Nero BackItUp 3 Instruction Manual

Nero BackItUp Manual

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Contents

1 Start Successfully 6

1.1 About Nero BackItUp 6

1.2 Working with Nero BackItUp 6

1.3 Versions of Nero BackItUp 7

1.4 About the manual 8

2 Launching the Program 9

2.1 Starting Nero BackItUp via Nero StartSmart 9

3 User Interface 10

3.1 Menu bar 10

3.2 Toolbars 11

3.3 Menu icons 12

4 Back up Files 13

4.1 Basic steps 13

4.2 Selecting files 13

4.2.1 Selecting files in the File Backup screen 13

4.2.2 Selecting files using the Backup Wizard 15

5 Backing up Files Again - Updating a File Backup 17

5.1 Backup types 18

6 Backing up Drives 21

6.1 Basic steps 21

6.2 Selecting drives 21

7 Specifying the Backup Target for File and Drive Backup and Starting the Backup23

7.1 Burning a backup to a disc or saving it to a hard drive 23

7.2 Uploading the backup to an FTP server 25

7.3 Saving the backup as an image file 26

7.4 Backup Settings screen 29

7.4.1 Use Password window 31

7.5 Completing the Backup Wizard screen 32

8 Scheduling Backups - Nero BackItUp Jobs 34

8.1 Configuring jobs 34

8.1.1 Job Information screen 36

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8.2 Editing jobs 37

8.3 Executing jobs 39

9 Verifying Backups 40 10 Restoring Files and Drives 42

10.1 Restore screen 42

10.2 Restoring a file backup 43

10.3 Restoring a drive backup 46

10.4 Starting a restore 47

11 Backup and Restore Tools 50

11.1 Filters 50

11.1.1 Standard filters 50

11.1.2 Creating filters 50

11.1.3 Selecting and combining filters 52

11.2 Finding files 53

12 Nero BackItUp ImageTool 55

12.1 Creating a bootable disc 55

12.2 Launching Nero BackItUp ImageTool 56

12.3 User interface 57

12.3.1 Options window 58

12.4 File/Folder window 59

12.5 Drive backup 60

12.5.1 Selecting a drive 60

12.5.2 Burning the backup to a disc or saving it to a hard drive 60

12.5.3 Uploading a backup to an FTP server 62

12.5.4 Saving a backup as an image file 63

12.6 Verifying a drive backup 64

12.7 Restoring a drive backup 65

12.8 Exiting Nero BackItUp ImageTool 66

13 Other Operations 67

13.1 Updating the virus scanner 67

13.2 Erasing a rewritable disc 67

14 Options Window 69

14.1 General tab 70

14.2 Backup tab 71

14.3 Job tab 72

14.4 Restore tab 73

14.5 E-mail Notification tab 74

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14.5.1 Events and e-mail notifications 74

14.6 FTP tab 75

14.7 Expert Features tab 75

15 Technical Information 78

15.1 System requirements 78

15.2 Disc formats supported 78

15.3 File systems supported 79

15.4 Source media supported 80

16 Index 81 17 Appendix: Nero BackItUp File Extensions 85 18 Contact 86

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1.1 About Nero BackItUp

Nero BackItUp is a program for backing up and restoring data. Nero BackItUp saves files (file backup) as well as programs and operating systems (drive backup).

Open files can be backed up with the shadow copy feature, while you continue to work on the file. You can burn the backup to a disc, or save it to hard drive, or on an FTP server. Saving as an image file is also possible. With Nero BackItUp you can verify at any time that the backed up data is complete and correct.

Use Nero BackItUp to set up jobs for regular data backup that are executed automatically. Nero BackItUp can create bootable discs and, if necessary, it can restore a previously backed up system.

1.2 Working with Nero BackItUp

Nero BackItUp is a powerful tool for backing up and restoring data. You have to decide between saving files and saving entire drives:

If you choose File Backup, individual files and folders you select are saved (see Back up

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You can back up files and drives on various media. You can find more information about t and how you ultimately start the backup

Drive Backup and Starting the Backup.

