Dear readers, we decided to start a cycle dedicated to the adage "Better safe than sorry." The question that arises about the data loss is not going to happen, is before, when it will happen! The price of specific software for backup file is not in any way an excuse for not backing up your files. There are numerous titles completely free for this type of function. Throughout this week we look at five of the individual free backup solutions exist, ending with a comparative article.
Let us begin with a real gem in this field, Cobian Backup. The Cobian Backup, although "born" in a commercial version, is now completely free . It is a multi-tasking software, which allows extremely powerful schedule backups of files and directories, keeping them in another folder on another drive or another computer on your network. In addition, you can also perform backups via FTP, storing them on a remote server.
In addition to consuming very few system resources, Cobian Backup can be run in the background, not interfering with your computer's performance. The backups are done so without our intervention in the process by simply programming the moment of realization. Also lets you start and stop applications before and after the time that if you want to backup. This feature is very important when we need to make copies of files used by other programs.
It also allows you to compress output files in. ZIP or. SQX, allowing people to save disk space, even with the ability to protect them with a password to increase security. The Cobian Backup includes various types of data encryption and a decryption tool. With regard to the type of backup are four possible:
- Full - A full copy of everything;
- Incremental - only the copy is made of the files changed since the last action, adding a new file.
- Differential - Search for all files changed since the last full backup, adding, removing or replacing files as needed.
- Phantom - Used only when we want to schedule events and no backups.
Although the original version is in English, is available within the installation package of an excellent translation into Portuguese, both of Portugal and Brazil. The Cobian Backup is available for Windows NT, 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista.
In summary, the Cobian Backup is an indispensable tool for both private use and for professional use, with an above average quality, even compared to commercial solutions.
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