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What's the easiet way to perform an incremental/differential backup to a network share in Windows?

Does a Robocopy/Xcopy solution work reasonably well (I need to the parameters!) or is there a good free tool out there that simplifies the management?

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How about SyncToy? It's free and has a nice GUI.

It can easily copy just the changed files to a server.

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I use Areca: http://www.areca-backup.org/

It is free and very easy to use. I hope it works for you.

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Awesome, that's exactly the kind of tool I was looking for! – Alienfluid Aug 30 '09 at 21:39
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I use rsync on my Mac. If you installed cygwin you would be able to use it.

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Bvckup

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Rather than just posting a link could you at least provide some information on why your suggested tool is the best for the job. – Mokubai Mar 28 '11 at 11:42
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Left field solution. Use Dropbox to sync a folder from the desktop to the server.

Dropbox uses a kind of rsync algorithm to efficiently move data over a LAN, plus for free (up to 2GB) you get an offsite backup.

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SyncBack is a great free option for incremental/differential backup. It has a great GUI and is similar to rsync. You can download it at CNET.

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