I’ve recently shared a network security tool called GFI LanGuard, from the same developer comes a free Data Backup and Recovery Tool for Home Users called GFI Backup.Most home user don’t backup their data regularly citing reasons like there’s no free tool that can offer what commercial tools provide and incase of any unforeseen event like an OS crash, or a HDD Crash they don’t have a backup to restore their systems.

Now you can use GFI Backup, a free Data Backup and Recovery Tool for Home Users.The interface is very user friendly and has wizard interface for backing up data and restoring data.All the data is backed up in ZIP files making it easy to restore data even if GFI Backup is not installed on it.

Data can be backed up in internal or external hard disks, on local Area Network (LAN), CD/DVD media, removable media devices (USB sticks, memory sticks, flash memory, etc.,) and remote locations using FTP with upload auto-resume.

All the data is protected with 256-bit AES strong encryption and all the data is checked for integrity with CRC verification of each file that is copied during backup.

Features :

1. Friendly user interface.
2. Data saved as zip files
3. Data protected using 256 Bit AES strong encryption.
4. Synchronize files and folders on your computer with files in your backup, or other computer to keep all the data same and updated at all places.
5. Backup commonly used application settings of applications like Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Microsoft Outlook email, Outlook Express email, Thunderbird, Eudora, Windows settings and Address Book using a public scripting engine.
6. Backup open files using Volume Shadow Copy Service of Windows OS.
7. Create self-extracting archives of backups
8. Incremental and differential backups – Backup only changed data, reducing redundancy and saving space on backup drives.
9. Backup Windows Registry
10. Schedule backups using Built-in task scheduler.

System Requirements:

• Intel Pentium III processor or above
• 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended)
• 8 MB free hard drive space
• Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional SP2, SP3 (x86 and the x64 versions) and all editions of Windows Vista except for Vista Starter (x86 and the x64 versions)

Download GFI Backup Home Edition | Download Manual.

Note : You have to register at GFI in order to download the software.

Source : JKWebtalks