Knowledge base

This section contains answers for frequent questions regarding the activation process of Backup4all. For a tutorial on how to activate please see this article instead: <https://www.backup4all.com/kb/how-to-activate.html>

Using the Backup4all Monitor, you can receive real-time notifications from any number of Backup4all installations.

Google Cloud Storage is an enterprise level service which is part of Google Cloud Platform. Google Storage uses Object storing and is fully compatible with the other services found on the same platform.

DDN is transforming the way customers are storing, managing and using their data for differentiation and discovery.

Backup to DVD has become increasingly common due to mature technology and cheap DVD burners, this is why the backup to DVD method is so popular (and with the release of Blu-ray discs, which basically have the same physical dimensions as standard DVDs and CDs, backing up to DVD will become one of the most used backup methods).

Backup to CD is really easy if you use Backup4all, you just have to set the backup destination to the CD burner drive and run the backup. Backup4all has its own features especially useful for backups to CDs.

This section contains answers for frequent questions regarding the registration process of Backup4all.

This section contains answers for frequent questions regarding the registration process of Backup4all.

This section contains answers for frequent questions regarding the ordering process of Backup4all.

There are multiple backup scenarios that can be configured using Backup4all. In this article we will present the scenario of daily incremental and weekly full backups.

Since version 5 of Backup4all, all actions are executed in command line. The interface is also available and it communicates with the commend line process, so you can see the progress in interface. The difference is that now there is an individual command line application for each action: backup, restore, test and cleanup.

Backup4all Professional edition has the email notification feature, which allows you to send emails after each action (backup/test/cleanup) executed on a backup job.

This article explains how to install and uninstall Backup4all using the command line parameters. Backup4all can be installed with various command line parameters that are useful when an unattended installation is needed.

If your computer was turned off during the backup time, the scheduled backups won't run. In this case, a solution is to configure the scheduler to start the backup as soon as possible after a scheduled start is missed.

This article explains how to configure the SMTP server settings for Office365 in order to send notifications emails from Backup4all.

This article will show you how to back up your Facebook account using Backup4all. The backup will include: your profile information (contact information, interests, groups), wall posts and content that you and your friends have posted to your profile, photos and videos that you have uploaded to your account, your friends list, notes you have created, events to which you have responded, your sent and received messages, any comments that you and your friends have made on your wall posts, photos, and other profile content.

This article shows how to configure the Portable edition of Backup4all installed on a flash drive, to run a specific backup job or a backup group when you plug in the flash drive. Backup4all can be configured to run a specific job/group when the flash drive is plugged in.

In Backup4all there are multiple type of log files. This article will help you easily find the log files in case you need them.

Backup4all can create an exact copy of a source drive to another destination drive, using the Mirror backup type. It should be used only for data files backups and not for system backups. Please note that Backup4all cannot back up the system drive nor the OS.

Using Backup4all you can use different OneDrive accounts for each backup job. In order to log into a different account, you must logout from the current account, in browser.

This article shows how to create an incremental backup, how the limit can be applied and how each type of limit works. In Backup4all you can limit the number of file versions or limit the number of backup versions. In the last case you can set the application to merge the old versions before deletion in order to keep as many backup versions as possible.

This article shows how to create a differential backup of the given sources to a specified destination using Backup4all. The current method can be extended to other sources and destinations supported by Backup4all.

This backup article explains how to backup Outlook Express emails and settings, not Microsoft Outlook. Outlook Express emails are stored in .dbx files. For each folder in Outlook Express a .dbx file is assigned.

Options on this page affect the way a particular backup job is executed. Options that are marked with (*) might not be available in your edition - check Feature Matrix for detailed information on differences between editions.

This article shows you how to erase the CD/DVD/Blu-ray using Backup4all. The Erase CD/DVD/Blu-ray window can be opened from the File->Tools->Erase Disc menu item.