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3. Here you can pick the files and folders that you wish to have backed up. This is done by clicking either the ‘Add File’ Button or the ‘Add Folder’ Button.

4. On this page, you can set the backup name and the backup destination.

5.       Here you can select options that you wish to change to customise the backup

Backup Options:
                Open location in Explorer on Completion: This will open the backup location in explorer.
                Create Self-Extracting Backup: When checked, the backups will be self-executable so that they can run on any windows computer without the need of any specialised software installed.
                Add Date to Backup Name: When checked, the backup will have the current date and time added to the backup name.
                No Compression (Just Copy): When checked, you cannot choose from the file formats or the split sizes as the files and folders will only be copied.
                Create Renpad Instant Backup: If you want to run the backup in the future check this so that you can load all the settings back into the wizard later on.
                Create Differential Backup: Check this if you want to create a full backup and then in each backup after only backup the changes.
                Encrypt Archive Header: This can be chosen to encrypt the header of the archive making it harder to read without a password.
                Password Protect Archive: By checking this you can enter a password into the password fields so that your backup is protected from prying eyes.

File Format:
                ZIP: Creates larger files but compresses faster. You also cannot split the backup if you select this option
                7z: Creates smaller but takes more time to compress. You are able to split the backup when using this format
                Compression Level: You can select various levels of compression to suit your need. Remember however the better the compression the longer it will take to complete the backup

Split Backup: You can select this to split the backup into smaller chunks to make burning files to DVD’s and CD’s easier. Note: This is not available when selecting the ZIP format, when creating a Differential or Self Extracting Backup.

6. Now that you have entered all the required information into the backup, you can click ‘Begin Backup’ button to begin the backup process. Please note that this process can take some time if you have chosen a large amount of files or if you have selected large files.

There you go you have completed you first backup using Renpad Backup 2008. Once the backup has completed you can click close to exit the backup wizard.

Running a backup you made earlier

To run a backup that you made earlier there is only two steps involved, thanks to the Renpad Instant Backup File.

Steps

1. Double click the file you wish to backup.

2. Then click Begin Backup.

3. It’s that simple. Once the backup has completed you can click close to exit the backup wizard.

Run a backup on application start-up

Sometimes it is easier to have a backup run on the application start-up. I.E. when you change certain files often.

Steps:

1. First you should have already created a Renpad Instant Backup file, where you selected the files and folders that you want to have backed up.

2. To open the options dialog File à Options

3. Now that the options window is open select the start-up tab

4. Then click ‘select .rib file’ to pick the file you want to run. Then check the ‘Run backup on application start-up’ checkbox.

5. Now when you start Renpad Backup 2008 the backup will be carried out.

Recovering Files from a Backup

When the time comes that you need to recover files from a backup you have created, you can use the built in Renpad Backup 2008 Backup Recovery Utility or most archive managers such as 7Zip (free) or WinRAR (Shareware).

To recover a file using the built in utility you should follow these simple steps.

1. Open Renpad Backup 2008, and then click the ‘Recover Files From Backup Button’

2. Once the recovery utility has opened you can select the browse button to pick the location of the backup or the first part of it (ends with .7z.001).

3. Now you can select where you wish to extract the contents of the files too.

4. Optionally you can check the “Open Location in explorer on finish” to open the extraction location.

5. If your backup is a differential backup then you can specify the DIFF file that you want to load over the top of the original backup.

6. Finally click the ‘Recover’ button to begin the file recovery process

Using the Drive Backup Utility

Renpad backup has a special utility designed to sit in the task tray until you plug in an USB mass storage device. Upon which you can choose to backup the contents of the mass storage device to your computer for safekeeping.

1. The first step is to start the drive backup utility by clicking the button on the toolbar.

2. When you open the drive backup utility for the first time you are presented with an open folder dialog box where you can select a place to backup the drive files to.

3. Once you have selected a folder to backup, the files to you will presented with the main user interface of the drive backup utility where you can select the file format to use when backing up files. Some other options that are available to you are; adjust the rate at which the drive backup utility should check for new drives as well as the option to stop the utility from checking for new drives all together.

4. Once you have setup the utility to your requirements click the ‘minimise to tray’ button to hide the utility

5. You can access this window again by Double clicking on the tray icon

Recovering Files from a Self-Extracting Backup

The self-extracting backups do not require any specialised software on the host machine. Instead it uses a built tool to recover the files.

The recovery process using this system is very simple.

1. Locate the file in your Windows Explorer

2. Then Double Click it to start the recovery. Once it the executable backup has opened you should see a window like this, where you can select the location to recover the files too.

3. Once you have selected your recovery location click ‘Extract’ to begin the recovery process. When the recovery is complete, the window will close.

Advanced Features

Advanced feature are designed to unlock hidden tools and features in Renpad Backup.

Command Line Arguments

These command line arguments help make writing scripts and creating shortcuts a breeze.

–batch ‘Will terminate the application after a backup is completed. Used in conjunction with specifying a RIB file. This switch must precede the rib location to work’

Specify a RIB file to open and it will be run as if it were a start-up backup. If the –batch switch is used the application will terminate on the completion of the backup

–recover ‘Starts the recovery utility ’

–drivebackup ‘Starts the drive backup utility ’

–reset_settings ‘Resets all the settings back to their defaults ’

–theme ‘Use the NEW Renpad Theme. Can be used in conjunction with ’–drivebackup’ to load it in the NEW Renpad theme’

–setthemed ‘Will turn on the Renpad Backup Theme in the options, instead of a per load basis’

–notheme ‘Will disable the NEW Renpad theme. This can be re-enabled in the Options dialog or by using the ‘–theme’ switch’

–update ‘Run a full update check on the application start-up ’

–noupdate ‘Will disable the start-up update check’

-wizard ‘Loads the Backup Wizard on start’

Advanced RIB Automation

This system allows you to specify the days of the week to run the RIB file of your choice and at what time you want to run it.

