EaseUS Todo Backup Free 2.5.1

CNET Editors' review

by: CNET staff on February 16, 2010

Good backup utilities that combine maximum user friendliness with excellent functionality and some helpful extras take the chore out of an essential duty. When all that comes for free, the excuse to blow off backups wears thin. Easeus Todo Backup is just such a free backup and restore utility. Like any good backup tool, it will back up your entire system's current state, data, settings and all, or just what you want it to, including partitions or full disks, and restore your computer in the event of a hard-disk crash or other calamity. Its Disk Cloning feature will help you migrate your operating system and data to a new hard disk when it's time to replace the old one. You can also use it to create bootable CD-ROMs using either Linux or the powerful Windows Pre-installation Environment (PE), which is a big improvement over MS-DOS.

Two things set Todo Backup apart from many other backup utilities (three things, if you count that it's free): its easy-to-use interface and its wizard-based operation. Colorful, large, clearly labeled buttons and icons make it easy for even new computer owners to use, a big plus because they need protection the most yet are usually inexperienced at securing it. The program walks users through its operations and explains each step with detailed instructions, augmented by a good Help file for further assistance.

Todo Backup is freeware and is certified for Windows 7. It downloads as a compressed file but extracts, installs, and opens without fuss.

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Publisher's Description

From Chengdu Yiwo Tech Development:

Are you still facing problems of securing your system state, family photos, music, applications, personal data and financial documents? Don't worry. New released EaseUS Todo Backup Free, being world's first class free backup solution for home & business users, will solve all your worries from now on with basic & advanced backup features. Basic backup & recovery features in EaseUS Todo Backup Free: System Backup and Recovery: Backs up entire system state including the operating system and installed applications on-the-fly without interrupting your work under Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7. File and Folder Backup: Backs up specified files, folders or file types in case of virus attack, hard disk failure, or deletion by accident. Disk Tools: Migrate a disk or partition to a new one or upgrade disk easily. Apart from basic backup features like other freeware offer, it also contains the following advanced ones to benefit you a lot: Universal Restore: Simplify system migration by the way of restoring system to dissimilar hardware configuration for hardware replacement. WinPE bootable disk: Create WinPE based bootable disk for faster and more compatible operations. Incremental Backup (file & disk): Only stores changed files based on last backup, saving your disk space and time. Backup Schedule: Run backup automatically at a predefined time or upon event. Explore Image to Restore: Explore copy and recover files and folders directly from a backup image in Windows Explorer. Backup Management: Allows you to manage the backup tasks and plans in a convenient way: change or delete a backup task or plan, delete image files, and even convert an image to VMware or Virtual PC image file format. Delete Old Images: Automatically delete old images to save disk space according to your own time-setting. Backup options: Email notification, image splitting, image compression, priority setting, password setting.

What's new in this version: New Features For Free Edition