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Backup Software (Time Machine for Windows?)
powersurge
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I was wondering if any of you guys knew of a good freeware (or cheaply purchased) backup software similar to OSX's Time Machine?
I've got a copy of Retrospect Backup Express but its an older version that came with a WD external HD and it doesn't support Vista. I pretty much want to keep a mirror of one of my internal partitions without having to recopy the whole drive anytime I add or change things.
I've got a copy of Retrospect Backup Express but its an older version that came with a WD external HD and it doesn't support Vista. I pretty much want to keep a mirror of one of my internal partitions without having to recopy the whole drive anytime I add or change things.
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By my (limited) understanding, it's almost the exact same as Time Machine, minus the fancy UI.
Whoa whoa. Can anyone confirm this?
The link itself confirms it, but it's not exactly the same as time machine.
Shadow copies are created for files modified since the last restore point. All previous copies are of the file at the time of the restore point. This means you need to have System Protection turned on, as well as Automatic Restore Points.
I'm not sure how it handles things once the space allocated for restore points and shadow copies become full, so you might want to look into that. There's also no way (that I know of) to manually include/exclude folders or files from being included in restore points, so that's also something to look into.