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View all articles (reset filter)How to backup only to a specific removable/external drive
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.
What is cloud backup
This article will describe and explain several terms as cloud storage, cloud backup and how are they used. The term Cloud Backup is referring to uploading your data to a site like Carbonite, Mozy, Amazon S3, Google Drive, Azure, Amazon, One Drive, Box or Dropbox, HiDrive. Fueled by affordable bandwidth and capacity optimization technologies, cloud-based backup became a popular alternative to portable media.
How to create a shortcut
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.
How to keep multiple Mirror backup versions in destination
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.
How to back up your data to Scaleway
The company provides physical dedicated servers and cloud computing architectures through Scaleway Dedibox® and Scaleway Elements brands, domain registration services through the BookMyName brand, and colocation services in its datacenters through the brand Iliad datacenter.
How to schedule all jobs?
This article describes how to schedule a task that will back-up all the jobs. You can use the option which was created for that in Scheduler Properties.
How to use "Backup on demand"
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.
Why the mirror files are not deleted from destination
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.
How to restore a backup using WinRar
This article explains how to restore a backup created with Backup4all, using WinRar.
How to restore a backup using WinZip
This article explains how to restore with WinZip a backup created with Backup4all.
Explanation of the backup job icons
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.
How to configure two jobs to run each one to a different OneDrive account
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.
How to use independent zip splits in Backup4all?
When running a backup, Backup4all application will create the zip file locally and then it will upload the zip file in destination.
Backup strategy: run first backup locally then continue remote
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.
How to back up data files from OneDrive using Backup4all
Microsoft OneDrive is the cloud storage service that Microsoft offers to store all your files securely in one place, which you can then access from virtually anywhere.
How to back up data files from QNAP using Backup4all
QNAP primarily produces Network-Attached Storage (NAS) appliances. The company also produces Network Video Recorders (NVR) and a series of networking equipment.
How to use the Getting started window
This article will show you how to use the Getting Started window. It can be accessed anytime from Tools -> Getting Started menu.
Backup music with Backup4all
This article explains how to backup music with Backup4all. You can choose to back up your music files located in My Documents folder by using the specific plugin or you can set a filter to include in backup only the audio files extensions.
How to back up data files from Google Drive using Backup4all
Google Drive is a cloud storage service, and like all cloud services, its primary function is to take some load off your hard drive. Cloud storage works by uploading your files to its own remote servers — or the “cloud” — freeing up space on your computer. This leaves more space on your devices for more important things, like installing large apps and games.
How to back up data files from IDC Frontier using Backup4all
IDC Frontier Inc. is a company of Yahoo! JAPAN group that provides data center and cloud services. IDC Frontier, offers information technology infrastructure to support the development and activation of Japanese business scene.
How to back up data files from FTP using Backup4all
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a widely used network protocol for transferring files between computers over a TCP/IP-based network, such as the internet. FTP lets people and applications exchange and share data within their offices and across the Internet. FTP was one of the first technologies developed to solve this common need, and it remains—with several generations of enhancements—the second most popular protocol used today (after HTTP, or the "World Wide Web").
How to install Backup4all in a different start menu folder
By default, Backup4all will create a new entry in "Start menu->Backup4all x" . If you move it to another location, the default one will be recreated when you restart Backup4all. In order to put the Backup4all start menu entry into another location, you have to do that when you install Backup4all. In this article we will explain how to do that.
How to back up data files from Hubic using Backup4all
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.
How to use "Clean destination folder" feature in Backup4all
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.