Brian, I use Everydayautobackup. When you install it, you can set it to show in the system tray like many other programs.
When you open the program, you can click the "show" button, and here, you can see a list of your backup project. For a backup that is complete, without backing up the entire system, but documents, emails, favorites, you can set the c\User as source, then set a destination name that you find explanatory enough. It's a good idea to set the external drive letter to something like Z so you don't run the risk of the backup getting mixed up and trying to send the project to a drive you didn't intend to be the destination. I've found setting it to Z pretty reliable. You can set parameters under the Edit option, such as when you wish the backup to take place. I have it set to "at startup." For disk backup, I use McCrium Reflect from CleverBridge. I also have Acronis on another computer. I always like to have eyes nearby when I try this, however, for the interface isn't altogether intuitive for us keyboarders. Another option is "ShadowProtect from StorageCraft. That, also, backs up the entire system, and creates daily and monthly backups. In order to restore files from such a backup, you must "mount" a chosen backup. Then, you can browse the directories and find the material you wish to restore. For everyday comfort, I like EDB, since I can find EveryDayAutoBackup in my system tray, start another backup if I've done some important reshuffling during the day. I can also go to that external drive, find the directories with the stuff I need to restore, and just copy it back into my documents, or whatever directory it needs to go into. A wonderful security for recovering from these "oooops" situations... Gudrun -----Original Message----- From: Brian Vogel [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 2:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Backup Software and JAWS Hello All, I try to encourage every single person I ever work with to acquire an external backup drive and to set up automatic backups that include all user data plus a full system backup. I, personally, have had very mixed results with the Backup and Recovery that's built in to Windows over the years, and many aspects of it that I already know make me think it's probably not the most accessible either. I'm trying to survey the members of the cohort to see what backup software they may be using and how they feel about it as far as accessibility using JAWS. So, if you've got experience to share, please do so. Brian -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to [email protected] Archives located at: http://www.groups.io/g/jfw/threads Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, posts received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at [email protected]. -=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View This Message (#36990): https://groups.io/g/jfw/message/36990 Mute This Thread: https://groups.io/mt/435075?uid=21656 Change Your Subscription: https://groups.io/g/jfw/editsub?uid=21656 Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/jfw/leave/46502/1292106160/xyzzy Group Home: https://groups.io/g/jfw Contact Group Owner: [email protected] Terms of Service: https://groups.io/static/tos -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
