Qaar badan oo naga mid ah, sawirada qoyska ee qaaliga ah, dukumeentiyada shaqo ee muhiimka ah, ama waraaqaha muhiimka ah ayaa u qaabaysan qaab dhijitaal ah. Ma awoodid inaad lumiso iyaga sababtoo ah qalabka kombuyuutarka ama software-ka oo xumaaday.

Isticmaalka kombuyuutar kaydinta wanaagsan waxay badbaadin kartaa hilib doofaarkaaga marka ay dhacdo wax aan la malayn karin, laakiin software-ka-celinta nidaamka xirfadeed maaha mid raqiis ah oo badanaa wuxuu leeyahay sifooyin inta badan isticmaalayaasha waligood ma isticmaalaan. Nasiib wanaag, waxaad ku dari kartaa xalal badan oo bilaash ah oo bilaash ah Windows 11 kumbuyuutarkaaga .^(Windows)

Noocyada kaabta

Erayga "kaabta" waxa uu tixraaci karaa dhaqamo badan oo kala duwan. Tusaale ahaan, Mashiinka Time^{(Time Machine)} -ka ee macOS wuxuu xoojiyaa dhammaan darawalkaaga adag. Tani waxay kuu ogolaaneysaa inaad si buuxda u soo celiso kombiyuutarkaaga ama xitaa u soo celiso xogtaada kumbiyuutar cusub.

Tani waa waxa loo yaqaan disc-imaging , waana waxa aad rabto marka aad ka welwelsan tahay wadarta guud ee darawalnimada adag, xatooyada, ama luminta kombiyuutarkaaga oo dhan. Maalmahan wadarta xalalka kaydinta ee sidan oo kale ah ayaa aad uga caqli badan sidii hore oo kaliya waxay u baahan yihiin in lagu soo celiyo isbeddelada maalinlaha ah ee sawirkaaga adag, oo loo yaqaan kaabaynta korodhka. Tani waxay badbaadinaysaa wakhti badan, laakiin waxay la macno tahay inaad u baahan tahay dhexdhexaadin kayd ah ugu yaraan sida dhammaan darawalkaaga adag!

Xaqiiqdu waxay tahay, inta badan xogta ku jirta kombuyuutarkaaga si fudud ayaa loo beddeli karaa iyada oo aan kayd loo hayn. Nidaamkaaga qalliinka iyo arjiyadaada dhamaantood dib ayaa looga soo rari karaa ilo rasmi ah. Waxa runtii muhiimka ah waa faylashaada xogta iyo, xaaladaha qaarkood, faylasha qaabaynta. Haddii aad xoogga saarto oo kaliya samaynta kaydinta xogta aan la bedeli karin, waxaad kaydin doontaa labadaba wakhtiga iyo booska kaydinta.

Waxa kale oo aad samayn kartaa kayd xogta ku dhawaad ​​dhexdhexaad kasta, laakiin maalmahan labada doorasho ee ugu fiican waa drives Hard Disk-yada dibadda ( HDDs ) iyo kaydinta daruuraha kaydinta ee server-yada internetka. Dabcan, haddii aad rabto in aad isticmaasho SSD dibadda ah ama flash drive, waxba kuuma joojinayo! Ilaa iyo inta aad haysato meel disk ah oo kugu filan.

Had iyo jeer way fiican tahay in xogtaada lagu kabo laba siyaabood oo madax banaan. Tani waxay inta badan ugu mahadcelinaysaa halista ransomware, kaas oo ay si gacan-taag ah u carqaladeeyaan kaydinta daruuraha oo bixisa daaqad dib u soo celinta faylka.

OneDrive Cloud Backup

Faa'iidooyinka^(Pros)

• Si adag ugu dhex milmay Windows si loogu kaydiyo khadka tooska ah.
• Looma baahna qaabayn si loo kaydiyo faylasha muhiimka ah.
• Kaydin badan haddii ay dhacdo inaad iska diiwaan geliso Microsoft 365^{(Microsoft 365)} .

