http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ Discussion forum for FBackup users. en Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:36:25 +0000 http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/great-program#post-2914 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:27:03 +0000 Hollywood 2914@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>&gt;&gt;&gt;please note in Backup Properties-&gt;Scheduler-&gt;Edit Properties, there is an option "Close after run". Please check it and FBackup will close after the backup is finished.</p> <p>THANKS! :) </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/great-program#post-2912 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:31:04 +0000 Admin 2912@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>I now understand your feature request. At this moment we don't have plans to add such a feature.</p> <p>Regarding the "Close after backup" problem, please note in Backup Properties->Scheduler->Edit Properties, there is an option "Close after run". Please check it and FBackup will close after the backup is finished.<br /> Please note this scenario works only if FBackup application is started by the scheduler, not if it was already running. </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/great-program#post-2910 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:06:04 +0000 Hollywood 2910@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>"I am not sure I understand correctly the second request. In Backup Properties-&gt;Mirror you have the option to "Remove excluded or deleted files from backup"."</p> <p>When you are making a copy of your data to an external drive in the Mirror mode, it basically COPIES your files of the drives and folders I selected to the destination. There is also a check box I can set, so that it also REMOVES data from the Destination IF it no longer exists on the Source. </p> <p>My feature request was that instead of checking that REMOVE setting for the whole backup script, that I can check it on or off as I add a source folder or drive.</p> <p>Example:<br /> One of my folders I add is My Documents, and if I don't want FBackup to delete files from the destination in case I need them later. </p> <p>Another folders would be my Windows Live Mail and Firefox folders. I DO want FBackup to add and DELETE files from the destination to make an exact mirror of those folders.</p> <p>Currently I have to choose if I want to use the Delete files from the Destination for all of the items I added to the script. My suggestion that that feature be put on the same screen as where you add files or folders, and that you could check that feature on a folder or drive as you add them to your backup script. I hope that is clearer :)</p> <p>Also, as I have been using the program a few days now, I still really do like it as it completes in about 3-4 minutes and it is simple and clean. When I run scheduled backups, the program window comes on the screen. I don't care if it does or does not, but it does not close after the backup. After the backup is complete, *IF* there was a message the user needed to know, I would understand this, but the open screen is the same as if you just started the program. </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/great-program#post-2905 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:05:20 +0000 Admin 2905@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>Thanks for your feedback and suggestions.</p> <p>How many files and folders you have in sources? The time necessarily to check for new and modified files in sources depends on that. </p> <p>I am not sure I understand correctly the second request. In Backup Properties->Mirror you have the option to "Remove excluded or deleted files from backup".</p> <p>Scheduling a backup group feature is available only in our commercial edition: <a href="http://www.backup4all.com">Backup4all</a> </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/great-program#post-2896 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 02:22:11 +0000 Hollywood 2896@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>I tried many commercial and free programs to find one that will do what I want QUICK and EASY. For my disaster backup/recovery I choose Easus Todo Backup. I does an 18gig backup of my C drive in about 6 minutes, and I tested the restore at about 15 minutes from the boot with the CD I made. </p> <p>As far as my data, FBackup does all of my requirements. I want a copy of my photos (lots!!), 2 iTune libraries, and the usual My Documents and email. FBackup neatly copies the folder and file structure to my USB drive in folders "C" "D" and "E". I actually backup to 2 USB drives and one job is a straight copy, and the other is a mirror that will also delete files from the target (no longer in the source). Schedule it all, and it's PERFECT!!!</p> <p>I do however have 2 suggestions. One is that I already had all of my files copied to the destination drive, but FBackup took about 4-5 hours to complete and create it's index. I am guessing you should be able to inventory the source and destination to build a faster 1st index? </p> <p>2nd, I like the way you can choose/add folders OR files. In the mirror/copy mode, it would be nice to be able to check off on the same dialog screen that you add files or folders if you want to delete target files no longer in the source. IF that is not possible, a work around would be to be able to schedule a backup to start after a current one ends instead of guessing how much time to allocate for the schedules. Actually, make that my 3rd suggestion, I like that idea :)</p> <p>After the 1st LONG run, if I add about 40 photos, and of course my email files change, the run completes in about 3-4 minutes! Thanks again for a great program!!! </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/multiple-processors#post-2798 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:06:42 +0000 Admin 2798@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>At this moment, FBackup does not use multiple processors for a backup.