Backups should play an important role in a user’s or company’s disaster recovery strategy as it may only be possible to recover data from a – preferably remote – backup. Why are backups so important? Think about a hard drive crash that leaves the data on the disk unrecoverable, or a theft of a laptop or PC. Without backup the data is gone for good.
EASEUS Todo Backup Home 2.0 is a new version of the free backup software. The application supports the creating of disk and partition images to backup an entire hard disk or a partition of it. Besides that it is also possible to backup specific files or folders only. Both options have their advantages. A disk and partition image for instance ensures that everything can be restored, a file and folder backup on the other hand requires less space on the backup drive, disc or server.
A new feature in version 2 is the ability to create incremental backups which saves space and time on consecutive backups as only changed files and folders will be processed in the backup. A scheduler has been added in the new version as well which can be used to schedule backups to run at a specific interval or system event.
The backup app displays four options on startup which all lead to additional screens. Backup and Recovery lead to options allowing the user to create backups or recover previously created backups. The scheduler can be used to configure a regular backup plan and clone offers to create an exact copy of a hard drive or partition.
Backups can be stored on the local computer, the computer network or an ftp server that needs to be configured in the options.
Several tools are available, for instance to create a bootable media builder which can be used to restore data if the operating system is not loading anymore or an image integrity checker to verify that the backup has not been modified or become corrupt.
There is also a new backup management option to manage all previously created backups more easily.
EASEUS Todo Backup Home 2.0 is a handy intuitive backup software for the Windows operating system. The program is compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows and available for download at the developer website.
Update: Easeus Todo Backup Free 3.0 has been released. You can check out the new review here on Ghacks.
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I used Backup Home 2.0 to make a system image on an external HDD. After a recent Sabayon dual boot misadventure I tried to use this image with the Win 7 Install DVD recovery option. It failed to find any valid system/OS images even when pointed directly at the file with the HDD plugged in. So I had to reinstall from scratch.
Luckily I keep Windows on a separate partition from everything else and had copied Desktop stuff to the data (Home) partition prior to the Sabayon Fail so nothing was lost (except several hours for pgm reinstallations – which I also keep on a separate partition).
Looks like you need to make a boot CD with Backup home if you want to use it for reinstallation.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Double thumbs up for this brilliant application.
I was searching for a reliable backup and restore utility and after a few failed attempts with other programs I found EASEUS Todo Backup, installed it, made a clone of my system in 20 minutes time and I did a whole system recovery TWICE during the past year with the backup image with 100% succes!
Reliable, easy and intuitive to use interface and it is all for free!
If my hard drive ever fails can I use a backup created by EASUS TODO to create my Vista OS, registry, etc… and all? I think GHOST will do this – I was never really sure how Microsoft allows me to restore my system to a brand new hard drive (from a hdd that failed) without me having to worry about licensing issues.