It allows backing up and restoring important data via creation of bootable recovery drives, independently from a primary operating system.

One button restores, a technology that features a bootable tape drive, is an important recent offering from HP.

A bootable floppy disk can be made which will automatically restore key configurations in the case of a serious systems' problem at well.

This changes the personality of the drive from Tape Drive to Bootable CD.

Documentation clearly explains the imaging process and even walks the unwary through routine tasks such as creating a bootable disk.

Traditionally, the new version features smart ZIP compression, military-grade data encryption, FTP backup, variety of handy plug-ins (for careful Outlook backup among other things), Windows service mode to save the resource consumption for a backed up system, disaster recovery bootable hard drive creation, and ultimate Windows compatibility.