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Looking for Simple File Backup (No Images, No VHDs, Jus
Although I’m impressed with the simplicity and functionality of Windows 7 Backup & Restore feature, I just really want to do a plain vanilla backup of selected locations or an entire HD. Specifically, I don’t want a VHD or archived or compressed file containing the backup. Rather, I want to be able to go to the backup HD and see the files that were backed up.
Of course, I can just manually copy files over to the backup HD but the main drawback to this is just that – it’s manual.
I’ve also considered Raid 1 redundancy but as many have warned, Raid 1’s purpose is really for system uptime rather than backup. As much as I like the automatic backup nature Raid 1 has to offer, real-time mirroring is something I am not comfortable with.
This would also address Win7 Pro’s mirroring feature. But in addition, I am also uncomfortable with the need to turn drives into dynamic drives. I’ve gone down this road before and it turned out nasty when I un-dynamiced the drives and lost all my data.
Lastly, I was wondering if there was some way I can create a scheduled task that copies certain folders of the entire source HD to a backup HD based on times which I specify? I would prefer a Windows 7 native solution over third-party applications.
Thanks for any advice or thoughts.