Before you click the Finish button in the Backup Wizard, you can set additional options using the Advanced button. The advanced options allow you to select a backup type (normal, copy differential, incremental, or daily), verify data after the backup, use hardware compression, if available, append this backup to an existing one or replace it, and schedule the backup for a specific date and time. Select Advanced Options Using a Wizard -
| Click the Start button, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Backup. | -
| Click Wizard Mode if necessary, and then click Next. | -
| Follow the instructions until you reach the Finish button. | -
| Click Advanced. | -
| Click the Select The Type Of Backup list arrow, select a backup type, and then click Next. | -
| Select the verification, compression, and shadow copy check boxes you want, and then click Next. | -
| Click the Append This Backup To The Existing Backups option or the Replace The Existing Backups option, and then click Next. | -
| Click the Now option, and then click Next. | -
| Click Finish to start the backup. | See Also See " Performing a Backup Using a Wizard " on page 412 for information on using the Backup Wizard. | Power User Technique Using Batch Files to Back Up Data You can perform backup operations from batch files using the ntbackup command followed by various command line parameters. The ntbackup command you can only backup folders and cannot specify individual files. However, you can use a backup selection file (.bks) from the command line, which contains a list of files you want to back up. You can use Backup to create backup selection files. The ntbackup command does not support the use of wildcard characters . For example, typing *.doc will not back up files with a .doc extension. To start a backup using ntbackup, click the Start button, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, click Command Prompt, type ntbackup folder name , and then press Enter. | |