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Just wondering what people here use to backup their own machines and also for relatives or small customers?
I know there is Windows Backup and File History built-in to the last few versions of Windows, but I would like something that was able to backup without compressing the data.
I have a couple of customers who are using Windows Backup to take Images and Backup their data, but want to backup to another USB HDD with the data so they can copy it back if they stuff up a file or two.
I have a few new customers I have taken over from someone getting out of IT, they are all using Cobian Backup as that was free software liked by the previous IT bloke. Problem for me is the source code for the software has been sold several months ago and there is no news on if a new version will be availlable soon and if so will it be charged for and if so how much?
Now I don't mind paying for good software, especially if it isn't priced out of reality. As several of the customers are private individuals without huge budget for software purchases.
So give me your recommendations and reasons for the software you use.
Thanks
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Backup schmackup! 
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: Backup schmackup!
Says the majority of new customers who happen to call hoping for miracles when the fan and the sh!t meet quite unexpectedly.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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I've used Todo Backup Free[^] before to back up a drive and restore it. It should have settings for specifying the amount of compression used or turning it off. It also allows you to mount and access the files of a backup image - so if you need to restore a missing or corrupted file you could do that.
I've also used Aomei Backupper[^]. Basically the same as Todo backup with a lot of the same features.
Reason for using them? They are free (for home use) and they did the job 
Otherwise you might just want to use some file syncing software[^] to sync the important files to the external hdd.
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This probably doesn't apply here, but all I use at home is robocopy.exe (which is already in your %windir%\system32 directory) and a batch file.
I use nothing but VMs. Backing up is a matter of syncing .VHD files. I don't bother backing up the VM host, as there's nothing running on it except maybe for custom motherboard drivers, which take about 3 minutes to install after reinstalling the OS from an ISO, which itself takes under 20 minutes.
As an added bonus, diskmgmt.msc can mount those .VHD files, so you can access the content as if it was another drive.
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_Maxxx_ wrote: Time Machine[^]
It's sh*t. Get very little Mac work, but when I do it's invariably Time Machine stuff ups.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Never had a problem with it = and use it a lot!
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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Hi All,
I didn't turn my PC on yesterday, I checked mail on my phone nothing urgent. Turned it on today over 100 e-mails, what? I am amazed at the sales starting on Xmas day online and today. Does anybody really need a new dining set on Christmas day???? 
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There exists at least one person who needs a new dining set on Christmas day.
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Ah! but are they sober enough to order it, also my thinking was if you need it why wait until Christmas day, surely you can wait the few hours until boxing day...
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Because of the fight the night before the table got destroyed. 
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glennPattonPUB wrote: Does anybody really need a new dining set on Christmas day????
glennPattonPUB wrote: are they sober drunk enough to order it
FTFY 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
I would agree with you but then we both would be wrong.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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I needed several HashSets on Christmas day. I just constructed them myself.
/ravi
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It depends on how much got destroyed during the meal 
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To find the longest common substring between two strings.
Assume that both strings are in the same language, and that it is a real existing language with a logographic real alphabet having spaces between the words. (And no, I don't intend to get into a discussion about that, I'm certainly not an expert in languages and I just looked it up, if you have a problem with that definition assume English instead  )
You can also assume a fixed number of bytes per character and consistent white spacing, that means that EOL is always the same character or set of characters and that the space between words are always the same character.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
(√-sh*t) 2
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Nah, I'm playing with Conway's Game of Life this Christmas. Thanks.
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Ironically, googling that brings it up for you haha
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Ummm... what? 
Apparently there is an Easter Egg for it, but I don't see how that qualifies as "ironic".
modified 29-Dec-14 16:49pm.
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Hint: Start by writing a tokenizer.
Advanced: Write / use a multi-lingual tokenizer like the ones used in enterprise search solutions.
Extra points: Make a performance comparison running the tokenizer in expansion and reduction mode.
Cheers!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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What's the tokenizer for?
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Hmm, how do I phrase this?
A tokenizer creates tokens. 
Cheers!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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Of course it does, but what is its purpose in the problem?
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Procrastination!
You move the problem of finding the largest common substring in two strings to finding the largest common sequence of tokens in two token streams.
You know that it ruins a joke if you have to explain it, don't you?
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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Right, the tokens are just characters, so that's done.
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