Backup Software

I want software that will clone my C drive to my backup drive every week automatically. That way if my C drive fails I can just use the other one right away. I have only found software that either makes a compressed backup file regularly or clones but does not allow for a schedule. If anyone knows software that will do this let me know. By the way, it has to be free.

Reply 1 : Backup Software

doesn't run under Windows because it doesn't work from the OS itself. It has to be run after booting from it's CD or from another OS on another partition. That makes scheduling practically impossible. Unless you find it acceptable to boot from Linux once a week, say on Friday evening, and run the cloning program at 3:00 PM in the night via a schedule. But then you could just as well start it manually before you go to bed, I think.

Kees

Reply 2 : Backup Software

Thanks for the knowlege.

Reply 3 : Backup Software

Rather than cloning, why not just do a full imaging? Programs such as Acronis True Image do have scheduling feature and will run under Windows using the volume shadow copy service. Imaging would have at least two advantages over cloning. The first is that the disk space used is only about 1/2 the size of the total disk spaced used. If you had 40 gb used on a 200 gb disk, the image file would be about 20 gb or maybe less. The second advantage, and actually might correct a disadvantage with cloning, is that you could keep multiple copies of your system. With cloning, if you had some corruption problem on the original disk, it might be on the copy as well. With imaging, if you find or experience a corruption problem, you could have several copies of your system to fall back on.

Reply 4 : Backup Software

This can clone the drive, and I think it does scheduled backup