[POLL] What is your favorite Backup Software for 2024?

[goretsky Supervisor]

Hello,

This is the definitive Best Backup Software of 2024 official thread. 

It covers both free and commercial backup software, as well as those built into or bundled with operating systems.  Use this as a starting point for researching back-up software.
 
The previous year's thread can be found here.
 
If your choice of a back-up solution is not listed, please choose the appropriate Other option(s) and specify in the comments.  The poll is multiple choice, so if you use more than one solution, you can select all of those.  Be sure to mention which ones you use in the comments. 
  
Regards, 
  
Aryeh Goretsky

[REM2000]

I dont tend to backup at an OS level anymore, just my data, i copy to multiple locations such as my NAS, Bluray disks and DropBox. 

For a lot of files where i need to ensure the integrity i use WinRar and multiple recovery files to checksum the files and to be able to recover. 

[+Peter Alexander London Subscriber²]

After the horrifying installation of win11 insider. wich should not have been possible, I blocked win11 by gpolicy, I did not lose any data, but...

I lost all!!! my settings and finetuning over the last few years

This happened early november, I about halfway now 24-01-01

I am not happy  at all, more " grumpy"

Best wishes BTW 

PS I downloaded the payed version of Paragon

[k.jonathan]

From This list , I would give my vote to Veeam and Freefilesync ,  Also I would give my vote to another two tools that help also in many projects ShareGate and Gs Richcopy 360 .

please add both to the list 

[ThaCrip]

-General boot drive imaging occasionally = Clonezilla (which I use to image boot drive to a image file on another one of my hard drives. even on my backup computers I use the Samba share on my main PC to store the images made from the backup computers I have. but on my main PC ill usually image the hard drive roughly once every 1-2 months or so. but currently I have 139 days+ of uptime (which is my all-time personal best) so I have not imaged it in quite a while)

-General data backup = manual copy/paste in file manager to different hard drives (along with occasional burning to DVD for higher importance data backup as I still think quality optical media is one of the best options for long term data backup (long term, say at least 10-20+ years)).

that's what I have been doing a rather long time now and will likely continue to do for the foreseeable future

[Joe User]

Where to start.

I use Cobain backup for some important files. I use Windows backup to backup the occasional computer, Windows home server backup for family stuff, and some homemade scripts to back up the occasional VM.

All important data is on OneDrive for Business and OneDrive gets backed up to the NAS. Very long term data goes on optical media and also goes to AWS Glacier.

Overall I think I'm pretty well protected. 

[Ilonessa]

My favorite backup software for 2024 is a combination of different tools to meet various needs. I use:

BackBlaze for continuous and reliable cloud backups. It's user-friendly and offers unlimited storage, making it perfect for ensuring my data is always secure.

Apple Time Machine for seamless and automatic backups on my Mac. It integrates perfectly with macOS and provides easy access to historical versions of my files.

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (formerly True Image) for its robust and comprehensive backup solutions, including disk cloning and ransomware protection.

FreeFileSync for quick and efficient file synchronization between my external hard drives and NAS. It's open-source and highly customizable, making it ideal for my specific backup needs.

Combining these solutions ensures that my data is always backed up securely, both locally and in the cloud, providing me with peace of mind and easy recovery options.

[f-405sb]

Minitool Partition Wizard, I just clone OS drive to spare laptop harddisk.

[+Elі Subscriber²]

EaseUS Todo Backup for a few years now and it has NEVER failed on me.  But I used to use Macrium Reflect (Paid version before) and it was also very good.

[Xenon]

I use freefilesync and love it.  I only backup data not OS. 

[drugo]

Hi

I have voted for Macrium Reflect , i use it

even R-Drive Image is just superb software one of the best

and i use jaBuT Backup for synchronization