Set up Nero BackItUp jobs, if you want to regularly perform backups (see Scheduling

Backups - Nero BackItUp Jobs).

Nero BackItUp offers you some useful features to restore data in case of failure (see

Restoring Files and Drives).

With the Nero BackItUp ImageTool, Nero BackItUp offers you another tool for backing up files and drives. The ImageTool is included on the bootable disc that you can create with Nero BackItUp. With the ImageTool, you can back up and restore drives. This particularly lends itself to backing up on otherwise active drives, since such drives are inactive when booting the ImageTool. You can find more info ImageTool under Nero BackItUp ImageTool

Files

If you want to back up the same files again later, a backup update makes the work ea and saves

Backup).

If you choose Drive Backup, entire drive are backed up (see Backing up Drives).

resources and other things (see Backing up Files Again - Updating a File

s, including programs and the operating system,

under Specifying the Backup Target for File and

rmation about this and about working with the

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his

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1.3 Versions of Nero BackItUp

Nero BackItUp is available in two different versions:

Nero BackItUp and Nero BackItUp Essentials. Nero BackItUp offers the full range of features as described in this manual.

Nero BackItUp Essentials offers a limited feature set. The user interface is supported by wizards and offers a simple introduction to the various tasks.

You can execute the following tasks with Nero BackItUp Essentials:

Create and update a file backup

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Create a drive backup

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Restore a file or drive backup

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Create a job and manage jobs

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(jobs are scheduled backups that are automatically executed by Nero BackItUp a defined time)

Use utton to

the More b ope n the extended area. It contains the following options:

Configure Erase Disc Disc Info

Cover Designer

Create Bootable Disc

Compared with the full version,

ures:

feat

Opens the Options windo ), where you can specify settings for workin

Erases a rewritable disc. Displays information on the inserted disc such as sessions, content

(if any), and capacity. Launches Nero CoverDesigner, which you can use to create labels

and covers. Information about a current backup, such as the numb and names of the files, is incorporated into the document data.

Creates a bootable disc (see Creating a bootable disc).

t a

w (see Options Window

g with Nero BackItUp.

Nero BackItUp Essentials does not offer the following

File backup

 Backup from Windows® Explorer via the shell context menu  File selection b  Shadow copy  FTP support  Automatic PC  Backup of access r  File search  ew

Selected file vi

 NTFS stream s

Drive backup

 Drive backup in Nero Im

FTP support

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 NTFS stream support

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y clicking and dragging

shutdown after the backup

ights (from NTFS-formatted data media)

upport

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Restore

 Restoration of backed up access rights (to NTFS-formatted data media)  Adaptation of drive size  File display in tree structure  Restoration at the selected location

Jobs

 Backup when logging onto the system  Warning if there is insufficient storage space on the disc

General features

 Verification of backups  Calendar  Other filters  Use of the most recent filter setting  Addition of new files to an incremental backup  Saving of profiles  Script support  Encryption  Setting of compression levels  Ignoring of time differences when comparing files  E-mail notification  Virus scanner  Sounds to indicate various events  Resetting of archive bits after a backup

1.4 About the manual

This manual is intended for all users who wish to learn how to use Nero BackItUp. It is process-based and explains how to reach a particular objective on a step-by-basis.

In order to make best use of this manual, please note the following conventions:

Symbol Meaning

1. Start …

Chapter

[…] Indicates keyboard shortcuts for entering commands.

Indicates warnings, preconditions or instructions that have to be followed strictly.

Indicates additional information or advice.

A number at the beginning of a line indicates a request for action. Carry out these actions in the order specified.

Indicates an intermediate result. Indicates a result. Indicates text passages or buttons that appear in the user

interface. They are shown in bold face. Indicates references to other chapters. They are executed as

links and are shown in red and underlined.

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Launching the Program

2 Launching the Program

2.1 Starting Nero BackItUp via Nero StartSmart

To launch Nero BackItUp via Nero StartSmart, proceed as follows:

1. Click the Nero StartSmart icon.

Æ The Nero StartSmart window opens.

2. Click the button.

Æ The list of Nero applications is displayed.

