Using Data Replicator 3
Click the following major functions to get to know Data Replicator 3.
Please follow steps below to set up your backup. You may also go to Advanced Settings to get to know other settings which will help you personalize your PC data backup.
You can choose to back up your PC data to a Synology server or other location. After backup is successfully performed, you will be able to find the backup files in your assigned folder.
1.1 Back up to a Synology server
1.2 Back up to other location
Data Replicator 3 provides 3 backup modes for your most convenience, and they are: Immediate, Sync, and Schedule.
3.1 ImmediateBy clicking the Immediate button, all files in the selected local folder(s) will be immediately backed up to the backup destination.
3.2 Sync
Click the Sync button, Data Replicator 3 will make a complete backup of all the files in the selected folder(s) to the backup destination. After that, Data Replicator 3 will start monitoring those folder(s). As you make changes, Data Replicator 3 backs up only files that have changed.
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To stop monitoring, click the Stop Sync button in the Data Replicator 3 program window. If the program window has been minimized to the system tray, please double click on the Data Replicator 3 icon to open it.
3.3 Schedule
Data Replicator 3 can be set to do automatic backups at the specified time regularly. To do this:
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After the schedule setup is complete, you can exit Synology Data Replicator 3 or minimize the program window to the system tray. Synology Data Replicator 3 will perform Schedule Backup automatically when the time is up.
Click Delete Schedule to stop Schedule Backup and remove the schedule settings.
When you want to back up Outlook, Outlook Express, or Windows Mail files, please note:
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To restore backup files, you need to select a backup target first, and then choose one of the following methods to restore your backup files:
In most situations, if you're sure about where the backup files are, you can use Restore by Browsing to restore your files:
If you’re not sure where the backup files are, or you only want to restore files with certain keyword, please do the following steps to restore:
When you're choosing a destination path, you can choose:
By choosing this option, you don't need to manually import mail and address book, PC data will be replaced by the restored files. By choosing this option, you can restore the data to a specified path, and manually import mail and address book with Outlook/Outlook Express/Windows Mail. |
In the Options section, you can set up for advanced backup settings as follows.
Filter
Use this function to back up files precisely. Excluding files with certain prefix or extension from the backup list will help you speed up the backup. Follow the steps to proceed:
- Click Filter.
- Click Add in the right-handed side of the "Extension" or "Prefix" option.
- Enter specified criterion, for example, ".exe" for extension or "~" for prefix.
- Click OK to close the setup dialogue, and click OK again to save the settings.
Enable email notification
Use this function to receive backup details by email after Schedule Backup is complete.
- Click SMTP Setup.
- Enter valid email information, and click OK to finish.
Enable file versions
What is file versions function for?
Enabling file versions function can help you keep the history editions of the same file.
After the first-time backup completes, all backed-up files will be stored in the ''latest'' folder in the backup destination. From the next backup, Data Replicator 3 will automatically check if any file with the same file name already exists in the "latest" folder. If there is and content of files has changed, the previous backed-up file in the "latest" folder will then be moved to the "past" folder as an older version, whereas the file on your computer will be backed up to the "latest" folder, where you can always find all the latest backed-up files there.
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The referred file above must be in the same folder. So when you're using the same account to back up the folder, there will be past version generated.
When the file version function is enabled, and you experienced improper and irreversible editing on your local files, you can find the history files in the backup destination and restore files easily.
Number of past versions
You can set here how many past versions of backup files you wish to keep, 20 versions are the maximum. The file name of past version files will be added with "v00", "v01", and so on. The bigger the number is, the newer version it is.
Set a number of past versions to decide how many previous versions will be kept in the backup destination. Follow the steps to proceed:
- Tick
Enable file versions .- Set a number of past versions, and click Apply to save the settings.
Restore points
What is restore points?
Every time after backup is performed, there will be a folder named as the backup starting time which contains all files of this backup. That will be a restore point.
The file which had never been modified will appear in every restore point after each backup. However, only one file disk size is occupied actually.
Number of restore points
You can set here how many restore points you wish to keep, 128 restore points are the maximum. When the restore point number exceeds the set value, the oldest restore points on the backup destination will be automatically deleted after next backup.
Support & Limitation Restore point function is supported only on Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows 2003 / Windows Vista.
Auto-Start when Logon
You can set to start Synology Data Replicator 3 automatically when you login Windows. Follow the steps to proceed:
- Tick Auto-start Data Replicator 3 on Windows Startup.
- Click Apply.
Keep identical files on destination server
You can set to keep files in the "latest" folder to be identical to the ones on your local computer. Follow the steps to proceed:
- Tick When local files are deleted, delete the opposite backup files at the same time.
- Click Apply.
The maximum log file is 512KB; when the log file reaches the limit, the oldest 128KB will be removed.