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Folder-naming Issues, Selecting Folders for Backup

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Note: If you back up files and folders that are constantly changing, such as program files or logs, your Personal Server will be constantly updating those files and your computer's performance may be affected. Folder-naming Issues Once you've selected a folder for backup, you cannot change the folder name in any way. If you do change a folder name, you must again select that folder for backup after the name change. If you place a sub-folder within a backed up folder, the sub-folder is automatically backed up. If you then delete the sub-folder and subsequently place a file with the same name as the deleted sub-folder in the same location, that file will NOT be backed up. You must purge the deleted sub-folder before the file with the same name can be backed up. Selecting Folders for Backup You can select a folder for backup in three ways: 1. From the Folders Recommended for Backup window 2. From the Backup Tasks menu on the Backup & Restore screen 3. From your desktop or Windows Explorer Note: The My Documents folder is a special Windows folder and is the only folder you cannot select for backup by right-clicking it on your desktop. The Folders Recommended for Backup window provides a list of the folders most often selected for backup. Once you've backed up a folder on the list, it no longer appears when the list is next displayed. The Folders Recommended for Backup window first appears in the Setup Wizard when you initially set up your Mirra PC software (see Setup Wizard). Thereafter, it can be accessed from the Backup Tasks menu on the Backup & Restore screen. To select folders for backup from the Folders Recommended for Backup window, Step 1: Click the Backup & Restore tab. Mirra Manual for Windows Release 2.2 61

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Mirra Manual for Windows
Release 2.2
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Note:
If you back up files and folders that are constantly changing, such as program files or
logs, your Personal Server will be constantly updating those files and your computer’s
performance may be affected.
Folder-naming Issues
Once you’ve selected a folder for backup, you cannot change the folder name in any
way. If you do change a folder name, you must again select that folder for backup
after the name change.
If you place a sub-folder within a backed up folder, the sub-folder is automatically
backed up. If you then delete the sub-folder and subsequently place a file with the
same name as the deleted sub-folder in the same location, that file will NOT be
backed up. You must purge the deleted sub-folder before the file with the same
name can be backed up.
Selecting Folders for Backup
You can select a folder for backup in three ways:
1.
From the
Folders Recommended for Backup
window
2.
From the
Backup Tasks
menu on the
Backup & Restore
screen
3.
Fr
om your desktop or Windows Explorer
Note:
The
My Documents
folder is a special Windows folder and is the only folder you cannot
select for backup by right-clicking it on your desktop.
The
Folders Recommended for Backup
window provides a list of the folders most
often selected for backup. Once you’ve backed up a folder on the list, it no longer
appears when the list is next displayed. The
Folders Recommended for Backup
window first appears in the Setup Wizard when you initially set up your Mirra PC
software (see
Setup Wizard
). Thereafter, it can be accessed from the
Backup
Tasks
menu on the
Backup & Restore
screen.
To select folders for backup from the
Folders Recommended for Backup
window,
Step 1:
Click the
Backup & Restore
tab.