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Options Window
Do not eject the disc
after the backup
Does not eject the disc after the backup.
Erases a rewritable disc if there is no longer sufficient space
for the backup. Prior to erasing, a dialog box will be
displayed that offers the option of not erasing the rewritable
disc.
Erase rewritable disc
automatically when
required
Specifies how long the dialog box waits for input before
Nero BackItUp erases the rewritable disc.
Wait time
Enable intelligent
compression
Enables intelligent compression and the Settings button.
Opens the Intelligent Compression Filter dialog box. You
can specify what file types are not compressed when
backing up to save backup time.
Settings
Creates a shadow copy for the file backup, i.e. open files
that are being worked on can be saved.
Use shadow copy for
file backup
Scan files
accessibility before
file backup
Verifies prior to backup whether the files can be accessed.
Specifies the size at which a file is split into smaller files if a
disc limit is reached when backing up.
Split files having size
greater than
Files that are smaller than the specification made here will
be written to the new disc rather than split when a disc limit
is reached.
Creates a bootable disc that makes it possible to boot the
computer with Nero BackItUp ImageTool. Nero BackItUp
ImageTool is a backup and restore program with a
graphical interface available in several languages (see
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Create bootable disc
with Nero BackItUp
ImageTool
BackItUp ImageTool
).
If the check box is disabled, the bootable disc is created
with Nero BackItUp NRestore - a DOS-based backup and
restore program available in English only.
This manual only describes Nero BackItUp ImageTool.
Prints the files of the backup in a tree structure.
Print selected items
in tree structure
If this box is not checked, the files will be printed out in a
list.
The so-called archive bit in files and folders can have two values: 1 and 0.
A value of 1 means that the file/folder has been created or changed and is not yet archived.
A value of 0 means that the file/folder has been archived and that no changes have been
made to it since that time.
Many archive or backup programs take the archive bit into consideration during
archiving/backup.
If a rewritable disc is automatically erased by Nero BackItUp as needed, you cannot
select the erase method. The Quick-erase method is used. If you want to use the Full-
erase method, you have to manually erase the rewritable disc (see
Erasing a rewritable
disc
).
The backup copy in *.nba format created during backup is a ZIP archive. Normally the files
in the ZIP archive are compressed. With Intelligent compression you can specify the files
within the archive that are not to be compressed. This is useful for file types that are