Handy Backup - Hard Disk Mirroring Software

Hard disk mirroring is a process of creation of an exact copy of data stored on disk. Sometimes this procedure is called synchronization, as it can be used to sync two local or remote locations. Handy Backup is a mirroring backup software with the following main features

1. Choosing direction of disk mirroring. Handy Backup allows choosing whether you want to copy one HDD to another, or mirror both disks.
2. Choosing files priorities. Handy Backup lets you select how to treat files with identical names and different contents.
3. Creation of filtered hard disk mirror. The procedure of synchronization in Handy Backup can be set with the use of file masks, which allows syncing only files with needed extensions, e.g. MS Word documents, videos, etc.
4. Flexible task scheduling. Handy Backup scheduler allows you to sync drives daily, weekly, monthly, or within your own period of time.

HDD Mirroring Features

There is a frequent misunderstanding regarding hard disk mirroring software. Its primary function is preventing data loss, but it shouldn't be considered as a substitute for backup software, since hardware failure is not the only danger. In fact, more often loss happens due to virus attacks or wrong actions of a user who accidentally destroys important files. Most tools will interpret these events as usual activity and make the same changes on the mirror. Generally, there are several reasons why you may want to mirror a hard disk:

1. Protecting from hardware failure. Having two identical hard disks allows switching instantly to the other disk in case of a failure of the first one.
2. Creating a recovery point. You can recover hard drive data from the copy, in case it gets corrupted or deleted. Read more about mirror backup...
3. Drive load balancing. In some cases reading data simultaneously from two disks can noticeably improve system performance.
4. Data accessibility. Hard disk mirroring can be used for synchronization of network drives, thus providing access to data which for technical or security reasons can't be accessed on the computer with original data.

Mirroring hard drive with Handy Backup synchronization function exploits a files-based method which means that the application performs "common" file system requests and therefore doesn’t copy system records and data that is not represented as files. To perform complete hard disk cloning, you need to perform an image-based backup...