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Without a complete system backup, you're putting your PC at serious risk of losing important files. We lab test and review the latest computer backup software to help you find the best one for you.

  • Our test covers popular computer backup programs for Windows PCs, along with the backup features of Microsoft's Windows 10.
  • Our backup software buying guide will help explain what features to look for.

Our expert testers give every software a thorough workout to help find the products that:

  • are the easiest to use when backing up and restoring
  • are the easiest to use during disaster recovery
  • offer different back-up methods (full, incremental and differential)
  • support cloud storage.

Our interactive comparison tool helps you find which programs include useful features such as disk imaging, encryption, network backup and file/folder specific backup. And our Recommended list will help you quickly see which products come out on top.

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  • Subscription required
  • Free version available
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  • Upgrades
  • Full backup
  • Incremental backup
  • Differential backup
  • Continuous backup
  • File and folder sync
  • Whole disk image
  • Partition image
  • System image
  • Disk clone
  • Other backup types
  • Encryption
  • AES-256 encoding
  • Scheduling options
  • Rescue media creation (USB stick)
  • Rescue media creation (CD/DVD)
  • Back up to network
  • Restore partition image
  • Restore whole disk image
  • Restore individual files and folders
  • Able to mount disk partition images
  • Universal restore
  • Restore to new/blank drive
  • Used sector backup
  • Sector by sector backup
  • Cloud backup capacity
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Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office
$72
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AOMEI Backupper Professional

AOMEI Backupper Professional
$83
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Ashampoo Backup Pro 15

Ashampoo Backup Pro 15
$42
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Restore performance is the average time taken to restore our disk image using the rescue disk environment. This score makes up 30% of the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳Expert Rating.

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EaseUS ToDo Backup

EaseUS ToDo Backup
$88
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Genie9 Genie Timeline Home 10

Genie9 Genie Timeline Home 10
$60
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Iperius Desktop Backup

Iperius Desktop Backup
$49
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Macrium Reflect Home Edition 8

Macrium Reflect Home Edition 8
$105
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Microsoft Windows 10

Microsoft Windows 10
$NA
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Novastor NovaBackup PC

Novastor NovaBackup PC
$66
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Paragon Hard Disk Manager 17 Advanced (Backup & Recovery)

Paragon Hard Disk Manager 17 Advanced (Backup & Recovery)
$121
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Softland Backup4all Standard 9

Softland Backup4all Standard 9
$63
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