Backup Software for your PC
PC Backup Vault supports any FTP backup client software running on a PC, MAC or server. We support both standard FTP and secure FTP protocols although we recommend that only encrypted data be backed up on-line so secure FTP is not really required.
We recommend Backup4All Professional for Windows PC's as we believe it to be one of the best backup applications available. Using Backup4all you can easily back up to any local or network drive, back up to FTP, back up to DVD, or other removable media (such as USB HDD or flash drives). Backup4all is the best backup solution for desktop and laptop computers, for your business or personal use.
Backup4All Professional Requirements:
- Processor running at 400 MHz frequency or higher
- Minimum 64 MB of memory (RAM), 128 MB recommended
- 20 MB of free hard disk space for application files plus 20 MB working space during installation
- Microsoft Windows® 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, 2000 Server, XP, 2003 Server or Windows Vista
Because the application uses zip compression, additional disk space is needed for the temporary directory. The amount of free space depends on the size of files to backup.
For additional information about this application visit the Backup4All web site at http://www.backup4all.com.
BackUp4All Software Features
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Easy to Use
- Easy to configure multiple backups on a single machine. Different backup types and frequency can be setup to protect your data.
Backup Archives are Stored in Standard Zip Format
- ZIP64 support (for backups of over 2GB) that can be opened with any zip compatible utility.
Multiple Backup Types
- Plenty of backup types to choose from: full backup, differential backup, incremental backup and mirror backup, and combinations of these to ensure that your data is secure and available..
Set up Groups of Files For Automatic Backup
- Add folders or files to the group to be archived. All selected folders and files will be archived in a Full Backup and any changed files will be archived in an Incremental Backup or Differential Backup.
Intuitive Interface
- With the help of the internal file tree, you can see all files that are in the backup and the new files that will be stored at the next backup execution. You can sort and search this file tree. You can start this backup application at windows startup or minimize it to the system tray.
Backup Locked or Open Files (XP/2003/Vista)
- Backup4all uses the Volume Shadow Copy service that allows you to back up local open files from NTFS partitions in Windows XP/2003/Vista. Now you can backup your emails and settings without closing Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express or other email clients.
File Filters
- Powerful filtering engine with lots of options (filter by attribute, size, date, name and type). You can build filters using a combination of restrictions and you can define separate filters for inclusion and exclusion.
Built-in Scheduler
- You can easily setup a powerful scheduler using the available scheduler configurations to make unattended backups.
Manage Multiple Backup Jobs
- This backup software allows defining multiple backups and saving them for future use. On the main form, you have an overview of all defined backups organized in groups. Backup4all comes with several predefined backup jobs: "My Documents", "My Pictures", "Outlook Express" and allows importing backup plugins.
Email Notifications
- You can configure Backup4all to send custom emails after a finished backup with success, error, warning notifications. Additional options allow you to attach the backup log file and send the email to several addresses.
Backup Catalogue File
- Backup4all stores a summary snapshot of the file information into a backup catalogue file (".bkc") each time a backup is executed. This catalogue is stored in a different file than the backup itself and it allows Backup4all to keep track of the backed up files. The advantage of a catalogue is faster backup execution. Another advantage is that you can run Backup4all together with other backup applications because they will not interfere with each other.
Backup Directly to CD / DVD
- <<Backup4All Full Version>> This backup software comes with its own built-in CD/DVD burning support. Just set the destination on CD/DVD and execute the backup job. However, if you prefer, you can use UDF format (using products such as DirectCD or InCD). Backup4all also has the possibility to erase CD-RW/DVD-RW media.
FTP Backup
- You can backup your files to remote locations using the FTP service (with SSL support, active/passive transfer modes, firewall support). You just have to select FTP as destination, enter the FTP configurations and you are ready to backup to FTP.
Backup Destination
- <<Backup4All Full Version>> You can store the backup in a local folder, on another computer in the same LAN, on media such as: CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, on USB drives or other removable media, or on FTP.
Extra Actions
- Perform extra actions before and/or after backup execution.
Create Shortcut for Backup Job / Group
- You can create a "shortcut" of a backup job or backup group to a desired location. Whenever you will double-click that shortcut, the backup job defined will start running. You can make it a "one click backup" if you place that shortcut in the Quick Launch menu.
Statistics
- You can actually see the number of files that will be processed at next backup (very useful when you have a large number of files). Other information refers to the size and date of the executed backups and the available free space on storage destination.
Play Custom Sounds
- Backup4all can play custom success/warning/error sounds at the end of the backup.
File Warnings
- File warnings are displayed to the user during backup execution if the user chooses so. These warnings are also written to the log file. Scheduled backups do not show these warnings even when this option is set.
New Backup Wizard
- This backup software provides step-by-step instructions to create a new backup job.
Easy File and Folder Selection
- You can browse a folder tree to select several files and folders as source of the backup or you can include or exclude them individually.
Standard Zip Compression and zip64 support
- If the zip file size is less than 2 Gbytes, Backup4all creates standard zip files. This format is compatible with any zip utility available on the market. Unlike other backup software, for zip files greater than 2 Gbytes, Backup4all uses zip64 technology (which allows unlimited zip file size).
Backup Plugins
- Starting with version 3.10 is possible to load plugins to backup/restore the settings of specific programs. A plugin is actually an XML file that once imported in Backup4all adds a predefined backup. For instance, a backup plugin for Mozilla FireFox, when loaded, will automatically add in the Predefined Backup list an entry for Firefox, so when defining a new backup job if that’s selected, the FireFox profiles will be added as source for the new backup.
Customized Zip Names
- You can customize name prefixes for the zip archives, which store your backup versions. Backup4all also support file/folder paths longer than 260 characters (turn off file parsing). This is particularly useful for the backup archives to have descriptive names when browsing your backup files online.
Password Protection
- You can protect your ZIP files by setting a password to each backup. Besides normal password protection, Backup4all also supports 128-bit, 192-bit and 256-bit AES encryption. These numbers reflect the encryption key size used to encrypt the data - a higher key strength provides stronger encryption.
Snapshots
- Mirror backup type makes an exact copy of selected files and folders.
Disk Spanning
- Automated support for splitting your backup between many removable disks or even on the same media. You can specify the maximum size of the zip archives. When performing a mirror backup and using disk spanning you can choose not to split the files. This is a useful option because you can copy your music/movies to cd or dvd and not have them split up when the cd or dvd is full.
Logs
- The operations performed by the application are logged. You can change the location of the log file if you want to store it in a different place.
Command Line
- There is a command line version of this backup application available. Use the scheduler to set automatic backups.
Restore Wizard
- Restore backed up data step-by-step. Allows you to choose the version of files which will be restored and filter them to restore files that are needed. You can also quickly restore the latest version of a file or a whole folder.
Compatibility
- You can restore data using any standard zip software. Backup4all gives you this way more flexibility if you need to restore data on a different computer (if the backup was created using independent splits, see this section on how to restore correctly using 3rd party zip software).
One touch backup
- Some USB enclosures have a button to start the execution of an associated program. If you have such a device, you can configure Backup4all to execute a backup job or a backup group when this button is pressed (works only with certain USB enclosures).
Summary
- Text description of the full setup for each backup job that allows you to easily review the information regarding the backup.
Test Backup
- The application tests the backups (using CRC32). This ensures that the files have been backed up properly and the backup is safe. You can also test the backup integrity at a later time from Backup4all's main menu. When backing up to removable media, after each media item written the backup test is performed (for spanned backups). When backing up to FTP, the XCRC command can be used (if supported by server). This speeds up the testing as Backup4all will verify the backup based on the CRC information received from server.