
MiniTool ShadowMaker
MiniTool ShadowMaker Review – Is This the Ultimate Windows Backup Tool?
Computer mishaps are inevitable. As a prudent user, you can always backup your data and recover it in case of a computer or hard drive crash, Or whena computer refuses to boot up due to an error or virus attack. Here we are going to review MiniTool ShadowMaker, a powerful solution designed to simplify and enhance the process of backing up your computer.
What Is MiniTool ShadowMaker
MiniTool ShadowMaker is a backup tool for Windows PC. It can help you create a backup of your files, folders, hard disks (internal and external), partitions, sectors and even the entire operating system. It even lets you automate backup by allowing you to schedule regular backups or execute file syncronization tasks. It comes in broadly two variants - MiniTool ShadowMaker free and MiniTool ShadowMaker Pro. You can jump to the pricing section and have a look at what you can expect from both these versions.System Requirements
- Windows compatibility - Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7 all editions
- Processor - Pentium 1 GHz and above
- RAM - 1 GB (32-bit) and 2 GB (64-bit)
- Hard disk space - 1.5 GB
- File systems supported - exFAT, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, Ext2/3/4
- Storage media supported - HDD, SSD, USB External Disks, Hardware RAID, Network Attached, Storage (NAS), Home File Server
- Backup files, folder and entire system quickly.
- Sync files and folders easily.
- You can even backup remote computers.
- Create bootable media and menu.
- Schedule backups.
- Automatic minimal backup interval is just 1 hour.
How To Use MiniTool ShadowMaker
Since one of the prime functions of MiniTool ShadowMaker is to help you backupyour PC, here, we’ll demonstrate how to do that - 1. Download MiniTool ShadowMaker Free or Pro and run the installation file. 2. From the left-hand pane, click on Backup.


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Features
- Backup Files and Folders
With MiniTool ShadowMaker you can backup files, folders, hard drives, and even partitions. It offers many options to deal with a variety of backup tasks. You can perform a file backup, system backup, or disk backup. Moreover, you can choose the backup scheme i.e. full, incremental and differential. It maintains a 2MB cluster size that can be helpful in case of mishaps. You can either create a normal computer backup or even a system image that you can restore to a computer of dissimilar hardware. When you click on the Backup option you can first select the Source and Destination. Before that, you can tweak several settings regarding your backup. You can choose whether you want a sector-wise backup or a backup only “used sectors”. The latter will reduce the total backup size and time. Then you can specify the way you want to split a large image file into multiple files. You can also securely encrypt your data with a password and even choose an AES 128 data encryption. Schedule Backup
- Easy Backup Management
MiniTool ShadowMaker also lets you set the number of versions of backup files. You can set the versions between 1 and 99. For example, if you have set it to 20 and conduct a daily backup, you can go as far as 20 days of history and recover any files you have modified. That’s how efficient backup management of ShadowMaker is. You have qa dedicated Manage section where you can manage all your backups easily.- Restore Data

- Add A Boot Media and Boot Menu

- Automatically Sync Files
MiniTool ShadowMaker offers the convenient feature of syncing files and folders between local drives and other specified locations. In simple terms the changes you will make to the source data, the same will automatically be reflected to the destination data. It is different from a backup since it doesn’t create an image but saved the same copy of the file to your chosen location. The sync feature also lets you sync files/ folders to a shared folder as well. There are some File Sync Settings that you can adjust so that the file syncing happens as per what is needed. You can compare the contents of the file based on time, size, and content. The more criteria you choose, the higher will be the backup time. You can even Exclude conditions i.e. the kind of files that you want to exclude from syncing. As in the case of backup, MiniTool ShadowMaker also lets you schedule syncing where you can sync files and folders daily, weekly, monthly, or when you log off or on.- Back up Remote Computer
If you are dealing with several computers on the same LAN then you can easily manage their data from a single place. All thanks to MiniTool ShadowMaker’s backup and recovery feature of remote PCs. But, this functionality is only available if you have purchased MiniTool ShadowMaker Pro variant.Updates

Pricing
Name | Price |
MiniTool ShadowMaker Free |
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MiniTool ShadowMaker Pro (Monthly Subscription) | $6/month |
MiniTool ShadowMaker Pro (Annual Subscription) | $3/month billed annually |
MiniTool ShadowMaker Pro Ultimate (Perpetual License) | One-time price of $79 |
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