Fig. 1: Nero StartSmart

3. Select the Nero BackItUp entry from the selection list.

Æ The Nero BackItUp window opens.

Î You have launched Nero BackItUp via Nero StartSmart.

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User Interface

3 User Interface

The Nero BackItUp user interface is the starting point for all work that you will do with Nero BackItUp. The user interface consists of the menu bar, toolbar, Options selection list and a screen with changing content (depending on which menu icon in the Options selection list is selected).

3.1 Menu bar

The menu bar offers the following menus:

File

Edit

View

Tools

Help

Fig. 2: Nero BackItUp user interface - Home screen

Opens the File menu containing file-related functions such as Open, Print (only from the Restore screen), and Close. You can also set, import, and export the options as well as launch Nero CoverDesigner.

Opens the Edit menu containing file editing functions such as Select, Unselect, Delete, and Show Properties. You can also search for specific files.

Opens the View menu where you can display toolbars and switch between the screens.

Opens the Tools menu where you can launch wizards. You can also display information about the inserted disc, erase a rewritable disc, and create a bootable disc.

Opens the Help menu containing help options. You can also update the anti-virus scanner and enter a new serial number if necessary.

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User Interface

3.2 Toolbars

The toolbars offer the following icons and setting options:

Standard toolbar

New Window

Wizards

View selection list

Profile selection list

Address toolbar

Address

Opens a selection list with the menu icons that are also available in the user interface. When you click one of these icons, a new window opens with the respective screen.

Opens a selection list containing the File Backup, Drive Backup, Restore, Jobs, and Verify menu icons. When you click one of these icons, a window opens with the respective wizard.

In the Home and Wizards screens: Selects an existing backup in order to restore it, verify it, or create a job from it. File backups can also be updated.

In the File Backup screen: Selects an existing file backup and opens the Backup Summary been made since the backup and if so, what they were.

In the Drive Backup screen: Selects an existing drive backup and transfers it to the screen.

In the Restore screen: Selects an existing backup and transfers it to the screen.

Deletes the selected backup or job from the backup or job list. This button is available in the Home, Restore, and Job screens. Launches Nero CoverDesigner, which you can use to create labels

and covers. Information about a current backup, such as the number and names of the files, is incorporated into the document data.

Nero CoverDesigner is an application in the Nero Suite and is automatically installed during the main installation procedure. For further information, refer to the Nero CoverDesigner manual.

Displays information on the inserted disc such as sessions, content (if any), and capacity.

Opens the Find File window, where you can search for specific files on your computer.

This button is available in the File Backup and Restore screens. Updates the information on drives and connected devices. This button is available in the Drive Backup screen. Selects a view for the files that will be displayed. This selection list is available in the File Backup and Restore

screens. Selects a profile and with it, the filters and settings assigned to that

profile (see This selection list is available in the File Backup screen. Opens the About Nero BackItUp window to display information

such as the version number.

Selects a start folder for displaying the folders/files in the File Backup screen.

This toolbar is available in the File Backup screen.

Backup tab).

window that shows whether changes have

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User Interface

3.3 Menu icons

The following menu icons can be selected in the Options selection list on the left:

Displays the Home screen, which offers an overview of the last backups and next jobs. The following icons are used:

Home

Wizards

File Backup

Drive Backup

Restore

Jobs

Calendar

- Executed backup

- Executed job

- Planned job

- Deactivated job

Displays the Wizards screen, where you can launch the wizards.

Displays the File Backup screen, where you can select files for backup and start the file backup.

Displays the Drive Backup screen, where you can select drives for backup and start the drive backup.

Displays the Restore screen, where you can select a backup to restore and start the restore.

Displays the Jobs screen, which indicates upcoming jobs and permits jobs to be added. Jobs are scheduled backups that are automatically executed by Nero BackItUp at a defined time.

Displays the Calendar screen, which offers a calendar overview of planned and executed jobs and restores. You can also add jobs and start the restore.

