Tri-Edre Tri-Backup - 6 Quick Start

Tri-BACKUP 6

QUICK START

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! Licensing and Copyright Agreement

This software is Copyright ©1997-2011 TED and ©TRI-EDRE.

Except as permitted under copyright law, no part of the program or this manual may be reproduced or distributed
in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of TRI-EDRE.

The program, and this manual, are licensed only for individual use on a single computer. You are permitted by law to
make working copies of the software program, solely for your own use. No copy (original or working) may be used
while any other copy is in use.

If you ever sell, lend, or give away the original copy of this Software program, all working copies must also be sold,
lent, or given to the same person, or destroyed.

Limited Warranty

TRI-EDRE warrants to you that the Software will perform substantially in accordance with the Documentation for the
ninety (90) day period following the date of delivery of the Software to you. If the Software fails to meet the
specications of the warranty set forth above, TRI-EDRE liability and your exclusive remedy will be replacement of
the CD or a reasonable effort to make the product meet the above warranty specication. Except for the above
express limited warranties, TRI-EDRE makes and you receive no warranties or guarantees, express, implied, statutory
or in any communication with you, and specically disclaims any implied warranty of non infringement,
merchantability or tness for a particular purpose. TRI-EDRE does not warrant that the operation of the program will
be uninterrupted or error free.

In no event will TRI-EDRE be liable for any loss of use, loss of prots, interruption of business, or indirect, special,
incidental or consequential damages of any kind, however caused and under any head of liability, arising out of use
of or in connection with the software.

Trademarks

Tri-BACKUP is a trademark of TRI-EDRE.

All other products are trademarks of their respective companies.

©TRI-EDRE. All Rights Reserved.

TRI-EDRE

22 Place de l’Eglise - BP 111

83510 LORGUES (FRANCE)

Phone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Web site: www.tri-edre.fr • www.tri-edre.com

Email address: [e-mail] • [e-mail]

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Table of contents

..........................................................................................................................................Introduction 5

...................................................................................................................................................................Welcome! 5

....................................................................................................................................Thank you for registering 5

...........................................................................................................................Latest version of the software 5

.............................................................................................................................................Software Installation 5

...........................................................................................................................................Uninstalling Software 5

..........................................................................................................................Launch and Register Software 5

...............................................................................................................................................................Trial version 6

...................................................................................................................................................Technical support 6

.....................................................................................................................................................................Contacts 6

....................................................................................................................................Getting Started 7

.....................................................................................................Make a bootable copy of your hard drive 7

Why?! 7
How?! 7

...................................................................................................................................................Back up your data 7

Why?! 7
How?! 7

................................................................................................................................................................What next? 7

.......................................................................................................................................................Basics 8

......................................................................................................................................................................Backups 8

.......................................................................................................................................................................Actions 8

..........................................................................................The operation and organization of Tri-BACKUP 8

.............................................................................................................The documentation for Tri-BACKUP 6 8

................................................................................................................Strategy for your backups 9

..................................................................................................................................................................Why save? 9

.....................................................................................................................................................What to Backup? 9

.....................................................................................................................................Where to store backups? 9

...............................................................................................................................The copy of your hard drive 9

...........................................................................................................................What type of backup to use? 10

.......................................................................................................Create congurations for each backup 10

.....................................................................................................Back up multiple networked computers 10

...................................................................................................................................................Examples of use 10

.........................................................................................Tri-BACKUP 6 - The main application 12

................................................................................................................................................The main window 12

........................................................................................................................................................Create Action 12

.........................................................................................................................................Programmed Actions 13

Action execution! 14
Execution of actions by a keyboard shortcut! 14
Other operations! 14

..............................................................................................................................................Immediate Actions 15

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.............................................................................................................................................................Restoration 15

Restore from Recent Backups! 16
Restore Folder! 16
Restore Bootable Disk! 16
Restore Evolutive Backup! 16
Restore Time Machine backups! 16

.........................................................................................................................................................................Tools 16

Show Application State! 16
Edit Common Filters! 16
Clean Evolutive Data! 16
Global Disk Change! 16
Show Volumes Information! 16
Show Volumes Free Space! 17
Show Logs and Messages! 17
Show Daily Reports! 17
Show Latest Executed Actions / Files / Errors! 17

..........................................................................................Edition of the Programmed Actions 18

.....................................................................................................................The various panels of the editor 18

..........................................................................................................................................Summary of settings 18

...........................................................................................................................Immediate Actions 19

........................................................................................................................Window for immediate action 19

Content List! 19
Buttons! 19

.................................................................................................................Tri-BACKUP 6 Scheduler 20

......................................................................................................Disable automatic execution of actions 20

.......................................................................................................................Change the execution context 20

............................................................................................Execution of actions by a keyboard shortcut 20

.....................................................................................................................Tri-BACKUP 6 Execute 22

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Introduction

Welcome!

