Back up Files
4 Back up Files
You can back up files with Nero BackItUp. You can burn the backup to a disc or hard drive
(internal, external, USB or FireWire
®
), network drives or removable medium. It is also
possible to save on an FTP server, or save as an image file.
A file backup is useful to protect against data loss that can occur due to hardware damage or
force majeure (fire, etc.). Consequently we recommend executing frequent file backups so
that, should such an event occur, data that is as current as possible can be restored. If you
always want to back up the same folders and files (e.g. the My Documents folder), then you
can update the backup starting from the second backup to save space (see
Backing up Files
Again - Updating a File Backup
).
4.1 Basic steps
The following steps are generally required to back up files using Nero BackItUp:
Select the files and folders to back up (see Selecting files)
Select the target of the backup (see Backup Settings screen, for example)
Specify backu
p settings and start the backup (see Completing the Backup Wizard screen,
for example)
4.2 Selec
ndow you will have a simplified
rk, or from an FTP server (if you have entered an FTP server in the options,
ee FTP tab
ting files
The first step is selecting files and folders to back up. You can either start this step in the
File Backup screen or in the Backup Wizard window. (In either case the subsequent steps
will be executed in the Backup Wizard - you will be prompted.) You will have more selection
possibilities if you select the files in the File Backup screen, for instance you can search for
specific files. If you select the files in the Backup Wizard wi
file selection that more quickly accomplishes the objective.
You can select files and folders from your hard drive, from drives, removable data media,
from the netwo
s
).
s possible to the original path, a selected path, or in a search folder
(virtual folder).
4.2.1 Select
ve more extensive selection possibilities than you have in the
creen, proceed as follows:
1.
Æ The File Backup screen appears.
Search folders are supported both for backup and restore under the Windows Vista
®
operating system. This means that you can back up search queries, paths, and the original
documents. Restore i
ing files in the File Backup screen
The first step for a file backup is selecting files and folders. If you start this step in the File
Backup screen you will ha
Backup Wizard window.
To select files in the File Backup s
Click the File Backup menu icon.
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