Personal Backup Version 5.2

© 2012, J. Rathlev, IEAP, Kiel University

Personal Backup in the Windows notification area

Left-clicking the icon in the Windows notification area will display the schedule of the next automatic backup. Optionally, you can open the program desktop window by clicking the Show desktop button.

Right-clicking the icon will cause a menu to appear:

Personal Backup
Open the program desktop window
Start backups
All - Start all tasks designated for automatic execution.
1 Persdat - Start the first task (with the name PersDat in this example) designated for automatic execution.
2 .. - Start the second task ..
...
Clicking on one of these menu items will open a dialog in which you can optionally specify standby or hibernation to be performed after backup (more info).
Start restore ..
The dialog window for restoring files will be opened.
Clean up ..
The dialog window for deleting files will be opened.
Shutdown
with backup, then power off - All backup tasks designated for execution at logoff will be started, after which the computer will be shut down.
with backup, then restart - All backup tasks designated for execution at logoff will be started, after which the computer will be restarted.
and power off - Shut down the computer without any backup.
and restart - Restart the computer without any backup.
Logoff
with backup - Before logging off the user, all backup tasks designed for execution at logoff will be started.
without backup - Just log off the current user.
View
Log file - Open the the log window
Version info - Pops up a window with Version and Copyright info.
Quit Program
Remove the Personal Backup icon from the notification area.
Cancel
Close the right-click menu without further action.
 

J. Rathlev, Kiel, Germany, November 2011