Is this something allowed here in this forum or should it be in another forum? I've got a handy backup program that's really saved my Runtime.

I don't want to break any rules, I like it here!

That should be fine. Or you might put it in the Community forum or the break room

Ok, I think I'll post this here as it seems to me the best forum to do it to.

Recently I almost lost my entire Runtime which I've been building since Poser 7. I had to use file recovery software to get it back. I did have a copy of an earlier Runtime but, as usual, it hadn't been updated for a while so was missing a lot of content. Now I do keep a folder with all the purchases and free items I've collected and even have them in a proper folder structure but you can imagine trying to sort 130 odd Gig of items would take. Anyway, after spending a long time using the recovery software I decided to look for a cheap, easy to use backup system. I've eventually settled on this.

bvckup2

Its $50 and to me is the best piece of software I've purchased (excluding content of course). Its easy to set up and the options of how to back up is excellent. You can get the backups to run as files are changed or, as I most often use, whenever I want it to run.

I could go on but the best thing to do is search for it and look at it yourselves. Its saved me when my machine failed.

Now I back up my Runtime to an external drive and know its safe should my machine's drive perish again.

I thought I'd mention it knowing just how awful I felt when I thought I'd lost all my stuff and how long it took me to get it all back.

Speaking of backups: as a Win user, I rely on a batch based on Robocopy to keep in sync the whole collection of runtimes on an external hard drive, connected only at backup time. Same goes with all my Poser projects.

I'm pretty sure that bvckup2 is based on robocopy but it gives a lot of enhanced features and has a nice interface. Useful for people that don't like working with the command line or powershell windows.

i just don't want to lose my runtime again  :-)

I use 2 backup programs. Backerupper I use for a full backup of my main drive. And Genie Timeline for my 3d and stories. Both are the free versions, so I can't use both with one.  What I like about Genie is that I can access individual files from Explorer. If something happens to a single file, I can get it back without fuss. 

I use Free File Sync to keep a duplicate of my runtime drive.  It has lots of options and 2 way synchronization so whichever drive changes, the latest versions of files is copied to the other.  I must look at some of these alternative as they all sound great!

Teh Mollz

My thoughts exactly. I've paid for bvckup2 now so I'll keep using it but I do have a second PC that needs looking after. Lots to try out.