[JohnR]

Hi, I'm looking for a Windows backup program (or programs) that is reliable and unobtrusive. It needs to be able to backup to a network drive (Synology). Ideally I'd like something that does what Time Machine does, with an option for an alternate backup target (e.g. a hard drive when plugged in). Also, it needs to allow me to specify which folders get backed up, not just do the whole machine.

Has anyone used this one? http://www.altaro.com/home-pc-backup/ Other suggestions? (Not looking for online backups with this one.)

Thanks for any leads, please help me preserve what's left of my hair

[jtwrace]

This might help you.  Free Trial and works flawless.

[JohnR]

Um... but that's a Mac program. Looking for Windows

[jtwrace]

Um... but that's a Mac program. Looking for Windows

  but it will backup the NAS.

[JRace]

I use Dirsync pro
http://dirsyncpro.org/

DirSync Pro is a small, but powerful utility for file and folder synchronization. DirSync Pro can be used to synchronize the content of one or many folders recursively. Use DirSync Pro to easily synchronize files from your desktop PC to your USB-stick (/Externa HD/PDA/Notebook, ...). Use this USB-stick (/Externa HD/PDA/Notebook, ...) to synchronize files to another desktop PC.

Using DirSync Pro you can make incremental backups. In this way you'll spare lots of time because you don't have to copy all the files each time you want to update your backup; only new/modified/larger files would be copied. DirSync Pro provides some preconfigured modes (e.g. Mirror, Backup, Contribute, …) for common synchronization and backup tasks and some custom modes in which the user could set up the synchronization behavior to meet specific wishes. Prior to synchronization, DirSync Pro perfoms an analysis on files and folders and detect any kind of changes to any file/directory in the source. If a file is for example modified, removed, deleted, renamed in the source DirSync Pro synchronizes the destination accordingly. DirSync Pro detects also changes to file meta data (e.g. DOS attributes, POSIX file ownerships/group/permissions) and could preserve them to the destination file/directories.