At BHD we sell and promote the use of NTI Backup Now! software, which, as software programs go, is a dream to work with.  It gets setup once, and will continue, like that little energizer bunny, to work and work, day in and day out

For setting up the BACKUP, in STEP 1:  This is a standard explorer window, with folders on the left and files on the right – to select the entire drive or folder select the check box on the left; to select (or deselect) the check box in the right window.  Note that if an entire folder is selected the checkmark will have a white background; if some files or sub-folders have been deselected, the background for the checkbox will be grey.  Selecting the RETAIL8 folder (typically – the folder that contains the RPRO folder; yours may be different) will select all of the necessary files will be backed up.

In STEP 2, the things to check here are the Backup Destination – it should be showing the CD Writer – note the pull down arrow on the right, which would allow you to select other destinations, such as an alternate hard drive.  The other settings for backup drive, speed, and write method are informational, and the defaults are (usually) fine.

STEP 3 (not shown) – there is no need to go here at all – it has options for incremental backups and changing from the default to Verify-Compress-Append – and these settings should not be changed.

No need to go to START – choose SCHEDULE to set the schedule so the program will run automatically; you will be prompted to save the file settings, so give it a name and keep it in the default folder; set it for daily, and the Which Days button will allow selection of days of the week – all are selected by default – then set the Start at time – at least a half hour before anyone will arrive.

There are other considerations for backups as well – once you have all those daily CDs made, where do you keep them?  The latest CD should be immediately available to you in case of need, but we strongly recommend offsite storage of the backup CDs – in case of catastrophic loss or theft, you will at least have a fairly recent copy of the files.

And speaking of those daily CDs – when the backups were first started, getting by with one CD was not an issue – but now that two or more CDs are needed, suddenly the NTI backup is not so convenient –NTI Backup Now! 3 supports DVD writers as well as CD writers - check with BHD tech/training for exploring more options.

Last and not least in the back-up idea – check with BHD tech/training at 916-368-1070.

At BHD we sell and promote the use of NTI Backup Now! software, which, as software programs go, is a dream to work with.  It gets setup once, and will continue, like that little energizer bunny, to work and work, day in and day out

For setting up the BACKUP, in STEP 1:  This is a standard explorer window, with folders on the left and files on the right – to select the entire drive or folder select the check box on the left; to select (or deselect) the check box in the right window.  Note that if an entire folder is selected the checkmark will have a white background; if some files or sub-folders have been deselected, the background for the checkbox will be grey.  Selecting the RETAIL7 folder (typically – the folder that contains the RPRO folder; yours may be different) will select all of the necessary files will be backed up.

 In STEP 2, the things to check here are the Backup Destination – it should be showing the CD Writer – note the pull down arrow on the right, which would allow you to select a secondary CD-RW drive.  The other settings for backup drive, speed, and write method are informational, and the defaults are (usually) fine.

 STEP 3 (not shown) – there is no need to go here at all – it has options for incremental backups and changing from the default to Verify-Compress-Append – and these settings should not be changed.

No need to go to START – choose SCHEDULE to set the schedule so the program will run automatically; you will be prompted to save the file settings, so give it a name and keep it in the default folder; set it for daily, and the Which Days button will allow selection of days of the week – all are selected by default – then set the Start at time – at least a half hour before anyone will arrive.

There are other considerations for backups as well – once you have all those daily CDs made, where do you keep them?  The latest CD should be immediately available to you in case of need, but we strongly recommend offsite storage of the backup CDs – in case of catastrophic loss or theft, you will at least have a fairly recent copy of the files.

And speaking of those daily CDs – when the backups were first started, getting by with one CD was not an issue – but now that two CDs are needed, suddenly the NTI backup is not so convenient –check with BHD tech/training for exploring more options.

Last and not least in the back-up idea – check with BHD tech/training at 916-368-1070