Stratesave 4.0 Organized Backup Program Help File

Dialog Removable disk devices and options


Within this dialog, you can specify the removable disk devices and the options for removable disk access.

Enter name of device into field Removable disk drive. Specify the removable drive (e.g. F:).

Checkbox Check disk in drive before showing mount-dialog is only valid when option Operator or mediachanger is not set. It specifies, that mount dialog is only shown, if the removable disk is not already in the drive. If checkbox is not set, please-mount-dialog is shown without checking disk in drive.

Checkbox Prompt to "quick-erase" full CD-RW before rewriting prompts you to use the quick-format or quick-erase utility to erase the CD-RW everytime it is full and about to be rewritten. This can help avoiding errors during rewriting the CD.

Checkbox Prompt for fresh CD-R or to "quick-erase" CD-RW before rewriting prompts you to enter a fresh CD-R disk or a quick-formated CD-RW everytime Stratesave attempts to reuse the disk from the beginning, when the next round in backup rotation is on. With this option, when you backup to CD-R, Stratesave will inform you when a fresh CD-R is needed for backup. Use this option when backing up to CD-R. With this option you are prompted to provide fresh or reformatted CD even if it is not full.

Checkbox Leave free space on disk specifies if and how much space should be kept free on the disk. Stratesave regards the removable disk as full, when it has just the amount specified of space available. This option is helpful for backups to CD-R and CD-RW, because completely filling the CD can render the disk invalid or lead to data storage problems. The default free space value of 20MBytes (if option is turned on) should be enough in most cases. For backups to DVD-RAM, more must be specified with some driver Software, to avoid backup exceeding 4GBytes. Specify 140-150MBytes if you encounter errors backing up to DVD-RAM.

OK or Cancel quit dialog, OK confirms and Cancel ignores all changes.

See also: Backup to CD-ROM / DVD-RAM

Initialization of tapes and removable disks

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