There’s never been a better time to be in the market for a free backup tool. These days, you need two types of backup: one for your files and documents, and the other for your system. EASEUS To-do Backup Free attempts to straddle both spheres, and does so with reasonable success.

The great news about EASEUS To-do Backup Free is that it’s actually a rebadged version of To-do Backup Home, which was previously sold as a commercial product. It’s capable of backing up everything from selected files and file types to entire partitions or drives (there’s also cloning tools included for upgrading from one drive to another), with scheduling options and support for incremental updates so backups are kept as small and efficient as possible.

Everything’s handled with a simple and fuss-free point-and-click interface

There are lots of recovery and restore options too, such as being able to browse disks and partition backups for individual files and folders, plus an option for creating a WinPE-based recovery disc that allows you to use the program outside of Windows, making it perfect for drive upgrades or recovering crashed systems.

It’s all straightforward to use and works admirably. There are some gripes though – although it’s possible to back up certain email-based files using the file types option, we’d prefer a more explicit email backup option along with selected program settings and – for the geeks among us – Registry settings too.

This brand new version 4.0 brings a brand new interface with many improved features. Main new developed functions include Exchange 2010 backup and recovery, GPT disk partition backup and recovery, etc. Moreover, the new release of EaseUS To-do Backup Central Management Console enables you to deploy backup task to other clients.

Verdict:

A competent tool for combining both file- and image-based backups within a single program gets a welcome raft of new and improved features in this update.

Operating Systems: Windows 7 (32 bit), Windows 7 (64 bit), Windows Server, Windows Vista (32 bit), Windows Vista (64 bit), Windows XP

Requirements: 1GB RAM, 500MB hard drive space

Download: EASEUS To-do Backup 4.0.0.5