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Simply back up, burn, and recover data for safe keeping.
Nero BackItUp & Burn gives you full control over the protection of your data. Your personal data, including memorable family photos, important financial documents, and music collections, is irreplaceable. System crashes, hard drive failures, and malicious viruses can create havoc within your files and your digital life. Not to mention, data recovery is costly and time consuming. Nero has the solution!

Nero BackItUp & Burn provides easy-to-use tools and state-of-the-art technology that let you back up files to your hard drive or to online storage. Schedule automatic backups, and receive e-mail notification once they’re done. Burn music, videos, photos, and data to CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs for safe keeping with Nero’s award-winning burning application. Sync files and folders and restore lost data from damaged or scratched media. Enjoy the peace of mind that comes with Nero BackItUp & Burn.

Simply create your own backups in just three steps

Back Up

Back up all your music, videos, photos, and data with flexibility
Do you have a great MP3 collection? Got tons of family photos and videos saved on your hard drive? For all the time, effort, and memories you have invested on your hard drive, you wouldn’t want to lose your files to a virus or system crash, or accident. Nero BackItUp & Burn lets you back up files to an internal or external hard drive or to online storage* with flexible options that suit you best. Receive e-mail notification when backup jobs are completed, and rest assured your digital investments are safe with Nero BackItUp & Burn.

Let Nero BackItUp & Burn do it for you
Working on a special project or paper? Protect your work with Nero BackItUp & Burn. Viruses and system crashes can happen at the most inopportune times against a project deadline. Nero BackItUp & Burn with an intuitive and easy-to-use interface lets you schedule backups to happen automatically without interrupting your work, so your latest files are always at hand, even if the unthinkable happens.

Burn your files with the worlds most reliable burning solution

Burn

Burn to disc for extra security
Want to ensure extra protection for your files by burning them to disc? Nero BackItUp & Burn lets you burn files with the world’s most reliable burning application so you’re off and running in no time! Got a cool MP3 mix to take on the road? Burn your favorite files to all types of popular discs including CD, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc.

Burn with Blu-ray and save ever more data Do you burn data to disc for safe keeping? Save even more data on Blu-ray Discs! Now you can back up even larger volumes of data on a single disc with Nero BackItUp & Burn as well as all your photo and video data files.

Restore your accidentally lost files with just a few steps

Recover

Recover precious content quickly and easily Have you taken the trip of a lifetime where you saw all the sights, enjoyed the local culture, and loved every minute of it? What if you had deleted all the memorable photos from your memory card only to find out you hadn’t backed them up on your PC beforehand? Nero BackItUp & Burn lets you recover deleted data quickly and efficiently with the best possible results.

Enjoy favorite songs once again Do you have a special collection of favorite mp3s on CD? Are you still able to listen to them, or are they scratched from years of enjoyment? Now you can recover songs easily and conveniently with Nero BackItUp & Burn!

Restore specific files from your backup archives

Restore

Restore your files after a crash or virus You bought a new PC or a laptop that’s been working just fine for the past couple of years. But suddenly, the worst has happened? A virus! A system or hard drive crash! Now everything you’ve worked on and saved for the last two years is gone. Nero BackItUp & Burn lets you easily restore backed up files to your PC, or laptop in case of a sudden emergency, so you’ll be back to work quickly.

Save money by restoring with Nero BackItUp & Burn Are you considering expensive, time consuming data recovery for files you’ve lost? Save time and money with Nero BackItUp & Burn -- the simple, cost effective way to get your files, folders, and drives up and running again.

Sync your most important data on different PCs

Sync

Sync files and always have the latest version on hand Need to do some work at home tonight or over the weekend? Now you can work on the same files at home and at work, and always have the latest version easily available. Simply sync your files and even entire folders between your PC and laptop, to a USB flash drive, and to all types of popular storage media. With Nero BackItUp & Burn your content is always at hand without the hassle of e-mailing files.

