backup question

[silock]

Hello,
I bought a new external hard drive and I need some free software to copy my internal hdd to the external every week or so. Now not the whole hdd but just certain folders. (ex. my documents)
Is there a free program I can download and use for this or do I need/have to buy something like Norton Ghost etc?

 

[badge]

For My Documents, drag and drop. For entire HD backup including OS Acronis True Image 11 is one of the better programs out there.

 

[rwpritchett]

You can try syncback. It will do all that and can be scheduled to run, and it's free.

http://www.download.com/SyncBack/3000-2242_4-10413802.html?tag=lst-4-5&cdlPid=10847554

Or you can use the Microsoft's SyncToy addon for windows. It's free too:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e0fc1154-c975-4814-9649-cce41af06eb7&DisplayLang=en