BackupMe

With an active Internet connection, your computer, as well as personal details are at risk, at least as long as you don’t take any measures in this regard. One solution is to keep important files and folders backed up on a safe location, and you can easily accomplish this with applications like BackupMe.

The application is portable, which means it can run directly from a USB flash drive, even on other computers you connect it to. What’s more, system registries remain intact, thus the target PC is not affected in any way. It’s a neat method of creating a backup you can take with you, and also have the tool to do it again.

On the visual side of things, the application might not make a good impression, because of the compact, cluttered design, but there are various descriptions that want to make sure you don’t get stuck along the way. There’s even a thorough manual to help in this regard.

BackupMe is capable of performing quite the variety of operations. Every task you create initiates a small, wizard-driven process to help you pick the destination and define the process, letting you send files to a ZIP archive, a different drive, a FTP server, or periodically to a different location.

Once created, a task is shown in the list, with the possibility to handle every detail on the spot. In case too many operations are created, there’s a built-in calendar for quick task access. Up to six different option sets are at your disposal, the first one being the list of tasks and general operations.

The source can not only be any file and folder, but also the whole registry system. Destination can mean any local or external supported drives. A built-in scheduler lets you handle how often tasks repeat, with controls for every day of the week. Other details let you add a custom password for encryption, while advanced users can insert external commands.

To sum it up, BackupMe manages to live up to expectations and comes with a decent amount of ways in which to back up important files, folders, and even system registries. Although the interface feels a little rough around the edges, only a little time needs to be spent in order to configure what needs to be protected, where, and how.