To create an Automated Backup, please carry out the following steps.

1. The first step to creating an Automated Backup is to create a RIB file using the backup wizard. The steps to completing this can be found in the Creating Your First Backup Tutorial.

2. Once you have created the RIB file that you wish to run at specified interval. Right Click on the Automated Backup Section of the main form and Click the ‘Automate RIB’ menu item.

3. You will then be presented with the Automation Dialog where you can select what days of the week you wish to run the backup and at what time. Also you have the option to create a week cycle backup that creates a backup each day of the week with the name of that day as the backup name.
The Dialog without information entered:

4. Once you have completed the form click the ‘Add To List’ Button, to add the RIB file to the Automation List.
Then you are done.

7z Format Information

The following information has been copied from the 7zip help manual.

7z is a new archive format, providing a high compression ratio.

The main features of the 7z format:

· Open architecture

· High compression ratio

· Strong AES-256 encryption

· Ability to use any compression, conversion or encryption method

· Supports files with sizes up to 16000000000 GB

· Unicode file names

· Solid compression

· Archive headers compression

7z has an open architecture, so it can support any new compression methods.

The following methods currently are integrated into 7z:

Method	Description
LZMA	Improved and optimized version of LZ77 algorithm
PPMD	Dmitry Shkarin's PPMdH with small changes
BCJ	Converter for 32-bit x86 executables
BCJ2	Converter for 32-bit x86 executables
BZip2	Standard BWT algorithm
Deflate	Standard LZ77-based algorithm

LZMA is the default and general compression method of 7z format. The main features of the LZMA method:

· High compression ratio

· Variable dictionary size (up to 4 GB)

· Compression speed: about 1 MB/s on 2 GHz CPU

· Decompression speed: about 10-20 MB/s on 2 GHz CPU

· Small memory requirement for decompression (depends from dictionary size)

· Small code size for decompression: about 5 KB

· Supports multi-threading and P4's hyper-threading

The LZMA compression algorithm is very suitable for embedded applications. If you want to use LZMA code, you can ask for consultation, custom code programming, and required developer licenses at

www.7-zip.org/support.html

7-Zip also supports encryption with the AES-256 algorithm. This algorithm uses a cipher key with length of 256 bits. To create the key, 7-Zip uses a derivation function based on an SHA-256 hash algorithm. A key derivation function produces a derived key from a text password defined by the user. To increase the cost of an exhaustive search for passwords, 7-Zip uses a big number of iterations to produce the cipher key from the text password.

Tips for selecting password length

Here is an estimate of the time required for an exhaustive password search attack, when the password is a random sequence of lowercase Latin letters.

We suppose that one user can check 10 passwords per second and an organization with a budget of about $1 billion can check 10 billion passwords per second. We also suppose that the processor in use doubles its performance every two years; so, each additional Latin letter of a long password adds about 9 years to an exhaustive key search attack.

The result is this estimate of the time to succeed in an attack:

Password Length	Single User Attack	Organization Attack
1	2 s	1 s
2	1 min	1 s
3	30 min	1 s
4	12 hours	1 s
5	14 days	1 s
6	1 year	1 s
7	10 years	1 s
8	19 years	20 s
9	26 years	9 min
10	37 years	4 hours
11	46 years	4 days
12	55 years	4 months
13	64 years	4 years
14	73 years	13 years
15	82 years	22 years
16	91 years	31 years
17	100 years	40 years

Licence Agreements

Please read over the licence agreements to ensure that you are operating this software within its guidelines.

Renpad Backup 2008

License Agreement

By using the following program licensed by Reverse Energy, You the purchaser, agree to the following:

Renpad Backup 2008 (Reverse Energy) grants you the non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use this application and you are subject to the restrictions contained herein.

This license allows you to use this application for personal and non-profit use ONLY.

The license DOES NOT permit the following uses:

- Use in corporate environments

- This application may not be sublicensed, resold, or otherwise made available for re-distribution

You may not rent, transfer, or grant any rights to this application, or any compilation, derivative or collective work containing this application to any other person or organization without prior written consent of Reverse Energy. Using Renpad Backup 2008 in a way not covered by this Agreement or that is specifically prohibited, without prior written consent from Reverse Energy is a violation of Federal copyright law. This license is in full force until it is terminated. If you do not comply with the terms and conditions above, the license automatically terminates.

Renpad Backup 2008 is copyright Reverse Energy or its licensors and is protected by the United States Copyright laws, international treaty provisions and other applicable laws. No title or intellectual property rights in this application are transferred to you. Reverse Energy retains all rights not expressly granted by this license.

Renpad Backup 2008 is provided "as is." You agree to hold Reverse Energy harmless for any damages that may occur due to use, or inability to use, files backed from this application.

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7-Zip Command line version

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License for use and distribution

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7za.exe is distributed under the GNU LGPL + AES code license

The GNU LGPL + AES code license means that you must follow both GNU LGPL rules

and AES code license rules.

Notes:

You can use 7-Zip on any computer, including a computer in a commercial

organization. You don't need to register or pay for 7-Zip.

GNU LGPL information

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This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public

License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either

version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU

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You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public

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Glossary

RIB – Renpad Instant Backup File, These files are used to store the information about a backup so that it can be repeated easily and efficiently.