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Random question: What would be a good backup option for Windows? Even Windows 7's backup option was often unusable, failing backups with strange errors or takin

by ygra 13y ago

Random question: What would be a good backup option for Windows? Even Windows 7's backup option was often unusable, failing backups with strange errors or taking two days to complete so I'm not too sad to see it gone completely. I'm just missing a useful alternative. File History is nice for accidentally lost files, but for restoring a working state of the machine there are probably better options.

david-keepvault 13y ago
I work for KeepVault Online Backup and we've heard similar feedback from customers regarding Windows built-in backup solution. Our software provides both local and cloud-based backup. If you only need local backup to an external, you can sign up for a free KeepVault trial account and use the local backup forever. KeepVault Pro also provides versioning, so a file corruption or deletion isn't going to wipe your backups. KeepVault backups are also fully encrypted end-to-end and incremental. http://www.keepvault.com http://www.keepvault.com
- ygra 13y ago
  For a purely local backup (I rsync my NAS to a datacenter myself) KeepVault seems unnecessarily complicated, as I have to get an account and I cannot seem to make a local backup to a network share/drive (I only see local drives in the selection).
Stratoscope 13y ago
I've been using ShadowProtect for several years. It's really great; I have it set to run a complete incremental backup every 15 minutes, and those backups usually take less than 30 seconds with no impact on system performance. I wrote about it in some detail previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5656597 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5656597
Serow225 13y ago
I went through a number of Windows backup solutions to find one that worked for my Dad, and in the end the one that we were the most happy with was Genie Timeline. It works quite similar to Time Machine on OSX, and includes both system restore and continuous incremental file backup, which were the criteria I was looking for.
dublinben 13y ago
Crashplan and Backblaze are popular online backup solutions. Either will allow you to backup your entire boot partition, or just your user folder.
chokolad 13y ago
Something like backup part of now dead Windows Home Server, sold as a backup appliance a-la Time Capsule would be awesome backup option for windows.

by ygra 13y ago

david-keepvault 13y ago

I work for KeepVault Online Backup and we've heard similar feedback from customers regarding Windows built-in backup solution. Our software provides both local and cloud-based backup. If you only need local backup to an external, you can sign up for a free KeepVault trial account and use the local backup forever. KeepVault Pro also provides versioning, so a file corruption or deletion isn't going to wipe your backups. KeepVault backups are also fully encrypted end-to-end and incremental. http://www.keepvault.com http://www.keepvault.com

ygra 13y ago
For a purely local backup (I rsync my NAS to a datacenter myself) KeepVault seems unnecessarily complicated, as I have to get an account and I cannot seem to make a local backup to a network share/drive (I only see local drives in the selection).

Stratoscope 13y ago

I've been using ShadowProtect for several years. It's really great; I have it set to run a complete incremental backup every 15 minutes, and those backups usually take less than 30 seconds with no impact on system performance. I wrote about it in some detail previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5656597 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5656597

Serow225 13y ago

I went through a number of Windows backup solutions to find one that worked for my Dad, and in the end the one that we were the most happy with was Genie Timeline. It works quite similar to Time Machine on OSX, and includes both system restore and continuous incremental file backup, which were the criteria I was looking for.

dublinben 13y ago

Crashplan and Backblaze are popular online backup solutions. Either will allow you to backup your entire boot partition, or just your user folder.

chokolad 13y ago

Something like backup part of now dead Windows Home Server, sold as a backup appliance a-la Time Capsule would be awesome backup option for windows.