Versions at a glance

Langmeier Backup for PCs, Laptops and Windows Tablet PCs is available in two versions:

• Langmeier Backup Essentials
• Langmeier Backup Business

Take the differences from the following table:

Basic features	Essentials	Business
Create complete backups with disaster recovery windows
Backups hard disks, partitions, folders and files
Daily automatic backup to hard disk or cloud
Keeps created backups automatically up to date
Backup monitoring with central monitoring console
Restores the entire computer with a bootable emergency Windows restore
Protects against encryption Trojans including live scan tool
Hardware independent recovery
Backup to ZIP archives, compression
Backup logs via email
Send backup status via SMS text message
Backup destinations	Essentials	Business
USB disks, hard drives (USB 1.1/2.0/3.0 drives, IDE, PATA, SATA, SCSI, SAS, FireWire, IEEE1394)
RDX disks
Jaz, ZIP, MO, and Flash disks
CD, DVD, Blu-Ray
Network folder, Network Attached Storage (NAS)
FTP server with or without SSL (unencrypted or encrypted)
Langmeier Backup Cloud
Online services: OneDrive, GoogleDrive, HiDrive, SecureSafe, and many more...
Protected network folders with credentials
Tape drives of all types
Backup methods file backup	Essentials	Business
Full backup
Change backup: back up changed or newly added files
Synchronization: remove files from backup that no longer exist at the source
Incremental backup with disk rotation
Differential backup with disk rotation
Encryption	Essentials	Business
Encrypted backups to the cloud
Encrypted local backups
Disk images	Essentials	Business
Full backup
Differential backup
Restore individual files from disk images
Operating systems	Essentials	Business
Windows 10
Windows 8 / Windows 8.1
Windows 7
Windows Server 2019 Essentials	See: Langmeier Backup Server Essentials
Windows Server 2016 Essentials
Windows Server 2012 Essentials
Windows Small Business Server 2011
Windows Small Business Server 2008
Windows Server 2019	Siehe: Langmeier Backup Server und Langmeier Backup V-flex
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2008

Detailed feature overview

	Essentials	Business
File backup (Drives, folders and files)
Email backup (Microsoft Outlook, Windows Mail, Outlook Express, Windows Vista/Live Mail, and Thunderbird)
Backup Internet Explorer Favorites
1:1 File Backup (backup files are directly available on the backup media)
Start backup when disk is mounted
Schedule backup at defined times
Start backup when connected to the Internet
Start backup when user is paused
Review backed up data
Clean up on backup media to save disk space
Include and exclude files
1-click backup: create desktop icon for instant backup start
Directly skip individual folders during backup if desired
Disk image creation (image backup): back up complete operating system
Restore operating system using bootable CD
Backup open files and databases that are in use (Microsoft VSS Volume Shadow Copy-Technology)
Backup data with history management (File versioning)
Centralized backup monitoring
Operating as a Windows service
Send backup log by email or print it
Backup data to tape drives (DAT, DLT, SLR, DDS, QIC, LTO, AIT, MLR, TRAVAN)
Selectable encryption (up to AES 256-bit)
Data compression
Backup to industry-standard ZIP archive
Deleting the backup media before backup
Do not reset archive bit optionally
Start a program or batch before or after backup
VB script editor to implement custom functions
Specify login information to secure access-protected folders or network folders