BackUp Maker Standard Edition

When it's time to back up your stuff, it can get confusing picking the right software for the task, what with so many options available on the market. Power users usually know what's best for their use cases, but what about the less experienced?

If you want a straight-to-the-point backup tool, you may want to give BackUp Maker a try: on the surface, it's simple enough to make it usable by any type of user, while also containing some more advanced features for those who want to delve deeper.

This is a pretty self-explanatory program, whose functions are all clearly explained through the interface. Want to create a backup? Click the Backup option, and the wizard will guide you through the whole process. It's all simple enough to go through: choose the files and folders you want to preserve, schedule automatic backups and choose their type, then select the target directory. If you want to restore a backup, all you have to do is select its zip file.

Some additional options are present in the scheduling menu. You can back up at specific time intervals, or use system events as triggers. For instance, you can have the app automatically back up and update your data when booting up Windows, or when it detects a USB stick.

Expert Mode presents the user with all the options that the program has to offer. For one, you can access the Filters functionality to include or exclude certain files from your backup based on their size and extension. What's more, you can employ fail-safes when a backup operation fails: you can have the app catch up automatically, or ask the user for input.

If you work with data sets, the program offers a backup generations function, which allows the user to create full, as well as partial backups. Encryption is also possible. You can additionally define the actions to be done before and after backup completion: show a message prompt, execute a file, terminate a process, and so forth. If you're looking to store the data on a CD or DVD, you can split it and have it span onto several discs.

BackUp Maker offers both the casual and the advanced user plenty of ways to preserve their data, making it suitable for anyone wishing to keep their important files safe.