Computer backup
Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 at 9:49 PM
We all do it, don't we ? Backup our data I mean. No ? Too time consuming ? My system is stable and I don't need it ?
Well, I recently experienced a complete disk failure, and I am thankful that I had a backup of my critical data, including many hundreds of digital photos.
So, how can we back up our data in a quick and easy manner ?
Try Back2Zip available at Free Backup Info It's FREE !
No more excuses, it's free, fast and efficient. As an example my copy zipped "My Documents" of over 250 Mbytes in just 3 minutes into a ZIP file of just 111 Mbytes on an external USB2 hard drive, and updates now take place every hour, with a 14 day retention period.
It can be set to backup any number of main folders (and will include all sub-folders) and creates a separate ZIP file each day. It can also be set to check for file changes/additions at regular intervals during the day (useful if constantly updating or creating files) when the ZIP file is updated. The resulting backup files can be kept for any number of days - very useful if you accidentally delete a file. The program can compress the files to varying degrees - I use the medium compression setting which seems a good trade-off between size and speed. There is also a log file that shows the program activity, and you can open and inspect the backups files from within the program.
