File backup, Thecus backup utility – Thecus Technology M3800 User Manual

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File Backup

There are a number of ways to back up data with the M3800.

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.

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

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

NOTE



When you execute this utility for the first time, it will ask you whether to create a

DB file. Click Yes.

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.

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.

NOTE


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