Download BackupChain v4.0.5441
Full version with all features enabled (20-day trial, compatible with Windows Server 2022 & Windows 11)
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Update Dec 15, 2021: Our products do not use log4j, Apache, or Java, and are not affected by the log4j vulnerability.
What People Say About BackupChain…
![]() ![]() “BackupChain gives us security and peace of mind for our customers. It is a product that offers very high performance and high recovery reliability when there has been a disaster. We have had to recover data from our clients after serious disasters, the recovery has been easy, fast and with very satisfactory results.” Josep Tomàs, IT Manager – Binsoft Informatica.
Watt Key, Jr., Director of IT, |
The above download is a fully functional, 20-day trial that you can activate with a license key.
PC Platforms | Server Platforms |
Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP | Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2003. BackupChain offers a full GUI on Windows Core Installations, and Hyper-V Server 2019, 2016, 2012, 2008 |
Microsoft Small Business Server, Storage Server, and all other OS variants are all supported. |
Note: BackupChain is also fully functional inside virtual machines. The article Host vs. Agent backup discusses the pros and cons of running backups on the host and on guest VMs. If you have installed an older BackupChain version based on a MSI package, please uninstall and update manually. Your settings and licenses remain intact when uninstalling.
Click on OS link for special installation instructions.
Cluster Shared Volume virtual machine backup support is available in BackupChain Server and BackupChain Server Enterprise Edition, see Buy page.
.NET Installation Instructions (Installation of .Net framework is no longer required in most cases)
BackupChain Update Instructions
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Free Guides
What are Typical Uses for BackupChain?
Backup of Servers and PCs
Virtual machine backup on Hyper-V, VMware Workstation, Vmware, VirtualBox, and Virtual PC.
SQL backup
Microsoft Exchange backup
File backup
“We are an cloud hosting company www.remoteapphosting.net and we use BackupChain on all our hosts, we had few disasters with by restoration of the VM the problem was solved, that makes me sleep easer at night, so it has worked for us”
Fred Alavi, Microsoft Partner, Owner of Cloud Hosting Company www.remoteapphosting.net