Thecus Backup Utility; Windows Xp Data Backup - Thecus N8900 series User Manual

Thecus Backup Utility

The Thecus Backup Ut ilit y is on your I nst allat ion CD. When y ou click on t he CD, t he
Backup Ut ilit y will be inst alled under Pr ogr a m Gr oups > Th e cus > The cu s
Ba ck u p Ut ilit y. I f it is not inst alled, you can copy t he file ( Th e cus Ba ck up
Ut ilit y.e x e ) t o a conv enient locat ion on y our hard disk and double click t o execut e
it .
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When y ou execut e t his ut ilit y for t he first t im e, it will ask you t o cr eat e a DB file.
Click Ye s.
1. Click Add t o cr eat e a Backup t ask . The Add N e w Ta sk dialog box will
appear.
Add N e w Ta sk
I t e m
Task
Source
I ncrem ent al
Dest inat ion
Excluded ext ensions
Com m ent s
2. To schedule t he t ask t o run at r egular int ervals, click on t he Sche dule icon
for t hat t ask. You can schedule t he t ask t o run M ont h ly or W e e k ly.
3. To check t he log for t hat t ask, click on t he Log icon for t hat t ask.
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Windows XP Data Backup

I f y ou use Windows XP Professional, you can also use t he Windows Backup Ut ilit y
( Nt backup.exe) t o back up your files.
I f y ou use Windows XP Hom e Edit ion, follow t hese st eps t o inst all t he ut ilit y:
1. I nsert t he Windows XP CD int o a drive and double- click t he CD icon in M y
Com put e r .
I f y ou can not find Thecus Backup Ut ilit y on your CD, please download it
from t he Thecus websit e ( ht t p: / / w ww .t hecus. com ) .
D e scr ipt ion
Specifies a nam e for t he current t ask.
Click t o specify t he source folder/ file locat ion.
Click t o specify whet her t he backup will be increm ent al.
I f unchecked, t he backup will be a full backup.
Click t o specify t he dest inat ion folder/ file locat ion.
Files wit h t hese file nam e ext ensions will be skipped and not
backed up t o t he dest inat ion.
I f you wish, ent er a com m ent here for your records.
Thecus Backup Ut ilit y also support s MAC OS X. Just copy t he Thecus Backup
Ut ilit y. dm g t o your MAC OS X m achine and double click t o execut e it .
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