.topic 2804 Brief view .topic 2805 View list as: Tree, Icons or List .topic 2806 Backup4all security password .topic 2807 Create predefined filters .topic 2808 Clean backup .topic 2809 Restore all files as of specific date .topic 2509 Plugins .topic 2528 The Manage Plugins window allows you to add, remove, enable or disable the Backup4ll plugins. .topic 2527 After installing a plugin, you can use it on the What do you want to backup page when creating a new backup job using the New Backup Wizard or on the Sources page using Advanced mode (Backup Properties). .topic 2526 .topic 2525 Add .topic 2524 Press this button to install a new backup plugin. .topic 2523 You will be asked to select the plugin file location from your computer. Multiple plugin files can be selected and open. .topic 2522 Delete .topic 2521 Use this button to remove one or more selected plugins from the list. This plugins will be removed from the New Backup Wizard too. .topic 2520 Please note that if you delete a plugin from Backup4all, all backup jobs using that plugin will be removed when you restart Backup4all. .topic 2519 Properties .topic 2518 Pressing this button will open a window with details about the selected plugin and its creator as: Plugin Name, File Name, Plugin GUID, Company, Company Site and Company E-mail. .topic 2517 Get Plugins .topic 2516 Pressing this button will open our internet website on the Free Backup Plugins page. .topic 2515 Here you can download plugins to be used when creating backup jobs. .topic 2514 Close .topic 2513 Press this button to close the Manage Plugins window. .topic 2512 Related Topics: .topic 2511 New Backup Wizard - What to backup? .topic 2529 Backup Properties - Sources .topic 2530 History .topic 2531 The History window can be open from View->History. .topic 2827 .topic 2534 In History window you can see all logs for the backup, restore, test and clean actions. .topic 2533 The logs can be filtered by job/group name, action type, status (success, warning or error) and date. .topic 2532 Double click or right-click on a log to open it. .topic 2556 You can also open the History window if you right-click the job/group in the backup list and choose the Job History/Group History option. .topic 2557 In this case, the History window will be automatically filtered for that backup job/group. .topic 2558 You can customize the History window if you right-click on the header and check another columns. .topic 2551 The available columns are: .topic 2552 Name - shows the name of the backup job/group. It cannot be unchecked .topic 2553 Kind - shows the kind of the backup: job or group .topic 2554 Default Backup Type - shows the default backup type for each backup job .topic 2547 Action Type - shows what action was performed: backup, restore, test or cleanup .topic 2548 Action Backup Type - shows what type of backup was performed: mirror .topic 2549 Forced - shows if the backup type was forced or it was the default one .topic 2550 Application - shows if the main application or command line was used to run that backup .topic 2543 Start Date - shows the backup start date .topic 2544 End Date - shows the backup end date .topic 2545 Duration - shows the backup duration .topic 2546 Status - shows the backup status: success, warning or error .topic 2539 Files - shows the number of files backed up .topic 2540 Folders - shows the number of folders backed up .topic 2541 Size Uncomp - shows the uncompressed backup size .topic 2542 Size Comp - shows the compressed backup size .topic 2535 Log Path - shows the path of the log file .topic 2536 Under the history list, there is the Export button which can be used to Export all columns or Export all visible columns. .topic 2537 Selecting one of these two options, will open the Save statistics as window where you can type a name and select the path for the file. .topic 2538 The history will be exported into a CSV file format. .topic 2371 Overview .topic 2374 Using the New Backup Wizard you can easily create a new backup job. The steps in wizard must be followed in the given order. .topic 2373 If you want to create a new backup job using advanced options, you can do that by pressing the Advanced mode button that will open the Backup Properties window. All settings from the New Backup Wizard are included in the Backup Properties. .topic 2372 The New Backup Wizard will be used to create new backup jobs, if the Use New Backup Wizard to create backup jobs option (from the Other section in Tools->Options->Preferences) is checked. If that option is not checked, the Backup Properties will be used to create new backup jobs. .topic 2443 Related Topics: .topic 2444 New Backup Wizard - Name and destination .topic 2445 New Backup Wizard - What do you want to backup? .topic 2446 New Backup Wizard - How do you want to backup? .topic 2447 New Backup Wizard - When do you want to backup? .topic 2454 Name and destination .topic 2455 In the first step of the New Backup Wizard you can configure the backup name and the backup destination. .topic 2456 [PICTURE 56 new backup wizard1.png] .topic 2457 Name your backup .topic 2458 Backup Name .topic 2459 Enter the name of the backup job. This name will appear in the backup list, right under the chosen picture. This field is mandatory. .topic 2460 The name of the backup job is closely related to the name of the subdirectory in destination that contains zipped and mirrored files and to the name of the catalog. That is why when you rename the backup job, the name of the catalog and the name of the subdirectory from destination are also changed if possible. .topic 2828 If the destination is on HDD (local), LAN (network) the name of the subdirectory and the name of the catalog are always changed, except for the case when you do not have enough permission to rename or some files are locked. .topic 2462 Where do you want to save your backup .topic 2463 User can select one of the available destinations: .topic 2464 Local: hard disk drive, floppy drive, zip drive, USB drive, mapped network drive .topic 2465 Network: UNC network drive .topic 2467 Related Topics: .topic 2468 New Backup Wizard - Overview .topic 2469 New Backup Wizard - What do you want to backup? .topic 2470 New Backup Wizard - How do you want to backup? .topic 2471 New Backup Wizard - When do you want to backup? .topic 2375 Local .topic 2380 You can use a valid local destination for your backup: hard disk drives, floppy disk drives, zip drives, USB drives or other removable media. .topic 2379 The Local option is selected by default when you define a new backup. From the Drive list, you can select either one of your hard disk partitions, mapped network drives, the floppy disk, or other removable drive. By default, the first partition is selected (usually C:). .topic 2378 .topic 2377 In the Folder where to perform the backup field by default it is the path to the My Backup4all 4 folder (\Users\\Documents\MyBackup4all 4). You can click on the Select another destination icon [PICTURE browse.png] and browse to a destination folder of your choice where the backup will be stored. .topic 2376 If the destination drive is missing (when the network is disconnected for instance or floppy, is missing), an error message is shown containing the list of missing drives. The user can choose Cancel to stop the backup process or Retry to check the drive again. If the scheduler starts the backup then the system will retry as many times as set in the Tools->Options->Backup window and if still not possible to access the drive it will abort the backup process. .topic 2448 Related Topics: .topic 2449 New Backup Wizard - Name and destination .topic 2381 Network .topic 2382 You can use a network destination for your backup by selecting the Network option in the Where do you want to save your backup? section. .topic 2383 [PICTURE 57 new backup wizard2.png] .topic 2384 Click the Browse button and go through the My Network Places to select a destination where the backup will be stored. .topic 2385 You can also enter network paths in the Folder field. Only a full path is allowed. For example, suppose \\Backup_Server\PC1 is mapped on your workstation as drive X, then the following paths are both valid and indicate the same folder: \\Backup_Server\PC1\Backup or X:\Backup. .topic 2386 Make sure you can write in the destination and in the selected folder (you have the proper rights and the media is not write-protected) before finishing the backup configuration. You can enter an User name and Password to access the network destination if it requires authentication. If you are logged in as an user that has rights to write to the specified network destination, you can check the First use Windows auth. option. What this option does is that it checks on the network destination if the logged in user has rights to access it. .topic 2387 After entering the path and eventually the username and password, use the Test button to see if the destination is reachable and that you have sufficient rights to access it. The network connection was tested successfully pop-up message means that the network destination was accessible. In case of insufficient rights the following error message will appear: Network connection error. Access is denied. In this case you have to either make sure that the entered username and password values are correct, or contact the network administrator