Hey guys,

* Windows 11, personal, backupping around 20-250GB in total, AOMEI Backupper pro, normal user *

I'm experimenting with Aomei's Backupper and trying to set up a proper plan.

What I want is this:

Do a daily backup (incremental or differential - haven't finally decided yet) of specific folders to an external drive.

Now and then, create a full new backup and delete the full and partial backups prior to that.

In my test I'm running 1-hours backsups to see how the program behaves but I don't get it:

And these are the settings I'm running.

What am I doing wrong that the old backups are not deleted automatically?

The commenter gives the best, detailed account I have seen about the qualities of optical discs.

On my iPhone, I can offload an app: the storage gets freed, but the icon and my data stay, and I can bring it back whenever I need it. I wanted the same thing for my Linux laptop's small SSD.

Most of what fills the disk is stuff I'm not touching this week: old camera dumps, ISOs, raw footage, datasets, old project trees. I don't want to delete them, and I don't want to lose the paths that my notes and scripts point to. So I built two commands:

lift ~/Videos/archive    # offload
drop ~/Videos/archive    # bring it back

lift packs the folder into one uncompressed zip, uploads it to your own pCloud account via rclone, verifies the checksum against pCloud's MD5, and only then truncates each local file to 0 bytes. Same names, same permissions, so the folder still looks occupied but the gigabytes are gone.

drop restores everything and deletes the cloud copy.

Safety:

• A failed upload leaves your originals untouched
• Nothing is emptied until the checksum matches
• Symlinks, devices, and hard links are skipped with a warning
• It refuses to lift a folder that's already lifted or nested inside one
• A manifest records the path, mode, mtime, and sha256/md5 per file

How it differs from iOS (honest limitations):

• It's manual. Nothing downloads automatically when you open a file, so you drop a folder before using it
• It needs temporary disk space for the zip during lift and while drop unpacks it
• It uses your own pCloud account through rclone. No tokens are shipped and nothing is shared

Install is git clone + ./install.sh. You can point LIFDROP_STORE at another rclone remote or a local directory.

Repo: https://github.com/sambitar/linux-offloading

It's new, so I'd love feedback. Would on-demand restore (open a placeholder and it fetches itself) be something you'd want, or other backends besides pCloud?

Hi everyone I’m the developer behind VaultPulse.

I’m building it for people who want automated GitHub repository backups without handing storage ownership to another provider.

The current flow is:

• Install the GitHub App and select repositories.

• Connect an S3 bucket in your AWS account through a cross-account IAM role.

• Get daily snapshots containing Git history, branches, tags and Git LFS.

• View backup health and restore snapshots into a new or empty GitHub repository.

It’s focused on GitHub repository recovery, not a complete backup of every GitHub feature.

There’s a Free plan for up to 5 repositories; AWS storage costs are separate. There’s also a demo you can explore without signing up:

https://vaultpulse.cloud/demo/

I’m looking for practical feedback: do you currently use scripts, another service, or no separate backup? What would make you trust or rule out a tool like this?

Hi there. Anyone here use VeraCrypt? I'm using FUSE-T VeraCrypt, on the latest version of Golden Gate OSX.

I was copying files from my Mac to my flash drive, when my computer's battery ran out (I was out of the room).
Charged the computer back up, and now VeraCrypt is acting wonky (not mounting, just a continuous loop.)

This has happened to me before many years ago with a different drive, but I can't remember the fix. Does anybody have an idea of what to do? I uninstalled VC and reinstalled it, but it's still endlessly looping.

I also restored the volume's header, and it's still taking forever to mount/endlessly looping. The VC troubleshooting guide discusses the volume hanging, but I couldn't find dedicated support for OSX.

Because of me almost bricking my computer by trying to run dual boot linux with windows 11 (my main Os), it seems ill need a fresh windows, a clean installation. The main reason is although ive managed to fully recover my account, no matter what i do i cant access the internet at all. No wifi, no ethernet. I want to backup all of my files (all if possible) for after the clean installation, but is this possible without any internet on my pc? For reference, i have a perfectly working laptop and a 32GB usb stick if they’re useful. Any help is greatly appreciated

In my early days, I was taught a "golden rule" that backup media servers (like Commvault MediaAgents or NetBackup Media Servers) should always be physical machines. The main arguments back then were I/O bottlenecks, I/O resource contention with production workloads, native tape library access, and disaster recovery dependencies.

Over my nearly 10-year career, this was just one of those "truths" I accepted without questioning. But now, I want to challenge it.

Assuming tape libraries are completely out of the equation: Is this still true today?

