Time Machine clone for Windows? [duplicate]

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Time Machine for Windows

I'm using Time Machine for backups on my Mac, and right now I'm using Synology's backup software (Data Replicator 3) for backing up my girlfriends PC. However, Time Machine gives me a couple of nice things:

• No settings, just "on" or "off", and it just backs up the whole drive. It keeps a backup every hour for the last 24h, every day for the last month and every week till the drive fills up. It automatically syncs the backups to the NAS device when I connect.

• If I ever need to restore, I can easily do a full system restore from an install CD.

• A simple GUI to find deleted or changed files

Is there a similar alternative for Windows that Just Works? I don't care how nice the GUI is, or how many advanced options there are, as long as the defaults are sane.

Solution 1:

Acronis True Image does something like this:

• Backs up all files (to another drive, etc.) .We backup to removable USB drive. Then we rotate the drives.
• Does incremental backups if you like.
• Backs up in use files if you like. Can also set it to backup on shutdown, etc.

Cost is about $60.

Solution 2:

IMO the best fit would be to buy a Windows Home Server, which isn't a 1-1 for the Time Machine but provides a solid backup system anyways. The key features are automatic backups of Windows Clients and easy recovery in case of system failure.

Another option if you're running Vista or 7 is to use the "Backup and Restore Center", which is a simple backup system that provides the basics.

Personally I use an SVN repository for my Documents and small files; it provides me revision control at the expense of some slight manual labor (SVN Monitor helps out)--it's far from perfect but great for keeping backups of the small and important files.

Update: Vista and 7 also support shadow copies of files (essentially previous versions). I'm unsure of how well it integrates with Backup/Restore but provided that your drive didn't die it's a pretty nice feature for grabbing old revisions of a file.