need a good backup method or program

Daniel - Sydney

Hi

I have XP Pro, having just survived a major crash, and losing data since the
last backup, 5 days, I need to set up a daily backup that my wife can run at
the end of each day, she takes care of the business end of things,

I need to have an icon on the desktop that can be double clicked and it
runs, is there a program out there that can do this that won't take over the
PC and load a lot of stuff I don't want, I tried to set something up with
Windows backup but it does not run automatically for some reason.

All help appreciated

regards

Daniel

Gary S. Terhune

Acronis True Image. Check out it's command-line usage.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User


"Daniel - Sydney" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi
>
> I have XP Pro, having just survived a major crash, and losing data since
> the
> last backup, 5 days, I need to set up a daily backup that my wife can run
> at
> the end of each day, she takes care of the business end of things,
>
> I need to have an icon on the desktop that can be double clicked and it
> runs, is there a program out there that can do this that won't take over
> the
> PC and load a lot of stuff I don't want, I tried to set something up with
> Windows backup but it does not run automatically for some reason.
>
> All help appreciated
>
> regards
>
> Daniel

Gary S. Terhune

Acronis True Image. Check out it's command-line usage.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User


"Daniel - Sydney" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi
>
> I have XP Pro, having just survived a major crash, and losing data since
> the
> last backup, 5 days, I need to set up a daily backup that my wife can run
> at
> the end of each day, she takes care of the business end of things,
>
> I need to have an icon on the desktop that can be double clicked and it
> runs, is there a program out there that can do this that won't take over
> the
> PC and load a lot of stuff I don't want, I tried to set something up with
> Windows backup but it does not run automatically for some reason.
>
> All help appreciated
>
> regards
>
> Daniel

Gary S. Terhune

Hmmm... I should have mentioned that I use ATI workstation, not the home
edition. Home edition *might* not have a command-line interface. Then again,
it just might not be mentioned in the Home edition's manual. It's in the
Workstation edition manual, which I can't find on their site.

I think I'll back away slowly, <s>. Good luck.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User


"Daniel - Sydney" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi
>
> I have XP Pro, having just survived a major crash, and losing data since
> the
> last backup, 5 days, I need to set up a daily backup that my wife can run
> at
> the end of each day, she takes care of the business end of things,
>
> I need to have an icon on the desktop that can be double clicked and it
> runs, is there a program out there that can do this that won't take over
> the
> PC and load a lot of stuff I don't want, I tried to set something up with
> Windows backup but it does not run automatically for some reason.
>
> All help appreciated
>
> regards
>
> Daniel

Gary S. Terhune

Hmmm... I should have mentioned that I use ATI workstation, not the home
edition. Home edition *might* not have a command-line interface. Then again,
it just might not be mentioned in the Home edition's manual. It's in the
Workstation edition manual, which I can't find on their site.

I think I'll back away slowly, <s>. Good luck.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User


"Daniel - Sydney" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi
>
> I have XP Pro, having just survived a major crash, and losing data since
> the
> last backup, 5 days, I need to set up a daily backup that my wife can run
> at
> the end of each day, she takes care of the business end of things,
>
> I need to have an icon on the desktop that can be double clicked and it
> runs, is there a program out there that can do this that won't take over
> the
> PC and load a lot of stuff I don't want, I tried to set something up with
> Windows backup but it does not run automatically for some reason.
>
> All help appreciated
>
> regards
>
> Daniel

Daniel - Sydney

Gary, thanks for the reply,

perhaps I can get the ATI edition, I'm not sure what it is, but how will a
command line interface help me?

thanks

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

> Hmmm... I should have mentioned that I use ATI workstation, not the home
> edition. Home edition *might* not have a command-line interface. Then again,
> it just might not be mentioned in the Home edition's manual. It's in the
> Workstation edition manual, which I can't find on their site.
>
> I think I'll back away slowly, <s>. Good luck.
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/User
>
>
> "Daniel - Sydney" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > Hi
> >
> > I have XP Pro, having just survived a major crash, and losing data since
> > the
> > last backup, 5 days, I need to set up a daily backup that my wife can run
> > at
> > the end of each day, she takes care of the business end of things,
> >
> > I need to have an icon on the desktop that can be double clicked and it
> > runs, is there a program out there that can do this that won't take over
> > the
> > PC and load a lot of stuff I don't want, I tried to set something up with
> > Windows backup but it does not run automatically for some reason.
> >
> > All help appreciated
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Daniel
>
>
>

Daniel - Sydney

Gary, thanks for the reply,

perhaps I can get the ATI edition, I'm not sure what it is, but how will a
command line interface help me?

