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Defaults
Compression Level Select the compression (if any) to use for this image file. A Typical compression factor is about 50% at medium compression setting. Increasing the compression level will increase the amount of time required to backup and restore the image.
Automatic Let Reflect determine the maximum image file size. The maximum file size will be determined by the file system and the available space on the destination drive. For FAT32 the maximum file size is 4GB, for NTFS and optical drives (CD / DVD) the file size is determined by the amount of free space on the drive. If there is no more free space on the drive then you are prompted for a new location for the remainder of the image data. If the resultant image file is larger than 4GB and you are saving to a FAT32 location then the image file is split into multiple files and the file number (at the end of the image file name) is incremented.
Enter a fixed size You can enter a fixed number of MB or GB for the maximum file size. This is useful if you want the speed of a local hard disk for the initial backup, but later want to transfer the image files to CD / DVD where space per disk is limited. As soon as the file size is reached a new image file is created and the file number (at the end of the image file name) is incremented.
If a password is entered, then the image file cannot be restored or browsed without entering the password first. For security reasons the password is not stored with the file, only an MD5 hash value of the password is stored.
The password can be up to 256 characters in length, any combination of letters and numbers and is case sensitive.
AES Encryption, allows you to specify up to 256 bit encryption, making your data totally secure. There is a minimum password length requirement for AES as follows:
128 Bit - 8 Characters 192 Bit - 16 Characters 256 Bit - 32 Characters
Disk space management allows you to automatically purge the destination directory of old backups to make space available for the latest.
If a Full backup is removed from the destination directory then all linked incremental and differential backups will also be removed as these are now invalid.
Choosing this option will automatically verify each image or backup file when it is created. This is generally only necessary when writing to optical media (CD/DVD) as this media is less reliable than other storage types.
Select whether to verify the file system on each partition before it is imaged.
The priority setting sets the default thread priority for running backups and images. Reflect is a multi threaded application and is designed for optimal performance with multi-cored processors. The thread priority can be changed at run time.
Select whether to assign a drive letter to the restored partition.
Verify the image before restoring. If selected then the restore will not start until the image has been successfully verified.
The Master Boot Record a small program that executes when the computer starts up. If this program has become corrupt, perhaps due to a virus, then you may have problems starting the computer operating system.
Verifying the file system after restoring is a good idea to ensure that there is no corruption. However, file systems with many files (millions) can take many hours to verify.
Periodically we issue bug fixes and updates to Reflect. Unless you have a problem accessing the internet it is recommended that you leave this set at 'Check once a day'.
All scheduled task will run under the user name entered here.
A batch job is defined as either:
If a batch job requires user input and time out is enabled then the following dialog is displayed:
Enter the default editors for VBScript, MS-DOS batch and XML files here.
Select to add VBScript code to create a log file during the backup or disk image. The log file name will be unique use the format: log-YYYY-MM-DD HH.MM.SS.txt
Select to add VBScript code to shut down or log off your PC at the end of the script.
Select to add VBScript code to add messages to the Application Event Log in XP and Vista. To access the 'Application Event Log'. 1. Right click on 'My Computer' and select 'Manage'. 2. Expand the 'Event Viewer' node.
Select to add VBScript code to generate and send email messages on backup success and failure.
Your SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) Server name can usually be found by looking at your email client settings. For Outlook Express select 'Tools' from the main menu then 'Accounts'.
Select to add VBScript code to only allow the script to run once a day. This is achieved by writing the script full path, file name and last run date to the Windows registry. The last run date is then compared with the current date and the script is terminated if they are the same.
Select to add VBScript code to execute any program or script at the beginning or end of the script.
This option only applies to Windows Vista. By default Vista enables a security feature call 'User Account Control' (UAC). With UAC enabled, any attempt to execute a program that could access restricted areas of your PC will result in an 'Elevation Prompt'. This prompt requires the user to verify administration user and password details. Reflect requires elevated privileges to run and will always prompt for elevation before executing if the calling program or script is not already elevated. However, it is often preferred that the script that executes Reflect is elevated before calling Reflect. The advantages of this are: 1. Only one elevation prompt is required. A script could be calling multiple backups but if it has already been elevated then no further elevation prompts are required. 2. Some scripting functions may fail if the script isn't running with elevated privileges.
This option enables you to copy the backup/image file(s) just created to an alternative backup directory. This can be a useful way to ensure that your files are contained in two locations and therefore the risk of backup corruption is greatly reduced.
When backing up to a network location Reflect will first try and connect to the network share with the default credentials for the logged on users. If this fails then the user name and password specified here is used and the connection tried again. |