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Backing up your complete system, Doing your first backup: testing your script

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Backing up your complete system 9. Click Create. You cannot run Retrospect Express under OS 9 to create system backups of OS X. You must run Retrospect Express under OS X to back up an OS X system. 1. Open Retrospect Express The Retrospect Express Directory window will open. A window appears asking you: 'What do you want to name your backup set?' 10. Type in a memorable name, like System Backup, and click New. The Choose a Folder window will now appear. 11. Select the drive you plan to back up to (your Maxtor OneTouch drive) and click Save. 2. Click the Automate tab. The Scripted Retrospect operations section will appear. 3. Click EasyScript. The 'Welcome to EasyScript' window will appear. 4. Click Next. A window will appear, telling you: 'EasyScript has created and scheduled a script' At this point, you can click Open Script to view your script and make changes, or you can simply click Done to finish. You'll 4 learn how to make basic changes to your script later in this chapter. 12. Click Done. The Backup media page will appear. 5. Select File backup set (hard disk) and click Next. The Backup frequency page appears asking you: 'How often do you want to back up?' 6. Choose either Every day or Once a week If you chose the once a week backup option, choose the Day also. 7. Click Next. You now have a finished script that will automatically backup your system at the time and date you specified. All you have to do is leave your computer and Maxtor OneTouch drive on. You don't even have to open Retrospect Express! We highly recommend that you run your backup script manually the first time to make sure that it backs up everything you need. You'll learn how to do this in the following section. Doing your first backup: testing your script 1. Open Retrospect Express (if not already open). The EasyScript backup strategy window appears. The Retrospect Express Directory window will open. 8. Choose a start time for your backups. 2. Click on the Run drop-down menu at the top of the screen and pull down to select EasyScript Backup. Backing Up Your System 25

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Backing Up Your System
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Backing up your complete system
You cannot run Retrospect Express under OS 9 to create
system backups of OS X. You must run Retrospect Express
under OS X to back up an OS X system.
1.
Open
Retrospect Express
The
Retrospect Express Directory
window will open.
2.
Click the
Automate
tab.
The
Scripted Retrospect operations
section will appear.
3.
Click
EasyScript
.
The ‘Welcome to EasyScript’ window will appear.
4.
Click
Next
.
The
Backup media
page will appear.
5.
Select
File backup set (hard disk)
and click
Next
.
The
Backup frequency
page appears asking you:
‘How often do you want to back up?’
6.
Choose either
Every day
or
Once a week
If you chose the once a week backup option, choose the
Day
also.
7.
Click
Next.
The
EasyScript backup strategy
window appears.
8.
Choose a start time for your backups.
9.
Click
Create.
A window appears asking you: ‘What do you want to name
your backup set?’
10.
Type in a memorable name, like System Backup, and click
New.
The
Choose a Folder
window will now appear.
11.
Select the drive you plan to back up to (your Maxtor OneTouch
drive) and click
Save.
A window will appear, telling you: ‘EasyScript has created and
scheduled a script’
At this point, you can click
Open Script
to view your script and
make changes, or you can simply click
Done
to finish. You’ll
learn how to make basic changes to your script later in this
chapter.
12.
Click
Done.
You now have a finished script that will automatically backup your
system at the time and date you specified. All you have to do is
leave your computer and Maxtor OneTouch drive on. You don’t even
have to open Retrospect Express!
We highly recommend that you run your backup script manually the
first time to make sure that it backs up everything you need. You’ll
learn how to do this in the following section.
Doing your first backup: testing your script
1.
Open
Retrospect Express
(if not already open).
The
Retrospect Express Directory
window will open.
2.
Click on the
Run
drop-down menu at the top of the screen and
pull down to select
EasyScript Backup.