[DrMerman]

Hey guys.

I installed this about a week ago, and so far its been doing its job pretty well. Most of you probably have backup solutions, but for us little guys, this goes a long way towards helping to make things easier. It basically syncs folders in 2 separate locations, and can be run automatically or manually. Reviews of the thing seem mixed, but its free. I like free.

Figured I'd spread the love

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... laylang=en

or alternatively

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Mi ... 23084172/1

Cheers,
Dr Merman

[Joss]

Thank you, very handy to keep projects up to date on different machines.

[Leonardo]

sorry but, useful and microsoft doesn't go together

[DrMerman]

Normally I'd agree, but this...

[JDHill]

sorry but, useful and microsoft doesn't go together

I really hope you typed that on a Mac, Leo...and posted using Safari.

[Joss]

sorry but, useful and microsoft doesn't go together

Imagine that there's $20000 SGI before you on the table, and instead of working, you typing some unix crap, like "dd if=/dev/sdc1 of=/dev/tape bs=1000000". Or something like "sudo chmod uo+rw ~/projects/current_blockbuster_movie/part1/ep17/shot223/out/render4/ep17_sh223.*.sgi". Or manuallymount/unmount cd-rom/flash drive everytime you need to change them.

Then think again.

[Fernando Tella]

People say it has problems with .net framework 2.0

Someone recommended this one:

Synckback free

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Util ... nload.html

[Leonardo]

nah, I'm typing from a pc... I hate Macs (nobody understand me )

[deadalvs]

best backup system from windows ? the cd/dvd burner...



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--> mac user. using retrospect.

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deadalvs

[Julian]

Nortons 'save and restore' pretty much does it all - happy so far (6 months) - pretty cheap as well

[Fernando Tella]

best backup system from windows ? the cd/dvd burner...



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--> mac user. using retrospect.

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deadalvs

That's not 100% true. I've just got a broken DVD (not even a scratch, it just refuses to read a part) and lost a big part of a job I stored there. :/

[Julian]

That's not 100% true. I've just got a broken DVD (not even a scratch, it just refuses to read a part) and lost a big part of a job I stored there. :/

maybe try it in a really old DVD player - sounds odd but the new ones seem to be more security sensitive and picky - just a thought - good luck!

[deadalvs]

best backup system from windows ? the cd/dvd burner...



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--> mac user. using retrospect.

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deadalvs

That's not 100% true. I've just got a broken DVD (not even a scratch, it just refuses to read a part) and lost a big part of a job I stored there. :/

this is not cool !

but even with this loss, the BEST system around...

well, bad joke... sorry..

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deadalvs

[Fernando Tella]

That's not 100% true. I've just got a broken DVD (not even a scratch, it just refuses to read a part) and lost a big part of a job I stored there. :/

maybe try it in a really old DVD player - sounds odd but the new ones seem to be more security sensitive and picky - just a thought - good luck!

I'll try that with my brother's. Maybe I still have some luck.

but even with this loss, the BEST system around...

That's what I thought but... shit happens.

[Joss]

I'm keeping my stuff on 120-200gb hdd's. HDDs is still the best storage