Knowledge base
How to start your free Backup4all trial
Before purchasing a license and activating it online you have the option of testing it for free. The trial version has the same features as the paid version and it will work for 30 days. To continue using it after the trial expires, you will have to purchase a license and activate it. Once the program is activated, you will be able to continue using Backup4all without having to reconfigure anything extra.
How to backup your data to dreamObjects
DreamObjects is an inexpensive object storage dreamObjects offered by DreamHost. It caters to small businesses and private individuals.
How to restore a backup using WinRar
This article explains how to restore a backup created with Backup4all, using WinRar.
Network deployment strategy for Backup4all
This article explains the network deployment strategy for Backup4all. First, you have to install Backup4all on all network computers using Group Policy (or a MSI deployment tool), then copy the files from the configuration folder to all computers.
How to schedule all jobs?
This article describes how to schedule a task that will back-up all the jobs. You can use the option which was created for that in Scheduler Properties.
How to backup your data to Scality
Scality is a global reaching company which specializes in object storage technology. Scality's primary product is called RING, which is a software package that deploys on standard x86 servers and manages objects and files.
How to backup your data to Verizon
Verizon Communications is a North American telecom conglomerate. It provides many services from cable television to broadband Internet connection, digital media, and IoT.
How to move a backup from a failing hard drive to a new one
When backing up using Backup4all, if the destination drive crashes, you can move the backups in destination to another hard drive, then continue the backups to the new hard drive.
How to backup your data to HGST
HGST is a producer of storage hardware held by the parent company, Western Digital. The Wikipedia page on HGST states that they also offer external storage services, although the reference seems to be linking towards a nonresponsive domain.
How to activate Backup4all Monitor
Backup4all Monitor allows you to monitor as many Backup4all installations as your number of licenses. For example, you have 20 Backup4all installations to monitor, so you need 20 licenses for that.
What is cloud backup
This article will describe and explain several terms as cloud storage, cloud backup and how are they used. The term Cloud Backup is referring to uploading your data to a site like Carbonite, Mozy, Amazon S3, Google Drive, Azure, Amazon, One Drive, Box or Dropbox, HiDrive. Fueled by affordable bandwidth and capacity optimization technologies, cloud-based backup became a popular alternative to portable media.
How to restore a backup from OneDrive
OneDrive was designed to allow users to store and access their files from anywhere, on any device, and collaborate with others.
How to backup your data to Revera
Revera is a cloud services provider from New Zealand. The have different products, such as c-Stack - an online productivity tool, Apollo - a service that brings Microsoft's Azure platforms closer to home, and Vault, which takes care of big data and features ridiculously low GB/month rates.
How to backup your data to Akaza
Akaza is the national cloud platform of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT). The premier ICT solutions provider launched the country’s National Cloud, “AKAZA”, raising the bar in cloud computing in Sri Lanka.
How to create a shortcut
The Create Shortcut window can be opened from the File->Create Shortcut... menu item or by right-clicking the backup job from the backup list and selecting Create Shortcut... It creates a shortcut for the backup job on a designated location and you can simply run the backup job by double-clicking it.
How to use and configure the Startup feature in Backup4all
The Startup and updates page of the Options window (accessible from the File, Options menu item) contains startup related settings of the program.
How to backup your data to Cisco
Cisco Systems is a multinational tech giant, centered in Silicon Valley, California. They develop communications technology, server hardware but also offer cloud computing and storage solutions.
Ordering - FAQ
This section contains answers for frequent questions regarding the ordering process of Backup4all.
How to backup only to a specific removable/external drive
When you have multiple removable/external drives that you connect to your computer one at a time, they could be assigned with the same drive letter in Windows. When the scheduler runs, Backup4all will automatically run the backup to the currently connected hard drive assigned with the selected drive letter. If you want to use only one drive for backups and the others for different projects, you need to make sure the backup won't be executed on the wrong hard drive connected at that time.
How to change the backup job name, tag or icon
This article will show you how to change the backup job's name, tag or icon. All these 3 items can be changed from the same location if you open Backup Properties (Ctrl+P) and go to the General page. This page defines the appearance of the backup jobs in the backup list.
How to backup your data to T Cloud
T Cloud is a South Korean software infrastructure company that offers solutions for cloud data centers and scalable cloud object storage, maintaining 99.9% uptime since 2012.
How to use "Backup on demand"
The Backup on demand page of the Options window (accessible from File menu item) contains settings for the one touch button of some USB/FireWire devices.
Backup music with Backup4all
This article explains how to backup music with Backup4all. You can choose to back up your music files located in My Documents folder by using the specific plugin or you can set a filter to include in backup only the audio files extensions.
How to customize email notifications
Backup4all Professional edition has the email notification feature, which allows you to send emails after each action (backup/test/cleanup) executed on a backup job.
How to backup your data to Exoscale
Exoscale is a Swiss based cloud computing company. it ofers affordable high performance SSD cloud servers and multi-redundancy object storage.