Free backup/sync software?

[Stellar]

I recently bought a WD Netcenter NAS, which is working great however it doesn't come with any sort of backup software.

Basically I'm looking to run nightly backups of my documents, photos, and music from my desktop rig to the mapped network drive, no encryption or compression needed.

I would (obviously) prefer free or open source but I would be willing to pay for something if it were good enough.

So far I've just been using the Microsoft PowerToy "SyncToy" to sync the document and photo folders but don't see any way to schedule that on a nightly basis. It also lacks any useful options.

 

[CyC]

I use Syncback

http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/syncback-hub.html

 

[Chaotic Master]

Use ROBOCOPY with task scheduler.

Copy robocopy.exe to %systemroot%/system32 folder

Paste the code below in a .cmd or .bat file:

@ECHO OFF
SETLOCAL

SET _source=\\FileServ1\e$\users

SET _dest=\\FileServ2\e$\BackupUsers

SET _what=/COPYALL /B /SEC /MIR
:: /COPYALL :: COPY ALL file info
:: /B :: copy files in Backup mode.
:: /SEC :: copy files with SECurity
:: /MIR :: MIRror a directory tree

SET _options=/R:0 /W:0 /LOG:MyLogfile.txt /NFL /NDL
:: /R:n :: number of Retries
:: /W:n :: Wait time between retries
:: /LOG :: Output log file
:: /NFL :: No file logging
:: /NDL :: No dir logging

ROBOCOPY %_source% %_dest% %_what% %_options%

Use task scheduler to set the file to run nightly.

Reference: http://www.ss64.com/nt/robocopy.html

 

[strid3r]

I use Karen's Replicator to backup my storage drive to an external about once a week. Does what I need it to do and it's free:
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp

 

[craigbru]

Another vote for Karen Replicator here. I've been using it for a year on several computers, and it has never let me down.