Qasaarooyinka^(Cons)

• 5GB ee kaydinta bilaashka ah ayaa dadka qaar ku adkaan karta.

OneDrive waa xalka kaydinta daruuraha ee Microsoft. Waxaad si gaar ah uga iibsan kartaa booska kaydinta adeegga, laakiin isticmaale kasta oo Microsoft 365 ah wuxuu helayaa terabyte ee kaydinta daruuraha oo ay ku jirto rukunsaddooda.

Isticmaalayaasha bilaashka ah waxay helayaan 5GB ee meel kaydinta, taas oo ku filan sawirada, dukumentiyada, faylasha qaabeynta, iyo macluumaadka kale ee muhiimka ah ee shakhsi ahaaneed. Windows 11 waa inuu la yimaadaa OneDrive oo horay loo rakibay, laakiin maaha qayb ka mid ah nidaamka hawlgalka. Haddii aadan haysan, waxaad ka heli kartaa Bakhaarka Daaqadaha^{(Windows Store)} .

Waxa aad u yar in la sameeyo marka codsiga la rakibo oo aad gasho akoonkaaga Microsoft . Gal shakhsi ah oo OneDrive ah ayaa ka soo bixi doona File Explorer , wax kasta oo aad ku kaydsato galkan waxa lagu koobiyi doonaa daruuraha inta lagu jiro wada shaqaynta.

OneDrive sidoo kale wuxuu si toos ah u isku dhejiyaa faylalka muhiimka ah ee ku jira Windows , sida desktop-kaaga ,^(Desktop) Documents ,^(Documents) iyo galka Sawirada. Ka soo qaad^(Suppose) inaad waligaa dib u rakibtay Windows ama aad heshay kombuyuutar Windows oo dheeraad ah. Xaaladdaas, waxaad si fudud u soo celin kartaa macluumaadkaaga shakhsi ahaaneed iyo doorbidkaaga adiga oo kaliya galaya oo isticmaalaya shaqada soo celinta. Eeg Sida Si Toos Ah Loogu Soo Celiyo Faylasha Google Drive ama OneDrive si Looga Hortago Luminta Xogta^{(How to Automatically Backup Files to Google Drive or OneDrive to Prevent Data Loss)} haddii aad rabto inaad aragto sida ay u shaqeyso.

Google Drive

 Faa'iidooyinka^( Pros)

• 15GB ee kaydinta bilaashka ah.
• Qayb weyn^(Great) oo ah abka onlaynka ah si wax looga beddelo loona wadaago dukumentiyada.

Qasaarooyinka^(Cons)

• Kaydinta waxa lagu wadaagaa dhammaan adeegyada Google -ka^(Google)

Isticmaalayaasha badankood ee Google Drive^{(Google Drive)} ugu tiirsan wax soo saarkooda maalinlaha ah waxay u badan tahay inaysan u malayn inay tahay meel lagu kaydiyo faylalka aan ahayn faylalka Google -ka ee asalka u ah abka sida Docs ama Sheets . Si kastaba ha ahaatee, waxaad ku kaydin kartaa^(any) nooc kasta oo fayl ah gudaha Google Drive kaaga . Xataa kuwa madashu aanay akhriyi karin.

Haddii aad rakibto arjiga desktop -ka Google Drive , waxa aad isku xidhi kartaa faylasha muhiimka ah ee kombayutarkaga Google^(sync)(sync) Drive^{(Google Drive)} -ka si la mid ah sida aad u adeegsan karto OneDrive , DropBox , iyo adeegyada kale ee tartamaya.

Mid ka mid ah farqi weyn oo u dhexeeya Google Drive waa inaad hesho 15GB ee meel kaydinta bilaashka ah, inkasta oo taasi la wadaago dhammaan adeegyada Google -ka, oo uu ku jiro ^(Google)Gmail . Si kastaba ha ahaatee, cusboonaysiinta kaydinta iyadoo la isticmaalayo Google One lacag la'aan ah waa wax la yaab leh oo la awoodi karo.

