Your Backup Jobs

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Backup Jobs are used to store a list of the files and folders that you would like to backup, as well as your backup settings and scheduling settings for that Job.

To create a new Backup Job, click on the "Create Job" button. A new Backup Job named "New Backup Job #" will be added to the Job list. You can rename the backup job at any time by pressing F2, right-clicking and selecting "Rename Job" or by simply clicking on the name of the currently selected Backup Job.

Selecting Files

After creating a new Backup Job you will probably want to add some files or folders to it. To select which files or folders to backup, select a Backup Job and go to the Add/Remove Files page.

From this page, which should look similar to the Windows file manager, you can select which files or folders to backup by checking the small boxes to the left of the names. A green checkmark means that a file or folder will be included in a backup while a white checkmark means that a folder contains files or folders that will be included in a backup.

To navigate, use the folder tree to the left or double click on a folder to open it. To backup files from the network you must first map the network location as a network drive.

At the bottom of the "Add/Remove Files" page you can see how many files have been added to the backup as well as the total size of the backup and the estimated total compressed size of the backup. These numbers are updated automatically as you select or deselect files. Use the estimated compressed size (or total size if you have disabled compression) to determine if there is enough space on the target media to store the backup.

You can sort files and folders by name, size, type or last modified by clicking on the column headers above the file list. Clicking on a column header a second time cause the files to be sorted in reversed order. Folders will always be located at the top of the list to simplify navigation.

As you may have noticed, WinBackup shows the size of folders as well as files. While file sizes are immediately available folder sizes must be calculated by adding the size of all files contained in the folder and all its subfolders. Since some folders may contain thousands of files it may take a few seconds to calculate the size of the topmost folders

More information can be found online at http://www.downloadatoz.com/winbackup/backup-jobs.html

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