Backup to more than one external USB drive
I'm considering purchasing a USB external drive to work alongside XP Pro's Backup utility. I want to perform a full backup once per week, then each day perform a differential backup to the USB drive. Ideally I would like 2 external drives however, one to leave in the office and one to take home for safety.
What is the best way to backup to 2 external drives? I would prefer not to have to perform the backup twice over (one for each drive) but aren't sure of the most pain-free option.
I've put 250 points on this question, but if it gathers a lot of useful suggestions I'll up to 500 and split to all involved.
Thanks in advance :)
What is the best way to backup to 2 external drives? I would prefer not to have to perform the backup twice over (one for each drive) but aren't sure of the most pain-free option.
I've put 250 points on this question, but if it gathers a lot of useful suggestions I'll up to 500 and split to all involved.
Thanks in advance :)
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Thanks for the rapid answer there leew.
>> There are some devices, but it would require more of your time
Could you please give an example of such a device, and clarify why it would require more time?
>> There are some devices, but it would require more of your time
Could you please give an example of such a device, and clarify why it would require more time?
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... note that with the e-SATA RAID option you wouldn't HAVE to use a 3rd drive; you could just leave the array in an "at risk" state much of the time. But using a 3rd drive would let you "pull" the "take home" drive anytime you wanted with no wait time (for a mirror rebuild).
Why not just make two Scheduled Tasks, one to back up to device #1, and the other to backup to device #2 later?
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I know how to write a batch file to do this, but would writing it in VB make the process any faster (i.e run in a dos-free environment)?
Also, wouldn't the script make the data pass from one drive to the other via the pc? If so, are there any external hard disks that can be linked together in some way to emulate this mirror functionality...??