Many of the files that !MC5 uses are locked exclusively by the program. This can cause some backup software to not being able to backup those files. To allow backing up of these files !MC5 has the in-build feature to create copies of all configuration, data base and other files !MC5 uses, while the software is running.
Daily data backup
Perform backup at
When activated a backup of !MC5 files will be created every day at the given time. Each backup overwrites the previous one.
Create backup as single file archive
Instead of copying all files and directories to the target path, a single archive containing all files is created at the backup location. This file can be restored using !MC5s restore backup function.
Path for backup files
The path, to which the backup function will copy !MC5 files or save the backup archive.
The following functions are available via the toolbar:
Create Backup - If you click on the icon shown in the toolbar, a dialog window will open. There you can choose in which way you want to create the instant backup.
Copy files to directory
Directly creates a backup of all files and directories to be backed up in a freely selectable folder.
Single file backup
Creates directly a backup archive of all data to be backed up in a freely selectable folder.