SELECT and configure Source and Destination paths:
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Local computer:
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Click the Browse button.
Browse and select the directory or file to be
backed up. (be sure yellow folder is opened
or the file highlighted.)
Then double click the appropriate window under
Source on the main form.
Double click the window that has the wildcards 
\*.* to remove it, it has to be blank if you are backing
up a file.
Do the same with Destination path, be sure to 
give the destination zip file a name or remove
the name if you are not using zipping.
If zipping, suggest to change the default zip backup name.
e.g. instead backup1.zip, name it: Notes.zip,
C_drive.zip, Windows.zip or Misc.zip.
Backup will not commence unless the Add check
box is selected.

Drive Label or Volume:
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If you are backing regularly on a same 
removable disk, such as Zip disk. To avoid backing up to the wrong disk,
make the backup to a unique folder in the Zip disk. MinuteMan
will not backup if it can't find the folder. 



Network computer:
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Click the Browse button.
Enter computer name and drive of the computer
you are backing to or from. Once entered,
click the Network button to connect to the Network
Drive.
Follow instructions above to transfer path.
e.g. transferred path:
\\Computer Name\Drive\Directory
\\Joe\C\Backup
Or select the mapped drive and it will automatically connect to the
Network computer restrieving the UNC path from the mapped drive.


Don't click Disc Net button, unless you are having
network connectivity problems or want to disconnect
from the other computer drive.

Click Local to browse back into your computer.

Timed Backup:
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Click SetTime to set Autobackup days and time.
If you are using Timed backup then Timed Backup
has to be selected from the main form in order to add
time and days to backup.

Select backup days then double click the appropriate 
window in the main form under Days.
Select the backup time, and double click the appropriate 
window under Time in the main form.
If you are using Long time Format (e.g. 17:30:03) then the AM/PM 
will be blank.

To clear the windows that has days or time, double click them when
the SetTime dialog box is hidden.

Click Options\Add to Startup.

Startup Backup: To do Startup backups, Startup Backup has 
to be selected in the main form.
It backs up on Startup if:
The latest backup is older than the Interval time assigned.

Click SetTime to set Autobackup days and time.
Select the Interval hours from the Interval window,
1 to 999 hours (999 is about 40 days), and double click the
appropriate window on the main form under Interval.

Note: Time settings under Time will be ignored.
Click Options\Add to Startup.

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Once all backups are configured, be sure to double check the Source
and Destination paths selected, then select the Check box under Add, 
backup will not commence unless the Check box is selected.

Click Exit, if you selected Timed Backup then MinuteChild should popup 
automatically, once you open the Main program then BackChild 
closes automatically.
Select from many zip options by clicking the Zip Option 
button.

If path Source or destination are configured wrong then Minuteman will
turn these controls of that backup to red color and will not do backup 
unless you reconfigure the paths and click the Reset button.

To Restore Zipped backups, click the Restore+ button,
click any of the buttons B1 to B14 to transfer backup path then once you are
sure the correct paths are transferred, click the Restore Zipped backup button.

The 14 backups if zipped will be saved into default names Backup1.zip, 
Backup2.zip, Backup3.zip so on......... to Backup14.zip. Be sure to rename 
backup names if you changed the source but destination is still the same.

Example: I backed up C:\Mynotes to F:\Backup1.zip, but in few days or weeks
I no longer backup C:\MyNotes but I backup C:\ImpNotes but the destination
is still F:\Backup1.zip, that's when you should  rename the Backup1.zip 
if old backup still exist in F:\, otherwise the two backups will get mixed together.
Better rename backups from MinuteMan default names, e.g.  Mynotes.zip.
To view or extract some files from Zipped files or backups, click Options\View
Zipped backups.

You can zip other data than the scheduled backups, click 
Options\Zip and Unzip and Incremental zip.

To do Scheduling, click the Scheduling button and select the 
Check box Sched 1 through Sched 4.
Works only if you are using Timed backups or Manual backups.

Click Options\View Log to view backups log file.
Log file is renamed Logold.txt every seven days or if log file 
becomes larger than 50 KB.

Remember that double clicking and clicking is how to edit windows
or get information.
Double click the Backup date to get information about the backup.
Double click the little Window next to the Zip check box to view
Zip options applied for that backup.

Please read through the Zipping section of the help file.

Click the red ? button to explain controls in the Status bar
at the bottom of MinuteMan forms, click again to remove feature.
Bring the mouse pointer over the control titles located at the top
and the far right of the MinuteMan program to read Tooltips
or tips in the Status Bar.
Click The Date Stamp Window to view backup detail in status bar.
Click the little window next to the Zip check box to view Zip Options in detail.