DropBox

Faa'iidooyinka^(Pros)

• Aad u fudud in la rakibo oo la dejiyo.
• Isku-dubbaridka faylasha kombiyuutarada oo dhan waa mid aad u fudud.

Qasaarooyinka^(Cons)

• Waxaa ka maqan^(Lacks) qaar badan oo ka mid ah sifooyinka horumarsan ee abka sida OneDrive ama Google Drive .
• Kaliya 2GB ee kaydinta bilaashka ah.

DropBox waa magaca ugu caansan kaydinta daruuraha, laakiin qof kastaa uma maleynayo inuu yahay xal gurmad ah. Si ka duwan OneDrive , koontada ^(OneDrive)Dropbox bilaashka ah waxay la socotaa 2GB oo kayd ah, taas oo ah ceeb. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, adeegga dhabta ah waa mid aad u fiican.

Haddii aad rakibto arjiga desktop-ka, waxaad u qoondayn kartaa faylalka si ay u noqdaan faylal “la daawaday”. Fayl kasta oo aad ku koobiyayso galkaas waxa la mid ah daruuraha. Sidoo kale way fududahay in habkan loola wadaago dukumeentiyada isticmaalayaasha kale.

DropBox waa mid si guud la mid ah marka ay timaado astaamaha abka sida OneDrive , laakiin waa kan ugu fudud, ugu jilicsan, iyo abka ugu saaxiibka badan ee noociisa ah, fikradeena.

Haddii aad diyaar u tahay inaad bixiso kaydinta, DropBox waxay ku siinaysaa dilaaga " DropBox Backup" qorshe $5.99 bishii. Tani waxay kuu ogolaanaysaa inaad kaydiso kumbiyuutarka oo dhan iyadoon loo eegayn inta xog ee uu hayo.

EaseUS Todo kaabta bilaasha ah^{(EaseUS Todo Backup Free)}

Faa'iidooyinka^(Pros)

• Waxay bixisaa gurmad fantastik ah waxayna soo celisaa xulashooyinka.
• Waxaa ku jira software aad geli karto ka hor inta aanad kicin Windows .
• Waxay taageertaa kaydinta daruuraha ee kaydinta

Qasaarooyinka^(Cons)

• Astaamaha qaar waxa ay ku xidhan yihiin gidaarka lacag bixinta gadaashiisa.

Todo by EaseUS waa qalab gurmad dhaqameed ee ugu horreeya ee liiskan. Taas, waxaan ula jeednaa inay kuu ogolaanayso inaad ku soo celiso dhammaan darawalkaaga adag warbaahinta sida darawallada dibadda.

Todo waxa ay taageertaa kaydinta diskka-buuxa, kaydinta kordhinta, iyo kaydinta kala duwan. Uma baahnid inaad dib u soo celiso wadahaaga adag oo dhan. Taa bedelkeeda, waxaad dooran kartaa inaad kaliya dib u celiso qaybo gaar ah. Taasi waa faa'iido haddii aad leedahay qayb ka mid ah nidaamka u go'an.

Todo waxay isticmaashaa qaabkeeda PBD ee kaydinta faylasha. Waxaad ku kaydin kartaa faylashan meel kasta oo aad rabto, EaseUS-na^(EaseUS) waxay bixisaa goobteeda kaydinta daruuraha (lacag-bixin) oo ah bartilmaameed kaydinta kaydinta. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, haddii aad horeba lacag ugu bixinaysay kaydinta daruuraha adeeg kale, waxa si toos ah loogu soo diri karaa kaydintaada DropBox , Google Drive , ama OneDrive. Taasi waxay ka dhigaysaa xal aad u fiican u raritaannada kaydinta USB-ga^(USB) ama darawallada maxalliga ah ee aad rabto.