Job names are displayed in different colors with the following meanings: Green - Successfully executed job Red - Failed job Blue - Planned job Gray - Deactivated job

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Back up Files

4 Back up Files

You can back up files with Nero BackItUp. You can burn the backup to a disc or hard drive (internal, external, USB or FireWire possible to save on an FTP server, or save as an image file.

A file backup is useful to protect against data loss that can occur due to hardware damage or force majeure (fire, etc.). Consequently we recommend executing frequent file backups so that, should such an event occur, data that is as current as possible can be restored. If you always want to back up the same folders and files (e.g. the My Documents folder), then you can update the backup starting from the second backup to save space (see

Again - Updating a File Backup

4.1 Basic steps

The following steps are generally required to back up files using Nero BackItUp:

Select the files and folders to back up (see Selecting files)

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Select the target of the backup (see Backup Settings screen, for example)

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Specify backu

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for example)

4.2 Selec

ting files

The first step is selecting files and folders to back up. You can either start this step in the File Backup screen or in the Backup Wizard window. (In either case the subsequent step s will be executed in the Backup Wizard - you will be prompted.) You will have more selection possibilities if you select the files in the File Backup screen, for instance you can search for specific files. If you select the files in the Backup Wizard wi file selection that more quickly accomplishes the objective.

), network drives or removable medium. It is also

Backing up Files

p settings and start the backup (see Completing the Backup Wizard screen,

ndow you will have a simplified

4.2.1 Select

You can select files and folders from your hard drive, from drives, removable data media, from the netwo s

ee FTP tab

Search folders are supported both for backup and restore under the Windo ws Vista operating system. This means that you can back up search queries, paths, and the original documents. Restore i (virtual folder).

rk, or from an FTP server (if you have entered an FTP server in the options,

s possible to the original path, a selected path, or in a search folder

ing files in the File Backup screen

The first step for a file backup is selecting files and folders. If you start this step in the File Backup screen you will ha Backup Wizard window.

To select files in the File Backup s Click the File Backup menu icon.

Æ The File Backup screen appears.

ve more extensive selection possibilities than you have in the

creen, proceed as follows:

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Back up Files

Fig. 3: File Backup screen

2. If you want to use filters to exclude certain files from the backup or to allow only certain files:

1. Click the

Æ The files that do not meet the filter criteria are excluded from the backup. The check

box in front of the respective file is automatically grayed out by Nero BackItUp.

2. To use a profile with a predefined combination of filters (see

respective profile from the drop-down menu on the upper right.

Æ The files that do not meet the filter criteria are excluded from the backup. The check

box in front of the respective file is automatically grayed out by Nero BackItUp.

3. To create filters, click the

4. To remove filters, select a filter in the Selected File Filters selection list and click the

button.

button to select filters (see Selecting and combining filters).

Backup tab), select the

button (see Creating filters).

3. Select a start folder in the Address drop-down menu for the folder display in the file backup

window.

4. Check the box preceding the folder or folders that you want to add to the backup.

Æ The files in the folder that meet the filter criteria are added to the backup. The selected

file is added to the backup.

If the check box is grayed out, the entire folder or respective file cannot be selected.

You can also select files by dragging and dropping them from Win dows

File Backup screen.

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Explorer to the

Back up Files

5. If you want to view the selected files and verify them manually:

1. Select the Selected File View entry in the drop-down menu.

Æ The files of the selected folder(s) will be displayed in the list.

2. Exclude files from the backup as desired by clearing the appropriate boxes.

You cannot manually include files in the backup (checking the box preceding the file) that are excluded from the backup by filters. However it is possible to add excluded files to the backup via the Find File feature (see the next step).

6. If you want to search for specific files in order to add them to the backup or exclude them

from the backup, then execute a file search (see

Î You have selected files to back up. Now proceed with the file backup by clicking the

Start File Backup button and specifying the target of the backup (see

Backup Target for File and Drive Backup and Starting the Backup

4.2.2 Selecting files using the Backup Wizard

Finding files).

Specifying the

The first step for a file backup is selecting files and folders. If you start this step in the Backup Wizard window, then you will have a simplified selection that more quickly achieves the objective than you would have using the File Backup screen.

