Try BackupOnShutdown in your browser
The same window as the app, with sample folders and sample drives. Set up a backup, run it, restore a file, open Settings.
Try BackupOnShutdown in your browser
Set up your first backup
Pick the folders you care about and a drive to keep them on. It takes about a minute.
Details
Settings
One double-click to back up and shut down.
Skip these folders
Folders listed here are left out of every backup.
Skip developer folders
Whatever you tick here is left out of every backup, wherever it sits.
Files that are open
Files open in another program are included only when BackupOnShutdown is started as administrator. Otherwise they are skipped and listed after the backup.
Plug the drive in, then try again.
The password you chose when you set up this backup.
That password is not right.
Opening backup…
This backup has no saved versions yet.
Could not read the dates. Check that the drive is plugged in, then try again.
Nothing is replaced. The files are copied into the folder you pick.
You can add or remove folders later.
An external drive is best. If your computer breaks, the backup is safe.
Off is fine for a drive you keep at home. Anyone who has the drive can open the files.
Save your password
Without this password, nobody can open this backup. Keep a copy somewhere other than this computer.
Turn off to skip this backup. You can still run it from here.
Folders to back up
Backup location
Password
Open an existing backup
Where is the backup kept?
Leave this empty if the backup has no password.
Which backup is this?
What to try
- Click Back up & shut down and watch the run finish.
- Open Documents backup, click Restore files… and bring one file back to a new folder.
- Open the gear, switch Theme or Language, then Save.
- Delete a backup, then click Add another backup and protect it with a password.
- When the simulation ends, reload the page to start again.
Not in this preview
- Your real folders, drives and network shares
- A real shutdown, the desktop shortcut and starting as administrator
- Changing the password of an existing backup location
- Activating a real licence key or the trial reminder
- Opening restored folders and the licence texts
Ready to run it on your own files?
Download BackupOnShutdown and use it for 14 days.