Zip Backup is really two programs in one. From the backups tab, Zip Backup is a simple to use utility for creating backups of your valuable files and critical system files. Many people neglect to keep regular backups due to the complex nature of many backup programs. This program was developed to address this problem by allowing you to make a backup of the files that tend to get scattered around the system such as email, address books, documents, games levels, etc. with a couple of clicks of the mouse. User selected files are grouped together and added to a .zip archive. You can specify several groups, such as "my files", "work files", "games" etc. Groups can be backed up individually or globally. Backups can be saved to removable media, in which case the file will span multiple disks. Critical system files and the Windows Registry are backed up separately, and can be accessed from Windows or by a recovery disk. The program has an easy to use Windows front end and features online help.
Whilst there is not a limit to the number of files you can backup or the size of an individual archive, Zip Backup was not designed to backup the entire system. Many files are being used by Windows and it's not possible to replace these files whilst they are in use. There are programs that where written specifically for this purpose. Whilst it is nice to have a full system backup it is a slow process and requires quite a lot of storage space. As you should have all of your software on disks or CD's it's not so important to back those up. It's your data that is irreplaceable and therefore essential to have a copy of.
Files can be backed up on networked systems, providing the drive containing the files to be backed up is mapped on the machine that is running Zip Backup.
From the archives tab you can make standard .zip archives. Files can be added, extracted, tested and fixed. You can add passwords protection, set wildcards for files to include or exclude and many other features. Full drag and drop support is included. Add a comment to your zips, so you can keep track of them. Run files from within the zip without extracting them, including multi-directory setup programs.