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I have a friend that wants to know of a good retail backup software. He has 2 hd's in his pc, and just wants to be able to back up files from one hd to the other. I know you can copy the entire hd, however I am looking for something that a typical user can operate. For example, MS backup will work, however I am looking for something a little more powerful.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Which OS is he using...
My opinion, if you want easy and free use the Briefcase function. If you are going from HD to HD in the same PC, briefcase will do just fine. When synchronized, it will tell you what files have been changed, added or deleted (in a sync’ed folder), and then offer the opportunity to update in either direction (oldest to newest, or newest to oldest; delete or recreate) for data files (doc, xls, mp3, jpg). Unless you need to back up system files, which case you were on the right track with backup software.
To learn more, got to Start/help, under index type "briefcase".