program for backing up hard drive

[KvPhoto]

I have all of my pictures on a 500GB external hard drive, my 80 GB laptop hard drive can't hold them all! I have another 500GB hard drive I want to mirror the other external. Is there a program I can use for this? i have a PC laptop and want something that will also perform periodic updates to the back up.
Thanks

[Cameron]

I have all of my pictures on a 500GB external hard drive, my 80 GB laptop hard drive can't hold them all! I have another 500GB hard drive I want to mirror the other external. Is there a program I can use for this? i have a PC laptop and want something that will also perform periodic updates to the back up.
Thanks

I've had good luck with SyncBack (http://www.2brightsparks.com) - they have a freeware version of the program as well more feature-rich versions that are quite affordable (I use SyncBack SE). I use it to back up my laptop as well as desktop to several different external drives and have never had a problem.
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[Anthony]

I have all of my pictures on a 500GB external hard drive, my 80 GB laptop hard drive can't hold them all! I have another 500GB hard drive I want to mirror the other external. Is there a program I can use for this? i have a PC laptop and want something that will also perform periodic updates to the back up.
Thanks
I use PTREplicator a free piece of software from Karen Kenworthy...

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp

... on a daily basis. I find it flexible enough without being too complicated. I have an external drive and have PTReplicator synchronise several volumes and folders including my images disk with it each night.

Check it out and do a little trial to see if it's what you want.

Anthony.

[Richard]

I've had good luck with SyncBack (http://www.2brightsparks.com) - they have a freeware version of the program as well more feature-rich versions that are quite affordable (I use SyncBack SE). I use it to back up my laptop as well as desktop to several different external drives and have never had a problem.
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+1 SyncBack rocks.

[David_S85]

Moving this thread to Digital Darkroom, since it is more about hard drives and computers than it is about photo editing.

[chuckinsocal]

Take a look at SyncToy. It's a free download from Microsoft. It's easy to configure it to make Drive 1 mirror drive 2 and you can't beat the price. I use it all the time to sync my laptop and desktop folders.

[Hindsight]

Time machine!

Sorry- bad form. -1 to me. I couldn't resist.

[Rhuarc]

Fileback

http://www.fileback-pc.com/

[BinaryFx]

I have all of my pictures on a 500GB external hard drive, my 80 GB laptop hard drive can't hold them all! I have another 500GB hard drive I want to mirror the other external. Is there a program I can use for this? i have a PC laptop and want something that will also perform periodic updates to the back up.
Thanks

Never used this:

http://www.lacie.com/au/products/product.htm?pid=10312


Stephen Marsh

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~binaryfx/
http://prepression.blogspot.com/

[Pupator]

Syncback freeware ftw. :barb There's nothing else you could need (unless you want the paid version!)

[Art Scott]

I finally broke down and purchased Acronis Migrate.....I use it for keeping upto date on my OS drive as well as all photo storage drives....it is fast and easy and yeah it costs but the really good stuff in life is never free..........:D:wink

[digismile]

I use Acronis TrueImage (http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/). I regularly create a disk image of my boot drive and data disks. Restoring a drive is simple and flawless. I recommend taking a look at this program too.

[Pupator]

yeah it costs but the really good stuff in life is never free..........:D:wink

:huh

Love is free. Laughter is free. And Syncback is free. :barb

[Richard]

:huh

Love is free. Laughter is free. And Syncback is free. :barb

Well, sort of. The basic version is free, but if you want incremental or differential backups (which are much, much faster) you need to get the full version. Don't know what it costs today, but I paid 30 bucks less than a year ago. One license covers five machines. IMO, it is well worth the price.

[Pupator]

Well, sort of. The basic version is free, but if you want incremental or differential backups (which are much, much faster) you need to get the full version. Don't know what it costs today, but I paid 30 bucks less than a year ago. One license covers five machines. IMO, it is well worth the price.

You are correct. In my case though, I just run all my backups overnight so there's no need for more speed.

Right now, however, I'm trying a service called SugarSync to keep my documents folders sync'd between the computer at home and the computer at work. (It also stores a copy on a cloud so I can access all files from a netbook. If this works well it will fill a need I've had for a long time as someone who needs access to all my files from multiple computers.