To select files in the Backup Wizard window, proceed as follows:

1. Click the menu icon. File Backup

The File Backup screen appears. Æ

Click the Wizards > File Backup button in the toolbar.

Æ The Backup Wizard window, with the Select Files and Folders screen, opens.

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Back up Files

Fig. 4: Backup Wizard window, Select Files and Folders screen

3. If you want to use filters to exclude certain files from the backup or to allow only certain files:

1. If you want to create filters, click the Create button

filters

2. If you want to select filters, click the Add button and combining filters

Æ The files that do not meet the filter criteria are excluded from the backup. The check

box in front of the respective file is automatically grayed out by Nero BackItUp.

3. If you want to remove filters, select a filter in the Selected File Filters selection list and

click the Remove button

in the extended area.

in the extended area (see Creating

in the extended area (see Selecting

4. Select a start folder for the folder display in the Address drop-down menu.

5. Check the box preceding the folder or folders that you want to add to the backup.

Æ Those files in the folder that meet the filter criteria will be added to the backup.

If you want to view the selected files and verify them manually:

Select the Selected File View entry in the drop-down menu.

The files of the selected folder(s) will be displayed in the list.

2. Exclude files from the backup as desired by clearin g the appropriate boxes

You have selected files to back up. Now proceed with the file backup by clicking the Next button and specifying the target of the backup (

for File and Drive Backup and Starting the Backup

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see Specifying the Backup Target

Backing up Files Again - Updating a File Backup

5 Backing up Files Again - Updating a File Backup

You can update a file backup with Nero BackItUp. You can choose between various backup types (see

If you update a file backup, then your starting point is an existing backup. A backup with multiple updates is referred to as a backup set.

You can start the update in one of two ways that differ as described below:

By selecting additional files and folders in the File Backup screen and with a backup

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summary (overview that shows which changes have occurred) By selecting files and folders in a wizard without a backup summary

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If you open in the File Backup screen, you will have more extensive selection possibilities. If you start in objective.

To update a backup, proceed as follows:

1. screen:

If you want to start in the File Backup

Click the File Backup menu icon.

Æ The File Backup screen appears.

Backup types).

a wizard, you will have a simplified selection that more quickly accomplishes your

Click the button.

Æ The Open Backup dialog box opens.

In the Ope backu

Select the desired file backup and click the Open button.

Æ ,

n Backup dialog box all backups are displayed. However you can only select file

ps.

The Backup Summary dialog box opens. It tells you whether there are changes how many changed.

folders and files have been removed, and how many files have been

Fig. 5: Backup Summary dialog box

Click the OK button.

The Backup Summary dialog box closes. The selection of the existing backup is transferred into the File Backup screen.

5. Add additional files and folders as de

Click the Start File Backup button.

Æ The Backup Wizard opens and the Backup Settings screen appears.

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sired (see Selecting files in the File Backup screen

Backing up Files Again - Updating a File Backup

If you want to start with a wizard:

Click the Wizards > File Backup button.

Æ The Backup Wiza

Click the Next button.

Æ The Backup Source screen appears.

3. Select the Use Existing Backup option button.

4. Select an existing back

Click the Next button.

Æ iles and Folders screen a ppears. The chosen backup selection is

The Select F transferred.

6. Enter additional files an

Click the Next button.

Æ The Backup Settings screen appears.

You can also start the file update by double-clicking an existing backup in the Home

reen.

rd window with the welcome screen opens.

up from the list or using the

d folders as desired (see Selecting files using the Backup Wizard

button.

sc3. Select the desired type of backup in the Backup Ty pe drop-down menu (see Backup types).

If you want to back up recently added files with the Incremental and Differential Backup types, then e the option

nsure that the Add new files in incremental or differential backup box in

s is checked (see

Backup tab).

5.1 Backu

You have selected a file backup to update. Proceed Î with the update by clicking the Next button and specifying the target of the backup (see Specifying the Backup Target for

File and Drive Backup and Starting the Backup

You will not b sele

cted backup and automatically extended.

