Personal Backup © 2001 - , Dr. Jürgen Rathlev

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Version 6.4

Version 6.3

Version 6.2

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This version offers an improved display on high-resolution screens and the choice of two different graphical designs. When backing up Thunderbird data, the program detects whether it is running under Linux Wine and automatically adjusts the directories to be backed up. Otherwise, the functionality is identical to the previous version 6.3. To install, simply start the setup file offered for download. An existing version will be replaced by the new version. All settings and backup jobs are retained. It is possible to switch back to a previous version at any time.

• 32-bit version (2025-11-28):
  Notes on installation: An already installed 64-bit version should be removed prior to installing this version. All backup tasks and the ini file with the program settings and adjustments for automatic tasks can be used unchanged.
  • Windows setup (23.3 MB) - OpenPGP signature^*
    
    Checksums (MD5 and SHA256)

    MD5: 0258677cbcf8e70f63dd7b05366ac8bd
    SHA256: bef5606ae24f4825bff490360c59f42270231bb6b75ce892c80e3b157366a306

  • Zip archive for update or portable Version (see here)
    Checksums (MD5 and SHA256)

• 64-bit version (2025-11-28):
  Notes on installation: An already installed 32-bit version should be removed prior to installing this version. All backup tasks and the ini file with the program settings and adjustments for automatic tasks can be used unchanged.
  • Windows setup (26.6 MB) - OpenPGP signature^*
    
    Checksums (MD5 and SHA256)

    MD5: 0ab9316b31ec533644bb7f419c6407a7
    SHA256: 16d3903d89a2b71ca635296357091ddcdc32921dc5a00770da99483a3b1e3b2f

  • Zip archive for update or portable Version (see here)
    Checksums (MD5 and SHA256)

• Program documentation:
  Online help   Release notes

Supported languages: German, English, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Russian and Chinese

* Notes about the OpenPGP signature

If you have installed Gpg4Win (e.g. for encryption of mails) on your system, you can use this program to verify the Personal Backup downloads. Just download the signature file associated to the respective version (see above) and store it in the same directory as the setup file. Then open the context menu of this file in Windows Explorer or any other file manager by right-clicking and select Decrypt and verify.
If the required certificate has not yet been registered in Gpg4Win (see the list in the program Kleopatra), it can be downloaded as Zip archive (fingerprint: 7CF5551F18F2D73473DE3C92FABB85A8FB26BCBD) and then imported in Kleopatra.

with improved accessibility and support of Windows dark mode

• 32-bit version (2025-11-28):
  Notes on installation: An already installed 64-bit version should be removed prior to installing this version. All backup tasks and the ini file with the program settings and adjustments for automatic tasks can be used unchanged.
  • Windows setup (21.8 MB) - OpenPGP signature^*
    
    Checksums (MD5 and SHA256)

    MD5: 8c743963f7d56cadbcede7b54f27e6aa
    SHA256: baab5981194a41f9bba05f2bacafc7493354681b212020ced214012d34daa6a8

  • Zip archive for update or portable Version (see here)
    Checksums (MD5 and SHA256)

• 64-bit version (2025-11-28):
  Notes on installation: An already installed 32-bit version should be removed prior to installing this version. All backup tasks and the ini file with the program settings and adjustments for automatic tasks can be used unchanged.
  • Windows setup (24.0 MB) - OpenPGP signature^*
    
    Checksums (MD5 and SHA256)

    MD5: da2774326d60c5880f45cf475e68cb2a
    SHA256: 62d42027e6ae4db8e78091992d0539678e61faf619c46026c028352158ba854a

  • Zip archive for update or portable Version (see here)
    Checksums (MD5 and SHA256)

• Program documentation:
  Online help   Release notes

Supported languages: German, English, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Russian and Chinese

• 32-bit version (2025-04-10):
  Notes on installation: An already installed 64-bit version should be removed prior to installing this version. All backup tasks and the ini file with the program settings and adjustments for automatic tasks can be used unchanged.
  • Windows setup (18.1 MB) - OpenPGP signature^*
    
    Checksums (MD5 and SHA256)

    MD5: 3122025f6caab1bbfb3e6dad1fe9b613
    SHA256: 14622cfce591d77f3b0b27548ae13700a36161c820110562dc617c39abe0cd29

  • Zip archive for update or portable Version (see here)
    Checksums (MD5 and SHA256)

