It’s a cut-down version that only backs up hard drive partitions or whole Windows systems. Other notable features are encryption, versioning, compression (7Zip/LZMA), automatic backup verification, and a scheduler to ensure that backups run when it’s most convenient.Īshampoo Backup Pro 16 costs £44.99/$49.99 but is often available at a discount, with the company offering the software for £26.99/$29.99 at the time of writing.įor half even those prices, Ashampoo also offers what it callsīackup Pro 2021. These include your local drive, external storage, as well as a wide range of cloud-based solutions such as OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive, any NAS, and it also works with OneDrive Business and Office365. That’s very helpful because there are plenty of features on offer.īackup Pro 16 allows either specific files, an entire disk partition, or the whole system (Windows included) to be backed up, so you can completely restore a PC after a crash or other catastrophic event.īackground backups mean that you don’t have to stop using your PC while the process runs, plus there is now better support for destinations that can be used to store those created. The interface is clean and easy to understand, with wizards that walk you through the backup process.

Ashampoo is a slightly strange brand name from a German company that has steadily improved its Backup Pro app for many years now.

Personal computer backup software