The selected backup does not have to be available during the update.

e able to select the backup name for the update - it is transferred from the

p types

There are four backup t

Full backup

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Differential back

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Incremental backup

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Update backup

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With the Full backup t first backup is always a full backup.

ypes in Nero BackItUp:

ype, all files and folders that you have selected will be backed up. A

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Backing up Files Again - Updating a File Backup

With the Incremental backup type, all files that have changed in comparison to the last backup will be saved.

With the Differential backup type, all files that have changed in comparison to the first backup will be saved.

With the three Full, Incremental and Differential backup types, it does not matter which medium you save the backup to. You can, for example, use the disc th automatically started a multisession disc) as long as there is still space on the di can also back

up to a new medium.

Incremental ba

ckup - compares the current data with the last backup

at you used for the old backup (Nero BackItUp

sc. You

Differential backup - compares the current data with the first backup

Fig. 6: Th p

e differential backup compares data with the last backup, the incremental backup compares data with the first backu

The procedure for the Update backup type varies depending on the medium to which you will back up.

If you are backing up to a hard drive with the Update backup type, then previous backup will be overwritten with the changed data. This means that older version

the data of the

will be erased; access to older backup states will no longer be possible. If you are backing up to the disc on which the last bac

kup was burned with the Update backup type, then the procedure is the same as described for the Incremental backup. In this case a folder will be generated in a new session.

If you are backing up to a new disc with the Update backup type, then the procedure is th same as describe

The following table pr on to he e the correct u for

r application:

you

Backup type

Full backup Extremely high

Differential backup

Incremental backup

Backup update to hard drive (old versions will be erased)

d for the Full backup. The full backup will be burned on the disc.

ovides informati lp you determin pdate type

Storage spac requirement for the backup set

Medium

Low

Extremely low

Effort involved in restoring

Extreme (only the current version is required)

Low (current and first version must be kept)

High (all versions must be kept)

Extremely (only the current version is required)

low

Access to older versions?

Yes

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Backing up Files Again - Updating a File Backup

An examp

le is provided below to illustrate the difference between incremental and differential

backups: Let's assume that you have 100 photos and are backing them up. The first (full) backup

contains the 100 photos. Then you change 25 of the photos and want to back up again.

You select an incremental or differential backup (it does not matter which you select for the second backup). The 25 changed p

hotos are backed up. Then you change another 25

photos and want to back up again:

If you select th

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e Incremental backup, 25 photos are backed up, specifically those that have changed since the last backup. (Nero BackItUp compares the current status with t last backup.)

If you select the D

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have changed since the first backup. (Nero BackItUp compares the current status with

ifferential backup, 50 photos are backed up, specifically those that

the first backup.)

This means that incremental backups require less storage space, however usu

ally more backup versions will have been created. The result is that the restore takes longer since many small versions must be restored (and made ready) one after the other.

The opposite is true of the differential backup: It requires more storage space, however only two backup versions (the first

and the last) are needed. Consequently, for the restore only two versions are restored (and made ready) because the last version contains all chan ges made since the first ba

ckup.

1st backup

2nd backup

3rd backup

Data on the computer Incremental

backup

Fig. 7: Data backup distinction between differential and incremental backup

Differential

backup

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Backing up Drives

6 Backing up Drives

You can back up entire drives with Nero BackItUp. In contrast to the file backup, the drive backup restores programs and operating systems when restoring.

You can burn the backup to a disc or save it to a hard drive. It is also possible to save the backup to an FTP server or as an image file.

When you back up a drive, the backup file is usually quite large. If you burn the backup to disc, you will usually require multiple discs. The first backup disc is always a bootable disc. If you do not burn the backup to disc, it is still quite useful to create a bootable disc so that you can start the computer (and the drive restore) from CD/DVD in the event of an emergency

Nero BackItUp ImageTool).

(see

It is not possible to update a drive backup.

You must have administrator rights in Windows® XP® to start a drive backup.