Iyadoo qaar ka mid ah sifooyin wanaagsan sida qaabaynta sawirka nidaamka ay ku xiran yihiin nooca Todo Home ee lacag bixinta ee software-ka, nooca bilaashka ah wuxuu qanciyaa baahiyaha isticmaalayaasha celceliska ah.

Aomei Backupper Standard

Faa'iidooyinka^(Pros)

• Appka kaabiska guud ee wanaagsan
• Doorashada dabacsan ee ilaha iyo meelaha loo aadayo.

Qasaarooyinka^(Cons)

• Qaar ka mid ah sifooyinka horumarsan waxay ku xidhan yihiin gidaarka lacag bixinta gadaashiisa.

Sida EaseUS Todo , Aomei Backupper Standard waa barnaamij gurmad dhaqameed oo dheeraad ah. Waxa aad dib u kaydin kartaa wadahaaga adag oo dhan hal mar, samayn kartaa kayd kordhin, ama isticmaal hab kaydin oo kala duwan.

Backupper waxa ay leedahay ilo gurmad ah oo aad u dabacsan. Waxaad kaydin kartaa darawallada, qaybo gaar ah, faylal gaar ah, ama faylal gaar ah. Waxay xitaa dib u soo celin kartaa qaybta Windows -ka iyadoo la adeegsanayo ^(Windows)Adeegga Copy-ga Hooska^{(Shadow Copy Service)} Mugga , si aadan u joojin shaqada ama aad kumbuyuutarkaaga u geliso qaab gaar ah.

Jadwalka kaydinta tooska ah iyo interface interface waa sahlan tahay in la isticmaalo, oo xitaa waxay u ogolaataa koontaroolka kombiyuutarada badan ee shabakadaada hal kombuyuutar oo weyn. Backupper wuxuu leeyahay mid ka mid ah qaababka ugu dhammaystiran ee nooca bilaashka ah ee aan aragnay. Tilmaamaha ku xiran nooca lacagta la bixiyay ayaa kaliya lagama maarmaan u ah koox yar oo isticmaaleysa.

Cobian Backup 11 (Cfis-isjiideed)

Faa'iidooyinka^(Pros)

• Codsiga bilaashka ah iyo isha furan.
• In kasta oo ay yara duqowday, haddana waa la ilaalinayaa.
• Tilmaamo aasaasi ah oo weyn.

Qasaarooyinka^(Cons)

• Interface-ka isticmaaluhu waa wax yar oo taariikhaysan.
• Abka cusub ee asalka ah ee ka yimi horumariyaha ayaa bedeli doona dhawaan

Cobian Backup 11 wuxuu leeyahay taariikh cajiib ah. Maadaama koodka isha software-ka uu iibiyay horumariyaha asalka ah, kaliya nooca 11 iyo ka weyn waa bilaash. Ma jiro version 12, iyo version 11 weli waa la dayactiray.

Maadaama nooca 11 lagu sii daayay shatiga furan oo aan la burin karin, nooca 11 wuxuu ahaan doonaa mid waligiis bilaash ah. Horumariyaha asalka ah ee Cobian wuxuu sidoo kale ka shaqeynayaa barnaamij cusub oo gurmad ah oo la yiraahdo Cobian Reflector . Si kastaba ha ahaatee, software-ku wuxuu weli ku jiraa Beta wakhtiga qorista.

Cobian 11 waa mid ka mid ah xalalka kaydinta bilaashka ah ee ugu fiican ee aad soo dejisan karto, waxayna si gaar ah ugu habboon tahay ganacsiyada yaryar. Software-ka ayaa wax badan u socda sidii xal-celin heer-faylal ah, laakiin kuma habboona cloning disk,

Mid ka mid ah waxyaabaha ugu wanaagsan ee ku saabsan Cobian ayaa ah in ishaada kaydinta ay noqon karto isku-dar faylal gaar ah, faylal, dariiqyo gaar ah, iyo xitaa cinwaannada FTP . Sidoo kale^(Likewise) , waxaad bartilmaameedsan kartaa darawallada la wadaago shabakadaada deegaanka.

