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A good backup routine is a must for anyone that has any important data on his or her computer. Your documents, photos, music - even your Photoshop brushes and settings - those things are all a real pain to recover when they go missing.
For home users running Windows, GFI Backup is an excellent option. Not only does it do traditional folder and files backups, but it also makes backing up your registry, email, and program settings a breeze. The program settings feature is especially handy, and comes with built-in support for apps like Skype, Putty, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Winamp, Firefox, IE, and Opera.
Backups can be saved to CD/DVD, removable drives, LAN folders, or remote FTP. Scheduling, compression, and AES encryption are also supported, and GFI can also run tasks before and after your backup job - say, a CCleaner /auto run to make sure you're not backing up useless files.
And since a number of users sync to external hard drives or NAS devices instead of backing up, GFI can also handle synchronization tasks, too. It's an excellent, free way to keep your data safe.
If you'd rather not register on the GFI site to get the download, you can also find it at Snapfiles.
For home users running Windows, GFI Backup is an excellent option. Not only does it do traditional folder and files backups, but it also makes backing up your registry, email, and program settings a breeze. The program settings feature is especially handy, and comes with built-in support for apps like Skype, Putty, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Winamp, Firefox, IE, and Opera.
Backups can be saved to CD/DVD, removable drives, LAN folders, or remote FTP. Scheduling, compression, and AES encryption are also supported, and GFI can also run tasks before and after your backup job - say, a CCleaner /auto run to make sure you're not backing up useless files.
And since a number of users sync to external hard drives or NAS devices instead of backing up, GFI can also handle synchronization tasks, too. It's an excellent, free way to keep your data safe.
If you'd rather not register on the GFI site to get the download, you can also find it at Snapfiles.
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Subscribe to commentsMattJul 2nd 2009 1:18PM
Does GFI pay people to write about this or did you just get inspired reading How-To Geek?
BronzeJul 2nd 2009 12:56PM
GFI reviews are popping up all over the techie sites. It's either really special software, or it simply has a very aggressive PR campaign behind it.
I might take a closer look at GFI when it offers a reliable method to backup to my Amazon S3 accounts.
Lee MathewsJul 2nd 2009 1:19PM
Same way as many of my other app reviews. I was browsing around a download mirror (Snapfiles).
Apart from AOL, no one pays me to review anything. Just to clear that up ;)
MattJul 2nd 2009 1:31PM
I was kidding about the paying thing. I meant did they come to you and say "hey, review this". Didn't mean to imply that you were on the payroll. Sorry!
Lee MathewsJul 2nd 2009 1:33PM
Heh, didn't really think so, Matt. We're apparently not the kind of blog that gets free laptops thrown at us by Microsoft. :)
Although, if they're reading...It WOULD be nice if I had new laptop to REALLY test Windows 7 on...
DemoJul 2nd 2009 3:06PM
How does this compare to other utilities like DirSyncPro, Bonkey, and Macrium Reflect?
Lee MathewsJul 2nd 2009 3:07PM
I like its simplicity, though it's not really fair to compare it to Macrium. As far as sync and backup go, I'd put this in my top 3 recommendations for less-technical users.
DemoJul 2nd 2009 6:04PM
I see. I really like DirSyncPro for my syncing, but perhaps I'll give this one a shot on your recommendation.
Christian VelasquezJul 2nd 2009 8:48PM
What's the disk cache for this, as in how much space does GFI require?
Also, does it only support desktop environments, or does it support USB's, iPods, externals, etc as well?