It is critical to have backup your laptop and desktops regularly. These are the 5 best free windows backup software.
1. GFI Backup
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- Pros: Scheduled Backup. Backup to FTP, network drive, external drive. Unlimited backup size. Compressed / encrypted backup. True incremental backups.
- Cons: does not do true remote backup via IP and does not run backup as service
- OS: All flavors of Windows including Windows 7
2. Cobian Backup
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- Pros: Scheduled Backup. Backup to FTP, network drive, external drive. Unlimited backup size. Compressed / encrypted backup.
- Cons: cannot do the following: Synchronize 2 PCs, verify backup
- OS: All flavors of Windows including Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, Windows 7 (Supports both 32 and 64 bits Windows)
3. FBackup
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- Pros: Automatically backs up files, free, can store zip files or exact copies, easy to use, multi language
- Cons: Basic Backup system
- OS: All flavors of Windows including Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2008/2003/2000 Server (32 and 64-bit)
4. EASEUS Todo Backup
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- Pros: This can backup Image, disk partition, files, folders. Easy diaster recovery option to recover your lost files quickly.
- Cons: Some of the advanced features are available only in the professional version
- OS: All flavors of Windows including Windows 7 (both 32 and 64 bit)
5. Comodo Backup
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- Pros: Scheduled Backup, Backup to FTP, network drive, external drive, unlimited backup size, compressed / encrypted backup, email notifications
- Cons: Cannot do the following: true remote backup, run backup as service, volume shadow copy, synchronize 2 PCs, verify backup
- OS: All flavors of Windows including Windows XP x86 SP2, Windows XP x64 SP2, Windows Server 2003 x86, Windows Server 2003 x64, Windows Vista x86, Windows Vista x64, Windows Server 2008 x86, Windows Server 2008 x64, Windows 7 x86 or Windows 7 x64