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