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Does anyone know a good backup tool for windows 10?
My father in law wants to backup his documents onto a usb hard drive. (he doesn't want to put it in the cloud, so no dropbox or onedrive or the likes).
Basically it should just take a copy of his documents and images (about 6 GB or something) every month or so...
I could write something, but wanted to check first if something was already available.
the simpler the better.
thanks.
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Do you want automation or manual run?
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automation would be preferred since I doubt he will think about pressing a button for manual launch (since he could just as easily copy/paste his data across  )
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I bought a WD external that has code to auto backup. I know this is not free but it did provide storage.
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looks like an excellent candidate thanks!
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 +5
/ravi
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What's wrong with built-in W10 backup?
modified 19-Nov-18 21:01pm.
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I would imagine that, because it's been updated by microsoft in recent years, it's bloated, buggy, and unintuitive to use.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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On the other hand, if it IS any good and you start to rely on it, they will discontinue it. Or they will change the features claiming 'no one wants to back up to their own hard drive' (that is SO yesterday), so they will surreptitiously redirect the back up to a cloud location which will continue to increase in price. Finally, they will close down their cloud service.
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You just can't hide from reality.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Take a look at windows file history - basically mirrors & versions files from specified directories to another location - I have mine set up to write to an SD card on my laptop and a nas drive....works like a charm for me and completely transparent....when you want to restore a file / folder, just go to the previous versions tab on props dialog
C# has already designed away most of the tedium of C++.
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Beaten to the punch![^]
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Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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I saw it, and was just confirming the scheduled bit.
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I wonder how many TB do you already have in Backups...
or have you automated a FIFO process?
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Manual FIFO (with exceptions for first new OS install and the previous old OS working), but I cycle between 4 by 4TB USB HDD's and can fit around 16 full-image backups on each.
Dailies go to the NAS, which has around 4TB allocated to backups.
[edit] GB Griff? No....[\edit]
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modified 17-Nov-16 14:41pm.
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OriginalGriff wrote: 4GB allocated to backups
Actually that's not that much... I would have imagine something bigger
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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that's what she said... 
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It's only the daily incrementals, so they don't usually take much space each.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Fixed: I boobed. For GB, read TB throughout...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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that sounds more realistic 
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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How do you decide that this and other free software is purely altruistic?
Always a difficult decision but I cannot see how the company earns its money. Maybe its run by a Chinese philanthropist
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