Introduction

None of us realise how important our data is until the first time our systems let us down and we lose it all. It's a fact of life that most of us don't react until it's too late, not just with regards our PCs but in many areas of our lives. Fire fighting always seems to be a better option than fire prevention until we get burnt!

One part of your computer that's seen massive development over the past few years is your hard drive. Sizes have blossomed to the point that anything less the 30GB is hard to get hold of easily. Hard drives are also faster, hotter and cheaper than at any time before but a quick search round any of the popular forums will demonstrate that unfortunately they're no more reliable. In fact quite the opposite seems true at the moment with no end of tales of woe from people who lost big brand, top dollar drives after perhaps only a few months worthwhile service. Losing the drive is bad enough but losing the data that was on there is what really gets your teeth grinding.

So how much is your data worth? What value do you put on your MP3 collection, your bank details, your pr0n collection or your college work from the past two years? If the answer's at least $29.95 you might want to take a look at LIUtilities' WinBackup software.

To the review-

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Easy to Use WinBackup is based on our new user interface design with built-in documentation that virtually eliminates the need to read the manual. Whether you are new to computers or a professional you will find this program incredibly easy to use.

128 or 256-bit encryption WinBackup uses one of the most secure encryption algorithms available (256bit AES) to secure your data, making it virtually impossible for anyone to access your files without your permission.

Built-in CD and DVD writing WinBackup supports a large variety of backup medias including Harddrives, Removable disks, USB drives, CDR, CDRW, DVD-R, DVD-RW and more. It also allows you to create completely customized backups with selectable security levels, compression, extension filters and more.

Ease to Schedule Automatic Backups WinBackup comes with a built-in scheduler that works on any operating system. Scheduling automatic backups is very easy and can be saved to any media including CDRWs or DVD-RWs. You can even schedule network backups to a shared DVD writer and update a DVD-RW automatically on a daily basis.

Fast Backup Engine with on-the-fly Compression and Encryption WinBackup is based on our new multi-threaded file processing engine for maximum performance. WinBackup also utilizes the latest compression techniques to reduce the size of you backups to a minimum. On-the-fly Compression makes it possible to backup more data to any media, and ensures efficient media usage and low media costs.

Feature Overview If you need a feature not available in the current version of WinBackup, let us know, and maybe we will add it to the next version.    User Interface Very intuitive design with easy to understand icons, names and tooltips Flexible file and folder selection similar to Windows Explorer Built-in wizards/tutorials and documentation helps to get you started Fully multi-threaded user-interface with background processing  Security Strong encryption (128 or 256 bit AES) protects your backups from unauthorized access Protect your backups with passwords Use passwords to prevent others from starting WinBackup Built-in CD and DVD burning Write backups from network or harddrive to CD or DVD Fully automatic CD burning can be used with scheduled backups CD and DVD spanning allows you to save large backups to multiple CDs or DVDs Smart labels and multi-session writing can be used to store many backups on a single CD.  Scheduling Schedule backups to run in the background at any time Separate schedules can be used for different Backup Jobs  Compression Compress files to reduce the size of backups Estimated compressed size is calculated in realtime for any backup job Files are compressed and decompressed on the fly for maximum performance  Other Features Backup outlook emails, my documents, desktop, address book or favorites with a single click Detailed Logs helps you keep track of all executed backup operations

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