Guest Janetb Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Is there a page somewhere elaborating the differences between XP Backup and SyncToy? Is there any way to use Synctoy without having to install that .net frame? It's an awful lot of MB's given I don't need it for anything else..... Any other recommendations for any other free backup software? Thanks for the help, Janet
Guest Uncle Grumpy Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Re: Backup Janetb <Janetb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Is there a page somewhere elaborating the differences between XP Backup and >SyncToy? Ever run across the term "Google" in your Internet travels?
Guest Janetb Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Re: Backup I posted only after Googling "XP Backup" + SyncToy + comparison. The many entries that turned up did not produce the required information. I see why you are called Uncle Grumpy. Janet "Uncle Grumpy" wrote: > Janetb <Janetb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >Is there a page somewhere elaborating the differences between XP Backup and > >SyncToy? > > Ever run across the term "Google" in your Internet travels? >
Guest peter Posted July 22, 2007 Posted July 22, 2007 Re: Backup lets start with the obious.........Synctoy is NOT a backup program.It will keep 2 same named documents on 2 systems in sync with each other...meaning if you change the file on one computer it will change the file on the other computer Backup will do just that.......backup files to a location of your chosing usually in a compressed format.It can incrementally backup changed files. peter "Janetb" <Janetb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C76BDD42-CAC5-44B4-B8F9-C88AFF852471@microsoft.com... > Is there a page somewhere elaborating the differences between XP Backup > and > SyncToy? > > Is there any way to use Synctoy without having to install that .net frame? > It's an awful lot of MB's given I don't need it for anything else..... > > Any other recommendations for any other free backup software? > > Thanks for the help, > Janet
Guest Rock Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Re: Backup "Janetb" <Janetb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote > Is there a page somewhere elaborating the differences between XP Backup > and > SyncToy? > > Is there any way to use Synctoy without having to install that .net frame? > It's an awful lot of MB's given I don't need it for anything else..... > > Any other recommendations for any other free backup software? > > Thanks for the help, > Janet For backup I recommend a drive imaging program such as Acronis True Image. It does imaging on a drive, partition basis, and restores on a drive, partition, folder or file basis. It also does incremental and differential imaging, and file backup. It's not free but well worth it. The Home version I've seen as low as $21.99 on Newegg.com. Image to an external drive for a very effective and low cost backup and recovery solution. -- Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
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