

There’s a dedicated menu option for restoring your data from the image files that you can create. If you want to backup your data using an external drive, Syncing is the way to go. Mirror Sync will make the source and destination directories match, and this included deletions! Two-Way Sync will match up the source and destination both ways. Real-Time Sync will copy over changes as they happen.

Basic Sync will copy over the changed files from the source to destination. If you choose to synchronize your files you can do four different methods. If you just want to backup individual files or folders you can create a File Backup. Disk Backup allows you to create an image file of your entire hard drive while Partition Backups allow you to create image files of individual partitions. If you choose to create a backup you can do a System Backup to create an image of your operating system partition. Upon launching Aomei Backupper Professional you’ll be prompted to create a New Backup or New Sync. Weak Points: Price increased since the last time we reviewed it Strong Points: Free trial, lifetime upgrades available for $10 Aomei Backupper Professional could have helped me if I created a backup image of the drive. I should have done a better job of backing it up. Other than my Thunderbird mail profile settings, I’m not sure what else was on that drive exactly. Unfortunately, I recently experienced a mechanical failure of one of my hard drives and lost all of the data that was on it. I also use cloud backup storage for my documents, music, and company files. Since I have multiple computers I duplicate the data I care about between them. Though the price went up since the last time we reviewed it, it’s less expensive than competing products. A standalone copy of Shadowmaker sells for $79 with lifetime updates while Backupper Professional costs $49.95.
AOMEI BACKUPPER PROFESSIONAL REVIEW SOFTWARE
This year we reviewed the latest version of Minitool Shadowmaker backup software and it has shifted to a monthly fee plan and I’m happy that Aomei Backupper Professional is cheaper and still has a one-time purchase price. In 2019 we reviewed Aomei Backupper Professional 4.6.3 and found it to be intuitive and packed with many useful tools. Thank you Aomei for sending us a review code!