Paragon Backup & Soo kabashada Bulshada daabacaada^{(Paragon Backup & Recovery Community Edition)}

Faa'iidooyinka^(Pros)

• Ikhtiyaarada kaydinta dhamaystiran.
• Tilmaamo otomaatig ah oo weyn.

Qasaarooyinka^(Cons)

• Kaliya isticmaalka shakhsi ahaaneed.

Daabacaadda "Bulshada" Paragon waa nooca bilaashka ah ee software-ka oo loo isticmaali karo oo kaliya isticmaalka shakhsi ahaaneed. Haddii aad rabto inaad u isticmaasho software-ka goob ganacsi, waa inaad soo iibsataa koobi ah Maamulaha Hard Disk-ga Paragon^{(Paragon Hard Disk Manager)} ama isticmaal mid ka mid ah xulashooyinka kale ee halkan ku taxan.

Maadaama ay tani tahay mid shakhsi kaliya loo isticmaalo, waxay la macno tahay in aan dan ka lahayn sifooyinka ganacsi ee maqan. Sida xal gurmad shakhsi ah, Paragon wax badan ayaa u socda. Waxaad dib u kaydin kartaa saxanadaha, mugga, galalka, iyo faylalka.

Waxa kale oo aad isticmaali kartaa dejimaha kaydinta casriga ah si aad u kiciso goorta iyo sida kaydku u dhaco. Paragon waxay leedahay "scenarios" halkaas oo kaydintu ay dhacayso, oo waxaad sii wadi kartaa noocyo badan oo kaydkaaga ah haddii aad boos u hayso. Haddii ta ugu xun dhacdo, waxaad dib u soo ceshan kartaa diskkaaga adigoo isticmaalaya WinPE .

FBackup

Faa'iidooyinka^(Pros)

• Ku fiican bilowgayaasha.
• Waxa loo isticmaali karaa ganacsi ahaan.

Qasaarooyinka^(Cons)

• Halkii sifooyin aasaasi ah.

FBackup waa app fudud oo leh astaamo aasaasi ah oo xoog badan. Waxaad ku kaydin kartaa aaladda USB , goobta shabakada, ama bartilmaameedyada kaydinta maxaliga ah ee kale. Waxa kale oo ay taageertaa ku- celinta Dropbox^(Dropbox) , Google Drive , iyo abka kale ee daruuraha ku habboon. FBackup waxay taageertaa isku-buufinta ama kaydinta aan la adkeyn

Kaabta waxa lagu kicin karaa gacanta ama iyadoo la isticmaalayo habka kaydinta jadwalka. Xitaa si ka sii wanaagsan, nooca bilaashka ah ee barnaamijka ayaa shati u leh arrimo shaqsi iyo ganacsi. Markaa waa hab kharash-ku-ool ah oo lagu helo xal gurmad fudud oo waxtar leh. FBackup ma aha nooca bilaashka ah ee xirmo lacag ah sidoo kale. Horumariyuhu wuxuu bixiyaa codsi gaar ah oo lagu magacaabo Backup4All , kaas oo ah barnaamij lacag bixin ah.

Haddii adiga ama isticmaalayaasha ay tahay in ay maamulaan shaqooyinkaaga kaydka ah ma aha kuwo si gaar ah u yaqaan farsamada, FBackup waxay bixisaa hab cad oo fudud oo aad ku raaxaysato sifooyinka ugu muhiimsan ee kaydinta dadka intooda badan.

Macrium Reflect Free

Faa'iidooyinka^(Pros)

• Laser-ku foogan yahay cloning diskka.
• Sawirada diskooga waxay ku shaqeeyaan mishiinada Virtual^{(Virtual Machines)} .

Qasaarooyinka^(Cons)

• Farsamo hal-trick ah.

