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need recommendations for Windows 7/8/10 incremental backup software (Acronis?)
My PC has three partitions. C (SSD) for system, D (SSD) for programs and E (HDD) for data. The system could be Windows 7 or Windows 8 or Windows 10. Now I need to backup C and D partitions in E or another external portable hard disk or a NAS. The backup can be triggered either automatically (always running in the background) or manually. Would you please recommend any software towards this purpose? I am thinking about Acronis True Image for PC. What do you think about it? Or do you have any other recommendations?
We used Acronis, Symantec, Paragon, StorageCraft and many more. Now we have changed to Windows Backup in a very large environment. It is free and supported by MS.
Acronis is ok. Will do what you need. All backup tools of this class are similar.
Have a look on free Paragon Backup & Recovery: http://www.paragon-software.com/home/br-free/download.html
Or Home edition of the same Backup & Recovery which allows you taking backups both full and incremental on schedule.
What I would recommend is not storing backups on SSD drive. Put them always to external drive. If the data is really important then have two copies of backups on different drives. Like Monday to disk 1 and Tuesday to disk 2.
Have a look on free Paragon Backup & Recovery: http://www.paragon-software.com/home/br-free/download.html
Or Home edition of the same Backup & Recovery which allows you taking backups both full and incremental on schedule.
What I would recommend is not storing backups on SSD drive. Put them always to external drive. If the data is really important then have two copies of backups on different drives. Like Monday to disk 1 and Tuesday to disk 2.
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Hi David and awawada, is there any weakness of Windows Backup compared to other commercial backup solutions (like Acronis). They must have some difference in order to charge a price, right? Thanks.
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Acronis is horrible, forget about support they don't have any and restores take three times longer than other backup solution.
Very familiar with StorageCraft, Symantec Backup Exec, and AppAssure. Hands down StorageCraft best product out there.
Very familiar with StorageCraft, Symantec Backup Exec, and AppAssure. Hands down StorageCraft best product out there.