ShadowBack is a software-based backup solution. It preserves all of the important files from your computer. While you work, ShadowBack copies and preserves all of the important files that you’ve changed.

Backup Media
You may only want to back up to hardware you already own. ShadowBack allows you to back up your C:\ drive to any other drive, including the C:\ drive. Ideally, though, it’s best to back up to a different place than where you keep your original data. Options include another hard disk, writeable DVDs, CDs, tapes, zip disks or removable drives.

How Often to Back Up
How often you back up depends upon how often and how many files you change, what you back up to and which files you decide to back up. For most people, we recommend daily backups of the files you are working on, and periodic backups of all of the files on your computer.

Everybody has to come up with their own backup strategy. For additional information, check out that ShadowBack user guide. If you have any questions about the best way to back up, feel free to contact us at: support@WarmandFuzzyLogic.com.

ShadowBack Backup Options:

1. Simple Backup
   This easy to use backup option is ideal for novice users or for those who want ShadowBack to handle the details of backing up.
2. Advanced Backup
   Advanced backup allows you to control which files they want to back up.
3. Auto Backup
   Automatic Backup allows ShadowBack to handle all the details of a backup.

ShadowBack Restore Options

After you’ve backed up your data, there are two main techniques for restoring it:

1. Simple Restore
   Simple Restore lets you restore the data on the backup media to its original location or an alternate location.
2. Advanced Restore
   Advanced Restore lets you have fine control over which files to restore, where to restore them to, as well as what application and OS specific data to restore from your backup.

Additional Features
With ShadowBack, you can select compression and encryption options. Using ShadowBack’s Realtime Backup, you can schedule automatic backups and advanced backup features. Using ShadowBack’s Applications tab, you can configure program settings. ShadowBack’s CD Burner tab contains settings for recording speed and disc size.

ShadowBack backs up data to various media types and storage devices including tapes, recordable/rewriteable CDs and DVDs and network drives.