Whether files exist on your computer or a smart phone, BackUp Maker can copy them to various locations and to most media types, encrypted or not encrypted.

(For smart phones, use the Win11 Smartphone Link app.)

Figure 1: End User Agreement... must accept.

Installs to... C:\Program Files (x86)\ASCOMP Software\BackUp Maker

Figure 2: This programme will not work without a valid email confirmation.

Following the confirmation email a second email arrived, with a generated Customer ID number and Password. Why?

I thought, possibly, the password might be required for restoration, when using this same program.

[The password, delivered in the second email, was not needed to open or expand files using 7Zip, but may have helped open up contents using PeaZip (which uses the 7zip engine, but adds a password option). In any case, you will now have an account, with ID and Password.]

Figure 3: Starting screen - click on "Backup" to start - note both "Backup" and "Restore" buttons.

Figure 4: second screen - tried to find all functioning network locations.

Figure 5: third screen with selections - "Pictures" was, practically, too large for DVDs, without splitting.

Figure 6: fourth screen with drop down;

I chose CD / DVD (below) because I had some unused discs, and this test method was a bit retro. If 1.44 MB disks had been available, they could have been used... or any other legacy drive that works on your computer. Of course, USB drives, NAS drives, Cloud services (including FTP to a web host) would also work.

[It should be mentioned that partial, incremental and complete backups can be made, and at a set hour, or on a regular schedule, like every ten minutes.]

Figure 7: fifth screen - used the drop down to select the destination as DVD.

Figure 8: sixth screen - settings for DVD writing

Figure 9: seventh screen - more zip file options... note: The drop-down automatically moved to "Backup name".

Figure 10: Writing to DVD did not start until disk re-insertion.

Figure 11: A DVD can hold 4.7 GB, not 104+GB, as shown. BackUp Maker filled 2 discs before I aborted.

This program claims to be able to span disks. I assumed a need for about 3 DVD discs, since, in this case, splitting must be decided in settings, before attempting a backup.

(This backup procedure seems to write the single, large, zip file to a temp folder before writing to the backup location.)

Therefore I tried again by selecting, "split", in the options, thinking that the size of the files selected would span two discs. The only size this program offered, for a DVD split, was about 2.6 GB per disc, not the 4.7 GB expected. After writing to two discs, I stopped that backup, discovering that the total space required would have been over 13 GB, requiring 5 or 6 discs. The two discs that were finished contained large zip files (about 2.2 GB each) and were sequentially numbered automatically. They could be opened by 7Zip without a password.

[Backups to FAT32 formatted media will "stop" if it encounters a file larger than 4 GB.]

Figure 12: DVD file splitting seemed to work, but limited to about 2.3 GB per disc, so I aborted, again.

As always, the test of any backup system is its ability to restore. So, I backed up some photos (and a sub-folder) to a USB hard drive; then I restored the zip file to another directory on this drive (although the other choice provided by BackUp Maker would have restored to the original locations, had they been accidentally deleted or compromised).

['Settings' also asked if the backup should be protected with encryption, and a user created password.]

System requirements:

Platform: Win10-11

Version: : 8.409

Language: English, and many others

Download Size: 13.8 MB

Installed Size: 35 MB

Price: FREE for personal use ($ 40 USD for professionals)

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