Most computer users ignore the importance of Data Backup, which can also be a automated background task using free and portable tools like IdleBackup, which is a portable data backup tool that does not require installation and can take backups on HDD, external HDD, USB drives,network and with zip compression.

Features :

• Free and no install data backup tool
• Manual or Automatic backup
• Easy restore, select directories and/or files to restore
• Supports 3 types of backups modes : Mirror backup (Normal Full backup) : This method only backup the changed/new files, making this the fastest backup technique.
  Full backup zipped : Everything is packed in a single compressed zip archive.
  Sequential backup zipped :  This is slowest and takes lots of drive space.It stored data in a time-stamped zip backup.Each backup contains all the files present at a certain point in time.

  

• Backup data to HDD/External HDD/usb-drive or network storage
• Synchronize backup, for backing up modified files
• Idlebackup can backup data while system is idle.

The tool weighs ~ 1.3 MB, and is a portable app that be downloaded from IdleBackup and supports Windows XP/Vista and Windows 7.