Back4Sure

Back4Sure is a straightforward piece of software built specifically for helping you backup your important data, be it documents, pictures, audio, or video files, and make a copy of them into a specified target directory.

Although it offers support for many advanced features, such as filters, compression modes, cleaning capabilities, and logging options, it sports a clean and intuitive layout.

A backup operation can be carried out by configuring a job, as you need to offer details about the job name and select multiple folders to be included into the backup set. The tool offers quick access to the directories stored in your computer, so you can easily select the ones that you want to process.

What’s more, you can specify the target location (e.g. fixed drive or directory, drive determined by label), target subdirectories, and filter the information using exclusion lists.

You are allowed to select the filters, namely documents (e.g. DOC, XLS, PPT), hidden files, audio items (e.g. MP3, OGG, FLAC), pictures (e.g. JPG, TIFF, BMP), system and temporary files, videos (e.g. AVI, MKV, MP4), as well as add your own custom filter to the list.

When it comes to compression operations, Back4Sure gives you the possibility to select the archive format (ZIP or 7Z), compression level (e.g. fast, normal, high), and encrypt data by selecting the algorithm (ZipCrypto or AES-256) and setting up passwords.

Another useful function worth being mentioned enables you to remove the files that no longer exist in the source path or all files that do not match the current backup job.

Back4Sure helps you configure backup and cleanup confirmations (show a list of files to be backed up or deleted and upon no confirmation event cancel, skip, or continue the operation), set up actions before or after the backup process is executed, as well as create comprehensive log files.

During our testing we have noticed that Back4Sure carries out a task pretty quickly and without errors. It doesn’t eat up a lot of CPU and memory, so the overall performance of the computer is not hampered.

Back4Sure proves to be a reliable application that provides a powerful suite of tools and offers a decent performance. Thanks to its intuitive layout, it is suitable for rookies and professionals alike. If you want to skip the installation process, you can download the portable version of the program, which can be found here.