Thread: Computer/program help

A lot of you know Im not the smartest when it comes to computers. I do manage to get by but in general i know enough to get myself in trouble at times, so I could use a little help with a few different things.

To start this thread off and my first question...

I used to have a local friend. We were pretty tight. He retired from HP as a the top programmer. He used to tell me that when Visa or Mastercard went down he was one of the guys who got them back up and running as companies like those loose millions in seconds. Unfortunately he is one of a lot of people who had a fight with Covid and lost. So I no longer have him to take care a my computer issues. He used to tell me that fixing my computer issues were like going back to grade school for him. Plus he always got a great meal and a few beers for his troubles.

So I need to buy a new computer now. I will get into that in another post. But for now... My buddy made me a backup program. He used to just make his own programs when he wanted something. Lol.
When my computer crashed the program was lost. It would scan my computer files that he setup to scan for anything new. Then it would copy or backup only what was new and add it to my old copied files and save it all. It did this every evening.

I dont understand enough to know what Im looking for when it comes to buying a program that does this. I also dont want to have to pay a monthly or yearly fee to use such a program. I dont want to send my info to the sky/cloud for backup as i have a ssd hard drive that is separate from my computer to store all my files, music, movies, pictures, etc...

So can anyone recommend a program? Can anyone of you make such a thing like my buddy did? Or maybe explain more about what Im looking for. Help me to understand what i need in this first issue for now please.

I know my friend was very smart as he started in computers when it all began and retired a very wealthy person. Too bad for his family that the Covid took him too soon. He was a good friend and I miss him in more ways than one.

Thanks

BTW, if someone who has great computer powers want to talk to me via PM so that they dont get bombarded by lots of computer questions, Im all for that and understand.