Personal Backup Version 5.9
	© 2001 − 2018, Dr. J. Rathlev

Menus

Main menu

Context menus

Main menu

Backup task

New - Create new backup task

Open ... - Open saved task from the directory of the last opened task

Open from task directory ... - Open saved task stored from the selected task directory

Save - Save a modified task

Save as ... - Save task under new name

Delete ... - Delete a task no longer needed

Import ... - Import directories to be backed up from saved task

Export ... - Save as a new task an individual directory from an opened task

Recently-opened tasks ... - List of recently-opened tasks to facilitate reopening

Quit - Exit program or move to background

Actions

Start backup ... - Start the current backup task

Add directory to task ... - Select a directory to be backed up and add to task

Verify backup

Open dialog ... - Configure and carry out verification of files

Load task ... - Load saved Verify task and open dialog window

Create desktop shortcut ... - Create a shortcut to one or several selected verify tasks on the computer desktop. Double-clicking this shortcut will automatically perform these verifications one after the other.

Restore

Open dialog ... - Configure and carry out a restore of files

Load task ... - Load saved Restore task and open dialog window

Create desktop shortcut ... - Create a shortcut to one or several selected restore tasks on the computer desktop. Double-clicking this shortcut will automatically perform these restores one after the other.

Cleanup

Open dialog ... - Configure and carry out Cleanup of files

Load task ... - Load saved Cleanup task and open dialog window

Create desktop shortcut ... - Create a shortcut to one or several selected cleanup tasks on the computer desktop. Double-clicking this shortcut will automatically perform these cleanups one after the other.

Create desktop shortcut

for current task ... - Create a shortcut to the currently-opened backup task on the computer desktop. Double-clicking this shortcut will immediately start the backup.

for several tasks ... - Create a shortcut to several selected backup tasks on the computer desktop. Double-clicking this shortcut will automatically perform these backups one after the other.

Logs - more infos

View - Display and optionally print the current log file

Delete - Delete the current log file

View other ... - Select and display any log file

Delete old logs ... - Delete all log files from the current log directory older than an adjustable fixed date or older than a selectable number of days, weeks, months or years relative to the current date. If a relative value is specified, you can also select that the deletion of older log files will be done automatically on every program start.

FTP log - Delete the FTP communication log file (see here)

View ... - Display the FTP communication log file

Delete ... - Delete the FTP communication log file

Update view (Function key F5) - Update the task view (count all files and calculate the volume to be backed up) and the directory view

Tools

Scheduled Tasks

Add current backup task - Configure Windows Task Scheduler to perform the currently-loaded backup

Edit scheduled task - Select a backup task performed by Windows Task Scheduler and edit the schedule.

Configure backup schedules - Launch the supplementary program PbPlaner, to configure alternating backup schedules using Windows Task Scheduler.

External Restore program

Restore files - Launch the supplementary program PbRestore to select single files from backup (even when compressed and encrypted) for restore to any location.

Restore from zip archive - Launch the supplementary program PbRestore to restore files from a zip archive in which also archives with encrypted filenames are supported.

Start Backup under different account - Launch the supplementary program PbStarter to configure backups so that they will be started under a different user account. This is good way to protect the backups from manipulation by malware.

Thunderbird mail backup - Launch the supplementary program TbBackup to help less-experienced Thunderbird users to backup and restore their mail data.

Preferences

View ... - View settings

Start program ... - Settings for program start

Shutdown ... - Settings for backups on shutdown

Copy options ... - Basic settings for copying files

Security copies ... - Presettings for security copies

Log file ... - Log settings

Printer ... - Settings for printing the log

Directories ... - Selection of the directories used by the program

Other ... - Other settings

Language - Selection of the user language

Default - Use the system default language

Dutch

English

French

German

Hungarian

Italian

Polish

Portuguese

Russian

Spanish

Help

Overview - Brief summary

Desktop - Show this help file

License - User license

Version - Version info

Changelog - Information on version history

References - Information on components used from other authors

Check for update ... - A connection to the Internet will be established to check if a new update is available (details).

Homepage - Homepage of Personal Backup

Donate - Make a donation to Personal Backup

Context menus

A right-click on certain areas of the desktop opens one of the following context menus.

	Area "Task" Save task - Save current task to disk Save task as ... - Save current task to disk as new file Start backup ... - Start current backup task immediately Create desktop shortcut ... - Create a desktop shortcut for starting the currently-open backup task Log settings ... - Settings for the backup log Task description - User's description for the backup task
	Area "Destination directory" Cut selected text - The marked text in the destination field will be copied to the clipboard and then deleted. Copy selected text - The marked text in the destination field will be copied to the clipboard. Paste from clipboard - Text from the clipboard will be inserted into the destination field. Delete selected text - The marked text in the destination field will be deleted. Remove current list item from list - The selected destination directory will be removed from the internal list of recently-used directories. Clear whole list - The internal list of recently-used directories will be deleted entirely.
	Area "Directories to be backed up" Show all selected files ... - Show all files that are selected for backup using the current filter settings Show all excluded files ... - Show all files that are excluded from backup using the current filter settings Show all files to be backed up ... - This item is only available when only files are to backed up having the archive bit been set or the backup is made to zip files. Show all files not to be backed up ... - This item is only available when only files are to backed up having the archive bit been set or the backup is made to zip files. Rescan selected directories ... - The selected directory will be scanned to update file count and volume. Replace directory ... - The directory selected to be saved will be replaced by another. The new directory can be selected using a dialog. All other settings for this entry will remain unchanged. This option can also be used if the name of an external volume has changed. The directory entry will be updated automatically. Replace directories no longer available ... - Directories not available when loading the task (because they have been deleted or renamed, for example) are disabled and displayed in gray. Select this menu item to replace them by other existing directories. All other settings for these entries will remain unchanged. Remove all directories no longer available - Directories not available when loading the task (because they have been deleted or renamed, for example) are disabled and displayed in gray. Select this menu item to remove them from the currently-loaded task.
	Area "Subdirectories" Show files of subdirectory ... - All files located in the selected subdirectory will be displayed. This is very useful for checking whether there are any files that should or should not be backed up. Show all selected files ... - Show all files that are are selected for backup using the current filter settings Show all excluded files ... - Show all files that are excluded from backup using the current filter settings
	Area "Directory selection" Add to task -The selected directory will be added to the backup task. Update - Update directory tree.