Handy Backup Help: Step 4

Select Destination

At this step of the Simple Task Wizard you select the destination folder where the backup copies of your files will be stored. You can choose to backup to a local drive/LAN, an FTP server, or a CD-RW/DVD device. Note that all the external drives (for example, a USB drive) should be specified as local drives (by choosing the "Local/LAN" option).

Note: If you backup several tasks into the same destination directory, you will be able to restore only the last task: the matter is that each successive index file overwrites the previous index file.

Local/LAN:

Press the "Browse for folder" button . In the "Browse for folder" dialog select the folder or create a new one.

FTP:

If you want to backup files remotely (to an FTP server), click the "FTP" radio button.

Host: Enter the FTP server name.
Port: Enter the port number. Its default value is 21.
User: Enter your FTP user name.
Password: Enter your FTP password.
Passive mode: When in the this mode, the connection is established by your computer. This may be necessary if a firewall does not allow establishing a connection from the outside.
Folder: To choose a remote directory where to backup your data, click the "Select FTP folder" button . The "Select FTP folder" window will appears.

Upon establishing an FTP connection, the list of remote directories will appear in the upper window. Select a directory by left-clicking on it, then press "Select" button. If you want to create a new directory, press the "New folder" button. The lower view of the window shows the FTP session log messages.

Proxy...: Press this button to choose your proxy settings. Proxy server settings dialog will be displayed.
  Use FTP proxy: Check if you use FTP proxy.
  Use SOCKS server: Check if you use SOCKS server.

CD-R/CD-RW:

If you want to backup onto CD(s), press the "CD-R/CD-RW" button

Device: Choose your CD-R/CD-RW device.
Folder: Type the name of folder where to backup your data. Note that the path to this folder should not contain any components ("component\component\...") with names longer than 64 characters, or contain one of the following characters: * ? : ; .
Speed: Choose the necessary CD recording speed.
Enable spanning (split large backups): Enables spanning - a procedure of saving backup parts onto several discs if your backup set requires more space than available on a single CD.
Erase disk before writing: Erase a CD-RW disc before writing new backup on it.

If your backup set contains large files with size exceeding free space available on a single disc, the program will split such files into several parts, and some parts of the files will be backed up on other discs. Their names will look like (XXXX)name, where X is a hexadecimal digit.

Note: You can use either a blank (brand-new) CD-R/W disc, or you should erase discs if they were previously formatted with a 3rd party program like DirectCD.

DVD-R/DVD-RW:

If you want to backup files to your DVD, click the "DVD-R/DVD-RW" radio button.

Device: Here you can choose your DVD-R/DVD-RW device.
Folder: Choose the folder where you want the data to be stored.
Disk sie: Choose your storage disk size.
Speed: Choose the desired write speed (lower speed usually means better backup quality.
Enable spanning (split large backups): Check this option if you want to split your backup on several discs.
Erase disk before writing: Check this option if you want to erase your DVD-RW disc before writing.

Press the "Next" to continue.

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