Add folder to backup set

Right click on the backup set you want to configure and select Properties, or choose 'New...' from the file menu, to display the properties dialog. Click the 'Add folder...' button and a new window will pop up.

Source tab

First, specify which folder you want to back up.

Rules

Second, you can specify which files and subfolders to include in the backup. By default all files and subfolders are included. But, if you, for example, want to exclude all temporary files, fill in the controls like this:

a) Select 'Include all files' and 'Include all folders' by default, from the drop down box
b) Select the 'Exclude files' option box
c) Select 'with names matching pattern' from the dropdown box
d) Type in '*.tmp' into the text box (not including the quote marks)
e) Press the 'Add rule' button and name the new rule

You can add as many rules as you like, and make them apply to both files and folders.

Destination tab

Destination folder is the folder where you wish to store the backup. A network share or a formatted CD is recommended, but a local hard disk is an alternative.

If you check the Compress backup checkbox NH Backup will send all files and subfolders to a zip archive. You select what archive in the Archive file name text box.

The multi volume archive function is still in experimental phase. You can have NH Backup split the backup archive in volumes.

Compression level: 9 is strongest compression, 6 is default and 1 is no compression (store).

Password protection. It is important to take into account that the protection provided by this zip encryption is minimal. Neither the zip file nor the backup set file handles the password in sufficiently secure ways to ensure protection.

Options tab

In the Option tab, the checkbox Perform recursive backup is used to decide if subfolders to the selected source folder should be backed up or not.

By checking Delete from the destination..check box NH Backup can make the backup an exact mirror of the source folder. If unchecked all files that has ever been backed up to the folder will not be deleted. Therefore the destination folder might get bigger than the source folder. Files and folders will be permanently deleted.

Delete source folder is not recommended. If the backup set is scheduled it will on the second run delete also the destination folder if the Delete from the destination setting is turned on. The files will be permanently deleted.

Every backup item (file or folder) can be assigned a comment. Optional.