Cobian Backup/Cobian Reflector

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Cobian Backup is a file-backup program that can be used to make automatic backups for your directories and files. Cobian Backup can be run as a service or as a regular application. It can backup to some other location in the same computer, to the network and even to an FTP server. The program supports compression and encryption.

Cobian Reflector is the newcomer in the Cobian Backup family, although it’s a whole new program. Cobian Reflector is completely .NET based. In addition to all the features of the latest Cobian Backup, it has support for SFTP transfers, it is DPI independent due to the use of vector graphics and Windows Presentation Foundation, and also behaves as a 64-bit program in 64-bit systems and as a 32-bit program in 32-bit systems.

Cobian Backup and Cobian Reflector are freeware and can be used for free even in a commercial environment. Please consider making a little donation to help me with all the expenses!

Cobian Reflector 2.6.55
For Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 Windows 10 or newer and Servers 2008 or newer
.NET runtime 4.6 or newer must be installed (4.6.2, 4.7, etc, but NOT 5.x).
Latest version: 2.6.55 (SHA256 hash: 13EF7D2C02BBD008F68FCBCFE2F85B5CEAD9FA0B7771DF11720AFBA9091DA295)

Cobian Backup 11 (Gravity)
For Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10
Latest version: 11.2.0.582

Cobian Backup 10 (Boletus)
For Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, Windows 7
Latest version: 10.1.1.816

Cobian Backup 9 (Amanita)
For Windows NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista
Latest version: 9.5.1.212

Cobian Backup 8 (Black Moon)
For Windows NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista
Latest version: 8.4.0.202

Cobian Backup 7 (Luz de Luna)
For Windows 95*, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003
Latest version: 7.6.0.353

Video tutorial, courtesy of Daniel Gauthier:

Cobian Backup

Multi-threaded program that can be used to schedule and backup your files and directories.

Overview

Specs

What’s New

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Cobian Backup is a multi*threaded program that can be used to schedule and backup your files and directories from their original location to other directories/drives in the same computer or other computer in your network. FTP backup is also supported in both directions (download and upload).

Cobian Backup exists in two different versions: application and service. The program uses very few resources and can be running on the background on your system, checking your backup schedule and executing your backups when necessary. Cobian Backup is not an usual backup application: it only copies your files and folders in original or compressed mode to other destination, creating a security copy as a result. So Cobian Backup can be better described as a “Scheduler for security copies”.

Cobian Backup supports several methods of compression and strong encryption.

What’s New:

• Welcome to the new version: Cobian Backup 11, Gravity
• AES encryption (128, 192 and 256 bits)
• The directories Settings, Logs and DB can now be configured manually
• A task has now the Priority field
• A new scheduled type is added: On startup
• A new scheduled type was added: On first Monday, On third Tuesday, etc.
• Now you can limit the number of Differential backups as well
• Now you can select a fixed day of the week to make an incremental or differential backup Full
• The program can now automatically delete old files
• Suspend and Hibernate are now Events
• Sources and Destinations can now be sorted “As Explorer”
• Delete empty directories is now a Task property
• A LOT of new parameters can now be used (see the help file)
• The task list can now be divided and organized in groups
• Inclusions and Exclusions can now be arranged
• The Deleter can now delete multiple sources
• The Safe Mirror directory keeps now the original directory structure
• You can now link tasks as an event
• The installer is now improved
• The application can now be closed from every possible desktop
• Old encryption methods are now deprecated
• The decryptor and decompressor accept now multiple sources
• The decryptor and the decompressor accept command line arguments
• The program checks the existence of the destination file even when using the attribute method
• Counting files can now be paused or canceled
• The body of the mail is now configurable
• The Remote Manager is fully rewriten and can now show the progress of the remote client
• The Remote Manager can now get the FULL log file of the client
• Restart and Shutdown work now even with impersonation
• Missed backups don’t restart or shutdown the machine now if that event is present
• And a LOT more

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Table of Contents

Introduction

As many of you know, today’s digital world comes with a lot of things that make our daily life easier. However, as time goes on you rely more and more on the information stored on your PC. No one is completely safe from power outages, corrupt hard disks, an infected system through a backdoor or trojan, or even a fire. To make sure that a computer can easily be restored to a previous point, software developers created what is called backup software or imaging software.

There are different methods of creating a backup of your data, but this tutorial will only focus on one possibility, using a freeware tool called Cobian Backup. Cobian Backup uses a simplified approach to backing up and restoring your data consisting of backup folders, optionally compressed archives, and restoring your files through standard Windows file manipulation methods. Furthermore, Cobian Backup utilizes Windows Shadow Volume Copies to backup your data so that even files that are currently open will be able to be backed up from the last saved state.

If you wish to receive a broader overview of the different forms of backing up data, you can browse this excellent Wikipedia article on backups or another one on images.