Nero BackItUp & Burn lets you:

Perform tasks quickly and intuitively in just a few steps
Back up data to hard drive, CD, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, FTP, memory card, and online storage
Rely on automatic backups to local hard drives and online storage
Schedule backup jobs with flexibility and convenient e-mail confirmation
Burn discs with the world's most reliable burning application
Create audio CDs, copy DVDs, and Blu-ray Discs
Sync all your files and folders for easy access to the latest versions
Recover data from deleted and damaged storage media
Restore files, folders, drives, and entire systems
Enjoy the Nero Online Backup trial and get 1 GB storage space for 3 months FREE

Nero BackItUp & Burn System Requirements

Windows XP SP2 or SP3
Windows Vista, Windows Vista SP1 or higher, Windows Server 2003 SP1, or Windows Vista 64-bit edition (runs in 32-bit compatibility mode)
Windows Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
1 GHz Intel Pentium III or equivalent AMD/Intel processor (2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent AMD/Intel processor for Windows Vista), 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM for Windows Vista)
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package SP1
300 MB free hard drive space for a typical installation of all components
400 MB temporary hard drive space during installation
CD, DVD, or Blu-ray Disc drive (with burning capability for burning functions)
Graphics card with minimum resolution of 800 x 600 pixels - the installation of latest WHQL certified device drivers is recommended

Additional notes for operating system support

The minimum system requirements for the Windows operating system must be fulfilled./li>
The program can run on 64-bit systems in 32-bit emulation mode
Windows Starter Edition versions (or any other special editions) are NOT officially supported

General notes

The computer system must support the devices and file systems
The devices must be correctly installed and recognized by the operating system for the product to work properly
Hard drives formatted in NTFS are required for the use of certain backup/restore functionalities
A broadband Internet access is required for online backups

Supported media and destinations for backup

CD-R
CD-RW
DVD+-R
DVD +-RW
DVD-RAM
DVD+-R DL
BD-R
BD-RE
BD-R DL
BD-RE DL
Hard drives
Removable storage devices connected via USB, FireWire (IEEE 1394) and eSATA
Memory cards such as SD, SDHC, CF memory, Sony Memory Stick™
Network shares
FTP
Nero Online Backup

Supported media for burning

CD-R
CD-RW
DVD+-R
DVD +-RW
DVD-RAM
DVD+-R DL
BD-R
BD-RE
BD-R DL
BD-RE DL

Supported media for data recovery

CD-R
CD-RW
DVD+-R
DVD +-RW
DVD-RAM
DVD+-R DL
Hard drives
Floppy disks, Zip disks, Jaz disks, SyQuest disks, and other removable media
Memory cards such as SD, SDHC, CF memory, Sony Memory Stick™, etc.
USB sticks, USB hard drives

Supported file systems for backup

NTFS
FAT16, FAT32, exFAT
Linux ext2/3 and Linux swap partition

Supported file systems for data recovery

NTFS
FAT16, FAT32
UDF (Version 1.0 to 2.6)
CDFS (ISO 9660, including Joliet)
Multisession disc
UDF/ISO Bridge Disc

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

Doesn't even work on my XP box 23 July 2009

By Rouchie TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE

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I hate moaning about software, because generally its not helpful, but in this case I don't have a choice. Nero BackItUp & Burn just will not execute on my XP SP3 box. It installs fine, but crashes when I try to open it. My machine is only recently formatted so there's nothing to corrupt the install. I've also downloaded the 100Mb update from Nero's web site, and that won't run either.
On top of this, as a commercial package it is shameful to see the option to install the Ask toolbar into your browser as part of this product's installation, when it is neither related nor helpful. If I want crapwear on my PC I'll go get it myself thanks Nero.
Also, the actual 'Burn' part of the software is simply Nero Express. Very basic stuff that comes with most CD burners, although useful as a freebie.
If you need backup software, get the free Microsoft SyncToy 2.0 tool and use that instead. It works well and can be scheduled using the Windows Scheduler. Nero is a huge disappointment in this case, especially from such a well recognized name in the industry.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Good, If Over Simplfied 3 Aug 2009

By AHW Rea

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I've been using another company's backup software for a year or so and got used to its peculiarities. Which were manifold.

