نرم‌افزارهای زیادی برای این‌کار ساخته شده‌اند که یکی از معروف‌ترین آن‌ها محصول شرکت سیمانتک است و نگارش جدید آن با ویندوز ویستا سازگار است. کار این نرم‌افزار پشتیبان‌گیری از تمامی اطلاعات موجود در هارد از قبیل فایل‌ها، عکس‌های دیجیتال و تنظیمات نرم‌افزارها است. از امکانات این برنامه، پشتیبان‌گیری خودکار از اطلاعات است که با یک‌‌‌بار تنظیم، به‌طور خودکار انجام می‌شود. امکان جالب دیگر، بروزرسانی نسخه پشتیبان با توجه به آخرین تغییرات ایجاد شده است.
 این نرم‌افزار روی یک سی‌دی ارائه شده که با قیمت هفتاد دلار عرضه می‌شود و خرید آن به تمامی شرکت‌هایی که اطلاعات حساسی روی رایانه دارند توصیه می‌شود. نگارش جدید این نرم‌افزار اواسط اردیبهشت ماه به بازار عرضه شد.

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Product Features
Backs up everything on your computer - digital music, photos, financial documents, applications, settings, operating system, etc. - in one easy step
Recovers your system and data even when you can't restart your operating system
Makes incremental backups to maximize space and save time
Makes backups on the fly, without restarting your system
Automatically creates an initial backup schedule based on your computer's configuration

System Requirements
Platform: Windows Vista / XP