It's a fundamental law of computing that running backups will always be tedious, and there's nothing Titan Backup can do about that. The program does help get the whole experience over as quickly and efficiently as possible, though, thanks to a very complete feature set that offers just about every backup function you could possibly want.

There are multiple ways of specifying the data you'd like to back up, for example. You might choose to back up a particular file type: all the music files, videos, images or productivity files on your system, for instance. You can back up all, or selected parts of the Registry, opt to save your email and application settings, or take the traditional route and just specify the files and folders you'd like the program to copy.

There's support for all the usual backup destinations: local or network drives, removable devices, CDs, DVDs or a remote FTP server. Backup files may be compressed to improve performance, saved as self-extracting archives, and encrypted for security. And you get a variety of backup types. Incremental will back up only changed files, Differential deletes files in the backup if they no longer exist in the source location, and Stacked keeps older versions of altered files but assigns them version numbers. (You get to choose how many versions are kept.)

Of course there's also a very capable backup scheduler that can even wake up your PC from standby before running a task (if your hardware allows), and you're able to define custom tasks that are run before and after the backup has been executed. It's a powerful mix of features, and a great way to protect your valuable data from PC disasters.

The latest version of Titan Backup adds support for Windows shadow copy service, which means it's able to back up files that are in use when the backup job is running. Improved AES encryption protects your data from snoopers, and there's support for backing up the settings of many more applications: Firefox 3, Opera 9.5, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver and more. Best of all, the upgrade cost is a real bargain at only £7.50, and you can find out more at http://www.titanbackup.com/special-offers/vnunet.html.