http://www.laptoptips.ca Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:38:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.laptoptips.ca/software/backing-up/#comment-2034 clogman Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:15:32 +0000 http://www.laptoptips.ca/backing-up/#comment-2034 There's a lot of freeware tools around for synchronising the folders on your computer with the back-up folders you create on a USB drive or DVD-RW. One such is SyncBack (www.2brightsparks.com) which I've used for a while. It will compare the contents of your working folders with the backup, and only copy or update anything that's changed or new. You can group folders together. For example, your My Documents folder, plus your Outlook mail folders, plus all your Firefox mail - separate areas on your computer, and you make three separate profiles, then put all three into one group profile. Backing everything up becomes a one-click operation. The easier it is to do, the more likely you are to do it! There’s a lot of freeware tools around for synchronising the folders on your computer with the back-up folders you create on a USB drive or DVD-RW.
One such is SyncBack (www.2brightsparks.com) which I’ve used for a while.
It will compare the contents of your working folders with the backup, and only copy or update anything that’s changed or new. You can group folders together. For example, your My Documents folder, plus your Outlook mail folders, plus all your Firefox mail – separate areas on your computer, and you make three separate profiles, then put all three into one group profile. Backing everything up becomes a one-click operation. The easier it is to do, the more likely you are to do it!

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