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Configuration

NH Backup supports custom double click action. Separate process means that the running instance of NH Backup will keep running when a backup process is started, and you will get two NH Backup windows running at the same time. One with the backup set manager and one with the started backup process.

With the check for available space on destination folders option turned on NH Backup will warn for low disk space if there is not room on the destination drive to hold all the content of the source folder - which is not the same as to say that there will actually be a space error when the backup is run, because only files that have been updated will be copied to the destination. This option is still under development.

Create backup source root folder in destination path: If the source folder is 'c:\myfiles\documents' and destination folder is 'd:\storage' then 'd:\storage\documents' will be auto-created and the files copied there. If unchecked, the files will be copied directly into 'd:\storage'.

NH Backup Agent

The NH Backup Agent is a small program that runs in the system tray watching for new drives to connect to the computer. When new drives connect any backup set configured to be triggered by the connected drive will be started. In order for the AutoRun feature to work, the Agent has to be running.

Web logs

The web log feature of NHB gives you the option of having the backup logs stored online on our home page. Whenever a backup is run its log is posted online so that the administrator can view the backup results anywhere, anytime.

The text boxes 'Name', 'Email' and 'Computer Description' can be edited freely. But the 'User ID' can not be chosen freely, it has to be generated by NH Backup either by the copy running on this computer or on another one. If you are running NH Backup on several computers you can post all your logs on the same web page by entering the user id from another copy of NH Backup, exactly as it is displayed on that computer. Otherwise you should leave it as it is. (Press the Restore button to use the original user id.)

Reclaim file association

In Windows all file extensions (like txt, exe, com, or doc) is associated with a program. If you double click a doc file in the Windows Explorer then Word will start, so then we know that Word is associated with doc files. NH Backup is normally associated with NH Backup files (that is the backup sets). However, other program can associate themselves with the NH Backup extension (steal the association). Use the 'Reclaim file association' command if you want NH Backup to steal back the extension.

Troubleshooting

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