Macrium Reflect Free waxaa loogu talagalay inta badan cloning disk iyo soo kabashada nidaamka buuxa. Waxaad xidhi kartaa warbaahinta la guuri karo, maamuli kartaa qaybaha OS, oo si toos ah ayaad u xidhi kartaa saxanadaha.

Sawirada kaydka ah ee la kicin karo waxaa loo kaydiyaa si isla markiiba loogu dhejiyo VirtualBox^(VirtualBox) . Tani waxay ka dhigan tahay inaad heli karto xogtaada adigoon bedelin kombuyuutarka isha.

Waxa kale oo aad abuuri kartaa WinPE 11 warbaahinta samatabbixinta si aad u soo celin karto nidaamkaaga haddii ay jirto guud ahaan fashil ku ah darawalkaaga adag ama xogta. Hal shay oo aadan ku sameyn karin Macrium Reflect Free ayaa ah inaad dib u soo celiso hagayaasha ama fiiriso taariikhda faylka gaarka ah. Si kastaba ha noqotee, hadda Acronis True Image ma laha nooc bilaash ah (iyo magac cusub^{(new name)} ), tani waa waxa ugu fiican ee xiga.

Dib U Samee Jidka Saxda ah

Isticmaalka xal gurmad ah oo wanaagsan waa lama huraan haddii aad hayso xog aan la bedeli karin ama aadan awoodin wax dhimis ah. Dhammaan abka iyo adeegyada aanu iftiiminay waxay leeyihiin awoodo u gaar ah.

Taasi waxay tidhi, waxaa habboon in la isku daro, tusaale ahaan, utility gurmad dhaqameed iyo adeegyada daruuraha. Qaar ka mid ah abka kor lagu soo bandhigay ayaa tan u samayn kara si asal ah, ama waxaad dejin kartaa xal gurmad ah oo barbar socda haddii aad doorbidayso.

Haddii aadan rabin in lagugu qabto fashilinta diskka, iska hubi inaad fiiriso sida loo hubiyo khaladaadkaaga Hard Drive-kaaga^{(How to Check Your Hard Drive for Errors)} iyo 6 Best Free Hard Drive Testing and Diagnostic Software .

Best Free Backup Software for Windows 11

For many of us, treasurеd family photoѕ, crucial work documents, or important papers are in digital formаt. You сan’t affоrd tо lose them becausе of a computer hardware or software failure.

Using good backup software can save your bacon when the unthinkable happens, but professional system backup software isn’t cheap and often has features most users never use. Luckily, you can pair many fantastic free Windows backup solutions with your Windows 11 computer.

Types of Backup

The word “backup” can refer to many different distinct practices. For example, Time Machine on macOS backs up your entire hard drive. This allows you to completely restore your computer or even restore your data to a new computer.

This is what’s known as disc-imaging, and it’s what you want when you’re worried about total hard drive failure, theft, or loss of your whole computer. These days total backup solutions like this are much more intelligent than before and only need to back up the day-to-day changes to your hard drive image, known as an incremental backup. This saves a lot of time, but it does mean you need a backup medium at least as large as your entire hard drive!

The truth is, most of the data on your computer can be replaced easily without a backup. Your operating system and applications can all be reinstalled from official sources. What’s really important are your data files and, in some cases, configuration files. If you only concentrate on making backups of irreplaceable data, you’ll save both time and storage space.

You can also make data backups to virtually any medium, but these days the two best options are external hard disk drives (HDDs) and cloud storage backups on internet servers. Of course, if you want to use an external SSD or a flash drive, nothing’s stopping you! As long as you have enough disk space for it.

It’s always best to have your data backed up in two independent ways. This is mainly thanks to the threat of ransomware, which is handily thwarted by cloud backups that offer a rolling window for file restoration.

OneDrive Cloud Backup

Pros

• Tightly integrated with Windows for seamless online backups.
• No configuration is needed to backup important files.
• Lots of storage if you happen to subscribe to Microsoft 365.

Cons

• 5GB of free storage can be tight for some people.

