IDrive Portable

Designed as the portable edition of IDrive, this is an intuitive and speedy software program that gives you the possibility to create backups for your important files and folders, and upload them to the cloud to be able to access data from any part of the world. It requires free account registration.

Since there is no setup pack involved, you can extract the program files to any part of the hard disk and just click the executable to launch the utility. Another possibility is to keep it stored on a USB flash drive to be able to directly run it on any PC with minimum effort and no previous installers. Plus, it doesn't modify Windows registry settings.

Installing this app is a fast task that shouldn't give you any trouble. Once it's over, you are greeted by a user-friendly interface based on a large window with a clean and intuitive structure, where you can get started by logging in with your IDrive account. If you don't have one, you can easily sign up for a new account for free, by filling out some personal information.

The tool loads a list with local drives and directories, giving you the possibility to select the ones you want to include in the backup job.

A separate list is displayed for your current contents of your backup set, where you can check out the size and date of last modification for each item.

The software application also facilitates local backups, so all you have to do is pick the output directory to copy the selected files and folders to.

You can refresh the list, exclude any objects from the backup, create new folders, wipe free space on removable media devices to make room for new files, restore items from a previously created backup set, as well as examine log details with the program's activity, which particularly comes in handy if you've been away from the computer.

There were no stability issues in our tests, thanks to the fact that the tool didn't hang, crash or prompt error messages. It completed backup and restore jobs swiftly while remaining light on system resources usage.

To conclude, IDrive provides you with a simple means of backing up important data to the local disk or the cloud, and it can be seamlessly handled by anyone, including less experienced users. Plus, this edition is free to use.