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Uncle Vinnie

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Since: Mar 01, 2006
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 4:53 pm
Post subject: External Drive- sofware needed...
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Hi.. using XP Home.. I just bought an external USB drive.. I was unaware
that the simple backup software was just that- simple- meant for one
computer...

Is there any software you can recommend that could be loaded on multiple
pcs, and would recognize each pc as unique...I guess creating it's own
folder on the drive?

Of course, the easiest resort could always be drag and drop to separate
folders..

thank you!

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B'rgds,

Vinnie

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DL

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Since: Jul 01, 2006
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:02 pm
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Don't believe so.
Any third party backup software will allow you define what you want to
backup and where you want to store the backup, but then you would need
multiple licences, to install on each pc
And if you're on a LAN you might want to consider a NAS solution

"Uncle Vinnie" <vinrin57.DeleteThis@optonline.not.net> wrote in message
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> Hi.. using XP Home.. I just bought an external USB drive.. I was unaware
> that the simple backup software was just that- simple- meant for one
> computer...
>
> Is there any software you can recommend that could be loaded on multiple
> pcs, and would recognize each pc as unique...I guess creating it's own
> folder on the drive?
>
> Of course, the easiest resort could always be drag and drop to separate
> folders..
>
> thank you!
>
> --
> B'rgds,
>
> Vinnie
>
>

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Michael W. Ryder

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Since: Mar 09, 2005
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:02 pm
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Uncle Vinnie wrote:
> Hi.. using XP Home.. I just bought an external USB drive.. I was unaware
> that the simple backup software was just that- simple- meant for one
> computer...
>
> Is there any software you can recommend that could be loaded on multiple
> pcs, and would recognize each pc as unique...I guess creating it's own
> folder on the drive?
>
> Of course, the easiest resort could always be drag and drop to separate
> folders..
>
> thank you!
>

A very easy way is to share the external drive and set up batch files on
each computer using XCopy to copy over the desired files. Using this
method you can add the batch file to the scheduler and have XCopy only
copy changed or new files. I use this method and it only takes a couple
of minutes a day for each computer to back up.
Using drag and drop can't be automated and takes much longer than XCopy.
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