> OK, so I am now the proud owner of an Iomega external hard drive and its
> free software, EMC Retrospect Express HD 2.5.  This assured me that I
> could do complete backups of the system but also drag and drop files.  I
> began by a complete backup, then I scheduled backups (backsup?) of my
> documents daily.

> Now I go and look to see the files, expecting to find my documents in
> their folders where I can drag and drop anything I'm doing extra before
> the scheduled backup.  But what I get is a series of folders within
> folders, all of which, when I click on them, produce a warning message
> asking me if I want to proceed.

> It looks as if what I have is software that only does restore point type
> back-ups.  This is certainly better than nothing but I am not very
> reassured by not being able to check my files on the external drive.

> Is there some other free software people would recommend which would
> make the stuff on the external drive visible to me and which would allow
> me to drag and drop extra files as well as scheduling backups?

> --
> Jane
> The potter in the purple socks
> email jane at cloth and clay dot co dot uk

> http://www.clothandclay.co.uk/umra/cookbook.htmfor recipes supplied by
> umrats

foamie wrote:
> On 5 July, 21:09, Jane Vernon <s...@nopotteratthisaddress.co.uk>
> wrote:
>> OK, so I am now the proud owner of an Iomega external hard drive and its
>> free software, EMC Retrospect Express HD 2.5.  This assured me that I
>> could do complete backups of the system but also drag and drop files.  I
>> began by a complete backup, then I scheduled backups (backsup?) of my
>> documents daily.

>> Now I go and look to see the files, expecting to find my documents in
>> their folders where I can drag and drop anything I'm doing extra before
>> the scheduled backup.  But what I get is a series of folders within
>> folders, all of which, when I click on them, produce a warning message
>> asking me if I want to proceed.

>> It looks as if what I have is software that only does restore point type
>> back-ups.  This is certainly better than nothing but I am not very
>> reassured by not being able to check my files on the external drive.

>> Is there some other free software people would recommend which would
>> make the stuff on the external drive visible to me and which would allow
>> me to drag and drop extra files as well as scheduling backups?

>> --
>> Jane
>> The potter in the purple socks
>> email jane at cloth and clay dot co dot uk

>> http://www.clothandclay.co.uk/umra/cookbook.htmfor recipes supplied by
>> umrats

> The software you get with these drives tends to be designed to make
> incremental (ie any changes made during the day) and scheduled back-
> ups reasonably pain-free.  Some also compress the data so you can pack
> more files/folders onto your hard drive.  I have a Freecom drive which
> will do all that but I can also use it as a simple storage drive - and
> get access, without going through the software that came with it.

> You can find a free version at freecom.com, support tab, software
> updates, third one down called Freecom Backup Software Version 2.08
> (or just google Freecom Backup Software Version 2.08) .  I don't know
> if it will work on a non-freecom drive.

> For IOmega:
> http://download.cnet.com/Iomega-Backup/3000-2242_4-19411.html

> freeware:

> http://www.bestfreewaredownload.com/freeware/t-free-fbackup-free-back...

> This seems to say it does what you want.

> Good luck

Jane Vernon wrote:
> foamie wrote:
>> On 5 July, 21:09, Jane Vernon <s...@nopotteratthisaddress.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>> OK, so I am now the proud owner of an Iomega external hard drive and its
>>> free software, EMC Retrospect Express HD 2.5.  This assured me that I
>>> could do complete backups of the system but also drag and drop files.  I
>>> began by a complete backup, then I scheduled backups (backsup?) of my
>>> documents daily.

>>> Now I go and look to see the files, expecting to find my documents in
>>> their folders where I can drag and drop anything I'm doing extra before
>>> the scheduled backup.  But what I get is a series of folders within
>>> folders, all of which, when I click on them, produce a warning message
>>> asking me if I want to proceed.

>>> It looks as if what I have is software that only does restore point type
>>> back-ups.  This is certainly better than nothing but I am not very
>>> reassured by not being able to check my files on the external drive.

>>> Is there some other free software people would recommend which would
>>> make the stuff on the external drive visible to me and which would allow
>>> me to drag and drop extra files as well as scheduling backups?

