User`s guide

33. How Do I Back Up Data?
With BitDefender Total Security 2011, you can make reserve copies of your valuable
data (documents, images etc) on various storage media:
● your computer
● a USB storage device
● a network location
● CD/DVD
● an FTP server
Backing data up helps protect against data loss. If you make regular backups of
your data, you can restore them whenever necessary. In this way, you can recover
lost files or go back to a previous version of a document.
Important
BitDefender Total Security 2011 is not designed to back up and restore Windows.
You cannot create an image of the operating system and of the installed applications
so that you can later restore your system to that state, if needed.
To back up data on a local storage media, follow these steps:
1. Open BitDefender.
2. Start the local backup wizard.
● In Intermediate View, go to the File Storage tab and click Backup Locally
and select Backup Locally.
● In Expert View, go to Backup and click Backup Locally.
3. Follow the wizard steps to configure and create the backup. For detailed
information, please refer to “Backing Up Data Locally” (p. 138).
a. Click Next.
b. Select the data you want to back up and click Next.
c. Specify where you want to back up the selected data: select a storage medium,
click Choose location and choose the backup location (except when you back
up data on a CD/DVD). Click Next.
d. Configure a backup schedule, if needed, and click Next.
e. Type the name of the backup job and click Start Backup.
f. Wait for the backup to be completed and click Finish.
If you need more backup options, or if you want to manage the backup jobs you
have created, open BitDefender in Expert View, go to Backup and click Settings.
For detailed information, please refer to “Backup Settings” (p. 141).
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