Handy Backup is now Vista compatible

Novosobirsk, Russia, 2007 – Today Novosoft announced releasing a new 5.6 version of Handy Backup designed especially for the new Windows Vista operating system. The program was modified in order to run on Windows Vista and now this OS users can be sure that they will never experience any problems when running Handy Backup and their data will be fully protected.

“Although Windows Vista provides many considerably improved features, it still lacks for the effective and user-friendly backup functionality. In this connection we are counting on a great interest from the Handy Backup user community which will undoubtedly grow up after releasing the new version. All the tests we have performed, confirm that both current and potential Handy Backup users wishing to use the program under Vista can do so without any troubles” said Dmitriy Samborskiy, Novosoft Product Manager.

In addition the range of storage devices to back up to has been enlarged and now the program provides an opportunity to store reserve copies to Blu-Ray and HD DVD disks. Those media offer much more storage capacity than the previous generation of disks CD/DVD and can be used to back up large amounts of information in one step, without dividing them into multiple parts to be written to several disks. Blu-Ray and HD DVD backup option spares users the necessity of having a lot disks to store their data to and can be much helpful when using it along with the Image backup feature that means making a copy of the whole hard drive contents.

About Handy Backup
Handy Backup is a reliable yet powerful data protection solution for individuals as well as for corporate users, providing easy, comprehensive and cost effective backup and recovery of critical data. With a complete family of high performance options Handy Backup offers simple and flexible data protection.
Handy Backup runs under Windows 2000/XP/2003 and includes the following main features:
• Image Backup
• Backup of MS Outlook/Outlook Express and ICQ files, My Documents, Favorites and Desktop folders, Windows registry
• Backup of the most ODBC protocol compatible databases such as MySQL, DB2, MS Access, MSSQL, Postgre SQL, Oracle, FoxPro, Interbase and other.
• Backup of Lotus Notes/Domino databases v. 6.5 and higher.
• Email Backup
• Backup of files stored on an FTP server
• Website Backup
• Backup to CD, DVD, HDD, Flash and USB drives
• Backup to FTP/ SFTP, LAN
• Files and Folders Synchronization
• Windows Service Mode
Free plug-ins provide an opportunity to automatically back up more large range of data including files, settings, playlists and skins of such widely used programs as ACDSee, AOL Instant Messenger, Mozilla Suite, Adobe Photoshop CS2, Spybot - Search & Destroy, The Bat Pro, Total Commander, Winamp, WinRar, WinZip, Windows Media Player 10, Yahoo Messenger.

Availability and pricing
Free evaluation copy of Handy Backup including all additional features is available for downloading on the product website at www.handybackup.net. The base version of software - Handy Backup Standard providing all main features costs $39. Versions including one or more additional features can be purchased according to the price list at www.handybackup.net/order.shtml. Volume licensing and considerable discounts are also available. For more information you can email support@handybackup.net or call +7 (383) 330 34 69.

About Novosoft
Novosoft is an international company well placed at the forefront of Russian software development industry. We always maintain our vantage role by integrating the most advanced information technologies into our products and services being constantly improved and representing high quality and cost effective solutions ensuring customers satisfaction and trust. For more information refer to the corporate website at www.novosoft.net