Program Settings
This program window contains all those settings which apply to all backup sets.

1. Column

Disable splash screen
Disable the flash screen that is shown at program startup. This option has no use for unregistered versions. The flash screen of the freeware version automatically disappears after ca. 10 seconds.

Disable screen saver
Disable the screen saver while a backup is running. Note that a screen saver can cause severe performance problems, depending on its complexity, which can also lead to much slower network traffic. This option should therefore be activated.

Z-DBackup window always on top
Keeps the program window on top of other windows while it is open.

Disalbe OK message after the backup
The message shown after a backup won't be displayed any more

Quit programs prior to shutting down
This option makes Z-DBackup close all open programs before shutting the computer down.

Force shutdown
With this option you can force the shutdown to happen, which is sometimes necessary if shutdown problems occur under Windows.

Turn off Tooltips
Turns most tooltips in Z-DBackup off. This is usefull when using Z-DBackup with touch devices.

2. Column

Shutdown breack
Waiting time in seconds before the system is shut down (if "shut down after backup" is activated). The time can be set manually; default is 60 seconds. This allows drives with removable mediums to clear their buffers/cache before the system is shut down. If you use UDF drives, you should always set this value to at least 60 seconds.

Delay break
A break for the backup process, in which the program does nothing, to ensure that Z-DBackup can work with slow components (USB 2.0 or network drives) without freezing. This setting only takes effect if the option "Maximum performace" is deactivated in the backup set.

Max. time stamp difference
With this option, you can ignore a difference of up to 1024 seconds between the time stamps of two files and in this case prevent copying of the source file (only in 1:1 file copy mode). This option can be used for copying data between different file systems, e.g. NTFS and FAT, because the date of a file can change slightly when it's copied between file systems. For more info, see the Microsoft knowledge base.

File Cache
Not used in the current version. (only there for test purposes)

Message after backup without timeout
The message displayed after a backup won't close automatically after a certain time.

Disable CD-ROM check
Z-DBackup automatically recognizes UDF-formatted CD/DVD mediums If that should not work on your system, you can manually disable Z-DBackup's writing lock for CD/DVD/Blu-Ray drives with this option.


Working directory
Here you can specify the working direcory for caching files. Note that you need reading and writing access to that directory. Also make sure that enough free space is available in that location. If the option Caching  is activated, the whole backup is created in this directory before it's copied to the actual target folder.

File Manager

If you use an alternative Windows file manager, this can be configured here in the program setup.

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