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.