I am looking for a backup software that detects if my USB-Hard drive is connected and then starts a backup.
Windows 7 can backup on external hard drive, but if the hard drive is not connected it just skips the backup.
Is there a program or script that helps me?
I didn't use this much on Win7 (just once, it works) but used this more often on WinXP laptop & this worked perfectly for me for usb keys/drives:
http://mattcollinge.wordpress.com/software/usb-detect-and-launch/
Does what it says on the tin, free for home use & you can use the setup as described in scripting examples.
You set it to check every X seconds, then it sleeps until execution time, and will not run again unless the app is restarted or the usb drive is reconnected.
I have not used this software myself and i could not find any free software that meet your requirements. Hope it's what you are after.
This program offers a trial period.
http://backupusb.com/
Adware has been reported with trial.
I use Crashplan. It has a free option, which you can use to backup to an internal/external drive, or to another computer, either in your local network or not. When the backup destination is not available, the backup will not be executed. To be clear, I don't see how this would be different from the Windows Backup.
I have the family pack, pay $12 per month and can backup any computer that I control with unlimited storage. The only limit is upload speed. Then I have a local server at my home, which I use as second backup. I backup several family computers to this computer. Another plus: it works on Windows, Linux and OSX. The only catch: there is only one key to encrypts backups, so whoever has that plus the CP login, can open all backups.
You can backup to a friends computer for free, if he/she has CP as well. They can generated a code, give that to you, and vice versa. If you encrypt the backup, you cannot see the contents of the backup.
I see many here that use Macrium free;
https://www.sevenforums.com/backup-restore/43219-image-your-system-free-macrium.html
