These are programs that I use and recommend.

GoodSync

GoodSync is an easy, secure, and reliable way to compare, synchronize, and backup your business documents, emails, contacts, photos, MP3s, and other important files. GoodSync synchronizes files between desktops, laptops, and external drives, and works over a network or the Internet.

• Robust, Yet Easy-to-Use
• Designed for Both Experts and Novices
• Automated Synchronizations and Backups
• Increases Your Flexibility and Productivity
• Decreases Risk of Important Data Loss
• Recommended by Experts and Users Alike

Synchronize and/or Backup Your Files Today - Achieve Complete Peace of Mind
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Roboform is the top-rated Password Manager and Web Form Filler that completely automates password entering and form filling.

RoboForm was named PC Magazine Editor's Choice, and CNET Download.com's Software of the Year.

RoboForm:
. Memorizes your passwords and Logs You In automatically.
. Fills long registration and checkout forms with one click.
. Encrypts your passwords to achieve complete security.
. Generates random passwords that hackers cannot guess.
. Backs up your passwords, Copies them between computers.
. Synchronizes passwords between computers using GoodSync.
. Searches for keywords in your passwords, notes and Internet.
. Portable: RoboForm2Go RF runs from USB key, no install needed.
. PDA-friendly: sync your passwords to Pocket PC and Palm.
. Neutral: works with Internet Explorer, AOL/MSN, Firefox.
. IE 7 and Vista are now supported.

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Acronis True Image Home 2009 is an award-winning backup and recovery solution for a good reason: it protects your PC after just one click and allows you to recover from viruses, unstable software downloads, and failed hard drives. Create an exact copy of your PC and restore it from a major failure in minutes, or back up important files and recover them even faster.

New!One-click™ protection
Initially, you decide what, where and when to back up. After that, backups occur automatically or with just one click.

New!Full text search
Search for file name and/or content within an archive, using Windows or Google™— desktop search.

Making reserve copies of your backups
You can make reserve copies of your backups and save them on a network drive, or a USB storage device. You have a choice of making a reserve copy as regular (flat) files, a zip compressed file, and a tib file.

New!Zip archive format support available
In addition to Acronis' powerful TIB data compression backup format, one of the most densely compressed backup file types available to consumers, Acronis True Image Home 2009 also supports the popular ZIP® format.

Consolidation
You can define rules for consolidating your archives to reduce storage space. Merge an older full backup with several incremental backups to quickly create a new full backup; subsequent backups are based on the newly-created full backup.

New!Windows Vista® -style Interface
The new, sleek interface of this product works on Microsoft® Windows XP and Vista operating systems.

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