to obtain the necessary rights. .topic 2388 If the destination is missing (when the network is disconnected), an error message is shown. .topic 2389 [PICTURE 58 new backup wizard3.png] .topic 2390 The user can choose Cancel to stop the backup process or Retry to check the network connection again. If the scheduler starts the backup then the system will retry as many times as set in the Tools->Options->Backup window and if still is not possible to access the network destination, it will abort the backup process. .topic 2450 Related Topics: .topic 2451 New Backup Wizard - Name and destination .topic 2391 FTP .topic 2392 Backup4all supports backing up to a remote computer or device using FTP (File Transfer Protocol) connection. This is a practical backup destination because the backed up data can be easily accessed from any other computer with an Internet connection. Select the FTP option from the Where do you want to save your backup? section to be able to configure the backup to FTP. .topic 2393 [PICTURE 59 new backup wizard4.png] .topic 2394 Use configuration .topic 2395 You can select an already defined FTP configuration given that you added one in the Tools->Options->FTP window. All the fields will be filled with the information from the configuration file. If no configuration was previously defined, you will have to enter the other details. .topic 2396 Host / Port .topic 2397 In this field you have to enter the name or IP address for the FTP server and a port if different than the default FTP port (21). The format is host:port; e.g. ftp.Backup4all.com:1002 will backup to ftp.Backup4all.com connecting through port 1002. .topic 2398 Folder .topic 2399 Enter a folder name where the backup files will be stored on the remote computer via FTP. If the folder does not exist, a new one is created with that name. If that field is left blank, Backup4all will automatically create a folder using the name of the backup job and place the backup files in there. .topic 2400 User .topic 2401 In these field you can enter the user name for the FTP server. .topic 2402 Password .topic 2403 Type the password used for FTP server access. .topic 2404 There are FTP servers that allow anonymous access (public FTP servers). You can connect to these types of FTP servers using as user name Anonymous and your email address as password. It is not recommended to backup important files to public FTP servers. .topic 2405 By pressing the Test button you can check to see if the settings you have entered are correct. If the test was successful, The ftp connection was tested successfully message will be displayed. .topic 2452 Related Topics: .topic 2453 New Backup Wizard - Name and destination .topic 2406 What do you want to backup? .topic 2407 In the second step of the New Backup Wizard, you must select the files and folders to be used by Backup4all for the backup. .topic 2408 [PICTURE 03 how to configure a new backup2.png] .topic 2409 You can: .topic 2410 add a whole folder by pressing the Add folder button .topic 2411 add one or several files by pressing the Add files button .topic 2412 remove any file or folder by selecting it and pressing the Remove button .topic 2413 exclude subdirectories and files from backup by un-checking the thickbox [PICTURE chk-icon.png] .topic 2414 You must add at least one file or directory in order to continue with the next step of the wizard. .topic 2415 If the source drive is missing (when the network is disconnected for instance or floppy, CD/DVD is missing), a warning message is shown containing the list of missing drives. The user can choose Abort to stop the backup process, Retry to check the drive again, Ignore to mark the source folder as deleted and continue with the next sources. If the scheduler starts the backup then the system will retry as many times as set in the Tools->Options->Backup window and if still not possible to access the drive it will abort the backup process. .topic 2418 Tips: .topic 2419 try to keep the number of checked files and folders greater than the number of unchecked files and folders - backup process will run faster this way. .topic 2420 you can add files/folders to the Sources window by dragging and dropping them from Windows Explorer. .topic 2472 Related Topics: .topic 2473 New Backup Wizard - Overview .topic 2474 New Backup Wizard - Name and destination .topic 2475 New Backup Wizard - How do you want to backup? .topic 2476 New Backup Wizard - When do you want to backup? .topic 2421 How do you want to backup? .topic 2423 In the third step of the New Backup Wizard you can choose the backup type. .topic 2424 [PICTURE 61 new backup wizard6.png] .topic 2425 How do you want to