The main window of Backup Platinum is divided into three panes (Views).
Items View (upper pane)
This view displays items, their statuses and types, and related information.
Item name column: Displays names of items.
Item type column: Shows item type: Backup or Synchronize.
Last run time column: Shows date and time when the last operation was performed.
Next run time column: Shows
date and time when the next operation will be performed.
Progress column:
Shows the progress of current operation.
Status column:
Shows operation status.
Storage column:
Shows the type of storage where backed up files are placed.
The storage can be either Local/LAN, or
FTP, or CD-R/W, DVD-R/W, DVD+R/W.
By default this column is not displayed.
| Note:To activate/hide a column, right-click on the column header and mark/unmark column name
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Success: operation has been completed successfully |
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Success: scheduled operation has been
completed successfully |
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Error: operation has been terminated with an error |
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Error:
scheduled operation has been terminated with an error |
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Scheduled:
the program is waiting to execute a scheduled operation |
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Idle:
the item is not scheduled and is not running |
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Running: the program is either performing an operation or refreshing |
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Stopped: operation is stopped by user. |
Files View (middle pane)
Files view displays all files and folders of selected item, their statuses
and related information. This view consists of 2 panes: folders tree of selected
item on the left and folder contents on the right like it is in Windows Explorer.
Select any folder in the tree to see its files/folders in the right pane.
Use "Show Folders" option on the "View" menu to show/hide folders tree. On
month days. The program will perform the synchronization on specified
days of the month at the time specified for the first synchronization. You
can select as many days of the month as you need.
Files View for Backup Item
File name:
Displays names and paths for files/folders of selected item.
Status:
Shows the current status of file/folder. Files with
different statuses are shown with different colors.
Backed up: The file has been successfully
backed up. In this case, the file in source folder is identical to its backup
copy in destination folder.
Changed: The file in
source folder is different from the corresponding file in destination folder.
It means that after the last backup, either the file in source
folder or the file in destination folder has been changed.
Missing in source: There is no file in
source folder corresponding to the file in destination folder. The possible
reason is that the file has been removed from the source folder. To restore
such file, right-click on it and choose "Restore" from the menu.
Not backed up: The file was not backed
up. In this case, the file exists in source folder but does not exist in destination
folder.
Excluded: The file was excluded by user
from the list of files to be processed and the program ignores it.
For details on file exclusion, see Specify
What to Backup topic.
You can perform inclusion/exclusion of files through Files View context
menu.
Right-click on a file and use "Include to item", "Exclude from item"
commands on the menu.
Original size:
Shows the size of file in source folder.
Stored size:
Shows the size of backup copy - the corresponding file in destination folder.
Original time:
Shows the time of last update for the file in source folder.
Stored time:
Shows the time of last update for the file in destination folder.
You can perform backup and restoration of files
through Files View context
menu.
All files in a newly created item are displayed in Files View with "Unknown"
status.
To see their actual statuses, click the "Refresh" button  .
Also use this button to update the list of files in Files View.
Files View for Synchronization Item
File name:
Displays names and paths for files/folders of selected item.
Status: Shows the current status of file/folder. Files with different
statuses are shown with different colors.
Identical: Files in the first and in the second folders are identical.
Different:
Files in the first and in the second folders are different.
It means that after the last synchronization, either the file in the first
or in the second folder has been changed.
Missing in 1st folder: There is no file
in the first folder corresponding to file in the second folder. The possible
reason is that the file has been removed from the first folder. To restore
such file, right-click on it and choose "Synchronize" from the menu.
Missing in 2nd folder: The file exists
in the first folder but does not exist in the second folder. To restore
such file, right-click on it and choose "Synchronize" from the menu.
Excluded: The file was excluded by user
from the list of files to be processed and the program ignores it.
For details on file exclusion, see Specify
What to Backup topic.
You can perform inclusion/exclusion of files
through Files View context menu. Right-click on a file and use
"Include to item", "Exclude from item"
commands on the menu.
Size (1st folder): Shows the size of file in the first folder.
Size (2nd folder): Shows the size of corresponding file in the second folder.
Time (1st folder): Shows the time of last update
for the file in the first folder.
Time (2nd folder):
Shows the time of last update for the file in the second folder.
You can perform
synchronization of selected files through
Files View context
menu.
All files in a newly created item are displayed in Files View with "Unknown"
status.
To see their actual statuses, click the "Refresh" button .
Also use this button to update the list of files in Files View.
Log View (lower pane)
This view shows all events occurred during backup, restoration and synchronization.
If "Show date" and "Show time" checkboxes in Log
Settings are marked, then Log View will show date and time of occurred
events.
Different colors denote different types of log messages as defined in Log
Settings.
If you wish you can customize fonts and colors for all kinds of log events
with the help of "Settings..." option on the Log
View context menu
"Next".
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07.08.05
Backup Platinum successfully passed
the "Designed for Windows XP" certification
by Microsoft®
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Can run in service mode
on Windows 2000/
