One of the most important thing to keep your files safe is backup it regularly. You should backup your PC routine, especially if you have important files in your computer. You can use manual way, but it is a little complicated. Or you can use backup software instead. There are many backup softwares out there, but i will take a look at Backup Platinum here.

Backup Platinum help you to organize and make backup for you. It works on all Windows beyond Windows 95. It makes a reserve copy of your critical data virtually to any type of storage media: external drives or USB drives, CD, FTP server or LAN. You can backup and secure easily your important data like your business documents, email addresses of your friends and families, your favorite images or videos.

Backup platinum costs $67 for a single PC license that a bit expensive to me. But, you can download the trial version in just a couple minutes because the client is just under 5 MB. After i install it, this utility uses “Wizard” approach which let user do his process easily. The instruction is very clear to define the backup set: what, where, how and when to backup. Online help section is also set out well.

Backup Platinum can write any type of disc media from old-fashioned CDs to modern Blu-Ray discs. There also number of options common for disc burning software, such as quick or full erase for rewritable media, writing speed selection and CRC check for data safety. A strong 128-bit blowfish encryption and multi choice ZIP compression on the fly are available to keep your backups small and secure. It can also store data on a different computer in your local area network or even on a remote FTP site can be done here. Thus, your data will be easily accessible from anywhere via the Internet.

There’s even scheduler feature. Backup Platinum can be run as a service. This allows you to leave your computer on over night but you can leave it at the login screen. The backup will run as scheduled. Various options to schedule regular jobs are given: run every day, run on selected week days, run on selected month days, and custom period. It allows you to restore older versions of files that might not have certain errors included.

In my conclusion, Backup Platinum is a one of easy to use software with splendid features. But, $67 is a little bit expensive for me. I hope Softlogica can add lite version of Backup Platinum which is cheaper.

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 at 9:58 am | by Neezar |