Most people simply forget to make a backup or are not willing to spend time on it. IdleBackup can make the backup, once setup, in an unused moment of your computer.

That is where the first part of the name 'Idle' comes from. Most other programs can only be started manually or at a set time wich is very inflexible.
Idlebackup will make the backup in an unused moment of your computer, if set to automatic mode.

As an alternative, you can manually start a backup at the end of a computer session, and after this IdleBackup can automaticaly shutdown the computer when it finished.

Here are some key features of "IdleBackup":

· Easy to use backup program also suited for non-advanced users
· Easy restore, select directories and/or files to restore
· Incremental backup, selected directories and files are copied to a set backup path (1:1). The first backup is a full backup, then each next backup will copy only changed files, no files are deleted (if option "Synchronize backup" is set to off)
· Option "Synchronize backup" can remove unused files, so only files that are also present on the source hard-disk are kept. See backup description
· Manual or Automatic backup (with a set interval time) during idle time of the computer
· In Automatic mode Idlebackup will work invisibly in the background, and only if idle (no keys,mouse actions detected). Status is visible by icon color in sytem tray
· After a manually started backup, you can select to shutdown Windows
· Can also copy large files > 2Gb
· Backup mail data of Thunderbird, Outlook, Outlook Express (see site idlebackup.nl, usage examples)
· Backup medium = hard-disk/usb-stick/usb-drive or network
· Normal windows installation/deinstallation
· With backup option 3 (computer name in backup path) suited for making backups from multiple computers to one external storage (USB-hard-disk

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Improved The Synchronization feature. Now only the entered paths are handled.