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In all cases run AISBackup at least once on the PC so that the file types are registered within windows as files of type .aik are opened automatically opened by AISBackup. Then copy the key files from the e-mail to the desktop, just in case the e-mail program does not allow opening attachments direc...

Maybe this is the first time an entire disk drive was excluded – you found a bug, but the work around is easy:

Right click G:\ in the left hand pane and choose Remove from exclusions. Double click Computer to shrink the list, Press F5.

Barry

Is this still the case with the latest version http://aiscl.co.uk/downloadaisbackup.php If so please send me the job files using the help / bug report function along with a screen shot of the select files form. I am pretty sure the select files form did not change between releases, but best to keep ...

n Windows since 95, 98 and ME drive letters are logical and not fixed as they used to be. If you restore Windows XP to the D: drive and view the drive from Windows 8.1 it will be seen as the ‘D:’ drive. However it you then set-up a dual boot system to boot into Windows XP the Windows XP partition wi...

Build 444 includes a new option to change the backup file extension on disk and network backups.

This is available as a pre-release at the moment and if all works okay will be transferred as the next release of AISBackup.

Barry

Yes this will work with network drives.

Maybe F T P

Meanwhile it is a good idea to change the extension for new backup jobs in any case. I was thinking of AIB as this does not appear to be used by any other application.

Barry

The extension may only be changed for new backup jobs. AISBackup would have to be changed to enable the extension to be changed for existing backup jobs as the existing files would have to be renamed and the backup 'control' file changed. I'll look at doing this for disk based backup jobs,, i.e. not...

I thought it did longer extensions, I'll update AISBackup.

This was an early feature to change extension - I must have had my DOS / Windows 3.1 hat on.

I will look at renaming existing backup files too.

Barry

I too am concerned about Crypto Locker and I am repairing a PC with this infection for a customer of mine right now. By pure chance the backup drive got disconnected on his PC towards the end of January and I was able to restore the data from this backup, otherwise it would not have been possible – ...

The Manage backup>Validate (test) backup runs the same test phase but also attempts to repair the backup in case of error, e.g. a backup zip file becomes corrupt or is missing.

The test run during a backup only tests the new backup files, not all of them.

Barry

The copy job that copies a backup will copy differences in the backup, first time everything, next time only the backup (zip) files that were changed or added. Some backup files that no longer exist (following a prune) will be deleted during the copy (provided the delete option is selected when the ...

I have set-up the following scheme for a few business here in Cardiff, Wales. Several PCs backup on schedule to an internal drive on a backup server. The backup destination need not be a dedicated backup server but over time a PC became spare for this purpose (following upgrades). An overnight autom...

Yes, the problem may have affected more Windows 8.1 files.

Barry

This is fixed in the current pre-release version of AISBackup.

Please click the website menu option Downloads / AISBackup Beta and download.

This version is pretty close to actual release -- with a few small updates.

Barry