The best option for home backup – GFI Backup

Posted by Adrian in Security on 07 2nd, 2009 | no responses

Backup is that thing that comes to mind when it’s usually too late – your hard disk crashes or you have a virus that destroys your very important data. Now that a free version of GFI Backup is out, Windows users will have a handy solution for keeping their data safe.

This application guarantees that your documents, music, movies, emails and even the setting for different programs will not be lost due to unforeseen events. It’s like taking an insurance policy on your files and it won’t cost you anything.

Because the interface is simple and wizard-driven, you don’t have to be a computer engineer to do a backup and save it to the storage device of your choice – local and external disk drives, LAN, CD/DVD, removable devices, remote FTP servers, etc..

GFI Backup uses a public scripting engine and lets you back up the program settings for applications like Opera, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Outlook and also Photoshop, Skype, Dreamweaver, Putty and more.

Another great feature is Sync Tasks which allows you to synchronize folders from different media, enabling you to synchronize your MP3s on a USB stick with those on your computer, for example, or your laptop documents with those on your office desktop computer.

You can configure the software to make incremental backup (back up only new and changed files), or differential backup (deletes from the current backup the files that no longer exist in the source location).

GFI Backup with its many features and ease of use is the perfect tool for everybody and the best thing – it’s free.