User's Manual - Drake Software

File Maintenance
Drake Software User’s Manual
5. Click Exit when restoration is complete.
IMPORTANT
If you do not have Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7
and want to back up your data on CD, you must use your CD
burner software—not the Drake Backup tool—to perform the
backup.
Automated Backup
Use the automated backup feature to have the program automatically back up client,
setup, and system files at a specified time each day. Two types of backups are available:
a full backup backs up all selected files, and an incremental backup backs up
only those files that have changed since the last backup.
To activate automatic backup:
1. From the Home window, select Tools > File Maintenance > Backup.
2. Click Automatic at the bottom of the Backup dialog box (shown in Figure 11-4
on page 293.) The Automatic Backup Settings dialog box is displayed
(Figure 11-5).
Figure 11-5: Automatic Backup Settings dialog box
3. Place a check mark in the Activate Automatic Backups box.
4. In the Backup Operation box, choose a time, type, and location for your backup.
• Time — Select a time from the Select time to perform automatic backup
drop list.
• Type — Select a type from the Select backup type drop list. Choose All
Files for a full backup; choose Only changed files to back up only those files
changed since the last backup.
• Location — Click the backup location icon and browse to a desired location.
5. In Select Files to Back Up, choose the files to be automatically backed up.
• Client Files — Client files located in the Drake12\DT folder
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