HP Portable Hard Drive User Manual page 17

HP PORTABLE & EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES
USER MANUAL
Advanced Settings
Click Advanced Settings if you want to include or exclude files with certain
extensions from the backup. There are a set of file types that are excluded by default
from being backed up. Those files are excluded by including their extensions in the
"excluded extensions" list.
For example, batch files ("BAT" extension) and log files ("LOG" extension) are
excluded by default. You can include a file type by unchecking the extension for the
file type. For instance, as the example below shows, you can uncheck "*.BAT" and
"*.LOG" to include batch and log files in your backup. You can also go back and
exclude such file types by checking the extension you previously unchecked.
If you have software that uses a file type that you do not want to be backed up, you
can add a custom extension to the excluded extensions list by clicking on the green
"plus sign" ('+') located in the bottom right of the screen. When the "File Extension"
window appears, type the extension of the file type you want to exclude from
backup, then click Save.
Click OK to save your preferences.
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