User manual SMC NAS24

[. . . ] To continue, click "Next" and the following screen appear. If you want to select a different Start menu folder, click "Browse" instead and select your desired folder. 10 7. To continue, click "Next" and the following screen appear. Click "Create a desktop icon" if wish to do so. 11 8. [. . . ] The next time you click "Backup Now" on the Main Menu, Backup Master would perform backup based on this initial settings. The following screen appears showing the progress of your backup. 26 To hide this screen, click "Hide" and an icon would appear on your Windows system tray. Right-click the icon using your mouse and click "SHOW" to restore the screen . Or, you can place your mouse on top of the icon to show the progress of your backup operation . To cancel the backup process anytime, click "Stop Backup" and the following screen appears. 27 After backup is complete, the following screen appears. 28 Basic Setup The "Basic Setup" option allows you to specify the backup target (drives, directories, or files) and backup destination (drive). Upon clicking "Basic Setup" on the Main Menu, the following screen would appear to allow you to configure the "Basic Setup" settings. To configure your settings for "Basic Setup:" 1. Select the drive, directory, or files to backup on the left window. Your choice(s) would be retained the next time you start up your device. Click "Clear All" in case you want to remove all the selection. Select the destination drive where you want to store your backup files on the right window. You can only select the destination drive, Backup Master will create the directory"\Backup Master\backup\"if not yet existing) and store the file(s) there. NOTE: If you want to specify your NAS storage device directly, click the NAS checkbox. 29 Double-click the NAS storage device on the right window and the following screen appears. Enter the default Username "guest" and Password "guest. " F 30 Click "OK" and the following screen appears showing the folder of your storage device. 3. Click "Finish" and Back to the Main Menu , The next time you click "Backup Now" on the Main Menu, the Backup Master would perform backup based on your last settings on "Basic Setup. " 31 Schedule Setup The "Schedule Setup" option allows you to automatically perform backups. Upon clicking "Schedule Setup" on the Main Menu, the "Schedule Setup" menu would appear. See the previous section for instructions on configuring the basic setup if you have not done so or you want to change the previous settings. To configure your settings for "Schedule Setup:" 1. Upon clicking "Finish" on the "Schedule Setup" menu the following screen appears. You can select "Specific date" or "Set for weekly. " 32 If you select "Specific date, " you may scroll through the particular month by clicking the arrow buttons. Set the "Time" (hour:minute) for scheduled backup to occur. Click the "Monthly" checkbox if you want the scheduled backup to be performed every month on your specified date. To select the date(s) to backup automatically, select this date(s) on the left window, then click "+" . The right window would show the detailed date information. To remove the date(s), select it on the right window, then click "-" . If you select "Set for weekly, " click the particular day(s) of the week. Set the "Time" (hour:minute) for scheduled backup to occur. [. . . ] Click "Finish" to return to the Main Menu. Locating Backup Files To locate files that were backed-up using the "Comprehensive backup" option, Backup Master will automatically create the following directories ­ "x:\Backup Master\Backup\01_09_2007_10_25_14"where "x" is the destination drive and "01_09_2007_10_25_14" is the date (Jan 09, 2007) and time (10:25:14) the particular backup was performed. New backups could be added and easily distinguished using the date and time the backup was performed. 39 To locate files that was backed-up using the "Duplicate" option, Backup Master will automatically create the following directories ­ "x:\Backup Master\Duplicates\Basic\D\ Jeffery", where "x" is the destination drive, "D" is the source drive, and "Jeffery" is the name of the folder and its corresponding contents the particular backup was performed. New backups could be added and easily distinguished using the source drive letter, folder name or filename of the backup that was performed. NOTE: In case the destination drive's capacity is full, the following screen would appear. Clear up enough space before performing backup again. 40 Restore The "Restore" option allows you to recover deleted or older versions of files based on previous backups. [. . . ]