Knowledge base

Using tags in Backup4all you can schedule multiple backup jobs to run one after the other.

A backup job or a backup tag can be scheduled from the Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Task Scheduler window.

This article explains how to restore with WinZip a backup created with Backup4all.

This article explains how to restore a backup created with Backup4all, using WinRar.

What is a backup? A backup is when you make a copy of your data in case you lose the original data. You can use the backup copy to get your data back if something goes wrong. It is important for companies to have a backup plan in case something bad happens.

Backup4all supports a wide list of back up destinations.

Backup4all supports multiple clouds as backup destination.

Hubic is a service developed by OVH which enables you to save documents such as photos and videos online, in a totally private secure space, to share them with who you choose, and to make them available on various devices: computers, tablets, smartphones.

This article presents step-by-step instructions for how to deal with Access Denied error when trying to schedule a backup job using Backup4all.

Backup4all does not need third party drivers or other cd burning software or DVD burning software installed (like ActiveX, ASPI, etc) to be able to burn a CD, DVD or a Blu-ray. The application has a built-in CD, DVD, and Blu-ray burner to backup to CD, DVD or Blu-ray discs directly.

The Backup on demand page of the Options window (accessible from File menu item) contains settings for the one touch button of some USB/FireWire devices.

This article shows you how to restore a backup from a CD/DVD/Blu-ray to another computer.

This article explains how you can define a backup job in Backup4all that will back-up your data from Microsoft Azure.

There are situations when in backup destination folder exists other files which are not part of the backup. In such a case you can use the "Clean destination folder" feature from Backup4all.

This article explains how to configure backup jobs to run sequentially. A backup job (a tag or group of jobs) can be configured to run right after another backup job is finished.

For Mirror backup type, there is an option allowing you to remove from destination the files deleted in source. This way the source and destination will contain the same files.

In this article we will describe the most common situations when the source files are not backed up. If you have a similar situation, this article will guide you to make the necessarily changes.

When using the Smart, Full, Differential or Incremental backup types, the resulted backup will be compressed in one or multiple .zip archives.

This article explains how to generate a self signed certificate. A self-signed certificate is an identity certificate signed by its own creator. That is, the person that created the certificate also signed off on its legitimacy.

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

When running a backup, Backup4all application will create the zip file locally and then it will upload the zip file in destination.

When performing a large incremental backup to an FTP destination, it may take a lot of time for the first backup to complete (because the first backup is a full backup so all files will be included in it). If you have physical access to the FTP destination server, it takes less time to run the first backup locally, move the backup file to the FTP, and after that continue doing the incremental backups directly to the FTP destination. This article will explain how to perform this backup.

This backup strategy consists of the following operations: performing incremental backups each day Monday through Thursday, performing differential backups each week on Friday, performing cleanup operations (to erase incrementals) each week on Friday, performing full backups in the last Saturday of the month, performing cleanup operations (to erase differentials) in the last Saturday of the month

Performing a large backup to a remote destination might take a lot of time for the first backup to complete (because the first backup is a complete backup so all files will be included in it). If you have physical access to the remote destination, it takes less time to run the first backup to an external drive, then move the backup files to remote destination and after that continue the backups directly to the remote destination. The remote destination can be a network drive, a NAS, an FTP/SFTP server or even a cloud destination.

Scaleway’s cloud elements are designed & built to work together, offering you a seamless, world-class cloud experience. Scaleway is a provider of servers in the cloud with a variety of options, such as S3 compatible.