NTI Backup 5 Advanced

Description

NTI Backup 5 Advanced is by far the most complete backup application that NTI has ever released. It brings continuous data protection, file-based backup, and what the company calls "drive-based backup" (otherwise known as disk imaging), all inside a single extremely friendly package. This version introduces the ability to back up open files, too.

The step-by-step buttons located on the left of the interface and the relevant options and selectors on the right are the perfect blend of easy to learn and easy to use. Many wizardlike interfaces get in the way once you know them; this one doesn't.

The software's imaging module includes adjustments for compression level, encryption, and verification. You can schedule three types of backup at any time, and you may instruct the PC to enter standby, hibernation, or power-down mode after a job completes. You can also have the application notify you by e-mail upon the completion (or failure) of a job, though it lacks a provision for running other programs before and after a job. Broadly speaking, NTI Backup 5 Advanced worked extremely well - its backups were flawless.