Video - Configuring Gbackup on Windows Computers


This video walks you through the steps involved in configuring Gbackup for Windows Computers.

What you'll need:

  • An installed copy of Gbackup for Windows Computers
  1. If Gbackup didn't launch automatically when you finished installing it, launch it by double-clicking on its icon on your Desktop or Taskbar.
  2. The first screen that appears will ask you for details on the Gbackup server, you should leave all settings on this screen as-is. Click on the 'Next' button.
  3. The second screen that appears will ask you to sign up for a Gbackup Free Trial. If you'd like to do so, enter your Login Name, Password and Email Address, then click on the 'Submit' button.
  4. If you already have a Gbackup account, click on the 'Already a User?' link in the bottom-left corner of the window and enter your Login Name and Password, then click on the 'OK' button.
  5. Next, you'll be asked what kind of Encryption you'd like to use. Leave the default setting, and click on the 'Save' button.
  6. You'll now see the Gbackup For Windows Computers application on-screen, and you're ready to start configuring your backups.
  7. To configure your User Profile, click on the green 'User Profile' icon in the bottom-left corner of the application. On this screen you can update your Password, Email Address, and Time Zone. Please note that without your password you can never retrieve your backed-up data, so if you decide to change your password you need to notify us of your new details if you'd like us to keep a secondary record of them.
  8. To specify your Backup Source, click on the yellow Backup Source icon in the bottom-left corner of the window, then select a quickpick option or click on the 'Advanced' button to select specific folders to back up. If you click on the 'Advanced' button, you'll see a list of all directories on your computer and you can add checkmarks next to the ones you'd like to back up.
  9. Next, you need to specify a Backup Schedule. Click on the white 'Backup Schedule' icon in the bottom-left corner of the window, then use the on-screen controls to set when your backup will run.
  10. If you'd like your backup to run continuously by backing up changed files as they're changed, click on the grey 'Backup Settings' cog icon in the bottom-left corner of the window and turn on the 'Enable Continuous Data Protection' checkbox. Continuous Data Protection differs from scheduled backups in that the most recent versions of your files will always be backed up, however due to the large amount of transfers taking place this will use more bandwidth than scheduled backups.
  11. After you've finished configuring your settings, you can quit the Gbackup application, and it will keep running in the background to perform your backups on the schedule you set.