Handy Backup Pro 6.6

There is one simple reason why anyone would like to backup his data: should anything go wrong, you have a backup, you did not lose your data. There are numerous things that could go wrong. Someone could delete your data by accident, there could be a hardware failure that causes your data to be lost, or malware could compromise your computer and could attack your data.

I think you get the idea why backing up your data is a big deal. Perhaps Director of Technical Education with Eset, Randy Abrams says it best: “if your data is important enough to put on a hard drive, be sure you back it up.” If you want to back up your data you could give the Novosoft-developed Handy Backup application a try.

This easy to use application will automatically backup your data so you do not lose anything important. It can backup data to any type of storage media - hard or network drive, DVD, CD-R/W, FTP and SFTP, LAN and even a USB stick. If I were to pick two adjectives to describe this application, those words would be “powerful” and “easy to use”. The application is powerful because it provides all the tools you need to keep your data safe – database backup, image backup, intuitive user interface, support for a long list of storage devices, flexible scheduler, free plugins for registry backup, Automatic backup encryption and compression. The application is easy to use because even the novice computer user will be able to pick up the basics in no time at all.

There are 3 Handy Backup versions available for download: Handy Backup Standard, Handy Backup Pro, and Handy Backup Server. Handy Backup Standard is meant for the home and small office; you can use it to backup all the applications on your system and al your important data. Handy Backup Pro is meant for the small and medium business. Alongside the functionality provided by Handy Backup Standard, the Pro version comes with image backup, SFTP server backup, and database backup. The functionality the Pro version offers can be increased by using a plugin. Handy Backup Server is meant to be a corporate backup solution for Windows-based networks. This version features multiple server-specific functions.

Handy Backup, be it the Standard or Pro version, is a properly good, easy to use data backup solution that you should definitely try.

Pros

• Disk image backup
• SFTP server backup
• Database backup
• Automatic backup encryption and compression
• Intuitive user interface
• Multilingual interface

Cons

• Free to use only during the 30-day trial period

About Novosoft
Established in 1992 and headquartered in Novosibirsk, Russia, Novosoft is a large international company and one of the leading providers of integrated technology solutions and custom software development services worldwide. As Novosoft explained, the company’s mission is to “be recognized as an important force in setting and maintaining the standards for software development services in the International IT market.”

Additional details on Novosoft and its products are available on the company’s official site here.

Handy Backup Pro has been reviewed by George Norman on 04 Jun 2010. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated Handy Backup Pro 4 out of 5 stars, naming it Excellent