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Any recommendations for free software backup programs that work on Windows? (beehaw.org)

submitted 10 months ago by thestarfraction@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

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Anyone know of any user friendly, FOSS, backup programs that work on Windows? If they were cross-platform that would be a bonus. Asking for a friend (no really, a family member)

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[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

What's your backup target (to where are these backups being sent?)?

Are you looking for actual Backup-strategy apps or just data sync as a form of backup (I wouldn't recommend this approach unless you can setup multiple destinations and some form of differencing).

Also, how will backups be validated? Will there be a monthly check for a while to verify files? Maybe a quarterly restore test until you trust it's working right? Who's going to do this?

Just some questions to consider. Good luck, backup is so much fun!

[–] thestarfraction@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks - realistically I'd probably be looking at a backup to an external drive. I am looking for a 'backup-strategy' rather than a dara sync. Regular checks might well not happen so it would be good if these were built in (like with deja-dup on Linux)