yCopy Portable

yCopy Portable is a tiny, yet powerful software tool which lets you to quickly create backups for your documents, as well as sync directories.

This is the portable version of yCopy - https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/File-Management/Spacejock-yCopy.shtml. This means that installation is not a must and that the utility will not add files to the HDD or Windows registry without your permission (as it happens with installers).

You should also know it is possible to work with yCopy Portable on any PC you can connect to, by simply dropping the program files to an external data drive and clicking the EXE.

The UI you come by is clear-cut and intuitive, as it only encloses a menu bar and a few tabs which ensure quick access to all available options. Moreover, it is non-obtrusive as it goes in the system tray from the first launch.

The backup and sync processes are quite customizable, as you can easily choose the source and destination directories, as well as ignore changed files when the source date is older, include or exclude files with particular extensions (input by you), and only copy items newer that a user-defined date.

It is possible to count source files, exclude specified folders and choose whether or not synchronization deleted files from destination. You can view the backup and count progress in separate tabs, as well as the cleanup process and all errors that might have arisen. Comprehensive and well-organized Help contents are provided, while it is possible to save a job to the HDD in an yCopy2 format.

YCopy Portable proves to an efficient piece of software, with many advantages. It has a good response time, a user-friendly environment and it does not require many system resources. Nonetheless, it could benefit greatly from an update.