[dba-Tech] Backup Solution for Windows

Hi Bryan,

I use Norton Ghost 15, and two external hard drives.  Ghost has a variety of
settings.  I use a full weekly backup and daily incrementals.  My PC turns
itself on at 5:00 AM and Norton starts running at 5:05 AM.  

I use two hard drives because my entire business is on my PC.  I swap out
the external hard drives every two weeks, and put the one not being used
into a fire-resistant safe in the basement.

Restoring a file is cake.  Open the backup drive, select the backup file for
the day you want, drill down through the folder hierarchy, right=click the
file and select Recover, change the recovery path if needed, then push
Recover.

Norton Ghost is $18 at Amazon.

Good Luck!
Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Carbonnell
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 7:55 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: [dba-Tech] Backup Solution for Windows

Hi All,

I am looking for reccomendations on backup software for windows XP that
works very similar to Time Machine on the Mac.

I just lost a 1/2 TB drive on my MacBook Pro and with my Time Machine
backup, I'm fairly confident my data is going to be fully recoverable once I
get the hardware back from Apple.

I would like that peace of mind wiht my XP laptop as well.

Basically I want it to be set and forget with full and incremental backups.
I think the Time machine backup was full monthly and incremental daily to an
external firewire drive.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Oh and I should add that a
cloud solution will not work. IT and the IT security team would have a fit.

--
Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at gmail.com
Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved
body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "What a
great ride!"
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