Backup app for my computer?

[fedegut84]

Hello people I've been considering getting a software to do my backups of important files and pictures, especially for this Christmas season ;). I do backup manually using an external hard drive. However I have to do it everytime I do updates on my files. Therefore I've been considerin the online backup and I want you guys to help me choose the best deal on backups.

 

I've found 3 option I've been google searching and they are the Following:

 

Droxb ox

Carbonite

Moxy

ZenOK Online Backup

 

Any suggestions and comments are wellcome

[Synapse]

Personally I'm not really up for online backups of important files, especially if there are alot of them. I do use 4 shared.com for a few bits, but thats all. The other thing is tat even with broadband, uploading a large amount of data will take a long time as upload speed is much slowr than download speed for the most part.

 

Have you thought about utilising an external drive with a program like Cobian Backup, that combination has worked well for me in the past

[Dalo Harkin]

It would all depend on the size of the data being backed up, are you backing up the whole OS and programs/files etc or just your files and folders.

 

You could go down the software route of Acronis etc that takes a snapshot of your whole drive and backs it up to external media (CD/DVD or HDD)

 

If you are just backing up your own files that you cannot lose, then I personally would just work out how much there is and depending on the size either use DVD-+RW disks or start looking to invest in BluRay if the size of the files is high.. :)

 

Either that or get a server like me, that does it all for you :D