Destination

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The Destination page defines where the backup archive will be stored.

Destinations

Valid destinations:

·	Local drives: hard disk drive, floppy drive, zip drive, CD/DVD drive, USB drive

·	LAN (network) drives: mapped network drive, UNC network drive

·	FTP servers (*): remote FTP locations

For removable media, there is an extra option: Erase disk before writing. Setting this option will completely erase the removable media before backup execution. If the destination is a CD/DVD drive, the burning process can be configured further from another dialog.

If the destination is a network drive, then only a full path is allowed. For example, suppose \\Backup_Server\PC1 is mapped on a workstation as drive X, then the following paths are both valid and indicate the same folder: \\Backup_Server\PC1\Backup and X:\Backup.

Make sure you can write in the destination and the selected folder (you have the proper rights and the media is not write-protected).

For each backup job, a backup catalog (".bkc file") is created in the destination folder and saved locally too (if the option Use local catalogs is checked). Each backup catalog can be assigned to one backup job.

Override catalog

In the Destination there is another option regarding the backup catalog: Override catalog. If you don't press the Override catalog button, your current backup job will use the existing catalog, or if there is no catalog it will create a new one.

If there is one backup catalog for this job created and you want to create a new catalog for this job but keep the old one too, press the Override catalog button and check the Create new catalog option that appears. Now, if the next time you do a backup you want to use the previous catalog, you can press the Override catalog button again and this time in the list you will see the 2 backup catalogs. The new one is grayed out and checked so to use the old one just select it from the list.

A backup catalog (".bkc" file) contains the following information:

·	backup job configuration: files and folders, filters, scheduling, backup type, etc. Usually this configuration is set in the New Backup Wizard or the Backup Properties window

·	List of files and folders that have been added to the backup

If you lost your backup job from the backup list and you want to recreate it, you can do so by using the File->Open backup option and selecting an existing ".bkc" or ".ini" file. The same action takes place if you double click on the ".bkc" file. A new backup job configuration will be added to the backup list and the configuration of the new backup job is copied from the ".bkc" file.