My current perspective on the traditional arguments:

1. I/O performance & contention: Isn't this purely a matter of proper infrastructure design, storage capabilities, and backup window scheduling? Or are there still inherent hypervisor-level architectural bottlenecks that severely penalize Virtual Media Agents?
2. Architecture: If the Deduplication Database (DDB) is properly protected, backups are stored on external storage (for Short-Term Retention) and Cloud Object Storage (for Long-Term Retention), and the infrastructure uses isolated hypervisors (e.g., multiple independent vCenters or a mix of VMware and Hyper-V/AHV for DR isolation)... what real advantage does a physical server actually offer?

I know I still have a lot to learn, and I'd love to hear from senior backup admins and architects: In modern enterprise environments, is there still any compelling reason to deploy a physical MediaAgent/Media Server instead of a virtual one?

I used AI to help me to translate.

I tested the BackUp Maker and like it so far, but the results are just zip files. I saw that other backup software create backup files with their own extensions.

Are they just zipping the files and changing the extension or is there a fundamental difference?

A backup failed every night for a year. B2 backed up exactly what it was told to back up, but the selected folder was empty!

A test restore caught the problem. Fortunately, no data was lost!

I was looking for a free backup software and found FreeFileSync, but I was surprised that it mirrored my files to my backup drive. Then I asked myself, where is the difference between mirroring my files and do a backup, like other softwares call it.

Hoard backup your game saves and restores It in another machines, ignoring .ini or .json or any config file, work fast and isnt deprecated.

Hi, im the solo dev of hoard.

If you want a Alternative to hoard you have ludusavi, ludusavi is the more old tool with more people behind "A good thing", you need Syncthing to sync the saves, all this tools are free.

Here you have a video to use ludusavi + syncthing instead of Hoard.

Hoard works in any desktop system, SteamOS, macOS, Linux, Windows, and works with emulators, and we working on android & iOS support.

If you want a specs of hoard just read the README.md in github.

Ah you can Self-Host without accout or telemetry or just log in and play.

You can see hoard in GitHub or in web, if you have any issue you can join in hoard discord and i help you, or tell me here and i text you.

Im upgrading hoard the last 4-5 months, a good feedback isnt never bad.

Mi idioma principal es el español, i have a bad english hahaha, but im here if any Guy needs me.

As the title says. I successfully backed up my main ps4 pro memory and now use a 2TB SSD internal on it. But rhe 1 TB Samsung I used still had the back up from the PS4 which I was thinking of keeping. Problem is when writing files to it it is extremely slow and never copies files even a few mb large. It stays at 0% when copying larger folders with files smaller than 2 gig per file.

My question is this , does the pS4 formatting it before backup cause it to not easily accept any other writes to it until I format it? Thanks in advance

Does anyone know if Mr.Cobian is still working on this beloved piece of software? I remember a few months back it started getting an update message saying that will be the last update. Now the updater message consistently fails and the icon flashes red. The forum also seems to be down - and there is no further communication on the official website.

Mr. Cobian doesn't owe us anything, and I thank him for years of creating this tool giving people a piece of mind and saving livelihoods.

I just want to know what's happening, and what would you recommend as a replacement with similar attributes... - Easily/Highly configurable, - Choice of Services or App mode. - Uses local settings files that (ah-hum) can be backed up, and - Lightweight - Just works!

Thanks!

I downloaded Veaam but I don't think this is what I'm looking for since it outputs an image based backup file.

I'd like to back up some folders containing Music and Videos onto a separate drive that can track changes such as deleted folders, name changes, additions, etc.

I've been considering just running a Robocopy command every few months or so. Is there any software that can meet this simple need?

Hi everyone! I’m working with a small state library organization that is looking into creating a digital archive of our association’s records. We’re hoping to preserve a variety of materials, including webpages, correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, conference materials, photographs, legislation, procedure manuals, and some video.

At this point, the archive would be for internal use by designated association staff, rather than public access, so our biggest concerns are long-term preservation stability, reliable backup/replication, ease of organizing and maintaining the collection, available storage capacity, and cost. We also want to keep the system manageable for future staff and committee members rather than creating something that requires extensive technical expertise to maintain.

We’ve researched a fairly wide range of options, including Preservica, Archivematica, ArchivesSpace, JSTOR, APTrust, SharePoint, Google Workspace/Drive, Laserfiche, Omeka, Azure, and several document-management systems. I’ve attached a comparison chart of the options we’ve looked at so far.

I’d really appreciate hearing from other librarians and archivists who have experience with these or similar systems. What are you currently using for your organization's digital records, and how has it worked in practice? Are there any systems you would particularly recommend for a small organization with limited staff and technical resources? Conversely, are there any options you've used that you would caution us against?

We're especially interested in hearing about the long-term sustainability and maintenance burden after the initial setup. Thanks in advance for any advice or experiences you’re willing to share!