Does ATI 2016 Non-stop Backup Work?
Hi,
I would appreciate any reassurance that the non-stop backup in ATI 2016 works reliably on Windows 10.
I'm still on ATI 2015 and have found that the non-stop backup I initiated under an administration account on Windows 10 Home, for my brother's desktop, has produced what looks like an original backup (on 26 May or thereabouts) and a plethora of cdp####.data files (each of 1 GB) at various intervals since. When I go to see if I could recover a file from the backup, there is no UI via the ATI UI - all this indicates is that the backup is stopped (no reason or other information given). When I click on the backup file itself, all I see are the files in their original state and no new files are visible. There does not seem to be anyway that i can access whatever might be in the.data files. When I try to restart the backup - naturally it doesn't and I can see no way of finding out why it stops and won't start.
I'm asking in this forum because I'm contemplating upgrading to the latest ATI in the (mistaken?) belief that it might be something to do with ATI 2015 on Windows 10 and something that now works correctly in ATI 2016. Clearly, any suggestion for how I might try to get my non-stop backup working on ATI 2015 in the meantime would also be appreciated!
Kind regards, Stefan


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Hi Steve,
Thanks for your reply. I had seen various comments but wondered if anyone had any success or had noticed any improvements.
My idea of using NSB was that it would in effect maintain a consolidated "full backup" without the periodic need to make a new Full backup that the other plans would need - NSB is in effect a Full backup with an ongoing (indeterminate) number of incremental backups - it doesn't need to do periodic Full backups. My brother's drive is around 3TBytes so I can't afford to set up a scheme that makes a periodic Full backup as we woud run out of space.
Kind regards, Stefan
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Stefan, one of the issues that has been reported in the forums with NSB is that it will use all available free space on the drive it is given to backup to, so unless you have a dedicated drive to use for NSB you will have no control over the other data you can store on the backup drive as it will lay claim to all the space.
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UPgrade prices are pretty sweet right now, but 2017 is also just aroudn the corner, so you may want to hold off for it. I don't use NSB myself - I can't see the value in it, especially with recovery being limited to the application only and backups being rolled up into a single daily restore point every 24 hours anyway and then again each week. It's not really nonstop if you can only recover from a single point in time after 24 hours or a single point in time after a week so the advantage is really only good for that 24 hour period. However, during that 24 hour period, do you really need backups every 5 minutes? Personally, I use Windows Protection (volume snapshots) for changing data and then use an incremental backup plan for as often as it's needed each day. If there is only certain data chaning frequently that needs to be backed up often, do a file/folder backup just for that content and frequent incrementals. Then do a separate backup for your profile that is less frequent, and/or another one for the entire OS. Think of your data as money and try to diversify it like you would for your retirement plan. Create a backup plan that gives you different options for recovery and limit your risk in the event that your data, or one of the backups has something bad happen to it.
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Stefan...
If you are concerned over keeping continuous backups of your user data (your personal files/music/pictures) then W10 (and W8/8.1) already includes something called 'File History' which backs up these items at a frequency of your choosing. It operates silently and with no system overheads. The storage location can be anything from an external drive through to a separate partition on your main drive. The files are stored in their native form as copies and so are browsable and recoverable even if you subsequently do happen to do an image restore (using say Acronis) to a much earlier date.
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2484-file-history-how-use-windows-8-a.html
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