Ask HN: Windows Backup Solution? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Windows Backup Solution?

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Post by KomoD » Sun, Sep 29, 2024, 9:24 PM UTC

vunderba wrote: post #6

I personally like Arq (has Windows, Mac ports). It lets you configure exactly what you want to backup, deltas, deletion of older snapshots, encryption, destinations, etc. I have multiple backups that run daily against a NAS / B2 / etc. and it's always worked flawlessly. It does cost money, but its a one-time fee. https://www.arqbackup.com

> It does cost money, but its a one-time fee.

Just to be clear, you get one year of free updates and additional years will be $25/yr (per computer). Reasonable in my opinion.

Re: Ask HN: Windows Backup Solution?

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Post by jtotheh » Sun, Sep 29, 2024, 9:59 PM UTC

Thanks for all the replies! I'm going to give Arq a try. EASEUS was unable to open a Bitlocker-encrypted external drive from its restore media(USB). I guess I shouldn't have expected it to be able to. I have not lost any data, I was just testing my restore capability. I will see if Arq works for me. (and I am reformatting the external drive, will hopefully have encryption of the backup on the unencrypted drive).

Re: Ask HN: Windows Backup Solution?

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Post by atmanactive » Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 1:36 AM UTC

https://duplicati.com/

Re: Ask HN: Windows Backup Solution?

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Post by t_believ-er873 » Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 6:53 AM UTC

Try Xopero Software to back up your Windows instance - https://xopero.com/

Re: Ask HN: Windows Backup Solution?

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Post by simonbitwise » Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 7:11 AM UTC

Duplicati

Re: Ask HN: Windows Backup Solution?

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Post by flatpepsi17 » Tue, Oct 01, 2024, 9:52 PM UTC

I take the approach that if I have a disaster, I'm getting new a new OS install, and maybe even new hardware. It's my data I care about, not the C: drive.

I store all data to a home NAS drive, and then on a regular basis run a ROBOCOPY batch file to a USB hard drive. I rotate several drives (all cold & offline) to have some versoning/protection against bit-rot and undetected corruption.

Once or twice a year I put a drive in a ziplock bag (water tight) to an off-site location that is fireproof and reasonably burglar proof.

I do not trust SaaS or online backups. Too easy to have my online copy get hacked or have my backup provider go out of business. My fate is in my hands.