<br /> We added your suggestion on our wishlist. </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/multiple-processors#post-2793 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:53:36 +0000 arcarter 2793@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Does FBackup take advantage of processors with multiple processors? If not are there any plans to take advantage of this?</p> <p>Thanks Tony </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/suggestion#post-2788 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:59:31 +0000 Admin 2788@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>Backing up only the new and modified files is possible in FBackup is you use the Mirror backup type. </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/suggestion#post-2783 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:37:09 +0000 phluisma 2783@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Real time backup..... I like that option in NTI shadow 5, but i think your soft is better, but it needs that option, it's very usefull.</p> <p>When you are editing a word, excel, etc document...... inmediatily backup to the NAS folder i.e.<br /> First time the backup is long, but next times, you only updates the files that you edit, modify or create in the folders that you have marked for backup. </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/crc-error-but-next-backup-ok#post-2742 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:42:02 +0000 Admin 2742@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>We added your request to our Wishlist. </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/crc-error-but-next-backup-ok#post-2739 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 17:18:43 +0000 MiG 2739@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>I just had a CRC error on a large file, an external hash check confirms the source and the destination file are not the same. If I run the job again however, fbackup just flags the entire job as 'OK' - which of course it isn't, as there is a bad file on the destination dir.</p> <p>It might be a good idea to let fbackup flag these files in the fkc index file, and keep trying on subsequent jobs until they are backed up successfully... Otherwise people might get some nasty surprises when restoring! </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/wishlist-pause#post-2721 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:37:08 +0000 Admin 2721@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi John, </p> <p>We also added your request to our Wishlist. </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/wishlist-pause#post-2719 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:25:53 +0000 John 2719@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>How about including a "restart" option with the existing shoutdown, log off etc options to the "run actions after backup" on the free version of Fbackup?</p> <p>Thanks </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/suggestion-for-group-backups#post-2579 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:48:30 +0000 Admin 2579@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>We added your suggestion to our Wishlist. </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/suggestion-for-group-backups#post-2556 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:33:03 +0000 msc 2556@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>I have a suggestion that I feel with improve the already excellent FBackup utility.</p> <p>I have 4 backup jobs, and run them each night with an auto-shutdown on the last job.</p> <p>To do so, I use the "Group Backup" function in the taskbar.</p> <p>When each of the 4 jobs are running, you can only see the status of the backup progress plus any messages regarding each job, only IF that job is highlighted by selecting it with a left mouse click.</p> <p>I propose that with a GROUP BACKUP, each job is automatically selected as it's running and automatically cycles through the job list, so you can observe the progress and messages for each job in the group as they cycle through from top to bottom.</p> <p>Thanks. Love FBackup !!! </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/req-test-option#post-2489 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:54:04 +0000 MiG 2489@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Appreciate it! </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/req-test-option#post-2488 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:41:37 +0000 Admin 2488@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>We added your feature request to our Wishlist. Please note a manual test option is available in <a href="http://www.backup4all.com">Backup4all</a>, our commercial product. </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/req-test-option#post-2485 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 14:00:33 +0000 MiG 2485@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>I had to cancel the verification phase of a large backup job because I had to go away yesterday, but when I got back I found out that fbackup just takes the integrity of the backup for granted (even though it hasn't actually tested everything).<br /> In the past I've also had the odd situation where for some reason there were major discrepancies between my laptop and the backup drive (mirror mode, set to propagate deletions). The simple fix would be to delete the backup location and both index files, but doing a large, several hour backup again just so fbackup runs its tests seems like a bit of overkill.</p> <p>Would it be possible to include a manual 'test' option in a future version?