Many of us own more than one computer, but unless they are connected to anetwork, moving files from one machine to another is laborious. We advocatesynchronisation tools such as Sugarsync or Dropbox, which enable you tosynchronise your favourite and most important files across multiple machines,irrespective of operating system. Snag is, if you have a slow broadbandconnection, or need to move across large movie files, synchronisation is goingto take way too long to migrate your files.

The other option is to backup your data to a removable drive then connectthat drive to another machine and restore the content. Of course, if you have asystem problem in the future, you can simply restore the content back to thehost computer.

FBackup is a free backup tool from the makers of Backup4All that offers youbasic backup for your Windows computer. It ships with some pre-definedtemplates, so you can backup your email, My Pictures, My Documents and other keyfolders. The tool will enable you to backup to a connected drive, removableflash drive or even across your network.

You can use ZIP compression to get the most from your storage location. Youcan even use it to backup your most important files, even if they are open andin use by an application. All in all, it's a simplistic tool designed to makesure you backup your files, quickly and easily with the minimum of fuss.