Thecus backup utility, Windows xp data backup – Thecus Technology Thecus N199 User Manual

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Thecus Backup Utility

The Thecus Backup Utility is on your Installation CD. When you click on the CD,
the Backup Utility will be installed under Program Groups > Thecus > Thecus

Backup Utility. If it is not installed, you can copy the file (Thecus Backup
Utility.exe
) to a convenient location on your hard disk and double click to

execute it.



NOTE

If you can not find Thecus Backup Utility on your CD, please download it from the

Thecus website (http://www.thecus.com).



When you execute this utility for the first time, it will ask you whether to create a
DB file. Click Yes.


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1. Click Add to create a Backup task. The Add New

Task dialog box appears.





Add New Task

Item Description
Task

Specifies a name for the current task.

Source

Click to specify the source folder/file location.

Incremental

Click to specify whether the backup will be incremental.

If unchecked, the backup will be a full backup.

Destination

Click to specify the destination folder/file location.

Excluded extensions

Files with these file name extensions will be skipped and not

back up to the destination.

Comments

If you wish, enter comments here for your records.

2. To schedule the task to run at regular

intervals, click on the Schedule icon

for that task. You can schedule the
task to run Monthly or Weekly.

3. To check the log for that task, click on

the Log icon for that task.

NOTE

Thecus Backup Utility also
supports MAC OS X. Just copy

the Thecus Backup Utility.dmg to
your MAC OS X machine and

double click to execute it.

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