About Bitdefender Total Security
Bitdefender Total Security is Bitdefender's top-level suite. It both enhances the security offered by Bitdefender Internet Security and extends its protection to all popular platforms.
How to backup and restore Bitdefender Total Security using Backup4all plugin
Once you installed Bitdefender Total Security, it is a bit of a problem to move its settings on another computer or to re-configure it after re-installing your system. This is where the plugin to back-up Bitdefender Total Security data is important and it will save you time compared to doing a backup manually.
Creating a backup job in Backup4all using the Bitdefender Total Security plugin will let you back-up the application folder and registry entries.
In order to backup Bitdefender Total Security, you have to follow these steps:
- Download and install the backup plugin here: Bitdefender Total Security backup plugin
- After you installed the plugin in Backup4all, define a backup job and run it to back-up Bitdefender Total Security. If you don't know how to install the plugin and run the backup, read this article: https://www.backup4all.com/how-to-download-install-and-use-backup-plugins-kb.html
If you need to restore the Bitdefender Total Security files after a fresh system installation or on a different computer, follow these steps:
- Install Bitdefender Total Security and the Bitdefender Total Security plugin from here: Bitdefender Total Security backup plugin
- Open in Backup4all the .bkc catalog file from the destination.
- Press the Restore button and follow the wizard steps.
What information is backed up when using the Bitdefender Total Security plugin
The backup plugin mentioned above will add as backup sources the following information:
- Bitdefender Total Security user profile folder - stored in %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Bitdefender
- Bitdefender Total Security local appdata folder - stored in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Bitdefender
- Bitdefender Total Security user appdata folder - stored in %APPDATA%\Bitdefender
- Bitdefender Total Security registry entries