New free backup app. From paragon

SIW2 · 23 Oct 2009

Just released the best FREE backup app. ever.

This deserves a new thread - with so many now installing a new o/s and/or dual booting, there is an even greater need for reliable backup solution.

Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 Free Edition :

New free backup app. From paragon-par-br10-free-2009-10-23_172942.jpg

FAT, NTFS, EXT2, EXT3, EXT4, APPLE filesystems.

* Support for the latest Windows 7

* Complete Backup - Create an exact copy of your PC including the operating system, applications, user settings and all data. Or select individual drives/partitions to backup.

* Differential Backup - backup only the archive changes

* Backup Scheduller - plan your regular backup

* new Support for all existing backup techniques, including disk and file level backups with differential or incremental updates

* new Any backup destination - including external storages, CD/DVD/Blu-ray discs, network as well as the secured hidden partition (Backup Capsule)

* new Automatic data exclusion - automate the process of building up contents of the future backup image, by excluding irrelevant data such as movies, music, etc.

* Support for GPT (GUID Partition Table) disks - back up and restore not only single GPT volumes but entire disks with the option of resize during the restore operation

32 Bbit and 64 bit program available:

Free Backup Software - Download Backup & Recovery

Free product key link:

http://www.paragon-software.com/registration/dbfe.html

screenshots:

Free Backup & Recovery Software

features:

Free Backup - Backup & Recovery

Afaik, this is the only always free backup image app. which includes Full and Differential imaging, as well as a range of scheduling options.

Run off the bootable disc from within the program straight away - it prompts you to do so.

The boot disc contains the features of the program in bootable form.

Other free programs can be forced to go faster ( by increasing cpu usage) - none of them include all these features. I have always found the Paragon image products completely reliable.

zrtom · 24 Oct 2009

Does Paragon Backup & Recover 10 Free run any processes in the background? Acronis runs 4 or 5 (a couple schedulers, an image mounter, something else). They use very little resources but they're there and I prefer to keep things as lean as possible.
Thanks.
Tom

SIW2 · 24 Oct 2009

I'll have a look - I don't have anything Paragon showing up in services.

I believe all the new 10 series use windows Task scheduler - I am using DB10 server - but imagine the others are the same ( even the free one).

You don't need to mount with Paragon - they provide 2 other methods of copying individual files and folders back out of an image.

Why not just d/l and install it and see. It is the free version of course, so don't expect all the bells and whistles - but there's an incredible amount considering it's free.

The free version is for drive/partition imaging. Not for file backups.

Also, it's brand new - the first released build - so have fun.

polycue · 24 Oct 2009

Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 Free Edition ... Has anyone tested this yet?

SIW2 · 24 Oct 2009

You're welcome.

johnwillyums · 25 Oct 2009

Excellent piece of software. Thanks SIW2

SIW2 · 25 Oct 2009

You're welcome John.

Tews · 25 Oct 2009

Thanks SIW2, as always, you find the good stuff!!

Cheers

SIW2 · 25 Oct 2009

You're welcome Tews.

Not sure this is any better than the DB9 Pro you already have - but it's an always free product to everyone.

If you like playing with software - you might have a look at it anyway.

They Hard Disk Manager 10 will be the killer product. They are spending a long time putting it together - it won't be out for quite a while yet. HDM10 won't be free of course.

Tews · 25 Oct 2009

Paying for quality software has never bothered me ... its paying for garbage that always frosts my acorns... lol... Thanks again..