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Thecus Backup Utility

The Thecus Backup Utility is on your Installation CD. When you click on the CD, the

Backup Utility will be installed under Program Groups > Thecus > Thecus

Backup Utility. If it is not installed, you can copy the file (Thecus Backup

Utility.exe) to a convenient location on your hard disk and double click to execute

it.

NOTE

If you can not find Thecus Backup Utility on your CD

from the Thecus website (http://www.thecus.com).

, please download it

When you execute this utility for the first time, it will ask you whether to create a DB

file. Click Yes.

1. Click Add to create a Backup task. The Add New Task dialog box appears.

Add New Task

Item Description

Task Specifies a name for the current task.

Source Click to specify the source folder/file location.

Incremental Click to specify whether the backup will be incremental.

If unchecked, the backup will be a full backup.

Destination Click to specify the destination folder/file location.

Excluded extensions Files with these file name extensions will be skipped and not back

up to the destination.

Comments If you wish, enter comments here for your records.

2. To schedule the task to run at regular intervals, click on the Schedule icon

for that task. You can schedule the task to run Monthly or Weekly.

3. To check the log for that task, click on the Log icon for that task.

NOTE

Thecus Backup Utility also supports MAC OS X. Just copy the Thecus Backup

Utility.dmg to your MAC OS X machine and double click to execute it.

Windows XP Data Backup

If you use Windows XP Professional, you can also use the Windows Backup Utility

(Ntbackup.exe) to backup your files.

If you use Windows XP Home Edition, follow these steps to install the utility:

1. Insert the Windows XP CD into a drive and double-click the CD icon in My

Computer.

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