Create scheduled backups of files and folders to external media such as CD, DVD or FTP servers with PKZip compression.
BackUp Maker (Standard Edition) is a tool which automatically backs up fules and folders at user-defined intervals. That is, users should first configure the program to backup how ever often they would like. It can range from hours to days to years if one chooses.
An interesting part of BackUp Maker is its options to save backups to certain locations such as CD or DVD discs, FTP servers, USB drivers or network locations such as network hard drives. The program utilizes PKZip in order to shrink the size of backups. Unfortunately with the free version, it will only backup files up to 1MB thus making BackUp Maker Standard crippleware. Promotions for the paid version is displayed after each backup. You can access the app from the system tray after it's been installed.
Some other features of BackUp Maker is built-in encryption, password protection and for the paid version, support for files of over 4GB if you're on a 64-bit system. It can also split files into parts and filter files by size.
BackUp Maker isn't a bad tool at all and is quite capable of backing up data, it's just not really a free solution like some others.
Features of BackUp Maker Standard
- Back-up to USB drives/sticks: Support of USB drives (internal/external).
- Burning onto CD/DVD: Burn backups onto CD/DVD without the need of external drivers.
- FTP upload: Upload to Internet servers using ftp connections.
- Network support: Save files in/to local area networks.
- Passive FTP mode: Upload in passive mode (PASV).
- Password protection: Protect backups with passwords (PkZip v2.0).
- PkZip 4.5: Support for archives larger than 4 GB.
- Strong encryption: Encrypt backups with AES 256-Bit.
- Supported DVD formats: DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R Dual Layer, DVD-RAM, Blu-Ray.
Compatibility and License
BackUp Maker Standard is provided under a freeware license on Windows from backup software with no restrictions on usage. Download and installation of this PC software is free and 7.400 is the latest version last time we checked.
What version of Windows can BackUp Maker Standard run on?
BackUp Maker Standard can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It runs on both 32-bit and 64-bit systems with no dedicated 64-bit download provided.
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