Everyday Auto Backup v3.5

Everyday Auto Backup is free backup software that can back up folders to and from a local hard drive, network folder, or external hard drive. The user interface is free from clutter and the settings are very easy to follow and understand.

Everyday Auto Backup: Methods, Sources, & Destinations

The types of backup supported, as well as what on your computer can be selected for backup and where it can be backed up to, are the most important aspects to consider when choosing a backup software program. Here's that information for Everyday Auto Backup:

Supported Backup Methods

Full backup

Supported Backup Sources

Local or external hard drive or a network folder

Supported Backup Destinations

Local hard drive, a folder on the network, or an external hard drive

More About Everyday Auto Backup

• Official works with Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and older versions of Windows
• Small setup file
• Quick installation
• A global setting can be used to exclude certain file names and/or file types from being included in any backup
• Can quickly toggle subfolders to be included/excluded from a backup
• Backups can be scheduled to run a task every so many minutes, indefinitely, daily, manually, at startup, or routinely for one or more days during a week or month
• You can choose if the files in the destination should be overwritten if the source data is newer
• Backup tasks that are scheduled to run today will be organized in their own tab called Today's tasks

My Thoughts on Everyday Auto Backup

Everyday Auto Backup is a very simple backup program, which means you'll be faced with a lack of features that are normally found in similar software.

What I Like

I like how easy it is to see all the backup jobs at once. They're all listed in a single window, and you can easily view details about them without opening each task. For example, you can glance at them to view the source and destination folders and scheduling preference, among other details.

Something else I like is that everything is very straightforward. There are absolutely no confusing options, and I had zero difficulties creating and maintaining a few backup jobs.

What I Don't Like

A big drawback to using Everyday Auto Backup is that you can't choose specific files to back up, but instead you must select a whole folder.

An equally important feature that's not included is encryption and password protection, which is very important if backing up sensitive files.

In addition, there are no settings to enable tasks to run if they were missed during their regular schedule, which means you must manually run missed backup jobs.

Finally, Everyday Auto Backup doesn't support pausing a backup while it's in progress or saving the list of backup jobs for use on another computer. It's too bad this program doesn't support those things, because it's something I like to use, and I'm sure plenty of other people would appreciate it. Unfortunately, this program no longer gets updated, so I doubt it'll ever arrive.