Backing up to a second drive without using a program?

monster10888 · Mar 15, 2013

I'm wondering if there is a way that I can back up certain folders to a drive, and have them automatically be backed up if changed, without using a backup utility.

For example, in my scenario I want to have a copy of my music and picture folders on another drive, and if I add something to the original folder, I would like it to be automatically be added to the backup folder.

I have tried the windows backup utility but it didn't work worth shit for me, and looked into other backup utilities but wasn't satisfied.

shanky887614 · Mar 15, 2013

have a look at acronis, it does what you want

i think macrium reflect would as well and the easus one

personally i use the acronis but then i usually do a full clone off c drive and data to an external usb3 - 3tb hdd

Brett928S2 · Mar 15, 2013

Hi

You are going to HAVE to use a program... like Acronis or any other backup utility...

All the best Brett

Solandri · Mar 15, 2013

monster10888 :

It's called RAID-1 (mirroring). The drawback is that if you delete or overwrite a file from the original folder, it gets deleted or overwritten on the mirror drive as well. But if you enable shadow copies, you should be able to revert to a previous version of the file even after a delete or overwrite.

Brett928S2 · Mar 15, 2013

Solandri :

Hi

Shadow copy wont do what he wants as it runs when scheduled...NOT all the time...

All the best Brett

Eos7D · Mar 15, 2013

You could do this with robocopy (part of windows) and scheduled tasks.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/187346-robocopy-create-backup-script.html

monster10888 · Mar 15, 2013

Solandri :

I thought of going for RAID1 but can you do that with just specific folders? I have a 1TB drive with my accounts and shit on it and i just want to copy a few folders to a couple drives in a RAID0, which is about 500GB

Solandri · Mar 15, 2013

monster10888 :

Yes you can, sort of. You have to RAID1 two entire drives though (unless your RAID software supports doing it for just a partition on two drive - then you can allocate small partitions to RAID1 them together).

Say your RAID1 array is D:, and you want to have a RAID1 folder appear on C:. First you make the folder on the D: drive. Then you make a link to it on the C: drive (Microsoft calls em junctions). Topologically Windows will think the folder is on the C: drive, but the files themselves will reside on the D: drive so they will enjoy RAID1 protection.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/283028-32-steam-folders-partitions#6058023

However, Brett said shadow copies are made on a schedule, not every time you change a file like I thought. If that's the case, you'll only be protected against a disk failure. You won't be protected if you accidentally delete a file. You'll still need a backup.

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