hasleo is totally free, I think Macrium is ending the free version soon

Not from what I've seen.

I use Macrium extensively.
Paid on my main system, free on all the others.

 

[USAFRet]

I want to back up my laptop's hard drive and not miss any available files / directories. I have a 1tb external usb drive to copy to.

What's a good solution to do this with (hopefully shareware or inexpensive) and your recommentation.

Hoping to do catch up (incremental?) backups every now and then as well and have a couple of laptops.

Let me know your suggestions.

I use Macrium Reflect for this.

The free version doe Full and Differential images.
Paid version adds Incremental.

 

[ronb1955]

Not from what I've seen.

I use Macrium extensively.
Paid on my main system, free on all the others.

You are correct, Free will be supported until January 2024

 

[USAFRet]

You are correct, Free will be supported until January 2024

Version 8.

By then, version 9 will be out.

 

[ronb1955]

Hey how you liking that free version 9 ?

 

[ronb1955]

Version 8.

By then, version 9 will be out.

Hey how you liking that free version 9

 

[USAFRet]

Hey how you liking that free version 9

There is no v9 yet.