You can direct the backups to an internal, an external, or a thumb drive.Ī key decision is whether or not you want to delete a file from the backup if you have previously deleted it from the original location. Maybe another to back up only your most critical personal data, maybe gigabytes. Maybe another to back up bookmarks or email, probably megabytes. One to backup all personal files and run it daily, perhaps terabytes. You might want to set up multiple 'profiles' (as they might be called).

They usually have schedulers to automate the process or you can simply run them on demand. You should be able to include or exclude by file, folder, or file extension.

The terminology can differ from one to another. Some interfaces are unnecessarily complex. They all work pretty much the same way but the interfaces differ. I've been using SyncBackFree for the last 4 or 5 years. It worked OK, but I eventually frowned at the interface. Are there other free (or nominally expensive) programs to protect my data?

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