Image Settings

The settings for a backup to an image can be changed by using the "Settings" button to the right of the destination menu field which opens a settings window. The following parameters can be changed for images:

| Path of the target folder for the backup image
| Overwrite mode

| Create path, if not exist

The most important settings for an image backup is the location where the image is to be stored. The path of an image can be changed by using the "Location" button. A click on the button opens a file panel for directories. The file panel is a standard BeOS file panel. By using the file panel the drive and/or folder where the backup image should be stored can be selected.
The disc must be inserted and mounted in order to save the image on a removable media. It's better only to use the drive name for the image location without a subdirectory When using removable medias. However the selection of a subdirectory (i.e. "/<Drive>/home/backup") brings the best results when storing the image on a hard drive. With a click on the "Open" button in the file panel the selected path is confirmed and the full path is written to the right of the "Location" button.
Another setting for image backups is "Overwrite". If "Overwrite" is selected, all existing backups in the selected target folder would be deleted when a new backup job is started. "Overwrite" is important when only the latest version of a backup is needed, for example, when storing the image on the hard drive in regular intervals. The advantage is that masses is a lower level of data safety, with access only to the latest backup, older versions are deleted. The usage of the "Overwrite" mode depends on the kind of data which needs to be backed up, if consecutive versions are needed and if there is enough free space on the hard drive.
SIEGFRIED BACKUP checks if the destination path exists at every start of a backup job When "Create path, if not exist" is activated. If not, the complete path is created, incl. all subdirectories. The function has one exception: if the drive name doesn't exist (e.g. the drive isn't mounted), the path isn't created, because there is no destination drive. In this case the backup job is aborted with an error message.
If "Create path, if not exist" isn't activated, the backup job starts only when the complete destination path exists. Otherwise an error is reported and the job is aborted.

When clicking "Ok" all settings are used. "Cancel" discards the modified settings and SIEGFRIED BACKUP uses the old settings. The same happens when the user closes the window by using the close button oder the <ESC> key.
The selected target location for the image is written to the right of the "Settings" button.