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Old 11th March 2008   #16
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Originally Posted by recall View Post
If you use Lacie drives there is anpplication called silverkeeper which is mac/pc which does exactly what you need.

I have used Retrospect, but prefer silverkeeper as there is no fiddling with catlaogue files etc.
Silverkeeper is Mac only - at least, it is on the Lacie website. You can download it from there for whatever drives you use, not just lacie.

There's equivalent programs for PC anyway - lots to choose from above.

I've just set up a new backup routine. I've bought a 1TB drive, and each of my other hard drives (excluding the system drive for now - I might extend it to this eventually with an image of the system drive) is cloned into it's own folder on this drive.

Every night, or whenever I finish working on something - it gets backed up onto here. Incremental backup, so generally only takes 5mins per drive.

Whenever I finish a project - it gets backed up to DVD, moved into a separate "finished projects directory" on the 1TB drive, and removed from the working drive.

Job done.
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