What software is available for doing backups?
(** this section is pretty stale **) See section (3-20) for commentary. Remember, if you’re backing up less than 650MB of data and don’t need fancy features like incremental backups, you don’t *need* special backup software. Just write the files to a CD-R and put it in a safe place. For fast, occasional backups of a disk partition or an entire disk, Norton Ghost is a good way to go for PCs. If you have a second disk or multiple partitions it can be a useful way to back up your C: drive before installing something that could muck up your system (like the drivers for a Creative Labs sound card). If you want full-featured incremental and remote backups, Veritas Backup Exec is probably a good place to start.
[6-7-1] Adaptec – Easy-CD Backup [6-7-2] D.J. Murdoch – DOSLFNBK [6-7-3] Dantz – Retrospect [6-7-4] Veritas – Backup Exec [6-7-5] Symantec – Norton Ghost [6-7-6] PowerQuest – Drive Image Special Edition for CD-R [6-7-7] Centered Systems – Second Copy [6-7-8] FileWare – FileSync [6-7-9] Novastor – NovaDISK [6-7-10] Roxio – Take Two [6-7-11] NTI – Backup NOW!
(2002/01/27) See section (3-20) for commentary. Remember, if you’re backing up less than 650MB of data and don’t need fancy features like incremental backups, you don’t *need* special backup software. Just write the files to a CD-R and put it in a safe place. For fast, occasional backups of a disk partition or an entire disk, Norton Ghost is a good way to go for PCs. If you have a second disk or multiple partitions it can be a useful way to back up your C: drive before installing something that could muck up your system (like the drivers for a Creative Labs sound card). If you want full-featured incremental and remote backups, Veritas Backup Exec is probably a good place to start.