6.1 Basic steps

The following steps are generally required to back up a drive (i.e. hard drive and/or partitions) with Nero BackItUp:

Select the hard drive/partition to back up (see Selecting drives)

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Select the target of the backup (see Backup Settings screen, for example)

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Specify the back

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Wizard screen

6.2 Selec

ting drives

To select a drive to back up with Nero B

Click the Drive Backup menu icon.

Æ The Drive Backup screen appears.

up settings and start the backup (see e.g. Completing the Backup

)

ackItUp, proceed as follows:

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Backing up Drives

Fig. 8: Drive Backup screen

You can also start the drive backup via the wizard. To do this click the Wizards menu icon followed by Create New Drive Backup or click the Wizards button followed by Drive Backup.

The

button that updates the drive information is not available in the wizard.

2. If you want to back up a hard drive, click the appropriate button under the Drive Name list

heading.

Æ The hard drive with all partitions is selected and marked (displayed with a dotted line).

3. If you want to back up a partition, click the appropriate partition under the Partition names

list heading.

Æ The partition is selected and marked (displayed with a dotted line).

You can select multiple partitions of a hard drive for backup.

Î You have selected a hard drive or partition to back up. You can proceed with the drive

backup by clicking the Start Drive Backup button and specifying the target of the backup (see

Backup

Specifying the Backup Target for File and Drive Backup and Starting the

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Specifying the Backup Target for File and Drive Backup and Starting the Backup

7 Specifying the Backup Target for File and Drive Backup

and Starting the Backup

After you have selected files and folders or a drive to back up (see Selecting files or Backing

up Drives

Backup Settings and Completing the Backup Wizard screens (see

screen

7.1 Burning a backup to a disc or saving it to a hard drive

With Nero BackItUp, you can burn the backup to a disc or save it to a hard drive, network drives or removable media.

Nero BackItUp supports the disc types CD, DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-ray disc. The type of disc you can burn depends on the type of burner used.

To start the backup and burn to a disc or save to a hard drive, proceed as follows:

1. If you want to burn the backup to a disc:

1. Select a burner in the Target drop-down menu.

2. Insert a disc into the burner.

), you can specify the target of the backup and start the backup. This is done in the

Backup Settings

and Completing the Backup Wizard screen).

2. If you want to save the backup to a hard drive:

1. In the Target drop-down menu select a hard drive, a network drive, or a removable drive.

2. In the Target Path input field, specify the path of the folder to which the backup is to be

saved.

3. Make additional settings as necessary (see Backup Settings screen).

Click the Next button.

Æ The screen appears.

Completing the Backup Wizard

5. Check the settings in the Completing the Backup Wizard screen.

If necessary spec

6. ify additional settings in the extended area (see Completing the Backup

Wizard screen).

Click the Backup button.

The Backup Process screen is displayed and the backup started. You can track the

backup process with the progress bar. If burning a disc, Nero BackItUp automatically starts a multisession disc or continues with this one (i.e. you can save additional backups to this disc as long as there is enough space.) When backing up an active hard drive (i.e. a hard drive that other programs can access or on which the current operating system is running), it cannot be disabled and a dialog box appe drive...".

ars with the message "Nero BackItUp cannot disable the selected partition/hard

The dialog box with the message "Nero BackItUp cannot disable the selected partition/har drive... " is not an error messag still being used by Windows

For the backup this means that system files can change during the backup process. In other words, at the end of the backup process there may be errors when verifying the data. In this case a dialog box will be displayed with the message that some data has been changed in the interval between backup and verification. The ch the backup are usually irrelevant for restoration of the system.

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e, but only a message to let you know that the partition is

anges made to files during

Specifying the Backup Target for File and Drive Backup and Starting the Backup

However, if you are interested in a drive backup without verification errors you can back up the drive with the Nero BackItUp ImageTool. Nero BackItUp ImageTool boots from a dis which means that the drive in this case is not in operation and thu cha

nge during the backup (Nero BackItUp ImageTool

8. thout locking, click the Ignore button.

