Backup Tools

Our picks range from industrial strength programs to those with fewer features and simpler interfaces.

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Prices from $70.00 License: Trial

Easy-to-use backup program offers good media support, disaster-recovery and integrated open file backup.

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Prices from $129 License: Trial

The most powerful, filed-based backup program you can buy, but it's expensive and hard to learn.

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Prices from $50.00 License: Trial

Backup app is easy to use but lacks disaster-recovery features; backing up open files costs extra.

Prices from $50.00 License: Trial

Program balances ease of use, price, features, and media support; the next update looks promising, too.

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License: Free

This program creates compressed archives like WinZip or WinRAR do, but it adds super-strength encryption.

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