Easy Step – by – step method to create a backup set for your Main drive on a separate backup hard disk. 1.Turn on Retrospect 2.Select – Automate 3.Select – Scripts 4.Select - New Backing up your hard drive with Retrospect
5. Select – No 6. Select – Backup 7. Select - OK If you select Yes, you will not have The option of backing up to a file. Selecting the Backup method
8. Type in – First 9.Click – New 10. Select Sources Beginning the script
11. Select - Drive C 1.Click – OK 2.Click – OK Drive and source selection
12.Select – Destinations 13. In storage type choose File. 14. Click - New Destination and backup type
15. Select where you are going to store the backup. In this case I chose Local Disk (E) 16. Click – Save 17. Click OK Choose any different physical drive other Than the one you are backing up. Backup set storage location
18.Click – OK 19. Choose - Schedule Starting the scheduling process
19. Select – Add 20. Select – Repeating Interval then - OK First of two schedules
21. Insert date of first backup. 22. Insert time of first backup. 23. Repeat – Every 2 weeks 24.Action: choose – Recycle 25. Click – OK 26. Click OK Recycle eliminates the need to cleanse The backups periodically. When do you want your backup to occur
27. Exit 28.Then – Save Completing the first backup schedule
Now we are going to generate the alternate week backup set so That you will always have a backup no older than one week. 29. Click - New Beginning the second script
30. Click – Backup 31. Click - OK 32. Type in – Second, then click - New Identify the second backup
34. Source volume is again the C drive. 35. Click – ok 33. Select Sources Identify the same drive to be backed up
36.Click – OK 37. Select – Destinations Again determining the backup location
38. Choose – Create New 39.Choose – File then click - New Selecting the storage for backup B
39. Select location for backup. 40. Click - Save This location can not be the same as the drive as the drive to be backed up
42.Click – OK 43. Click - OK Verifying the backup destination
44.Select – Schedule 45. Select - Add Setting the final schedule
46. Select – Repeating Interval, then – OK 47. Insert date of second backup. 48. Insert time 49. Set repeat interval 50. Action – Recycle 51. Click - OK Start date is one week after the first backup
52.Click – OK 53. Exit out Verifying the second schedule
54.Click – Save and exit the next screen. 54.Select - Preview The task is completed
56.This is your schedule of backups. Once you have gone this far, you can forget about this chore for the next few years. 57.Exit out and quit the Program. Review the weekly schedule – and relax