Dennis Kersten Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Hi colleagues, Can anyone recommend me a good and "simple" software which makes system and file back ups at the end of the day. What do you use? Thanks! Dennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackHenry Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 (edited) On what? Apple or Windows OS? On Apple, there is nothing easier than Time Machine. Edited July 7, 2014 by JackHenry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Kersten Posted July 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 On Mac and Windows (or is the windows bootcamp partition also backed up by time machine?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pindrop Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Carbon Copy Cloner works very well for me and has user scheduling but it doesn't do the Bootcamp partition. I've never been able to find something that does both the HFS and an NTFS partition in one hit. Here's the CCC explanation of some of the challenges in making a working backup of a bootcamp partition No, CCC will not create a bootable backup of your Windows volume. Creating a bootable backup of OS X is mostly trivial. For Windows, there are numerous tweaks that have to be made — you must update the boot sector of the root target device to point to the correct start sector of NTFS volume, the boot.ini may need to be updated with the slice number of the partition, you have to restore the MBR, you must synchronize the GPT and MBR partition tables. Windows Vista+ has yet more requirements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roderick Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 I and several colleagues have been using chronosync from www.econtechnologies.com for many years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pindrop Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 I and several colleagues have been using chronosync from www.econtechnologies.com for many years now. Chronosync looks interesting, thanks for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bondelev Posted July 8, 2014 Report Share Posted July 8, 2014 +1 for CHRONOSYNC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Kersten Posted July 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2014 Cool thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandering Ear Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 I also like chronosync. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloan Stewart Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 I have had success backing up hdd images over a network with the free version of macrium reflect. It's very easy and has saved my ass multiple times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Lamontagne Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 Sync!Sync!Sync! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grrrayson Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 I've been a big fan of Carbon Copy Cloner for a long time. It's only for Mac, though. Regarding Time Machine, keep in mind that it doesn't create bootable backups, which is quite a pain. I create system drive clones with Carbon Copy Cloner such that if my system drive dies I can pop in the backup in it's place and keep working like nothing happened. You can't do that with Time Machine. On a personal note, I find the interface quirky and I don't like that it doesn't maintain the same file structure as the original master. I do have Time Machine running automatic audio drive backups for a couple of clients who I know wouldn't be as diligent about it otherwise but generally I turn Time Machine off as soon as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Visser Posted August 11, 2014 Report Share Posted August 11, 2014 I'm using trial of CCC right this moment as I upgrade my media backup volume from a RAID-1 to RAID-5 and dumping data to my server. I have to say, it seems to be doing a great job, as the job is done in batches here and there and nice to know it can compare volumes and make a bit for bit copy over time and under changing conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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