• 64-bit version (2025-04-10):
  Notes on installation: An already installed 32-bit version should be removed prior to installing this version. All backup tasks and the ini file with the program settings and adjustments for automatic tasks can be used unchanged.
  • Windows setup (19.8 MB) - OpenPGP signature^*
    
    Checksums (MD5 and SHA256)

    MD5: 4d5a2dfebbabd00ab0e8788d06541936
    SHA256: 638ab2dd9fc18ad7a67b34b8c04a000bf50a470342b72c402847fb9650ca1e1a

  • Zip archive for update or portable Version (see here)
    Checksums (MD5 and SHA256)

• Program documentation:
  Online help   PDF file    Release notes

Supported languages: German, English, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Ukrainian and Russian

Other download sites:

Of late, ever more download sites make freeware programs available not in their original version but with modified installers or using download managers. The latter can be recognized by their relatively small file size (mostly about 500 kB) and in either case the user may run the risk that additional, unwanted programs, such as browser toolbars and adware or spyware, will be installed without warning. Subsequent removal of this software often turns out to be very difficult.
To avoid any tacit support of such unfair practices, I have removed all links to download sites offering anything other than my original setup files.

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Note: Older Version are still available, but there will be no further development of these. Due to this, updating to the current version 6.3 is recommended. All existing backup tasks (buj-files) created with Version 5 are fully compatible with Version 6.

• 32-bit version (2021-04-20):
  Notes on installation: An already installed 64-bit version should be removed prior to installing this version. All backup tasks and the ini file with the program settings and adjustments for automatic tasks can be used unchanged.
  • Windows setup (16.7 MB) - OpenPGP signature^*
    
    Checksums (MD5 and SHA256)

    MD5: 29F8F8D1E8F39FDFB1F28C47F217BFD1
    SHA256: 1A17FCCB967FB8F147B4C9EE7596B8CE9573891BB5D1273E8BCE51DD26F1B311

  • Zip archive for update or portable Version (see here)
    Checksums (MD5 and SHA256)

    pb-update-61.zip (23215332 byte)
    MD5: 99A42698840821E5522C3B67CDB01A04
    SHA256: 99A5DEAF0877B6581887E77E931A2464D70A4BB20731441D3017B9856D3877ED

• 64-bit version (2021-04-20):
  Notes on installation: An already installed 32-bit version should be removed prior to installing this version. All backup tasks and the ini file with the program settings and adjustments for automatic tasks can be used unchanged.
  • Windows setup (18.4 MB) - OpenPGP signature^*
    
    Checksums (MD5 and SHA256)

    MD5: 3F6FC5EA4D93198B46357CF5E3D6ED19
    SHA256: 95E919904D39779540B9C1424AABC278AA39E21AC8FE82307C8AD26330877250

  • Zip archive for update or portable Version (see here)
    Checksums (MD5 and SHA256)

    pb-update-x64-61.zip (26435739 byte)
    MD5: 70F001FD92E796C0F777CE14AC36D326
    SHA256: 00445500FE52E897BB653634F9110310EE086E90F1EE313C0245643FBE6B3C26

• Program documentation:
  Online help   PDF file    Release notes

Version 5.9.5.3:

• 32 bit version (1.3.2020)
  Notes on installation: An already installed 64-bit version should be removed prior to installing this version. All backup tasks and the ini file with the settings for automatic tasks can be used unchanged.
  • Windows setup (16,7 MB) - OpenPGP signature^*
    
    Checksums (MD5 and SHA256)

    MD5: fc455f776483b7be9e72a737b50e463b
    SHA256: d5fcabd0425d6037d196e06ca55ac55ba73dba874b024f2ff89723e839a7a8a3

  • Zip archive for update or portable Version (see here)
• 64 bit version (1.3.2020)
  Notes on the installation of the 64-bit version: An already installed 32-bit version should be removed prior to installing this version. All backup tasks and the ini file with the settings for automatic tasks can be used unchanged.
  • Windows setup (18,0 MB) - OpenPGP signature^*
    
    Checksums (MD5 and SHA256)

    MD5: 6750dcdbc7d352679c11c47d3f12d5c8
    SHA256: d5b10be3127e6a3e0f3991a51c4f0002b9d70a61ddd49a245401a5232da6a6a1

  • Zip archive for update or portable Version (see here)

More Information about version 5

Languages: English, German, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Hungarian and Russian

Download archive of many older versions