[RTC List] PC backup utility: recommendations?

[William Van Hefner]

I only have a single (laptop) computer running MS Windows on it (need it
for QuickBooks), but I use a free backup service offered through my DSL
ISP Sonic.Net. The software it uses only supports MS Windows at this time.
It's extremely simple to use, and they provide something like 500MB of
storage to their subscribers for free. They have paid plans for higher
capacities though. All backups are encrypted and can be automatically
scheduled for whenever you want them to take place. It runs as a
background process most of the time.

I don't have many other details myself. You might try their website at
http://www.sonic.net and contact a sales rep for more information. They
are an excellent ISP, based in Santa Rosa. I have used them for many, many
years. They have both "cheap" residential DSL and more expensive business
DSL services available. Great customer support and many more advanced
features than you will ever get from either AT&T DSL or Suddenlink. Hope
this helps.


-- 
William Van Hefner
President

Vantek Communications, Inc.
http://www.humboldtonline.com
e-mail: vantek at humboldtonline.com



On Sat, July 25, 2009 5:40 pm, peter at linlorlabs.com wrote:
> 'Retrospect' has been a player in the backup biz for years.  I haven't
tried this version but it might meet your needs:
>
> http://www.retrospect.com/products/software/retroforwin/
>
> According to their online information:
>
> - Disaster recovery - Purchase the Retrospect Disaster Recovery add-on
in order to create a bootable disc for Bare Metal Restores on Windows
computers (Some editions include Disaster Recovery as a feature) -
patented incremental backup technology
>
> -Peter
>
>
> On Jul 25, 2009, at 4:29 PM, Joel Mielke wrote:
>
>> Can anyone recommend a backup utility for a PC running Windows XP (32
bit)?
>> I'm a Mac user, but we also have a PC that we just purchased a
>> Western Digital backup drive for.
>> We want to:
>> Create a bootable drive
>> Update only the files that have changed (deleting, not duplicating,
files that have moved).
>> I use SuperDuper for the Mac. It has a simple, elegant interface.
thanks for any suggestions,
>> Joel Mielke
>> www.carsonparkdesign.com
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