OneDrive is Microsoft’s cloud storage solution. You can buy storage space on the service separately, but every Microsoft 365 user gets a terabyte of cloud storage included with their subscription.

Free users get 5GB of storage space, which is ample for photos, documents, configuration files, and other important personal information. Windows 11 should come with OneDrive pre-installed, but it’s not a part of the operating system. If you don’t have it, you can find it in the Windows Store.

There’s very little to do once the application is installed and you’ve logged in to your Microsoft account. A OneDrive personal folder will appear in File Explorer, and anything you save to this folder will be copied to the cloud during synchronization.

OneDrive also automatically syncs essential folders in Windows, such as your Desktop, Documents, and Pictures folders. Suppose you ever have to reinstall Windows or get an additional Windows computer. In that case, you can easily restore your personal information and preferences by just logging in and using the restore function. Check out How to Automatically Backup Files to Google Drive or OneDrive to Prevent Data Loss if you want to see how it works.

Google Drive

 Pros

• 15GB of free storage.
• Great suite of online apps to edit and share documents.

Cons

• Storage is shared across all your Google services.

Most users who rely on Google Drive for their daily productivity probably don’t think of it as a place to store files that aren’t native Google files from apps like Docs or Sheets. However, you can store any type of file in your Google Drive. Even ones that the platform can’t read.

If you install the Google Drive desktop application, you can sync essential files from your computer to your Google Drive in the same way you can with OneDrive, DropBox, and other competing services.

One significant difference with Google Drive is that you get 15GB of free storage space, although that’s shared across all your Google services, including Gmail. However, upgrading the storage using a paid Google One subscription is surprisingly affordable.

DropBox

Pros

• Extremely simple to install and set up.
• Syncing files across computers is very easy.

Cons

• Lacks many of the advanced features in apps like OneDrive or Google Drive.
• Only 2GB of storage for free.

DropBox is quite possibly the most famous name in cloud storage, but not everyone thinks of it as a backup solution. Unlike OneDrive, a free Dropbox account comes with 2GB of storage, which is a shame. However, the actual service is excellent.

If you install the desktop application, you can designate folders to become “watched” folders. Any files you copy into those folders are synced to the cloud. It’s also easy to share documents with other users this way.

DropBox is broadly similar when it comes to features in apps like OneDrive, but it’s the easiest, slickest, and most user-friendly app of its type, in our opinion.

If you are willing to pay for storage, DropBox offers a killer “DropBox Backup” plan for $5.99 a month. This lets you back up an entire computer regardless of how much data it has.

EaseUS Todo Backup Free

Pros

• It offers fantastic backup and restores options.
• Includes software you can access before booting Windows.
• Supports cloud storage for backups.

Cons

• Some features are locked behind a paywall.

Todo by EaseUS is the first traditional backup tool on this list. By that, we mean it lets you back up your entire hard drive to media such as external drives.

Todo supports full-disk backups, incremental backups, and differential backups. You don’t have to back up your whole hard drive. Instead, you can choose to only back up certain partitions. That’s useful if you have a dedicated system partition.

Todo uses its own PBD format for backup files. You can save these files wherever you like, and EaseUS offers its own (paid) cloud storage location as a backup storage target. However, if you’re already paying for cloud storage on another service, you can automatically have your backups sent to your DropBox, Google Drive, or OneDrive account. That makes it an excellent solution for moving backups to USB drives or any local drives you want.

While some nice features such as system image cloning are locked behind the paid Todo Home version of the software, the free version satisfies the needs of average users.

Aomei Backupper Standard

Pros

• Good general backup app.
• Flexible choice of sources and destinations.

Cons

• Some advanced features are locked behind a paywall.

Like EaseUS Todo, Aomei Backupper Standard is a more traditional backup program. You can back up your entire hard drive at once, do incremental backups, or use a differential backup method.

Backupper has very flexible backup source options. You can backup drives, specific partitions, specific folders, or specific files. It can even back up the Windows partition using the Volume Shadow Copy Service, so you don’t have to stop working or boot your computer into a special mode.

