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The Backup page of the Options window (accessible from the Tools, Options menu item) contains settings related to the backup operations.
When destination not ready The options from this group only affect scheduled backups. The first number (Retry option) indicates how many times the application tries to access the destination location if it is not available. By default this option is set to 3 attempts. The second number (Wait option) indicates how many seconds to wait between two consecutive attempts to access the destination location. By default this option is set to 5 seconds.
Confirmations
Warn before completely erasing a disk - Check this option if you want to be warned each time Backup4all wants to completely erase a disk. By default this option is checked.
Show warnings dialog at the end of the backup - Check this option if you want to be notified if any warnings or errors appeared while performing the backup. You can always check for warnings and errors in the log file. The warning or error icon is shown over the backup job no matter if this option is checked or not. By default this option is checked.
Show success messages - Check this option if you want Backup4all to pop-up a success message when the backup or restore operation was executed with no errors or warnings. By default this option is not checked.
Ask for a new disk before backup - Check this option if you want to be asked to enter a new disk before backup execution starts. This way you can have different backup executions on different disks. By default this option is not checked.
Show disk label message after writing a disk - This option applies only when you back up to removable media and the backups are spanned to multiple disks. If this option is set, you will be asked to mark the disk with a label after each disk is completely written. The system suggests you the disk labels and will refer to each disk using its label (while restoring). By default this option is checked.
Show file warnings - If checked file warnings like access denied, locked files etc. are displayed to the user during backup execution. These warnings are also written to the log file. Scheduled backups do not show these warnings even when this option is set. By default this option is checked.
Warn before canceling the backup - If checked a confirmation message will be displayed when a backup is canceled before being completely executed. By default this option is checked.
Default compression filter This default filter is applied to new backup jobs by default, to increase the compression performance. It defines what types of files to be stored uncompressed in the zip file. These are files that are already compressed (e.g. zip, rar, mp3 or avi) and using the zip compression on them wouldn't result in a smaller sized backup. This can also be modified individually from each backup job's Properties->Types->Advanced window in the Filters box.
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