thanks

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote:

> Hmmm... I should have mentioned that I use ATI workstation, not the home
> edition. Home edition *might* not have a command-line interface. Then again,
> it just might not be mentioned in the Home edition's manual. It's in the
> Workstation edition manual, which I can't find on their site.
>
> I think I'll back away slowly, <s>. Good luck.
>
> --
> Gary S. Terhune
> MS-MVP Shell/User
>
>
> "Daniel - Sydney" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > Hi
> >
> > I have XP Pro, having just survived a major crash, and losing data since
> > the
> > last backup, 5 days, I need to set up a daily backup that my wife can run
> > at
> > the end of each day, she takes care of the business end of things,
> >
> > I need to have an icon on the desktop that can be double clicked and it
> > runs, is there a program out there that can do this that won't take over
> > the
> > PC and load a lot of stuff I don't want, I tried to set something up with
> > Windows backup but it does not run automatically for some reason.
> >
> > All help appreciated
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Daniel
>
>
>

sgopus

Acronis True image 10 will allow you to make scheduled backups, mine is set
for once a month, just be sure your destination has enough room for the
backup files to reside.

"Daniel - Sydney" wrote:

> Gary, thanks for the reply,
>
> perhaps I can get the ATI edition, I'm not sure what it is, but how will a
> command line interface help me?
>
> thanks
>
> "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
>
> > Hmmm... I should have mentioned that I use ATI workstation, not the home
> > edition. Home edition *might* not have a command-line interface. Then again,
> > it just might not be mentioned in the Home edition's manual. It's in the
> > Workstation edition manual, which I can't find on their site.
> >
> > I think I'll back away slowly, <s>. Good luck.
> >
> > --
> > Gary S. Terhune
> > MS-MVP Shell/User
> >
> >
> > "Daniel - Sydney" <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I have XP Pro, having just survived a major crash, and losing data since
> > > the
> > > last backup, 5 days, I need to set up a daily backup that my wife can run
> > > at
> > > the end of each day, she takes care of the business end of things,
> > >
> > > I need to have an icon on the desktop that can be double clicked and it
> > > runs, is there a program out there that can do this that won't take over
> > > the
> > > PC and load a lot of stuff I don't want, I tried to set something up with
> > > Windows backup but it does not run automatically for some reason.
> > >
> > > All help appreciated
> > >
> > > regards
> > >
> > > Daniel
> >
> >
> >

sgopus

Acronis True image 10 will allow you to make scheduled backups, mine is set
for once a month, just be sure your destination has enough room for the
backup files to reside.

"Daniel - Sydney" wrote:

> Gary, thanks for the reply,
>
> perhaps I can get the ATI edition, I'm not sure what it is, but how will a
> command line interface help me?
>
> thanks
>
> "Gary S. Terhune" wrote:
>
> > Hmmm... I should have mentioned that I use ATI workstation, not the home
> > edition. Home edition *might* not have a command-line interface. Then again,
> > it just might not be mentioned in the Home edition's manual. It's in the
> > Workstation edition manual, which I can't find on their site.
> >
> > I think I'll back away slowly, <s>. Good luck.
> >
> > --
> > Gary S. Terhune
> > MS-MVP Shell/User
> >
> >
> > "Daniel - Sydney" <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I have XP Pro, having just survived a major crash, and losing data since
> > > the
> > > last backup, 5 days, I need to set up a daily backup that my wife can run
> > > at
> > > the end of each day, she takes care of the business end of things,
> > >
> > > I need to have an icon on the desktop that can be double clicked and it
> > > runs, is there a program out there that can do this that won't take over
> > > the
> > > PC and load a lot of stuff I don't want, I tried to set something up with
> > > Windows backup but it does not run automatically for some reason.
> > >
> > > All help appreciated
> > >
> > > regards
> > >
> > > Daniel
> >
> >
> >

Uncle Grumpy

sgopus <> wrote:

>Acronis True image 10 will allow you to make scheduled backups, mine is set
>for once a month

You might look to changing that: a lot can happen/change in a month.

I do a full backup - FULL BACKUP - of my system every night to a
second internal hard drive (I have three internal drives and one
external). It's completed automatically at a time that I'm unlikely to
be using the system.

I do a full backup to the external drive weekly, and do incremental
backups nightly - again, at a time when I'm unlikely to be using my
system.

My third internal hard drive? It's a clone of my system drive and I
clone that every Sunday morning when I leave for church.

AND... I use a program called Second Copy to keep my data updated on
that third, cloned drive.

I'm rarely more than a few hours away from restoring everything to
what I want/need.