This offering is substantially better than anything I've tried before.

Starting with installation-on my system, the software wanted to download a couple of patches before loading, which was fine and took around 3 minutes. From then on in, installation took around 5 minutes and required minimal user input. The process did hang once, but a quick random mouse click woke it up again and all went well.

I backup to a USB external hard drive. I also use that drive for other stuff. If you do this too, be aware that Nero will reformat the entire drive before starting to back up onto it. It does warn you before doing it, but I'd suggest copying anything valuable onto another device first and copying back to the external drive when Nero's done its thing.

Initially, the software just copies everything, a process which took around 45 minutes on my fairly new PC. After that, it backs up at 2 hour and end of day intervals. I found that a bit disconcerting, being used to on-the-fly back up. You can fiddle with the backup regime to an extent, but I've not found a way of getting the instant backup I was used to.

The structure of the backed-up files is, unusually, a mirror of the file structure on the source PC. Many backup utilities screw around with file structures; making finding individual files a lengthy and frustrating experience. Not so with this product.

Being a Nero product, there is a burn-to-cd/dvd facility as well. This works well, but I rarely backup to that sort of media, and I'm not sure it is of great value.

Using the product is fairly intuitive, which is just as well, because the help files are not very good. Screen layout makes sense after a few minutes' perusal and there are actually few controls needed for routine use.

I tried a restore from the remote device and all worked just fine, and very speedily.

So, if you are in the market for a backup product, this is worth considering. The lack of backup-on-the-fly is a limitation [for me at any rate] as is the limited amount of user influence over what the program is up to. Maybe those concerns will lessen with time and experience. There are many other backup products out there, but, for the price, this is a good, if over simplified product.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Nice burning software, but I'm glad I don't rely on it 27 July 2009

By C. A. Austin VINE™ VOICE

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I really like Nero's user interface: it's attractive, seems intuitive and keeps geek-speak to the minimum. I was given this product shortly after I'd bought Acronis True Image to back up my system to an external drive - well peeved, thinking I could have saved my money, I installed Nero on my Mum's computer (Windows XP) to see how it performs.

My hopes of an easy, friendly backup facility were instantly dashed! The installation is a nuisance - why should I have to install a new installer, reboot, and then find the program's added unwanted browser 'helpers', which have nothing to do with backing up? After kicking the cat in annoyance (only joking - but I did need a cup of calming tea), I returned to Mum's machine to check out the utility.

It was rubbish! I'm so disappointed - but very glad I chose Acronis for my own backups. As far as I can see (and I did try!), this software simply doesn't do what it promises. It can't create a complete, bootable system clone. By recording an image, and then making a full C:\ backup, I did manage to approximate it. Then I scheduled incremental backups (or so I thought), to update backups of any changed files every night. The program hung while I was doing this.

Having finally been told by Nero that the nightly update was scheduled, I returned the next day - to find Mum's computer in a state of shock. It was so frozen, I had to reboot it using the power button. The restart was interesting, as it turned out, because I was not offered the option to boot from F:\ (my own machine has had this option since the day I installed Acronis). So, if her internal drive had crashed, I would not have been able to revive it from the external copy.

Nero did, however, say it had done the increments. I asked it to restore some files from the F:\ drive. It said there were no files there - although I was looking at them!

Nero BackItUp was so bad during my test, I thought I must have done something wrong. A trawl through industry reviews, however, suggests it's even worse than I thought. I gave it 2 stars for the ordinary burning utilities, which Nero does well.

But, if you want a backup of your computer in case of disaster - get a grown-up program like Acronis.

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