The automatic backup scheduling and management interface is simple to use, and it even allows for backup control of multiple computers on your network from one main computer. Backupper has one of the most comprehensive sets of features in its free version that we’ve seen. The features that are locked to the paid version are only going to be necessary to a small group of users.

Cobian Backup 11 (Gravity)

Pros

• Free and Open-Source application.
• Despite being a little old, it’s still being maintained.
• Great fundamental features.

Cons

• The user interface is a little dated.
• A new original app from the developer will replace it soon.

Cobian Backup 11 has a curious history. Since the source code for this software has been sold by the original developer, only version 11 and older is free. There is no version 12, and version 11 is still being maintained.

Since version 11 was released under an open license that can’t be revoked, this version will forever be free. The original developer of Cobian is also working on a new backup app named Cobian Reflector. However, the software is still in Beta at the time of writing.

Cobian 11 is one of the best free backup solutions you can download, and it’s especially suitable for small businesses. The software has a lot going for it as a file-level backup solution, but it is unsuitable for disk cloning,

One of the best things about Cobian is that your backup source can be a mix of individual files, folders, custom paths, and even FTP addresses. Likewise, you can target shared drives on your local network.

Paragon Backup & Recovery Community Edition

Pros

• Comprehensive backup options.
• Great automation features.

Cons

• Only for personal use.

Paragon’s “community” edition is the free version of the software that can only be used for personal use. If you want to use the software in a business setting, you’ll have to purchase a copy of Paragon Hard Disk Manager or use one of the other options listed here.

Since this is only for personal use, it means we don’t care about business features being missing. As a personal backup solution, Paragon has a lot going for it. You can back up disks, volumes, folders, and files.

You can also use sophisticated backup settings to trigger when and how backups happen. Paragon has “scenarios” where backups are happening, and you can maintain multiple versions of your backups if you have space for it. If the worst happens, you can recover your disk using WinPE.

FBackup

Pros

• Perfect for beginners.
• It can be used commercially.

Cons

• Rather basic features.

FBackup is a simple app with powerful fundamental features. You can back up to a USB device, network location, or other local storage targets. It also supports backing up to Dropbox, Google Drive, and other compatible cloud apps. FBackup supports compression or uncompressed backups.

Backups can be triggered manually or using the schedule backup feature. Even better, the free version of the program is licensed for personal and commercial purposes. So it’s a cost-effective way to get a simple and effective backup solution. FBackup isn’t the free version of a paid package either. The developer offers a separate application named Backup4All, which is a paid program.

If you or the users who have to run your backup jobs aren’t particularly tech-savvy, FBackup offers a clear and simple way to enjoy the most important backup features most people need.

Macrium Reflect Free

Pros

• Laser-focused on disk cloning.
• Disk images work in Virtual Machines.

Cons

• A one-trick pony.

Macrium Reflect Free is aimed mainly at disk cloning and full system recovery. You can clone removable media, run OS partitions, and directly clone disks.

Bootable backup images are stored in such a way that they can be instantly booted up in VirtualBox. This means you can access your data without altering the source computer.

You can also create WinPE 11 rescue media so that you can restore your system in case there’s a total failure of your hard drive or data. One thing you can’t do with Macrium Reflect Free is back up directories or look through individual file histories. However, now that Acronis True Image no longer has a free version (and a new name), this is the next best thing.

Back Up the Right Way

Using a good backup solution is essential if you have irreplaceable data or can’t afford any downtime. All of the apps and services we’ve highlighted have their own unique strengths.

That said, it’s worth combining, for example, a traditional backup utility with cloud services. Some of the apps highlighted above can do this natively, or you can set up a parallel backup solution if you prefer.

If you don’t want to be caught off guard by a disk failure, be sure to have a look at How to Check Your Hard Drive for Errors and 6 Best Free Hard Drive Testing and Diagnostic Software.

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