Introduction

This page explains steps to create a new backup project. Creating a new project is a fairly simple task and shouldn't take more than 30-45 seconds.

New project dialog

Steps

• 1. Open the new project dialog. You can do this by clicking to the big plus at the toolbar, or you can use "CTRL + N" combination.
• 2. After the dialog is open;
• 2.1 Select the source folder.
• 2.2 Select the destination folder.
• 2.3 Enter the project name.
• 2.4 Specify the file types you would like the program to ignore. For example, as shown in the screen shot above, program will ignore exes and dlls and will not copy them to destination folder.
• 2.5 If you would like to create a perfect mirror of the source folder at destination, check "Delete files in destination folder if they do not exist in source folder". This option will make sure that any file that does not exist at source folder but exists at destination will be deleted at destination.
• 2.6 Specify the file read buffer size. You may leave this value as it is unless you know what you are doing.
• 2.7 Select the method that will be used to detect when a file is altered.
• 2.7.1 Full File Search + Last Modified Date: Both files will be scanned for differences (slow)
• 2.7.2 MD5 + Last Modified Date: Calculate and compare MD5 values (slow)
• 2.7.3 Compare Sizes + Last Modified Date: Compare file sizes (fast)
• 2.7.4 Just Last Modified Date: Compare the last modified dates (fast)(default)
• 2.7.5 Please note that when any of the first three options is selected, program first will check the last modified date then will use the selected option. So, leaving this option as it is may be a good idea.
• 3. Click save. If everything goes well, your newly created project should be visible in the projects list in main window.