[GRLUG] OT, .. simple backup tool?

[Dan Taylor]

On 01/07/2011 11:41 AM, L. V. Lammert wrote:
> I use rsync & rsnapshot for all of our backup jobs, .. but I have
> friends that I want to to 'educate' on using a USB backup drive at
> home; need something more user friendly for backing up their documents
> folder. [Windoze machines, obviously.[
>
> Can anyone recommend a simple, OS tool for 'user controlled' backups? 
> Where the user can click an icon and [rsync?] their documents folder
> to an external drive? Simple install without the shell setup required
> of cwrsync (=less overhead for me)?
>
>     TIA!
>
>     Lee
>
>

Check out Allway Sync ( http://allwaysync.com/ ).  I use it to replicate backups across the network on Windows machines.  It's easy to use, has tons of features and is free for moderate personal use (it has a 40,000 files per 30 day period limit for the free version).  For open source alternatives to that, check out http://alternativeto.net/software/allway-sync/?license=opensource&platform=windows <http://alternativeto.net/software/allway-sync/?license=opensource&platform=windows>



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