In this screen you will set the target location for saving the backup archive, the archive name, and the archive format.

 

Backup Target

The Backup Target is the destination of your backup archive.  Select a target folder either by clicking on the folder icon or by typing in the path directly in the ‘Location’ field in the work area.  The Target Folder may be on a variety of storage media including other hard drives, removable disks, USB drives, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, or digital tape.  Moreover you can backup your files over a local area network.

 

 

 

It is advisable not to save your backup archive on the same hard drive as your data.  In the case of hard drive failure, you may lose your data and your backup file – so please exercise the proper caution.

 

 

To change the Backup Target, click on the folder icon () in the work area and browse for a target.

 

File Name

The next step is to name the backup archive which can be done by creating a file name in the File Name field below the ‘Location’ field.  By default, the name of your backup file is the same as the name of the Backup Job.  The backup archive file extension is ‘.w2b’ by default.

 

Location and File Variables

When performing backups, it can be important to ensure each backup archive has a different name.  This avoids overwriting previous backups.  WinBackup 2.0 has a set of file-related variables that may be appended automatically to the name of backup archive that you have chosen.  For example, if your backup archive file is called “Work Backup”, WinBackup 2.0 allows you to automatically put the date and time stamp when the backup is performed.  Therefore, when performing the Backup Job “Work Backup” on the 25th December 2005 at 12:01 p.m., WinBackup 2.0 automatically inserts 200512251201 before the name that you have selected.  

 

To access this function click on Variables Icon () next to the ‘File Name’ or ‘Location’ fields and WinBackup 2.0 yields a list of variables to choose from including Date, Time, Current User and Computer Name. Select the preferred variable and a code be appended to your file name.  From our previous example the code in bold has been added to your original file name: “%T_yyyy-mm-dd%%T_hh_nn_ss%Work Backup.w2b”.  This code will be converted at the time of backup.  The same process may be carried out for location (or target) related variables and you may also include the date, time, current username and computer name with your filename to provide information relating to the location of your backup archive.