Backing up with Cobian 9
If you took
the defaults in the Cobian 9 install this software will run as a service in the
background. There will be a red and
white mushroom icon in the system tray next to the clock. To open the Cobian 9 interface, double-click
the red and white icon in the system tray; or alternately click on the Start button in the lower left corner,
choose “All Programs” then “Cobian Backup 9” then “Cobian Backup 9 User Interface”. Once the software is open, click on “Task”
then “new task”.
In the window that
appears type in the name of your task in the “Task Name” box. In this example we will be setting up a weekly
backup, so I have called the backup “Weekly Backup”. Make sure you have the boxes checked as
detailed in the picture below, and choose the radio button for “full” for
backup type.
In the navigation pane on the left, click
“Files”. Under “Source” click
“Add”
Choose your primary hard drive, usually C:, then click “OK”. This will back up the entire hard drive and will take quite a bit of time. Alternatively you may select the folders you wish to back up, typically this would be your My Documents folder, your Favorites, your desktop and the folder that holds your email data files if you use an email client like Outlook, Outlook Express or Microsoft Mail. If you don't know how to locate those files callyour favorite Geek while you are doing this and we will guide you through finding them.
Click “add” under “destination”, choose your backup location and click “OK”. In this example we will use drive F: which is an external USB hard drive. You may use a network drive to backup to, but that is outside of the scope of this document.
In the navigation pane on the left, click on Schedule. Under “Schedule Type” choose how often you wish to backup. In this example we are setting up a weekly backup which is reflected below. After you have finished editing your schedule, click on “OK”.
Your backup is now configured to run automatically on the schedule you chose. As long as the computer is turned on when the scheduled time occurs, your PC will run the backup. If you wish to run the backup manually, right-click on your scheduled backup in the left pane and choose “Run selected tasks”. Your backup will then run.
As the backup runs the log in the right pane will scroll and show the items backed up. When the backup is complete you will receive a notification in the system tray as shown in the example below. Be sure to look at the logs occasionally to make sure no important files are being skipped.