>>> --
>>> Jane
>>> The potter in the purple socks
>>> email jane at cloth and clay dot co dot uk

>>> http://www.clothandclay.co.uk/umra/cookbook.htmfor recipes supplied by
>>> umrats

>> The software you get with these drives tends to be designed to make
>> incremental (ie any changes made during the day) and scheduled back-
>> ups reasonably pain-free.  Some also compress the data so you can pack
>> more files/folders onto your hard drive.  I have a Freecom drive which
>> will do all that but I can also use it as a simple storage drive - and
>> get access, without going through the software that came with it.

>> You can find a free version at freecom.com, support tab, software
>> updates, third one down called Freecom Backup Software Version 2.08
>> (or just google Freecom Backup Software Version 2.08) .  I don't know
>> if it will work on a non-freecom drive.

>> For IOmega:
>> http://download.cnet.com/Iomega-Backup/3000-2242_4-19411.html

>> freeware:

>> http://www.bestfreewaredownload.com/freeware/t-free-fbackup-free-back...

>> This seems to say it does what you want.

>> Good luck

> Thank you.  I will have a look at those.

Jane Vernon wrote:
> Jane Vernon wrote:
>> foamie wrote:
>>> On 5 July, 21:09, Jane Vernon <s...@nopotteratthisaddress.co.uk>
>>> wrote:
>>>> OK, so I am now the proud owner of an Iomega external hard drive
>>>> and its free software, EMC Retrospect Express HD 2.5.  This
>>>> assured me that I could do complete backups of the system but also
>>>> drag and drop files.  I began by a complete backup, then I
>>>> scheduled backups (backsup?) of my documents daily.

>>>> Now I go and look to see the files, expecting to find my documents
>>>> in their folders where I can drag and drop anything I'm doing
>>>> extra before the scheduled backup.  But what I get is a series of
>>>> folders within folders, all of which, when I click on them,
>>>> produce a warning message asking me if I want to proceed.

>>>> It looks as if what I have is software that only does restore
>>>> point type back-ups.  This is certainly better than nothing but I
>>>> am not very reassured by not being able to check my files on the
>>>> external drive. Is there some other free software people would
>>>> recommend which
>>>> would make the stuff on the external drive visible to me and which
>>>> would allow me to drag and drop extra files as well as scheduling
>>>> backups? --
>>>> Jane
>>>> The potter in the purple socks
>>>> email jane at cloth and clay dot co dot uk

>>>> http://www.clothandclay.co.uk/umra/cookbook.htmfor recipes
>>>> supplied by umrats

>>> The software you get with these drives tends to be designed to make
>>> incremental (ie any changes made during the day) and scheduled back-
>>> ups reasonably pain-free.  Some also compress the data so you can
>>> pack more files/folders onto your hard drive.  I have a Freecom
>>> drive which will do all that but I can also use it as a simple
>>> storage drive - and get access, without going through the software
>>> that came with it. You can find a free version at freecom.com, support
>>> tab, software
>>> updates, third one down called Freecom Backup Software Version 2.08
>>> (or just google Freecom Backup Software Version 2.08) .  I don't
>>> know if it will work on a non-freecom drive.

>>> For IOmega:
>>> http://download.cnet.com/Iomega-Backup/3000-2242_4-19411.html

>>> freeware:

>>> http://www.bestfreewaredownload.com/freeware/t-free-fbackup-free-back...

>>> This seems to say it does what you want.

>>> Good luck

>> Thank you.  I will have a look at those.

> The freecom one didn't work with an Iomega drive.  The second one
> didn't appear to be Vista compatible.  I thought the third one was ok
> and it did the first back-up perfectly well,  however having now
> checked on progress I see it didn't do any of the scheduled ones and
> now refuses to be opened (program not responding).

> Anyrat got any other suggestions?

On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:38:28 +0100, carolet wrote:
> I use SmartSync. Whenever I update a file it copies it to a similar folder
> structure elsewhere. It also does timed backups. I am not using the most
> recent version, as the older one seems to does the tasks adequately enough.
> It can be obtained from http://www.smartsync.com/downloads/.

Hugh Jampton wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:38:28 +0100, carolet wrote:

>> I use SmartSync. Whenever I update a file it copies it to a similar folder
>> structure elsewhere. It also does timed backups. I am not using the most
>> recent version, as the older one seems to does the tasks adequately enough.
>> It can be obtained from http://www.smartsync.com/downloads/.

> I also use SmartSync. Very happy with it. Not free but well worth it. Once
> set up it does everything automatically. I'm also using the older version.