backup? .topic 2426 From the drop-down list, you can choose one of the available options: .topic 2430 Make mirror .topic 2437 Make mirror .topic 2438 A mirror backup is identical to a full backup, with the exception that the files are not compressed in zip files and they cannot be protected with a password. A mirror backup is most frequently used to create an exact copy of the backup data. It has the benefit that the backup files can also be readily accessed using tools like Windows Explorer. .topic 2439 If you choose the Make mirror option, you can also check the Compress option to zip each file individually, preserving the folder structure. This allows you to use the zip compression and encryption features. .topic 2477 Related Topics: .topic 2478 New Backup Wizard - Overview .topic 2479 New Backup Wizard - Name and destination .topic 2480 New Backup Wizard - What do you want to backup? .topic 2481 New Backup Wizard - When do you want to backup? .topic 2482 When do you want to backup? .topic 2484 On the last page of the New Backup Wizard, you can choose When to run the backup. .topic 2485 [PICTURE 62 new backup wizard7.png] .topic 2486 How often? .topic 2487 From the drop-down list, you can select one of the available option: .topic 2488 Manually - the backup job will be started manually by the user .topic 2489 Daily - the backup job will be started daily at its scheduled time .topic 2490 Weekly - the backup job will be started weekly at its scheduled time .topic 2491 Monthly - the backup job will be started monthly at its scheduled time .topic 2492 Shutdown - the backup job will be started at the computer shutdown .topic 2493 By default, the selected option is Manually. .topic 2494 What day? .topic 2495 This field is activated only when the Weekly or Monthly option is selected in the How often list. .topic 2496 If the Weekly option is selected, you can choose the day of the week when to run the backup. .topic 2497 If the Monthly option is selected, you can choose the day number of the month when to run the backup. .topic 2498 What hour? .topic 2499 From this field, you can select the hour for the backup job to start. .topic 2500 User .topic 2501 In this field, by default, the current logged in user's login name will be displayed. .topic 2502 Password .topic 2503 If your user account has a password make sure that you enter it by pressing the Set password button. We do not save your password but it is needed in order to set up the scheduled task in the Windows Task Scheduler. If your user account does not have a password you must select the Allow blank passwords when scheduling option from Tools->Options->Preferences. Also, make sure that you enter the correct password - if the password is wrong the scheduled task will not run. .topic 2504 Related Topics: .topic 2505 New Backup Wizard - Overview .topic 2506 New Backup Wizard - Name and destination .topic 2507 New Backup Wizard - What do you want to backup? .topic 2508 New Backup Wizard - How do you want to backup? .topic 2559 External hard drive .topic 2572 You can select an external hard drive as destination for backup. .topic 2823 .topic 2560 Destination .topic 2570 If the current backup destination is not an external hard drive, you can change it by checking the Change destination to local hard drive option. .topic 2569 From the External hard drive list, you can select either an USB or a Firewire external hard drive. .topic 2568 You can type a folder name in the Folder field or you can click the Browse button to choose another folder where the backup will be stored. .topic 2567 Lock the destination to this external hard drive .topic 2566 When disconnecting and reconnecting an external drive, your computer may not assign it the same drive letter. If the drive letter was changed, the backup might fail because Backup4all is trying to backup to the same old drive letter which probably does not exist. .topic 2565 Use this option if you want Backup4all to detect the external drive after its own serial number and automatically change the backup destination according with the new drive letter. .topic 2564 You should not check this option if you use a rotation backup scheme with two or more external hard drives. .topic 2563 By default, this option is not checked. .topic 2562 Enable disk spanning .topic 2561 The option is effective when there is not enough space to copy all files in the external drive destination. If checked, the application will copy files to the destination until a file will not fit. Then it will ask you for another drive to continue with the rest of the files. If the option is not set, Backup4all will stop when the destination drive is full. .topic 2571 By