In the past I’ve tried to BU manually but really want an automatic system of some sort.
All you have to do is run ntbackup(start>run>ntbackup) and create a backup job that runs when you schedule it. All you would have to do is plug the drive in, and it will do all of the work for you. You will only have to manually do it yourself the first time, and it will do it all for you every time thereafter.
I hate to see people pay for software and services that basically does the same things a computer can already do for free, if the user knows about it...