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Offline GE90

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Guys, I'm after some IT help please....
« on: April 17, 2013, 08:30:22 pm »
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I have a WD MyBook wireless drive. All is good, until I use the packaged backup software, as it is known to be resource hungry!

So I removed this, and trialled NovaBACKUP, which was great, BUT creates its own type of backup file, preventing me from opening and viewing the files remotely.

Thought I found the answer with the Windows 7 Backup feature, but the files compress, and so my work computer is unable to open. I tried a registry change found after searching, but this didn't seem to work, as the files still compressed (zip).

Anyway, can anyone recommend a backup software, which I can schedule to run, or have running live, which transfer the files as they are, so viewable in windows explorer etc?

Thanks very much

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Re: Guys, I'm after some IT help please....
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2013, 10:19:17 pm »
Robocopy in a batch file scheduled to run as a Scheduled Task?
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Re: Guys, I'm after some IT help please....
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2013, 11:02:18 pm »
How much data?

Dropbox?


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Re: Guys, I'm after some IT help please....
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2013, 07:37:03 pm »
I use synctoy, it's a windows programme which is free.

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Re: Guys, I'm after some IT help please....
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2013, 08:45:43 pm »
I use synctoy, it's a windows programme which is free.

If its the program im thinking of where support and updates stopped in the high time of xp I wouldn't touch it haha

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Re: Guys, I'm after some IT help please....
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2013, 08:59:19 pm »
It may well be I'm not sure but I use it almost every other day with no issues.

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Re: Guys, I'm after some IT help please....
« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2013, 10:00:44 pm »
Thanks for the replies.

I tried so many trials and free programs (before I saw the SyncToy suggestion), and ended up choosing Genie Time Line. I am really please with it, and it does exactly what I was after.

Cheers again