<p>Hi - can anyone recommend a software program or other system to backup one's computer, so one's work isn't lost if a computer crashesm (or you forget to save your work)? Something easy and foolproof? Thanks!!</p>
<p>mozy has a free backup (or fairly low cost one if you need more space)…also the student can get in the habit of emailing himself all important papers etc using an email that is accessible from any computer ie gmail.</p>
<p>son has a external backup BUT you need to be sure to have it automatically perform the backups :)</p>
<p>Easy, foolproof, and automatic is what I’m looking for - perhaps something that runs in the background?? Thanks!</p>
<p>well mozy would do that, 2GB for free or monthly plan for 5.99</p>
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<p>Thanks! That does look useful…</p>
<p>I have an external hard drive (My Passport Essential SE) on my desk, unopened and waiting for me to backup the home pc. </p>
<p>Any hints before I start? The pc is Windows7.</p>
<p>Easiest back up system for me has been Clickfree, which I came upon here on CC. Plug it in and it just does its thing. No buttons to push…yes, I’m that lame.</p>
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<p>CrashPlan offers Unlimited Backup
For 49 dollars for a one year subscription.
<a href=“https://www.crashplan.com/consumer/store.vtl[/url]”>https://www.crashplan.com/consumer/store.vtl</a></p>
<p>You can look more into it on their site, I think you’ll find it meets all of your needs.</p>
<p>My D’s college promotes <a href=“http://www.campusbackup.org%5B/url%5D”>www.campusbackup.org</a>. Cost was $149 for 4 years service. Otherwise $59 per year. Automatic daily backup to a remote site.</p>
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<p>Automatically backs up, and can access files from anywhere. I love it.</p>
<p>My D uses Backupbuddy. We have both her computer and mine at home in the start up menu and as soon as we are both on line it backs up any files that have changed on her computer to mine automatically. It has worked fantastic for the past 2 years and has not crashed once. As long as your computers are on and you both have internet everyfiles backup automatically as it is changed. It is also encrypted and password protected so I can cannot read her files but can send them to her and she then reload everything needed. and best of all it is FREE</p>
<p>Carbonite.</p>
<p>Anything out there as easy to use as Time Machine on Windows?</p>
<p>got a link to time machine?</p>
<p>If you’re backing up to an external hard drive, Windows backup works just fine. It can be set to run whenever you like.</p>
<p>In fact, I just went through this with a dead hard drive. I was able to restore just about everything from the external drive–the last backup was about a week before. If I was generating more files, I would set it to run more often.</p>
<p>In addition to regular backups (which I need to do more frequently), don’t forget about a good maintenance/utilities software package to prevent/limit crashes.</p>
<p>Time Machine is built-in to Macs starting with MacOS X 10.5. Is there a Win equivalent?</p>
<p>Time Machine does one full and then incremental backups so that you can go back in time to get a consistent view of your machine at a specific point in time. The interface to do this is pretty cool. Alternately, you can just open up the disk and look at the history of your files. It also works with multiple computers on one disk.</p>
<p>The simplest answer at the moment is to move more of my important files to my Mac.</p>
<p>BTW, I just upgraded my 3.5 years-old MacBook Pro to a 1 TB drive. It also has a 48 GB SSD so performance is very nice, especially for an old machine. Took me about two hours to do as the older Macs required heart surgery to change the disk. It’s the hardest job I’ve ever done on a laptop. At least I don’t have to worry about disk space for a while and I hope that I never have to do this again.</p>
<p>I use [Praetorian</a> Guard](<a href=“http://www.praetorianguard.net/Server-PC-Backups.aspx]Praetorian”>http://www.praetorianguard.net/Server-PC-Backups.aspx) in my company. It makes full and folder backups centrally and uses a scheduler. I checked how much it will cost you Centralized Enterprise OS Backups per PC and you will pay monthly only $5,50.</p>
<p>The easiest thing to do is replace your documents folder with dropbox. Anytime you save anything it is automatically uploaded to their servers and if you need it at school and don’t have your laptop they are available online. I’ve been using it for years and it has never failed me once.</p>