HomeToo many people will not back up their data until they have been tortured by data loss. This shouldn't ever be the case, but, unfortunately, it is. Especially for a home user, there is more possibly encountering data loss or system crash due to many reasons, for example, lack of technique , careless, lack of money to hold a better backup product. Some people may use the free computer backup utility that provided by Windows, but this deficient utility cannot meet daily backup requirements. Especially compared with some free computer backup software, for example, EaseUS Todo Backup Free Edition, Windows backup utility is with little effect. This article will introduce the Windows backup utility feature and the comparison between it and other free computer backup software.
1. First, let's see Windows XP backup, click "Start" > "All Programs" > "Accessories" > "System Tools" > "Backup"

Free computer backup in Windows XP
You will see that there are four choices, but every choice is for backing up files, it cannot backup the system partition or the entire hard disk. But for a home user, the common problem is system crash and needs to reinstall the operating system quickly.
2. Second, let's see Windows Vista "Backup Status and Configuration".

Free computer backup in Windows Vista
As you can see, Windows Vista backup utility can backup a single partition besides backing up files, but you'll find that this utility cannot do anything to the backup archive, but the free computer backup software - EaseUS Todo Backup can.
a. EaseUS Todo Backup Free Edition has more backup tools, for example, operation log mangement, backup priority, compress the image archive, image splitting, and password-protecting.
b. The free computer backup software provides bootable disk function. It can burn the bootable disk without third-party burning program.
c. The free computer backup software provides disk clone, it helps you migrate a disk more conveniently.
d. Windows backup utility can only backup to NTFS partition, but the free computer backup software can backup to FAT partition as well.
e. After backup, you cannot mount or check the backup image, but with the free computer backup software you can do this easily.
f. Disk Tools module can proceed disk clone, partition clone, wipe data, and iSCSI Initiator.
g. It also provides Recover to dissimilar hardware that enables you to transfer system to another computer of dissimilar configurations.
EaseUS Todo Backup Free Edtion is potent FREE computer backup software providing system backup & restore, hard disk or partition backup & restore, files or folders backup & restore, disk wipe, disk clone to protect your system and disk. It can back up whole PC, including the operating system plus your data, applications, settings, single files and folders, and everything!

If your system crashed or need to be reinstalled, you can simply use the bootable disk to restore, it is easy to use and high-effective.
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