Software to auto back up onto external hard disk?

littlerock

Had a scare recently when my HD reported imminent failure. Fortunately local pc support was able to come round and back it all up and then copy it onto a new HD before that happened.

I had been backing up my data onto an external HD here regularly but now feel the need for an auto back up to ensure all the back up data is up to date. I am running windows 7 Pro but the back up/restore option on that does not appear to work and in any case, I would prefer to back up onto an external HD.

Is there any software out there that does that?

Gillor

http://www.fbackup.com/

unforeseen

MS Synctoy https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=15155

It's old but is still a very good free simple backup tool for data

grumpycrab

littlerock wrote: »

but now feel the need for an auto back up to ensure all the back up data is up to date. I am running windows 7 Pro

Just to clarify, when you require "auto back up" is that:-
1. to automatically backup data files in real-time without you doing anything
2. to automatically backup at regular intervals (e.g. every day)
The former is tricky - File History in Windows 10 tries to do it;

The latter - lots of options. Surprised you cannot do this with 7Pro.
Try:- EaseUS Todo Backup Free
Macrium Reflect Free
Paragon's free backup

bod1467

I use SyncToy (post #3) ... it's not automatic in itself but you can setup a scheduled task in Windows to automate it.

RumRat

CrashPlan
Free for local backups or even backing up to a friends/family PC. There is also a paid for plan to backup into the cloud if required.
Works well in the background and easy to set up.