Back up your photos, documents and whole system without paying for it
One failed hard disk can take years of family photos, music and documents with it, and most people only think about backups afterward. EaseUS Todo Backup Free is a backup program for home users. It uses step-by-step wizards, so you can protect your files without an IT background.
Quick facts
- Version: 13.0
- Platforms: Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8 and 7
- Price: Free for home use
- Paid alternative: the Home edition adds smart backup, email backup, system clone and transfer, and disk wiping
Key features
Back up the whole system, including installed applications
You can image the operating system and the programs installed on it. If Windows stops booting, you restore from the image instead of reinstalling everything.
Back up only the files and folders you care about
Pick your photos, music, videos and documents, including data on the network, and back up just those. You can also restore a single file.
Save time and disk space with incremental and differential backups
After the first full backup, later runs copy only what changed. The program can also delete or overwrite old images automatically, so your backup drive doesn't fill up.
Schedule backups so you don't have to remember
Set a schedule for system and data backups. Earlier versions could also send email notifications and back up network-shared files stored on a NAS.
Tune each backup: compression, splitting, password and priority
Backup options include image split, image compression, priority and a password for the image. You can also browse the contents of an image file.
Clone or move a disk to another
The listing's feature list includes cloning or transferring a hard disk to another one.
Who it's for
It suits home users who want a free, wizard-driven way to protect personal files or a single PC. If you need cloud-based or business-style protection, look at the paid editions instead.
Pros and cons
- Pro: free for personal use
- Pro: wizards guide you through system and file backups
- Pro: a small download of about 3 MB, according to MajorGeeks
- Con: some features are reserved for the paid Home edition, including smart backup, email backup, system clone and transfer, and disk wiping
- Con: MajorGeeks notes nag screens that urge you to upgrade
- Con: MajorGeeks says high display scaling of 150-200% may cause display problems
FAQs
Is it really free?
Yes. The free edition is for home users and costs nothing. The Home edition is a paid yearly upgrade.
Which versions of Windows does it run on?
Version 13.0 supports Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8 and 7.
What can I back up to?
Supported destinations include HDD, SSD, RAID, USB drives, network shared locations, FTP servers, NAS and DVDs.
Which file systems does it support?
It supports NTFS, FAT32, FAT16 and FAT12.
System requirements
- OS: Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8 or 7
- CPU: 500 MHz processor or faster
- RAM: 1 GB or more
- Disk space: at least 1 GB free on the hard disk