ntbackup workalike for adhoc full backups in Windows 7 thats free and preferably open source
- by Justin Dearing
On windows 2000 and XP machines I used to be able to do the following:
ntbackup backup systemstate c: /f e:\backups\machineName\machineName-full+systemstate_200101206.bkf
This gave me a full backup of the system that I could use to do a system restore, after doing a barebones OS install. Windows 7 has a great utility for regular backups with alerting and all that stuff. It does not seem to have command line support. I'd like a backup solution for my Windwos 7 systems that has the following features:
Is free
Is open source (preferebly)
Works while the system is booted and leaves the system functional (clonezilla is great for offline backups, and I use that too)
Gives me a backup that is suited for a full system restore or partial system restore (ruling out most imaging software even if they could work while the system is booted via some sort of shadow copy voodoo)
Can work via the command line
Compression would be nice, the ability to pipe output would be better.