If you want to continue the process wi

The backup process is resumed.

s system files cannot

During the backup process the following setting options are available in the extended are

Automatic

ally shut down the PC when done: Shuts down the PC once the backup is

complete. Print Disc Cover: O

the document

data.

pens Nero CoverDesigner and transfers information about the files into

Fig. 9: screen

Backup Wizard window, Backup Process

Æ the Waiting for Disc dialog box will

If the backup is being burned on multiple discs, then open and the drive will eject the disc once it is full.

Remove the recorded disc and insert a new blank disc.

Æ The backup process resumes and the newly inserted blank disc is burned.

10.

Repeat the previous step until the backup has been completely burned to disc.

If you previously checke

Æ d the Verify data after backup box in the Completing the

Backup Wizard screen and the backup has been burned to one disc, then verificatio

will start automatically.

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Specifying the Backup Target for File and Drive Backup and Starting the Backup

If you previously checked the Verify data after backup box in the Completing the

Backup Wizard screen and the backup has been burned to multiple discs, then the Select source drive for data verification dialog box will open and the drive will open.

11. Insert the first disc of the backup to have it verified.

In the Select source

12. drive for data verification dialog box, select the appropriate drive and

click the OK button.

Verification will start and the first disc will be verified. After verification the disc will be

ejected and the Select source drive for data verification dialog box will appe

13.

Repeat the two previous steps for each disc of the backup in chronological order.

When the ba

Æ ckup process has been concluded, the disc will be ejected and a dialog box

will appear.

ar again.

14.

7.2 Uploa

1. Select the desired FTP server in the Target drop-down menu.

2. older on the server:

If you want to specify a f

Fig. 10: "Backup process completed successfully" dialog box

Click the OK button.

Æ he dialog box closes.

You have burned the backup to a disc or saved it to a hard drive, a network drive, o

Î r a

removable medium. Now you can save the log or click the Next button and start other actions such as executing the same backup again, creating a new backup, or closing the wizard.

ding the backup to an FTP server

Nero BackItUp can be used to upload and save the backup to an FTP server.

This featu

tab

re is only available if you have entered an FTP server in the options (see FTP

r, proceed asTo start the backup and upload it to an FTP serve follows:

1. Click the Æ The Open Folder window opens.

2. Click the New Folder button and enter a name. Æ A new folder is created and displayed in the Folder Na

3. Double-click a folder in the Folder Name selection list.

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button.

me selection list.

Specifying the Backup Target for File and Drive Backup and Starting the Backup

Æ The folder is transferred into the Path display panel.

4. Click the Select button.

Æ T

he Open Folder window is closed and the selected folder is transferred.

3. s screen (see Backup SettingsIf necessary make additional settings in the Backup Setting

screen

4. Click the Next button.

Æ The Completing the Backup Wizard screen appears.

5. Check the settings in the Completing the Backup Wizard screen.

6. rdIf necessary specify other settings in the extended area (see Completing the Backup Wiza

een).

scr

7. lick the Backup button. C

Æ The Backup Process screen appears and backup begins. You can track the backup

process with the progress bar.

The following setting options are available in the extended area during the backup process:

Automaticall

complete. Print Disc Cover: Opens

the document data.

Æ When the backup is completed, a dialog box with an appropriate message appears.

y shut down the PC when done: Shuts down the PC once the backup is

Nero CoverDesigner and transfers information about the files into

8. Cl k

ic the OK button.

he dialog box is closed.

Æ T

Î You have uploaded the drive backup to a

Now you can save the log or click the Nex executing the same backup again, creating a new backup, or closing the wizard.

7.3 Saving the backup as an image file

With Nero BackItUp and the Nero Image Recorder, the backup can be saved as an image. An image file is an individual file on the hard drive that contains an image of a complete di You can generally regard fi

le as often as you like.

Nero Image Recorder is also suitable for creating an image of a disc type not supported b the installed burner. You can therefo in

stalled a DVD burner.

This feature is only available if you checked the Enable Image Recorder as target box

General tab).

(see

To start the backup and to create an image, proceed as follows:

1. Select the Image Recorder entry from the Target drop-down menu.

an image file as a "virtual disc." You can burn copies of the image

re create a DVD image, for instance, without having

n FTP server.

t button and start other actions such as

sc.

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