Simple Way to Backup Your Computer Data

Simple Way to Backup Your Computer Data
Today we will take a look at how to backup your computer with some free software call freefilesync. This software allows us to backup any date from a source folder to destination folder with the ability to sync these back ups, so if there is any change to data, it will be automatically updated. You can backup to external hard drive, NAS network attach storage or secondary har drive.
FreeFileSync is a folder comparison and synchronization software

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[Britec]

Ever used this software and what do you think? drop us a LIKE 👍

[US_Joe]

Been using this software for years. You have no idea how powerful and feature rich it is. It is my goto for many functions. I recommend all users to drop those guys a contribution. The more I use it the more I learn of it's rich feature set. What I love is it sends you a detailed log report. Thanks Brian

[markanderson]

Thank you so much for this video Brian! This looks like something I need, I have been having issues with Acronis and traditional back up software. This should make it so much easier.

[NeuroPulse]

The time I spent finding and learning this software will easily be regained by all of the time saved in the future. I'm actually going to enjoy the process of backing up my files now!!!

[OddRandomThoughts]

This is a fantastic automated backup solution. I did a video on this about 6 years ago as well. The real time sync option is a great way to utilize this software at boot so that you can just set and forget and it will always do it's thing. I used this for many years to sync to an external backup source. Later switching to Rsync and Deltacopy with a unix based NAS4free storage solution. I may have to revisit this software to see what updates have been implemented in the past few years though. Nicely done video my friend :)

[Fercyful]

Use it every day. Save me several times. Really great. Thanks!

[jamesescobedo]

Thankyou for always doing a fantastic job with all of your videos keep up the good work

[natanteam]

Nice to see another program I use! It is very handy to make my data backup and very powerful for a free software. It really deserves a donation!

[garyalexander]

I just tried it. This is excellent software. Thanks very much.

[mackthenation]

I have been using this for about 3 years already, its great software and gets frequent updates

[Steeve.]

WOW amazing, well explained very thankful I found you.

[RobertKeenanComp-U-Right]

Glad you use it as well, I keep two thumb drives in sync with Windows based software, Great stuff.

[GaryB]

I've used FreeFileSync for my backups for years. It's much better than most conventional backup software as it gives you a ready to use backup image of your drive or selected folders. Compression isn't really necessary these days as hard drives are so cheap. It also lets you copy files that are locked and in use if necessary. The only slight issue is that "Two Way" is the default setting, but it really probably should be "Mirror" for safety and normal backup purposes. For less computer literate friends, I've set up the batch jobs on their desktop so they can plug in their external drive and run a backup whenever they choose. The exclusion filtering is also very useful. It lets you selectively exclude stuff from the backup that you don't really need to back up, such as browser cache files, etc.

[JimInYamaguchi]

Been using FileSync for about six months now and it works great.

[michaelredd]

Not super easy, but very well done. Thank you. Automation is grand.

[barados]

One of the best programs for doing the same is the commercial" Directory Opus, " its been around now for about 30 years in one form or another, but a really great program

[JavisoGaming]

Great video! Would love to see a video on RealTimeSync as well! Thanks!

[mikepapahotel]

Nice! Thank you Brian! 👍🏻

I looked at FFS when it first came out and used it for a while - but being limited to only scheduled tasks it didn't quite fit with my workflow at the time.

I switched to GoodSync and have used it for many years now for copying data from my PC to my Nas. I chose GoodSync because it runs as a background daemon in Windows so I have it set to activate when it detects any type of change in any of the source folders.

It works well for me because I created a mirrored destination folder structure on my NAS which matches the one on my PC.

This means that by running GoodSync on the top level folder in the source tree - any file additions or any change to any file within any folder in the source tree automatically propagates to same folder on the NAS as soon as I save it.

Cheers... 😊

[kingrofty]

I have been using Microsoft SyncToy since Windows XP days, and it still works perfectly with Windows 11 and 10. 😉

[maxhart]

If you're willing to pay, SmartSync Pro does the same but includes scheduling so no need to mess about with batch files and Task Scheduler. That said, this FFS is a good free option.