Each follows a logical wizard – start by choosing what to back up, from checked files and folders, drives (or individual partitions), your entire system (all the partitions required to restore Windows) or supported app settings. On launching the app, click 'Create Backup' to select one of four supported backup types: File, Disk, OS and Apps data. Ideally you need to protect both individual files and folders as well as your complete Windows installation – your settings, installed programs and so on – and EaseUS ToDo Backup Home promises to do both. It leaves a huge gap for third-party backup tools, and one of the longest established options comes courtesy of EaseUS. Microsoft’s recently updated backup tool for Windows 11 falls a long way short of what’s needed to protect your precious files (never mind system) from potential disaster.
