GFI Backup is an useful and a completely free professional grade data backup solution for both beginners and experienced system users. It officially works with Windows 2000, XP, Vista and also Windows 7. The main interface is user friendly and you can easily select the backup or other tasks you want to create on your system. In today’s win-win situation the last thing you want is to lose important data because you couldn’t afford a quality backup utility. 
Installation
Installing your first backup with GFI Backup is very simple by following the steps in the Wizard. Everything in GFI Backup is wizard driven making it easy to use for even novices.
On the completion of the installation of GFI Backup, a complete report is generated so you can monitor the results. If you have any problems or want additional information about the backups, everything is stored in the log files you can export to text or HTML reports. The more advanced users will like the different tasks and other settings options available in GFI Backup.
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Salient Features
A noteworthy feature is being updated via email in case there are any errors or other issues with the backup.
The data backup destinations can be an external hard drive, removable media, network locations and even an FTP server.
You can also compress and add AES encryption to the data backups which again is optional where you can select Incremental or Differential backup types too.
You can easily schedule GFI Backup tasks based on your preferences to backup your files, folders, mails, registry keys and user settings to any media folder you want including, local folder, LAN, removable disk devices, USB sticks, CD or DVD and other remote locations.
While the back up is running you can monitor the progress in the My Tasks window where you can view the list of previously created tasks, run them or modify their properties.
In GFI Backup restoring files is just a matter of exploring the backup and finding the missing data. You can also restore an entire backup by choosing to restore to original location or to a different location.
You can access controls from the System Tray Agent in GFI Backup by crating new Sync task where you can synchronize files and folders between two locations on the same computer or between two computers or devices ( a computer or a network location, a PC and a Laptop and more similar configurations).
