Filtered Backup

When you prepare to do a backup, first of all you should decide what files and folders you need to copy. One way is to simply perform full backup of every single file and folder that you have on your computer. However, this may not be a good option, if you have a limited amount of storage space. If this is the case, you may consider doing selective backup of the most critical data only.

How do I pick only necessary data files?

To relieve you of the necessity to manually specify files and folders that you want to back up, Handy Backup has the option for automatic selection of the most popular data categories, including: Desktop, My Documents, Favorites, Mail clients, Instant messengers, web browsers data of popular applications, disk images, Registry, and most databases.

All you have to do to back up these and other data is to select a category from the Add to backup list and launch a backup task for execution.

How do I use file filters?

Handy Backup offers the option of flexible data filtering. To back up only most critical data files, you can specify file masks and extensions to include or exclude specific data files. With Handy Backup, you can save yourself up to 100 unnecessary clicks!

Video backup

If you want to back up your video files, you may specify the video file extensions such as avi, wmv, mpeg, and Handy Backup will take care of them in no time.

Music backup

Backing up your entire music collection is a one-click job with Handy Backup. You specify the music file extensions such as wav, mp3, wmf, etc. and Handy Backup backs them up to any available storage medium such as CD, DVD, HD DVD, Blu-ray etc.

Photo backup

Photos are precious memories that you would most definitely want to protect against loss and theft. With Handy Backup, you just need to specify the image file extensions such as jpeg, bmp, gif, etc., and the program will safeguard your entire photo collection easily and hassle free!

With Handy Backup it is quick as a wink!