Windows Help & Advice - UK (2020-05)

EaseUSTodoBackupFreehaslots

ofbasescovered:backingup

individualfilesandfolders,whole

drivesorpartitions,orcreatinga

fullsystembackup.There’salsoa

1 EaseUSTodoBackupFree

http://www.easeus.com

RATING

‘smart’optionthatautomatically

backsupfilesincommonlyused

locations,andyouhavetheoption

ofusingcloudstorage.

Backupscanthenbescheduled,

runningasincremental,

differentialor full backups

asrequired.

Thefreeversion of EaseUS Todo

Backupfree has almost all the

featuresofthe premium edition.

Youcanstill run backups on a

schedule,but lose the ability to

havethesebackups triggered by

variousevents – not something

mostpeople will miss.

Thesame goes for command

line-drivenbackups, PC-to-PC data

transfer,and Outlook backup;

they’reallnice to have, but their

absenceisunlikely to be a

deal-breaker.

RATING

CobianBackupisthemost

advancedfreebackuptool

around,andmightbeoverkillfor

newusers,butif youknowexactly

howyouwanttoconfigureyour

backupsthenyoucanbe

confidentit’llgiveyouthe

flexibilityyouneed.

CobianBackupcanbeusedto

createandschedulemultiple

backupjobs,andfilescanbe

archivedtoanotherlocalhard

drive,network location or, if

youhaveaccess to one, an FTP

server.It can back up to multiple

locationsat the same time, so it’s

possibletorun multiple backup

jobssimultaneously. Backups can

becompressed to save space, and

there’soptional encryption to

keep your data secure.

Cobian Backup loses when

it comes time to restore data

• there’s no simple wizard to
  automate the process, so
  you’re left on your own having
  to copy files back into place,
  decrypting and decompressing
  first if necessary.

Watchoutfor

additionalsoftware

duringinstallation:

unchecktheboxes.

2 CobianBackups

http://www.cobiansoft.com

A comprehensive

tool for backing

up your data.

THE BEST FREE BACKUP SOFTWARE

Protect and save your important documents

Winner!

image credits: EaseUS, Cobian, Paragon, Google

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