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Only if you need
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The purpose of BACKUPKEY is to make your
life easier while it makes your data safer. To
make your life easier, we have preset BACKUPKEY'S
options to do what most of our customers prefer.
Occasionally, however, you may want to make a
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Backup |
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Sometimes, files are accidentally deleted from
your computer. If you run a backup at that
point, some backup programs would delete your
backup copy as well. Not very helpful in
recovering the file, is it?. At other times, you
delete unnecessary files because you don't want
them any more. Then, you probably want the
backups of those unnecessary files to go away as
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BACKUPKEY retains the most recent backups
of all of your files until you give
explicit instructions to remove old backup
files. If you select "Delete the backup also",
then run a backup, BACKUPKEY will remove
all backups of files that no longer exist in
their original locations on your computer. |
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We suggest using this option occasionally to
purge old files from your backup and regain
drive space, then immediately changing the
option back to "Keep the backup" so as to
provide better protection in case of accidents. |
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Transfer |
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When TRANSFERring files from one computer's
backup to a different computer, occasionally one
of the transferred files will already exist on
the new computer (this is called a "conflict"). A good example of this is the outlook.pst file that Microsoft Outlook creates
for almost every user. If that occurs, how do
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1) Transfer every file,
overwriting all conflicting files
2) Put the new files into a
new folder, leaving the
previous files in place.
3) If the transferred file is more recent than the
conflicting file, overwrite. Otherwise, do not
transfer this file. This is SYNCHRONIZATION.
4) make no rule, but ask the user for a decision in
every conflict. |
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Automation |
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1) Begin the backup countdown
each time you
start the BACKUPKEY software - yes
or no?
2) Go to the Internet and
look for software updates
when nothing more
important is happening -
yes or no? |
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BACKUPKEY
options - kept simple for your sanity
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