<br /> i.e. fbackup basically just going through the backup location and comparing them to the source files, and then either validating them or correcting differences. </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/can-fbackup-run-minimized-or-run-in-invisible-mode#post-2354 Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:14:32 +0000 bmarr21 2354@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>spoke too soon, i think i found it in the main preferences, not the individual backup settings. Run in last state (minimized) </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/can-fbackup-run-minimized-or-run-in-invisible-mode#post-2353 Sat, 05 Mar 2011 18:11:19 +0000 bmarr21 2353@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>I registered just to post this, its very important and im running the paid for backup4all version. I want it to open and run in the background, never to be seen. I love everything else about this program, and i run it at 2am. But in the morning other people are always confused what to do when they see something they are not used to. </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/a-few-suggestions#post-2342 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:06:23 +0000 Admin 2342@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>1. The drag and drop feature is also available in FBackup if you press "Advanced mode" button and go to Source page.<br /> 2. We added your suggestion to the Wishlist.<br /> 3. This feature is available only in our commercial edition.<br /> 4. This feature is available only in our commercial edition. </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/a-few-suggestions#post-2332 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 02:23:18 +0000 longtalker 2332@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hello</p> <p>I think FBackup is great! A few suggestions for improvement of the free version, if I may:</p> <p>- it would be very good to be able to add multiple folders at once, rather than having to use the Add Folder button for every single folder. I know that drag&#38;drop is only supported in the paid version, but what I'm suggesting is a simple checkbox next to each file/folder, which can be ticked if the user wants that file/folder as part of the source</p> <p>- if a file is deleted in the source, the corresponding file in the destination can also be deleted during a backup, or can be kept for a number of days after the source has been deleted. This should really be a setting under Preferences...</p> <p>- being able to set the main program thread priority</p> <p>- display Estimated Time Left</p> <p>Thanks! </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/backup-easy-tricked-out#post-2204 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:06:33 +0000 Admin 2204@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>I you want to receive a free license of Backup4all Professional 4, please read this post: <a href="http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/50-licenses-for-backup4all-professional-giveaway" rel="nofollow">http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/50-licenses-for-backup4all-professional-giveaway</a> </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/mirror-backup-delete-folders-as-well-please#post-1917 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:08:20 +0000 Admin 1917@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>1. We fixed that problem in the latest build (232). Please download it from:<br /> <a href="http://www.software112.com/products/fbackup-free-backup-software+quick-download.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.software112.com/products/fbackup-free-backup-software+quick-download.html</a></p> <p>2. You cannot switch off testing after backup in FBackup application. That option is available only in our commercial edition, <a href="http://www.backup4all.com">Backup4all</a>. </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/mirror-backup-delete-folders-as-well-please#post-1907 Sat, 13 Nov 2010 18:40:16 +0000 bacizone 1907@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>I really like FBACKUP, use its mirror mode many times, and also check the "Remove excluded or deleted files from backup" option.</p> <p>However, as its name says, it only removes files.. but what if I change the folder structure of the source? E.g. I move some files to a different folder, and delete the original folder. FBACKUP will delete the files correctly, but will not delete the folder at the destination location!<br /> To make it a real mirror backup, please add the option to delete folders as well!</p> <p>2. Is it possible to switch off Testing at the end of backup process?</p> <p>Thanks,<br /> Bz. </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/wishlist-pause#post-1899 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:28:14 +0000 Admin 1899@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>We added your request on our Wishlist.<br /> That option is available now in our commercial edition: <a href="http://www.backup4all.com">Backup4all</a> </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/wishlist-pause#post-1896 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 11:00:03 +0000 pascal29 1896@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hello,</p> <p>we can use Environment Variables in destination folder field but I would have like to save in a folder with the date of the day I make the backup, so can you do something to put in the destination folder the date (for example dd-MM-aa)?</p> <p>Thanks </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/wishlist-pause#post-1894 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:32:29 +0000 Admin 1894@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>We added your request to our Wishlist.<br /> Please note that feature is already included in our commercial product, <a href="http://www.backup4all.com">Backup4all</a>. </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/wishlist-pause#post-1890 Sat, 06 Nov 2010 04:22:58 +0000 i_am_jim 1890@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Please add a <strong>Pause</strong> button that lets one pause an extended backup to perform another resource intensive activity then resume where it left off. </p> http://www.fbackup.com/forum/topic/backup-easy-tricked-out#post-1870 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:05:55 +0000 Admin 1870@http://www.fbackup.com/forum/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>We added your feature request to our Wishlist. </p>