[elky] [OT] Backup: Mirror or File by File

  • From: Chris Lindh <chrislindh@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 14:59:59 -0400

I have ~56GB of data on the home PC.  Some of it is important, so I've
been backing up folders using Microsoft's SyncToy.  Now I'm wondering
if I should have a mirror backup (an exact copy of my hard drive)
instead of doing file by file, or maybe I should do both?  My backup
external drive is 160GB, and I've got another 250GB I'm not using.

A mirrored drive is nice since you can just plug it in and you're back
in business, at least up to the point of the last backup.  With file
by file you have more work to rebuild.

If you guys are doing mirrored backups, what software are you using?

Thanks!
Chris


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