Handy Backup Standard, developed by Novosoft LLC., is a paid ($39) backup and recovery software for home and small business environment in Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10 and Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2019.
Novosoft Handy Backup offers different editions for users, Standard, Professional, Small Business, and Server Network. You could do the following operations within Handy Backup Standard:
Follow the below steps to create file backup in Windows 10:
1. Click + New on the toolbar or press ADD NEW to create a new backup task.
2. Tick Backup and hit Next.
3. Select My Pictures to backup.
4. Choose a destination to save the file backup image.
5. Set the compression and encryption for you file backup or leave it alone.
6. Enable scheduler to backup files once, every day, on week days, on month days if need be, and then hit Next.
7. Tick Finish to run the file backup now.
However, as a backup and restore software, Handy Backup Standard has the following restrictions:
Considering the limitations of Novosoft Handy Backup Standard, you may look for the best Handy Backup alternative.
If you are looking for the Handy Backup free alternative, it's highly recommended to use the Qiling Disk Master Standard, which offers you the comprehensive features and well-thought interface for Windows PCs, like Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and 11 (32-bit and 64-bit). It's more reliable and safe to use. Qiling Disk Master Standard allows you do the following:
To get started, please download the handy Backup free alternative - Qiling Disk Master Standard first.
(PS: This software only supports Windows 11/10/8/7/XP/Vista. For server users, try Qiling Disk Master Server.)
Then, let's see the details to create a disk backup in Windows 10.
1. Launch the Handy Backup free alternative - Qiling Disk Master Standard on your Windows 10 PC. On the main window, select Backup > Disk Backup.
2. Press + Disks > select the Windows 10 disk you want to backup and click Add. Rename the Task Name to distinguish from other backups if need be.
3. Choose an external hard drive as the destination to save the Windows 10 disk backup image file.
★Tips:
✍This handy Backup alternative allows you to backup to local disk, USB flash drive, CD/DVD, network share or NAS, etc.
✍It allows you to backup multiple hard disks at the same time. But you need to restore them one by one.
4. Hit Schedule Backup and enable it, then choose Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Event triggers, or USB plug in. The last two features are available on the professional version.
★Tips:
✍ You could encrypt(paid), compress, split, comment the image file, use VSS, enable email or SMS notification, etc. with Options.
✍ And the USB plug in feature is recommended if your target drive is a USB drive and you don't want to keep it always connected. Please upgrade to Qiling Disk Master Professional to enjoy this premium feature.
✍ Besides, you can enable Backup Scheme to automatically delete old backup images with one of cleanup methods. Also, you can change incremental backup (default) to differential backup for less demanding on disk recovery.
5. Press Proceed button to create a disk backup automatically in Windows 10.
Keep the disk backup safe just in case of hard disk failure. Then, it's suggested to create WinPE bootable rescue media to boot computer and restore disk image if the system fails to boot.
Besides, if you want to keep everything on the hard disk stay on the safe place, you could try the disk clone feature to clone hard drive to another hard drive without losing data.
You can also try real time sync feature (on the Professional version) to sync files and folders in the source disk to the destination in real time. After the first full sync completed, it will sync changed files to the destination once the program detects any changes on the source.
As the best Handy Backup free alternative - Qiling Disk Master Standard plays an important role in Windows backup and restore, even the hard disk cloning and file sync.
Some helpful features are available on the advanced version, such as, USB plug in, automatic backup cleanup, File sync, File Sync, command line backup, dynamic disk backup, etc.
If you would like to manage and monitor backups for all clients from one central console within LAN, please try Qiling Centralized Disk Master.