default, this option is not checked. .topic 2580 Related Topics: .topic 2579 Backup Properties- Destination .topic 2578 Destination - Local hard drive .topic 2577 Destination - CD or DVD .topic 2576 Destination - Removable .topic 2575 Destination - Network .topic 2574 Destination - FTP .topic 2581 Removable .topic 2582 You can save your backup to a removable drive (USB flash drive, floppy etc) as destination for backup. .topic 2824 .topic 2590 Destination .topic 2594 If the current backup destination is not a removable drive, you can change it by checking the Change destination to removable disk option. .topic 2593 You can type a folder name in the Folder field or you can click the Browse button to choose another folder where the backup will be stored. .topic 2789 Lock the destination to this external hard drive .topic 2790 When disconnecting and reconnecting an external drive, your computer may not assign it the same drive letter. If the drive letter was changed, the backup might fail because Backup4all is trying to backup to the same old drive letter which probably does not exist. .topic 2791 Use this option if you want Backup4all to detect the external drive after its own serial number and automatically change the backup destination according with the new drive letter. .topic 2792 You should not check this option if you use a rotation backup scheme with two or more external hard drives. .topic 2793 By default, this option is not checked. .topic 2592 Erase disk before writing .topic 2591 When this option is checked, the removable disk is erased before burning the backup files. By default this option is not marked. .topic 2595 Volume label .topic 2596 Use custom prefix .topic 2597 You can type your own volume label prefix to customize the backups. .topic 2587 Related Topics: .topic 2586 Backup Properties- Destination .topic 2585 Destination - Local hard drive .topic 2584 Destination - External hard drive .topic 2583 Destination - CD or DVD .topic 2588 Destination - Network .topic 2589 Destination - FTP .topic 2598 Customize .topic 2602 On the Customize page you can refine the backup filters. It will show a tree with all selected sources for the backup job. .topic 2601 [PICTURE 76 backup properties filters customize.png] .topic 2600 When a folder is selected, the Add include and Add exclude buttons from the bottom are activated (these are activated only for folders, not for individual files). That means you can replace the main filter with a customized one. The customized filter is valid only for the selected folder and its descendants. Click the Add include or Add exclude button to define the customized file filter. This will open a Filter Properties window. You can define include or exclude filters in this window just as you do in the Filter page. .topic 2599 All files and folders for which a customized filter is applied are shown in red color. You can Edit, Copy or Delete a customized filter by selecting the folder and clicking one of the buttons bellow. .topic 2603 Related Topics: .topic 2604 File Filtering - File Filter .topic 2605 Type .topic 2609 Backup type .topic 2825 .topic 2613 User can select one of these backup types: .topic 2614 Mirror .topic 2615 The backup type can be changed from the Type page in Backup Properties, or from a specific type page, by checking the box to select that type as default backup type. .topic 2617 The mirror backup type creates in destination an exact copy of the source file without zipping them. .topic 2623 Other .topic 2624 If the Clear archive bit option is checked, the application will remove the Archive flag of the files that were added to the backup. By default Backup4all uses the current comparison criteria and the information from catalog file to detect if a file was modified or not since the last backup, which is more accurate than using only the Archive bit (as other backup programs do). However, if you want to backup files based only on the Archive bit attribute, you can change the comparison criteria from the Advanced->Backup window. .topic 2625 Related Topics: .topic 2630 Backup Properties - Full .topic 2629 Backup Properties - Differential .topic 2628 Backup Properties - Incremental .topic 2627 Backup Properties - Mirror .topic 2631 Customize prefix of backup files .topic 2645 Typically the name of the zip file is something like: "1_C.zip", "1_D.zip" etc. (one zip for each drive). The names of these zip files do not make much sense for the user but they can be customized by pressing the Insert tag button. Following tags are predefined: .topic 2644 Backup Name () .topic 2643 Backup Number () .topic 2642 Backup Type () .topic 2641 Backup Date () .topic 2640 Backup Time (