Best External Hard Drive Backup Software

Part 1: A Brief Introduction of External Hard Drive

External hard drive is a tiny and portable device equipped with USB port or IEEE1394 port, which can be connected or disconnected to a computer any time. Generally, external hard drive not only has a large storage capacity and good compatibility but also it is portable, tiny, safe, etc. There are two types of external hard drives, external HDD and external SSD. As the SSD technology gets better, external SSD has become a mainstream external device for users. Compared with external HDD, external SSD is lighter in weight, faster in transfer speed, and less noisy while running. Furthermore, external SSD is not easy to be damaged even though it falls or bumps. However, external SSD is more expensive than external HDD when they have the same storage capacity.

External hard drive, a widely used storage device is always used to save and backup files, videos, music, photos, etc. But once the external hard drive is damaged or attacked by viruses, all data inside it will be at risk of being lost. Therefore, only when you perform a data backup regularly for an external hard drive can the safety of all your data be ensured. In order to better help you back up all data inside the external hard drive, we will introduce the best external hard drive backup software on the market to you. Let’s move on to the next part.

Part 2: Best External Hard Drive Backup Software

1. Renee Becca

Renee Becca is the tool specializing in system and hard disk back up, and it’s also the best external hard drive backup software. It is used to back up and restore the computer data, including programs, system configuration, emails, photos, videos, documents and bookmarks. With the incremental/differential backup technology, it can back up system, partitions, disks and files, but also it can redeploy system and clone disks.

How to use the best external hard drive backup software, Renee Becca?

It’s so simple to back up external hard drive using Renee Becca. Here’re the steps:

Download, install and launch Renee Becca on your computer. Click on the tap [Backup] in the main page of Renee Becca. Then, select the option [Disk/Partition Backup], which can back up all data on the whole hard disk or partition. If you want to back up some important data, you can also use the feature [File Backup].

Step 2: Next, select the source external hard drive, and then select a disk partition where the backup will locate. If you want to back up partition, you could switch to the option [Backup Partition] at the upper right corner.

Step 3: In the [Scheduled Plan] window, you can set the regular backup to run daily, weekly or monthly and the specific time of starting backup.

Step 4: Click on the option next to the [Backup scheme]. Then, select the type of backup you need. There are 5 backup modes available in Renee Becca, like Version chain mode, Single version mode, Full mode, Incremental mode and Differential mode.

Step 5: Click on the [Backup] button. Then, the backup will start following to your settings.

2. Acronis True Image

Acronis True Image is a disk cloning tool with multiple functions, which supports saving the backup both locally and in the cloud. You can back up, restore or clone system, internal hard drive and external hard drive easily. As a hard drive backup tool with a simple interface, Acronis True Image is loved by many users.

3. AOMEI Backupper Standard

AOMEI Backupper Standard is a data backup tool with multiple functions, which supports 4 types of backup, like disk backup, partition backup, file/folder backup and system backup. It can also clone partition or the whole disk to another hard drive. Besides, there are other personalized features you can set up, for example, the backup can be encrypted, or email notifications will be sent to you once the backup is finished.