Karen’s Replicator – Backup Your Data, It’s Easy and Free!

Posted by Anees Jafri ||

April 16, 2009 ||

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I usually take data backups on-line to recover data in case computer crashes but I have been looking for a free utility that can back my data up on regular basis without me remembering or reminding it. I found Karen’s Replicator as a solution to my need of a free back up utility.

Karen’s Replicator is a free backup and synchronization utility which will backup files, directories, drives from one drive/folder to another, including network drives. It also does scheduled backups, without the need of you remembering to do a backup again!

Here’s what you need to know about Karen’s Replicator and how you should be able to use it once you have installed it. (Click here to download)

For the purpose of this article I tried backing up a folder and it did what I was exactly looking for. Once you open the Application click on “New Job” as shown below.

Karen’s Replicator will allow you to choose the source and backup destinations as shown in the image.

Next you can click on the Change Schedule and set it as per your requirements or how and when you need the application to back your files up as shown below.

Karen’s replicator can be scheduled to run at a certain time each day or each hour or week or month (you can even go down to minute level). Typically the first backups takes a while, but after that it’s a quick process because the program only looks at files that have been changed.

Karen’s Replicator also gives you the option of setting up filters for the type of files that you do NOT want to back up. For example, shortcuts (.lnk ) or temp (.tmp) files. You can set these rules per folder or across the board.

The program is set by default to copy changed files (will compare sizes and dates of last modification), but you could easily change these settings for each folder/group of folders if you want to.
Global Exclusion is another feature of the program which allows you to skip the entire drives, folders, or specific files while replicating.

Karen’s Replicator will not backup your files online to an FTP nor is it a zip backup utility.

I’ve been looking for a good free backup utility for some time now, and I have definitely found it. I highly recommend this program. Click here to download.