Portable Apps Backup

As its name suggests, Portable Apps Backup is a tool that enables you to create backup copies of your files and folders.
This type of software is highly recommended to protect the integrity of your information, in case something were to happen to your computer, such as Windows or the hard drive crashing.
Since installation is not necessary, you can store Portable Apps Backup on an external device (like a USB flash drive), save it to any computer and directly run its executable file.
This way, you can carry Portable Apps Backup with you when you're on the go. Plus, the Windows registry does not receive new entries and no files are left behind after removing the program.
The interface of the utility is based on a wizard where you can follow several simple steps to get the job done; you can get started by selecting the type of items you want to back up, between 'Complete' (all files on your portable drive), 'App Data' (app settings, profiles, bookmarks and others) and 'Documents' (the documents directory on your portable drive).
In the following steps, you can establish the target location for the backup and configure settings, such as making the tool use the 7z format and displaying backup details, as well as enabling maximum compression mode (which is slower but more efficient). Restoring backups can be easily done by accessing a separate Portable Apps Backup executable file.
The program takes a reasonable amount of time to create backup copies, depending on the size of the selected files, directory or volume. It uses a moderate-to-high amount of system resources and has a good response time. No error dialogs have popped up during our tests and Portable Apps Backup did not freeze or crash. On the downside, the tool has never received updates.