Hard Disk Backups
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:31 pm
For many years I have been a happy user of System Guardian, by DuoCor. The product backs up all changed files and can restore files and folders on demand. I back up files to a second internal hard drive.
A couple days ago I tried to restore a file and found that some files and folders have not been getting backed up. I have no idea how long it has not been working as I seldom have a need to restore a file. In any case I have tried all the tricks I know:
1. manually forcing file, folder and complete backups
2. running chkdsk on the backup drive in case there were problems with the drive
3. uninstalling and reinstalling the software.
DuoCor seems to be out of business. Although their web site still exists, emails are bounced as domain name not recognized (duocor.com), their 800 number has a weird message and their direct dial number is out of service.
I'm out of ideas.
Anybody in the forum use System Guardian and have suggestions for fixing the problem or contacting DuoCor or some successor company?
Anybody in the forum that can recommend an alternative product for routine automated backups of an entire hard disk? I want to only backup changed files. I want to be able to selectively restore individual files or entire folders.
I'm using Windows XP Home, with SP3 and all critical patches installed.
Thanks in advance.
A couple days ago I tried to restore a file and found that some files and folders have not been getting backed up. I have no idea how long it has not been working as I seldom have a need to restore a file. In any case I have tried all the tricks I know:
1. manually forcing file, folder and complete backups
2. running chkdsk on the backup drive in case there were problems with the drive
3. uninstalling and reinstalling the software.
DuoCor seems to be out of business. Although their web site still exists, emails are bounced as domain name not recognized (duocor.com), their 800 number has a weird message and their direct dial number is out of service.
I'm out of ideas.
Anybody in the forum use System Guardian and have suggestions for fixing the problem or contacting DuoCor or some successor company?
Anybody in the forum that can recommend an alternative product for routine automated backups of an entire hard disk? I want to only backup changed files. I want to be able to selectively restore individual files or entire folders.
I'm using Windows XP Home, with SP3 and all critical patches installed.
Thanks in advance.