Ocster Backup Freeware

Ashampoo has acquired all Ocster Backup products. Although we will continue to list them, users are strongly advised to switch to Ashampoo Backup.

This is the free edition of Ocster Backup, a fast and intuitive tool designed for users looking to periodically back up their important documents, photos and other types of files in case of data loss or corruption. Gearead toward all user levels, it supports scheduled and automatic tasks, in addition to a backup manager and other features.

The program gets unpacked quickly and effortlessly, since the setup wizard doesn't sport unfamiliar options. Concerning the interface, Ocster Backup Freeware adopts a large window with a central menu for creating, restoring and managing backups. Each of the three components relies on a simple wizard that guides you every step of the way.

New backup plans can be put together by entering a name and saving directory (even on USB flash drives), as well as by including files and folders and indicating exclusions by file, file extension or folder (if any).

You can apply password protection and schedule daily or weekly auto backups or skip this step. All these details can be reviewed before proceeding with the job to make any necessary adjustments.

It's possible to create as many backup plans as you want, edit their properties using the built-in manager, as well as remove plans and delete data from the computer or just their entries from the list to keep and later import the files. Backups can be updated on the spot with new or modified files and folders, as well as restored by pointing out their location or entry in the list.

It's not mandatory to restore backups to the original location on the hard drive, since Ocster Backup Freeware gives you the possibility to create the files and folders anywhere. However, it doesn't integrate features for extracting only those parts you're interested in, so it's necessary to unwrap the entire bundle.

Ocster Backup Freeware is multilingual and contains help documentation. It lets you pause and resume backup tasks to temporarily allocate system resources to other running programs with higher priority, compresses backups automatically to reduce occupied space, and incrementally adds new and modified to existing plans instead of recreating the same package, in order to speed up the task. Hard and symbolic links are supported.

Backup and restoration jobs were carried out fast in our tests while system resources were minimally used. Ocster Backup Freeware remained stable throughout its runtime.