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AOMEI Backupper is Windows software for system backup and cloning that also provides file syncing. The Standard edition backs up operating systems, disks, or individual files to local drives, external drives, NAS and network shares, with automatic, incremental and event-triggered methods. It supports Windows 11 through Windows 7. Other editions include Professional, Workstation, Server and Technician.
Clonezilla is a partition and disk imaging and cloning program. It is free and open source software for disk imaging and cloning. Clonezilla live is suitable for single machine backup and restore, and it saves and restores only used blocks in the hard disk.
FolderClone is a synchronization and backup tool for Windows that makes an identical copy of a folder from one drive to another. It runs in the background, periodically checking the source folder and updating the target with new or changed files. It can copy files between computers or replicate data to external drives, NAS or cloud storage such as OneDrive and Google Drive.
ShadowExplorer is a graphical front end for the Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service. It browses point-in-time copies created by Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 and Vista and retrieves versions of files and folders, intended primarily for Home edition users. The site states Shadow Copies are not a replacement for regular backups.
USBImager is a simple GUI application that writes compressed disk images to USB drives and creates backups. It is available for Windows, MacOS and Linux, and its interface is minimalist and multilingual. The application is Open Source under the MIT license.
Kopia is an open-source backup and restore tool. It creates encrypted snapshots of designated files and directories and saves them to cloud, network, or local storage. It offers command-line and graphical interfaces and supports compression, deduplication, and error correction.
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AOMEI Backupper is Windows software for system backup and cloning that also provides file syncing. The Standard edition backs up operating systems, disks, or individual files to local drives, external drives, NAS and network shares, with automatic, incremental and event-triggered methods. It supports Windows 11 through Windows 7. Other editions include Professional, Workstation, Server and Technician.
Clonezilla is a partition and disk imaging and cloning program. It is free and open source software for disk imaging and cloning. Clonezilla live is suitable for single machine backup and restore, and it saves and restores only used blocks in the hard disk.
FolderClone is a synchronization and backup tool for Windows that makes an identical copy of a folder from one drive to another. It runs in the background, periodically checking the source folder and updating the target with new or changed files. It can copy files between computers or replicate data to external drives, NAS or cloud storage such as OneDrive and Google Drive.
ShadowExplorer is a graphical front end for the Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service. It browses point-in-time copies created by Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 and Vista and retrieves versions of files and folders, intended primarily for Home edition users. The site states Shadow Copies are not a replacement for regular backups.
USBImager is a simple GUI application that writes compressed disk images to USB drives and creates backups. It is available for Windows, MacOS and Linux, and its interface is minimalist and multilingual. The application is Open Source under the MIT license.
Kopia is an open-source backup and restore tool. It creates encrypted snapshots of designated files and directories and saves them to cloud, network, or local storage. It offers command-line and graphical interfaces and supports compression, deduplication, and error correction.
