Computer Shopper - UK (2020-10)

ISSUE392|COMPUTER SHOPPER|OCTOBER 2020 59

Backup4All8.7 Lite

BACKINGUPDATAis hardly
an exciting or enjoyable task,
but with the right tool it can
be made agreat deal easier.
ASCOMP BackUp Maker
Professional is ahighly
approachable backup utility that
does just that, helping you to
safeguard your data with the
minimum of fuss and effort.

ASCOMPBackUpMaker7Professional

REQUIREMENTSWindows7,8,10;

74MB hard disk space

WEBSITEwww.ascompsoftware.com

NOTESGetyourregistration code within

theapplication

Creating backup jobs is a

simple affair,and the whole thing

is wizard drivensoyou’renever

leftnot knowing whattodo. You

can use theprogram in regular or

expert mode dependingonyour

needs, with the latter giving you

access to afew extra options that

will notbeapplicable to everyone

or in all circumstances.

Whichever mode you choose,

you canopt to use thepre-

defined ‘simple selection’method

of selecting whattobackup, or

choose individualfiles and

folders. In simple selection mode,

you canquickly addimages,

documents, videos and other key

types of files –including browser

bookmarks–to your backup job.

To make sure you never

forget to keepyour

backupsup-to-date, you

canthen schedule

updates to take place

with whatever frequency

you want. This couldbe

on adaily or weekly basis,

or whenWindows starts

or shuts down.

Anicetouch with

this program is that not

only is it easy to use,

there is ahandy system

trayicon.From here

you can activate amenu

that can be used to

quickly run any or all

of your backup jobs in

just afew clicks.

REQUIREMENTSWindows7,8,10;

150MBhard disk space

WEBSITEwww.backup4all.com

NOTESGetyourregistration code at http://www.

backup4all.com/creativemarkb20-promo.

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BACKUP4ALLISAN

easy-to-usebutvery

capablebackuptool,

available in three

different versions.

The Liteedition

–which is what you

get here -isaimed

at homeusers, but

still offers allthe

corefunctionality

most people will

need. Youcan

specify the files

and folders you’d

like to back up –

these can be saved

to local, external or

network drives;

there are options

to compress your

archives, or password-

protect them forsecurity; and asimplescheduler

can automatically runyour backup jobs every day,

weekormonth.

Restoration is just as straightforward, because

yourbackups are just mirrors of theoriginal files

andfolders, stored in regular Zipfiles. Simply open

an Explorer folder and you’ll be able to findand

recover what youneed in seconds.

Version 8bringsalotofchanges,includingsome

only in the Standard and Professional editions, such

as Professional’s blocklevel incremental backups,

Azureand Amazon S3 support.But every edition

benefitsfromthe revamped, more customisable and

easier-to-user interface.You cannow suspend,cancel

or stop allbackup jobs; the program is able to run

scheduledjobs it might have missed; andthereare

new tools both to test and repair yourbackups.