Knowledge base

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

The Import window can be opened from the File menu. Depending on your previous Backup4all version, you can select one of these two options: Import from version 7..., Import from version 6... or Import from version 5... The Import window also appear when you run for the first time a newly installed Backup4all major version on a computer where a previous major version of Backup4all is installed. If you select this option and no previous major versions were installed, you'll be informed that there are no backup jobs to import.

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The Backup4all Monitor consists of the Monitoring Server and the Monitoring Dashboard. This article explains how to configure Backup4all Monitor to work with Backup4all.

This article will show you how to change the backup job's name, tag or icon. All these 3 items can be changed from the same location if you open Backup Properties (Ctrl+P) and go to the General page. This page defines the appearance of the backup jobs in the backup list.

In this article we will show how to back up your Android smartphone or tablet using Backup4all. More and more people keeps a lot of information (images, documents, music, videos, other files etc) on their smartphone, so it is important to have them backed up.

Some FTP servers require the connection to be established in a passive mode (i.e. your computer establishes the connection, so the flow of data is set up and initiated by you).

The Startup and updates page of the Options window (accessible from the File, Options menu item) contains startup related settings of the program.

When backing up using Backup4all, if the destination drive crashes, you can move the backups in destination to another hard drive, then continue the backups to the new hard drive.

An automated backup is a scheduled backup configured to run daily, weekly, monthly or with a custom frequency set by the user. The backup does not need to be performed manually because the application will start and execute the backup at its scheduled time.

When you have multiple removable/external drives that you connect to your computer one at a time, they could be assigned with the same drive letter in Windows. When the scheduler runs, Backup4all will automatically run the backup to the currently connected hard drive assigned with the selected drive letter. If you want to use only one drive for backups and the others for different projects, you need to make sure the backup won't be executed on the wrong hard drive connected at that time.

The Mirror backup type will create in destination an exact copy of the source files, without zipping them. This article explains how to create a Mirror backup job in Backup4all, how to keep multiple backup versions in destination and how to limit them.

This article shows you how to manage the backup tags. The backup tags are useful to better organize and manage the backup jobs in Backup4all.

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Running the Backup4all Monitor setup allows you to install the Monitor Server and/or the Monitor Dashboard. If you need to install only the Monitor Dashboard on another computer, you must check only the "Dashboard" option.

Backup4all does not need third party drivers or other burning software installed to be able to write a backup to DVD because it has its own built-in DVD burners to back up directly to DVD. Furthermore, Backup4all can back up to most CD and DVD formats, including the new Blu-ray and HD-DVD (discontinued) discs.

This article will explain all the backup job icons that could appear for running, warnings or errors. The backup job icons will help you to easily recognize a specific backup job or to see which jobs have warnings or errors and try to fix the problems.

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

This article shows you how to backup to FTP destination using proxy server. The proxy server acts as an intermediary between a computer and the Internet. It is associated with a gateway server (that separates the local network from the outside network) and a firewall (that protects the network from outside intrusion).

Backup4all Monitor allows you to monitor as many Backup4all installations as your number of licenses. For example, you have 20 Backup4all installations to monitor, so you need 20 licenses for that.

This article explains how to backup videos with Backup4all. You can choose to back up your video files located in My Documents folder by using the specific plugin or you can set a filter to include in backup only video files extensions.

This article explains how to install Backup4all using the main interface and also how to uninstall it from your computer.

The Create Shortcut window can be opened from the File->Create Shortcut... menu item or by right-clicking the backup job from the backup list and selecting Create Shortcut... It creates a shortcut for the backup job on a designated location and you can simply run the backup job by double-clicking it.

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