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roly · 10-30-2003, 04:35 AM

i've been looking for some sort of backup solution recently for my home pc's. has anyone got any advice?

i've got 2 pc's and 1 laptop networked on a 4 port broadband router. what i would want ideally, would be something that could back-up any or all of my pc's preferably without too much unplugging of leads, and ideally something that would do the job automatically say once per day.

i've got no experience of backing up at all. has anyone got any suggestions for a cost effective solution, other than writing data to cd's? i've looked at external harddrives which seem to look ok, are these recomended? i don't want to pay more than about $250 if i can help it.

thanks in advance

Mr.Fiction · 10-30-2003, 04:56 AM

I've used CDs and DVDs, but they are slow and small capacity and I don't trust them.

Go with an extrenal hard drive.

You can get the LaCie disks pretty cheap if you look around:
http://www.lacie.com/products/family.htm?id=10007

Other people here will have other suggestions once they wake up.

johnbosh · 10-30-2003, 04:58 AM

There are sevral "smart" backup programs around, in combination with a big hard drive it should be a good solution

roly · 10-30-2003, 02:38 PM

thanks guys for the help. from your advice and also looking around, the 250gb maxtor one touch usb2/firewire external drives look good and are very cheap, well for here in the uk. i can't see the lacie drives over here but the maxtor looks good.

thanks again

loverboy · 10-30-2003, 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr.Fiction
I've used CDs and DVDs, but they are slow and small capacity and I don't trust them.

Go with an extrenal hard drive.

You can get the LaCie disks pretty cheap if you look around:
http://www.lacie.com/products/family.htm?id=10007

Other people here will have other suggestions once they wake up.

i use a 250GB Maxtor HD (external), fully equipped with software backup capability. uses USB2.0 and much more reliable than CD backups. hastle and worry free

tantalising · 10-30-2003, 05:05 PM

Norton Ghost is a great program for backups.

See also:

http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/

roly · 10-30-2003, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by loverboy

i use a 250GB Maxtor HD (external), fully equipped with software backup capability. uses USB2.0 and much more reliable than CD backups. hastle and worry free

yeah that's the one i was looking at, looks nice for the price.

Burnie · 10-30-2003, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by johnbosh
There are sevral "smart" backup programs around, in combination with a big hard drive it should be a good solution

http://www.centered.com/

10-30-2003, 04:35 AM	#1
roly Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,844	backup help needed i've been looking for some sort of backup solution recently for my home pc's. has anyone got any advice? i've got 2 pc's and 1 laptop networked on a 4 port broadband router. what i would want ideally, would be something that could back-up any or all of my pc's preferably without too much unplugging of leads, and ideally something that would do the job automatically say once per day. i've got no experience of backing up at all. has anyone got any suggestions for a cost effective solution, other than writing data to cd's? i've looked at external harddrives which seem to look ok, are these recomended? i don't want to pay more than about $250 if i can help it. thanks in advance

10-30-2003, 04:56 AM	#2
Mr.Fiction Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Free Speech Land Posts: 9,484	I've used CDs and DVDs, but they are slow and small capacity and I don't trust them. Go with an extrenal hard drive. You can get the LaCie disks pretty cheap if you look around: http://www.lacie.com/products/family.htm?id=10007 Other people here will have other suggestions once they wake up.

10-30-2003, 04:58 AM	#3
johnbosh Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The Netherlands, Rotterdam Posts: 8,965	There are sevral "smart" backup programs around, in combination with a big hard drive it should be a good solution

10-30-2003, 02:38 PM	#4
roly Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,844	thanks guys for the help. from your advice and also looking around, the 250gb maxtor one touch usb2/firewire external drives look good and are very cheap, well for here in the uk. i can't see the lacie drives over here but the maxtor looks good. thanks again

10-30-2003, 05:05 PM	#6
tantalising Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Amsterdam The Netherlands Posts: 47	Norton Ghost is a great program for backups. See also: http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/