accessible full backup solutions

Category: Geeks r Us

Post 1 by The Roman Battle Mask (Making great use of my Employer's time.) on Sunday, 25-May-2008 2:03:10

I'm looking for an accessible prefferibely free backup solution that will do full system backups. I'm not concerned if the restore isn't accessible since I can have sited help with that but do need the backups to be accessible so I remember to do them and can do them on my own. Thanks for any info.

Post 2 by rat (star trek rules!) on Sunday, 25-May-2008 8:44:02

i would be intrested in an answer to this myself.

Post 3 by PorkInCider (Wind assisted.) on Sunday, 25-May-2008 9:42:40

Ok, My suggestion is you try the following free tool.
DriveImage XML
DriveImage XML is an easy to use and reliable program for imaging and backing up partitions and logical drives.
The program allows you to:

Post 4 by Nem (I just keep on posting!) on Monday, 26-May-2008 6:01:52

Jared, I know your using jaws, and Kev is using window eyes. How did the program work for you as a jaws user?

Post 5 by The Roman Battle Mask (Making great use of my Employer's time.) on Monday, 26-May-2008 9:30:01

I haven't tried the program, and since work is starting for me soon I don't know when I will get a chance to. I'll post my results when I've had a chance to try it.

Post 6 by Chris N (I just keep on posting!) on Tuesday, 27-May-2008 10:28:59

Slightly different, but if you're looking for a "set it and forget it" online backup solution, I like mozy.com. $4.95 per month per pc, unlimited space, and accessible client. You can restore files through Windows Explorer, by downloading a zip file from the web, or you can have them FedEx one or more DVDs. Snapshots of files are taken for the last 30 days, so you can for example restore to a copy of a file from two weeks ago.

Post 7 by b3n (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Thursday, 29-May-2008 17:35:27

second mozy - actually using it atm because of chris.

Post 8 by Crazy train (Generic Zoner) on Monday, 09-Jun-2008 12:13:11

Try this tool. It doesn't do system backups, but works well.
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com
Product is called Image For Windows.

Post 9 by KC8PNL (The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better.) on Monday, 09-Jun-2008 23:17:09

I was told that norton Ghost 2003 works well for back-ups, but I have never used it myself, so I can't speak from first hand experience.

Post 10 by PorkInCider (Wind assisted.) on Tuesday, 10-Jun-2008 0:19:01

I thought after norton ghost 9, it became a bit of a fuck up, though 2003 was accessible to my use, I just hated it.