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PersBackup

Personal Backup Version 5.9

© 2001 − 2018, Dr. J. Rathlev

Menus

Main menu Context menus

Main menu

Backup task
New - Create new backup task
Open ... - Open saved task from the directory of the last opened task
Open from task directory ... - Open saved task stored from the selected task directory
Save - Save a modified task
Save as ... - Save task under new name
Delete ... - Delete a task no longer needed
Import ... - Import directories to be backed up from saved task
Export ... - Save as a new task an individual directory from an opened task
Recently-opened tasks ... - List of recently-opened tasks to facilitate reopening
Quit - Exit program or move to background
Actions
Start backup ... - Start the current backup task
Add directory to task ... - Select a directory to be backed up and add to task
Verify backup
Open dialog ... - Configure and carry out verification of files
Load task ... - Load saved Verify task and open dialog window
Create desktop shortcut ... - Create a shortcut to one or several selected verify tasks on the computer desktop. Double-clicking this shortcut will automatically perform these verifications one after the other.
Restore
Open dialog ... - Configure and carry out a restore of files
Load task ... - Load saved Restore task and open dialog window
Create desktop shortcut ... - Create a shortcut to one or several selected restore tasks on the computer desktop. Double-clicking this shortcut will automatically perform these restores one after the other.
Cleanup
Open dialog ... - Configure and carry out Cleanup of files
Load task ... - Load saved Cleanup task and open dialog window
Create desktop shortcut ... - Create a shortcut to one or several selected cleanup tasks on the computer desktop. Double-clicking this shortcut will automatically perform these cleanups one after the other.
Create desktop shortcut
for current task ... - Create a shortcut to the currently-opened backup task on the computer desktop. Double-clicking this shortcut will immediately start the backup.
for several tasks ... - Create a shortcut to several selected backup tasks on the computer desktop. Double-clicking this shortcut will automatically perform these backups one after the other.
Logs - more infos
View - Display and optionally print the current log file
Delete - Delete the current log file
View other ... - Select and display any log file
Delete old logs ... - Delete all log files from the current log directory older than an adjustable fixed date or older than a selectable number of days, weeks, months or years relative to the current date. If a relative value is specified, you can also select that the deletion of older log files will be done automatically on every program start.
FTP log - Delete the FTP communication log file (see here)
View ... - Display the FTP communication log file
Delete ... - Delete the FTP communication log file
Update view (Function key F5) - Update the task view (count all files and calculate the volume to be backed up) and the directory view
Tools
Scheduled Tasks
Add current backup task - Configure Windows Task Scheduler to perform the currently-loaded backup
Edit scheduled task - Select a backup task performed by Windows Task Scheduler and edit the schedule.
Configure backup schedules - Launch the supplementary program PbPlaner, to configure alternating backup schedules using Windows Task Scheduler.
External Restore program
Restore files - Launch the supplementary program PbRestore to select single files from backup (even when compressed and encrypted) for restore to any location.
Restore from zip archive - Launch the supplementary program PbRestore to restore files from a zip archive in which also archives with encrypted filenames are supported.
Start Backup under different account - Launch the supplementary program PbStarter to configure backups so that they will be started under a different user account. This is good way to protect the backups from manipulation by malware.
Thunderbird mail backup - Launch the supplementary program TbBackup to help less-experienced Thunderbird users to backup and restore their mail data.
Preferences
View ... - View settings
Start program ... - Settings for program start
Shutdown ... - Settings for backups on shutdown
Copy options ... - Basic settings for copying files
Security copies ... - Presettings for security copies
Log file ... - Log settings
Printer ... - Settings for printing the log
Directories ... - Selection of the directories used by the program
Other ... - Other settings
Language - Selection of the user language
Default - Use the system default language
Dutch
English
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Help
Overview - Brief summary
Desktop - Show this help file
License - User license
Version - Version info
Changelog - Information on version history
References - Information on components used from other authors
Check for update ... - A connection to the Internet will be established to check if a new update is available (details).
Homepage - Homepage of Personal Backup
Donate - Make a donation to Personal Backup

Context menus

A right-click on certain areas of the desktop opens one of the following context menus.

Task menu

Area "Task"

Save task - Save current task to disk
Save task as ... - Save current task to disk as new file
Start backup ... - Start current backup task immediately
Create desktop shortcut ... - Create a desktop shortcut for starting the currently-open backup task
Log settings ... - Settings for the backup log
Task description - User's description for the backup task
Edit menu

Area "Destination directory"

Cut selected text - The marked text in the destination field will be copied to the clipboard and then deleted.
Copy selected text - The marked text in the destination field will be copied to the clipboard.
Paste from clipboard - Text from the clipboard will be inserted into the destination field.
Delete selected text - The marked text in the destination field will be deleted.
Remove current list item from list - The selected destination directory will be removed from the internal list of recently-used directories.
Clear whole list - The internal list of recently-used directories will be deleted entirely.
File menu

Area "Directories to be backed up"

Show all selected files ... - Show all files that are selected for backup using the current filter settings
Show all excluded files ... - Show all files that are excluded from backup using the current filter settings
Show all files to be backed up ... - This item is only available when only files are to backed up having the archive bit been set or the backup is made to zip files.
Show all files not to be backed up ... - This item is only available when only files are to backed up having the archive bit been set or the backup is made to zip files.
Rescan selected directories ... - The selected directory will be scanned to update file count and volume.
Replace directory ... - The directory selected to be saved will be replaced by another. The new directory can be selected using a dialog. All other settings for this entry will remain unchanged. This option can also be used if the name of an external volume has changed. The directory entry will be updated automatically.
Replace directories no longer available ... - Directories not available when loading the task (because they have been deleted or renamed, for example) are disabled and displayed in gray. Select this menu item to replace them by other existing directories. All other settings for these entries will remain unchanged.
Remove all directories no longer available - Directories not available when loading the task (because they have been deleted or renamed, for example) are disabled and displayed in gray. Select this menu item to remove them from the currently-loaded task.
Selected files

Area "Subdirectories"

Show files of subdirectory ... - All files located in the selected subdirectory will be displayed. This is very useful for checking whether there are any files that should or should not be backed up.
Show all selected files ... - Show all files that are are selected for backup using the current filter settings
Show all excluded files ... - Show all files that are excluded from backup using the current filter settings
Task menu

Area "Directory selection"

Add to task -The selected directory will be added to the backup task.
Update - Update directory tree.

J. Rathlev, 24222 Schwentinental, Germany, April 2018