Cobian Backup 7 Tutorial Welcome to Cobian Backup 7. This tutorial will show you how to install the program, configure it and create your first scheduled task.

Cobian Backup 7, Setup (1)  Installing Cobian Backup is easy. Just run the setup file (Cb7Setup.exe). Accept the license agreement and press “Next”.

Cobian Backup 7 Setup (2)  Now, you need to select the installation directory. The program will give you a default directory, but you are free to change it. If an old installation is detected, the program will automatically uninstall it.

Cobian Backup 7 Setup (3)  If an old installation is detected, the setup program will automatically uninstall it.

Cobian Backup 7 Setup (4)  Now you need to select an installation type. Use “Service” if you want to have the program running in the background even when no user is logged on the machine. This is the recommended option for NT, XP, 2000, 2003 and Vista. If you will access the network with the program (for example, by copying files to a server or other computer), you cannot use the LocalSystem account. Enter your User name and Password. See the FAQ and help file for more information.

Cobian Backup 7 Setup (5)  The setup program is now done. The program should now be running and can be accessed from the system tray.

Cobian Backup 7, Using  When the setup program is done, Cobian Backup can be accessed by double clicking the icon in the tray bar. If the “moon” icon is yellow, the program is running without problems. If the moon is blue, see the FAQ to correct the problems.

Cobian Backup 7, User interface  When you double click the ”moon” icon, you can see the user interface. First of all, it’s a good idea to change some options to adapt the program to your needs.

Cobian Backup 7, Options  To change the Options, click the menu Tools-Options.

Cobian Backup 7, Log file  There are options for almost EVERYTHING in Cobian Backup, so take your time to look around here. Also read the help file. For example, it’s a good idea to activate the log file to see if some errors arise during the backup. You can also send the log file to an address. To do that, check the “Mail the log file” box.

Cobian Backup 7, Mail options  When you check the “Mail log file” option, you can now enter the server to use and the address where the log will be delivered to.

Cobian Backup 7, Creating a task  Now, it’s time to add our first task. Click Task-New task. A new dialog will be shown.

Cobian Backup 7, Task, General options  Enter the task name. This will be used to identify your task. Choose the kind of backup you want (full, incremental, differential). Read more about this in the help files.

Cobian Backup 7, Task, Files  Click the Files tab. Here you can select the files and directories you want to backup (source) and the directory of destination. FTP directories can also be used as source or destination.

Cobian Backup 7, Task, FTP  If you want to use an FTP, click the Add FTP dialog. Enter the host name, user ID and password. The working directory MUST be an absolute and not a relative name.

Cobian Backup 7, Task, Schedule  Now it’s time to select the schedule of this task. Here I chose to execute this task Weekly, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 21:00 (9:00 PM).

Cobian Backup 7, Task, Compression-Encryption  In the next tab you can choose to compress or encrypt the backup. If the resulting archive is larger than 2Gb in size, the method Zip64 will be automatically used (if you select zip). Only a few programs can handle this method correctly. See the FAQ. You can also encrypt your files here.

Cobian Backup 7, Exclusions  In the next tab you can exclude some files from the backup. In this case I have chosen to exclude all the.tmp files.

Cobian Backup 7, Task List  Press OK to add the task to the active list. You will see all your tasks to the left of the program. Now you can minimize (close) the program and it will run your task when scheduled. You can also select the task and force a direct backup by clicking on the button labeled “Run the selected tasks”.

Cobian Backup 7, View log file  Don’t forget to check the log file. Here you can see everything the program is doing. You have the help files and the FAQ as another great source of information. Good luck!

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