Thank you for your condence in purchasing our backup software Tri-BACKUP 6! We are certain that you will nd Tri­BACKUP 6 to be the essential tool to protect your data.

You can start by reading the next chapter, "Getting Started", if you are new to Tri-BACKUP.

Thank you for registering

Thank you for registering. You can receive free technical support and be informed of updates and developments of
this product, and all the innovations of our production.

If you purchased our software on TRI-EDRE’s web store (download purchase), you are automatically registered, and
you do not need to register again.

If you purchased our software from a reseller or within a bundle, please use the registration page on our web site

http://www.tri-edre.com.

Latest version of the software

Check our website http://www.tri-edre.com to verify that you have the latest version of this software. If this is not
the case, you may download the latest version which allows you to use your serial number.

Note: serial numbers are compatible with all versions of the same main version number: a serial number for version 6.0
can be used with versions 6.1, 6.2, etc.

Note: Tri-BACKUP can check the latest available version and download it. See Preferences.

Software Installation

On the CD-ROM that came with this software, or in the disk image you downloaded, the installer is « Tri-BACKUP 6
Installer». Double-click this installer and click the Install button.

Uninstalling Software

Use the installer « Tri-BACKUP 6 Installer». Double-click this installer and click the Uninstall button.

Note: You can also uninstall Tri-BACKUP 6 from the application, with the Tools menu.

Note 2: If you just want to stop the operation of Tri-BACKUP in the background, open the Tri-BACKUP 6 Preferences and
uncheck "Launch Tri-BACKUP Scheduler at startup".

Launch and Register Software

Double-click the application icon to launch it. At rst launch, the application will ask you to enter the Administrator
password (the one you use for each update of the system or applications). Then, a dialog asks you to enter your
serial number (found on a sticker on the CD sleeve, or provided by e-mail or mail).

This serial number, that is personal, actives all the features of your software.

Keep your serial number in case you need to access technical support or updates.

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Trial version

At each launch, you will be asked for a serial number if your version is not registered. To use Tri-BACKUP 6 in demo
mode, wait until the demo button is active. The demo version is fully useable, but is time limited (and some
functions could be limited).

You can enter the serial number at any time by selecting the Register item in the Tri-BACKUP 6 menu.

Technical support

Above all, use this guide and the other guides, and our website to check all information on this product and its use.
If you do not nd the answer to your questions, please contact our technical support by e-mail (see contact
information below).

Please have your serial number, your version number, and characteristics of your system ready before initiating
contact.

Contacts

If you have comments about this program, problems or issues that are not answered in this manual or on our
website - or if you are interested in site licenses of software - please contact TRI-EDRE (specifying the version and
serial number of your copy):

by e-mail address:

[e-mail]

[e-mail]

by phone or fax:

Phone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

by mail:

TRI-EDRE

22 Place de l’Eglise

BP 111

83510 Lorgues

France

Web site:

http://www.tri-edre.fr

http://www.tri-edre.com

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Getting Started

Tri-BACKUP offers a wide range of options to t your needs. But rst, here are some basic actions.

Make a bootable copy of your hard drive

Why?

A copy of your internal drive will allow you to restart immediately in case of problems, while keeping your
environment, your applications and settings, without having to reinstall.

How?

You must have a second drive. Create a "Bootable Copy" programmed action and start running.

You can schedule it to have it executed periodically, so that the copy is updated regularly.

Back up your data

Why?

The best protection of your data is to have a copy (the ideal is to have multiple copies stored in different places). In
case of accidental deletion or loss, you can still use the data from your backup.

Of course, it is important to have an updated backup. A backup that date a year ago was much less interest!

How?

You must have a backup disk. Create a "Mirror Backup" programmed action, enter the folder or folders to back up
(such as your "home" or your "Documents" and "Images", etc..) and set a regular schedule. The backup will be
performed automatically without needing your intervention.

What next?

You have now set up a basic protection of your data.

You can then go further in the use of Tri-BACKUP to rene its action according to your needs.

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