Backup Software 2021 *Which One You Like?*

I never ran backup for Windows yet as I use OSX. But now I need to run a software backup to external HD on a Windows 10 system. Which of the following software is worthy? Pros and Cons?

1) Minitool Shadowmaker

2) Acronis True Image

3) EaseUS ToDo Backup

4) Paragon Backup & Recovery

5) Genie Backup Manager

6) NovaBackup

7) Acronis True Image

8) Macrium

9) Veeam

10) SyncBackPro

11) FreeFileSync (one of the best site layouts in my opinion)

12) Norton Ghost

Veeam, even the free version works very good

I use Acronis True Image.

I did research, and Acronis appealed to me the most.

Supposedly, you can take a system image from one computer and put it on another computer that has different hardware.

Most backup software don't allow you to do that.

Hmmm never heard of Veeam so will add to my “check it out” list. Lots of good reviews. It might be quite bloated so need to review.
About Aconis True Image, I heard it was bought out by a Chinese company. I tried it for a few days and ease of use is quite good. I’m hesitant to go with Acronis now. I’m just saying… :slight_smile:

I did some Googling and could not find that Acronis was bought out by a Chinese company.

So sorry, you’re right, I meant to say Aomei . You can now relax and have a cold beer now knowing your data is safe.

Used Acronis for years. Gave up on it. Have been using Macrium for probably 7+ years with success. Free version is adequate for my needs.
Have read good reports on EasUS.

Would you mind summarizing why you decided to leave Acronis? Acting buggy? Something new?

I actually used to use AOMEI Partition Assistant, but I like Acronis True Image a lot better.

Oh good and kinda like getting new shoes huh $) . I'll give Acronis a go but only inside VMware first. Last thing I want this long weekend is to reinstall Windows again! Last time I did that, I was all night till 9 A.M. the next day! Big reason...making the USB recovery disk! :GLASSES: Took around 2 hours waiting for the bugger to finish!

Another big reason is the recovery stage if and when it comes to that. You know, the part where you find out whether you lost everything or you didn't. :D

Syncback Pro for files and folders backed up to the NAS and a cloud account, plus Macrium Reflect for disk images

Nice, Triple backups where one complements the other in cloud plus images. :-) Looks like you're ready for doomsday!

I had a near catastrophe way back in the 90’s when a HDD crashed. I was lucky to be able to recover virtually all of the important material. That stuck. I’ve used a variety of software since. I’ve used those I mentioned for at least ten years and have been happy. Never had a hardware failure that caused much anguish since.

I forgot to mention...

I use FreeFileSync for non-system drives.

As the name implies, it's free.

It seems to work pretty well for my needs.

Great that you got it back! Time stands still when you get a computer crash. It’s like tomorrow will never come.
Cloning is good to do to. PC crashes…grab the clone, insert clone into different PC and back to normal. But with cloning, I have a feeling one might have to do a reinstall anyways. Backing up seems to be more of a chore these days. Easy but not easy. :smiley:

Looks like you’re ready for doomsday! :slight_smile: Don’t mean to go off topic but I like their website layout! Easy on the eyes with nice hues. Not too overly complicated. Wow one of the best site layout I’ve seen. Everything just links up smoothly. Click pretty link on left and results show up on the right. All on one page. This is how a site should be.

I’m using Macrium Reflect Free. Works nicely, backing up the system SSD 3-4 times pr year. I use ViceVersa, for documents and other data files, backing up each day, or with any major change. Please let me know if there is a good free alternative to ViceVersa. Else I think it is worth the money.

Many thanks for all the input from everyone. :beer: I was then able to finally make a choice! It was tough the last few hours deciding. :question:
I’ve decided to use FreeFileSync. It’s open source and ad free. Plus it’s got that nifty parallel file transfer tech. Let’s just hope I don’t have to reinstall. :smiley:

I tested many backup solutions and finally settled on restic. It has windows build as well, although I use it only for linux hosts.

If you are backing up documents and pictures, you really can’t beat the Onedrive, its built into W10 and completely seamless.

Most people never heard about it but its the single best feature of W10.