Incremental Backup

[lch3]

Greetings,

 

 

 

Using Express 5.6 on Win2K, sp2, Sony CD-RW.

 

 

 

I have a defined back-up set of a number of specified folders, for which the initial back-up has been done. About a month later, I tried an incremental back-up using the same back-up set, but it did not readily recognize the pre-defined folders that were initially backed up. It seems that I have to manually specify each folder/file that exists in this back-up set to get it to perform the incremental back-up - only replacing files which have been updated - is this correct that the software does not recreate the folders/file list from the backup set? If so, is there an easy way to print this list so I can do it manually each time?

 

 

 

Thanks....LH

 

 

[AmyJ]

If you are using Immediate Backup and clicking on Preview to select folders/ files for backup, your selections will not be retained. The Preview window will always regenerate a "live" picture of your drive in the existing state.

 

 

 

With Express edition the best way to backup specific folders, and have Retrospect remember them, is to create Subvolumes. When setting up your backup, go to Sources. Highlight your hard drive, and click the Subvolume button. A list of folders on the root level of your hard drive will come up. Find the first folder you'd like to backup, highlight it and click 'Define.' You will then see this folder listed seperately under your harddrive. Repeat the Subvolume/Define proceedure until you see all the folders you'd like to backup listed underneath your hard drive. Once all folders are defined you can use the Shift or Ctrl keys with your mouse to select one or all of the folders as the source (s) for the backup. You can use multiple sources in an Immediate Backup (eg: 1 folder or many).