Zip backup - Argentum Backup

Argentum Backup is a small and handy backup tool that lets you forge zip backups of your folders and documents with ease. Zip backups performed by Argentum Backup protect your valuable information from malware and viruses, hardware malfunction, accidental overwrites or deletes of the data. Zip backup is a very convenient backup method as zip archives can be easily shared on any computers running different operating systems. Argentum Backup performs zip backup both by schedule automatically and manually on demand.

The application features multiple templates for auto backup of the Windows registry, the desktop folder, Outlook data, and instant messenger: ICQ, AOL etc, of course, including simple files backup. Argentum Backup is the best option for auto folders and files backups: simply set it up during the initial start and let Argentum Backup handle all the backup activity. After you have specified up a backup schedule, there is a backup copy of your information always ready.
Иoth beginners and advanced users are likely to find Argentum Backup as a very useful and easy-to-use piece of software. Its pro options include different backup methods, file masking, powerful stacking, effective AES-256 symmetric encryption, etc. The stacking option lets you to save a number of backed up data copies and control earlier versions of your files.

Argentum Backup is fast as it requires only little system resources. The program has received many awards, including PC World Best Buy and PC Magazine Editors' Choice award.

Backup to HDD - Drive Backup Personal

Paragon's Drive Backup Personal backup utility that supports backup to HDD is still a head behind in the number of its features than its competitor Handy Backup, but after all not everybody needs the missing options. The ability to backup to hd and restore individual folders and files together with imaging partitions and drives nearly equals Handy Backup and Paragon. If only Paragon’s restore feature were a little bit friendlier, you could throw out “nearly”.

Paragon Drive Backup seem to simplify selecting separate files and folders to backup to HDD a great deal, but at the same time restoring them is much more time consuming. When you browse, instead of a separate window with the list of the backed up files, you have to navigate a tree in the same browser you used to select the archive. This approach becomes practically manageable in case you're restoring from a long-path network location. Still another, more serious issue is that users can restore files only to their initial location. This becomes troublesome if you need to recover an older file version and at the same time not to overwrite the newer files.

One of the most prominent options in Paragon Drive Backup Personal is its ability to span the backed up data on its own when you perform a backup to HDD. The tool also supports backup to flash drives apart from backup to HDD. Thumb USB drives boot much faster, given a PC supports this option and boots from a thumb drive. Otherwise backup to hard disk may turn out a smarter decision.