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Kate said:
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That is what I feared. I currently use a backup
program which saves
files in its own format, which means that if I need
to restore
anything, I have to use the same software. Nor can I
see or open what
has been saved. I want to back up, say, compressed
.tiffs as
compressed .tiffs, .docs as .docs, etc, so I guess
that I shall have
to manually copy/move what I wish to back up and make
sure I keep
up-to-date, rather than being able to automate it. I
have about 7GB
of data that I want to copy to an external hard
drive. Is
Ctrl+drag-and-drop a reliable method do you know,
please, or can you
recommend a better method?

Thanks for getting back to me.
Kate
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WinZip still has a free version and works on all
windows versions AFAIK if that's your concern.
Another product, called PowerDesk is great for
keeping files between drives syncced, etc.
 
Kate said:
When I said that I cannot view the files that have been backed up, I
meant that I cannot open them to see if they are OK. It *is* possible
to see a list of files in an archive. It looks as though these
archives are in RAR format, so now I am wondering if I should buy the
WinRAR software. Too many choices! <sigh>

I had hoped that with the Yosemitetech software I could restore to a
different location, e.g. unpack to the external HD, but it only allows
restores to the file`s original location on the PC.

You have all been very helpful and the various ideas and advice will
help me to make a more informed choice, although I shall probably not
go with the synchronisation option after all, as that means the
software and external HD will be running continuously and my puny
system and the HD may not be up to it.
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There is free RAR software, but it may be that within the RAR there will
be proprietary format - the Yosemitech software does do
differential/incremental backups from the web site (ie only backing up
*changed* files).

As regards sync software, consider whether or not you need
minute-by-minute synchronisation or whether once or twice a day would be
sufficient. The HD *should* be up to continuous operation, by the way..

Cheers,

Cliff
 
There is free RAR software, but it may be that within the RAR there
will be proprietary format - the Yosemitech software does do
differential/incremental backups from the web site (ie only backing
up *changed* files).

As regards sync software, consider whether or not you need
minute-by-minute synchronisation or whether once or twice a day
would be sufficient. The HD *should* be up to continuous operation,
by the way..

Cheers,

Cliff
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Hallo, Cliff

I thought that I would have to keep SyncToy running all the time. If
it could be scheduled to run once a day that would be very useful. I
did download a trial version of WinRAR, but it couldn`t unscramble the
backup archive. All I got was a page of gobbledygook, so it looks as
if you are right and there is a proprietary format within the RAR
file. However, quite by chance, I have discovered that in Yosemite
Backup Desktop I *can* restore to a different directory after all (it
was a right-click, which never occurred to me), so I could do so to my
external HD if I wished and have some things, like photos, in their
native format and the rest as an archive.

Kate
 
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