Installation of the backup software

The first step is to download the software from the author’s page. The current version of Cobian Backup is code named gravity and is the one you should download for this tutorial. Once the setup file is downloaded you need to double-click it to start the setup process.

1. On the first window you will be asked what language you want the tool to be installed in. English language is pre selected, but there is a wide range of choices to choose from.
2. Next you will be shown a window containing the License Agreement. You need to accept the agreement by putting a check mark in the box next to I accept the conditions. The button Next will not be grayed out anymore. Click the Next button to proceed
3. The next window will prompt you for the path where Cobian Backup should be installed. It should be preset to C:\Program Files\Cobian Backup 8. Click on the Next button.
4. You will now see a screen asking for the Installation type. At this screen select the As an application (No autostart) radio button and press the Next button. This way the backup software is not started every time you boot Windows. If you wish to have it start every time do not change any of the defaults. When ready to proceed click on Next button.
5. The program will now install and when it has completed click on the Done button to finish the installation.

At this point you have successfully installed Cobian Backup and should see the icon in your Windows taskbar. Now that the program has been installed, lets move on to learning how to use it.

Using Cobian Backup to backup your data

To open Cobian Backup, right-click on the icon located on your taskbar and select the Open option. This will open the main screen for Cobian Backup as shown below.

To create a new backup, we need to create a new backup task that will allow us to configure what files are being backed up and various configuration settings. To create a new backup task, please click on the icon that appears on the main ribbon bar of the program. The New Task dialog should appear as shown below.

The first step is to give your backup an easily identifiable name and enter it in the Task name field as shown in the image above. There is no right way in naming such files. Just use what best suits your needs and what is easiest to remember. You should leave all the other options on that page the same except the Backup Type. Before we create a backup we need to specify how we want these files backed up.

As you can see from the image above there are four different possibilities:

Until you become more familiar with the program we suggest you select the Incremental backup type setting.

Before we select the files we wish to backup, we first want to change a setting in the Archive options screen. Please click on the Archive option in the left hand menu of the New Task dialog as shown in the image below.

In this menu we can select whether or not we want to use compression when creating backups. It is strongly recommended that you enable ZIP compression for your backups. Though this will increase the amount of time that a backup takes to finish, it will also save you a great deal of hard drive space. You should also select the option labeled Compress individually, which will compress each file individual rather than making one large compressed backup. This makes it easier to restore individual files as needed.

From this screen it is also possible to password protect all of the compressed files so that you are unable to extract the files without entering a password. If you wish to use this option, please select AES 256 under the Encryption method drop down menu and then enter your decryption password.

Once you have configured your archive settings, please click on the Files section of the New Task dialog. This will open a screen where you can select the directories and files you wish to backup and the folder that you will store the backups.

In the above screen, click on the Add button in the Source category to select the files and folders you wish to backup. When you click on the Add button you will be presented with different choices where you can select files from. These are explained below.

Once you have selected all the files and folders you wish to backup, please click on the Add button for the Destination section to select the folder or FTP site that you wish to store your backups. For most people, you will not use FTP and instead select a folder on your computer to store the backups. A good location to store backups are an external USB drive. When you have finished selecting the files you wish to backup and the location to store the backups, click on the OK button.

You will now be back at the main screen for the Cobian Backup program and your new task will be listed in the All Tasks section. To start your backup, click on the button on the button bar to start your Backup Task. When you click on the button a dialog will be shown asking you to confirm if you should run the job. Click on the OK button to start the job.

Your backup will now start, and when completed, the backup will be saved in your chosen backup location. The backups will be in the form of the original folder and filenames with timestamps attached to the file/folder names so that you can differentiate between the different backup dates.

Using Cobian Backup to restore your data

Most backup programs store the backed up data in proprietary file formats that require you to use the same backup program to restore your data. This means that if backup logs are lost or the program is no longer installed you have no way of restoring your data from the backups. Cobian utilizes a simpler method of copying the backed up files to your selected backup folder as a normal file. If you selected to compress your files, then the files will be compressed using archive formats such as ZIP or 7ZIP that are easily extracted using a variety of tools.

To restore a file it is as simple as opening your backup folder in Windows Explorer, selecting the backup that you wish to restore from, and copying the file out of the folder. There is no need to use Cobian to restore your files, but rather you use the built-in file manipulation methods that you normally would in Windows. This approach makes it much easier and faster to find and restore files that you are looking for.

Advanced Backup Strategies

A backup strategy that is commonly used in an office setting is to perform a complete backup once a week and then perform backups of only the changed files for the other days of the week. This allows you to have access to a complete backup for each week while still benefiting from the reduced storage requirements of an incremental backup for the other days. It is highly recommended that home users utilize a similar strategy when setting up their backup tasks.

To utilize this method you would create a task called Weekly Backup and schedule it to run on a particular day of the week at a certain time. This backup would be a Full backup and will backup every file that you have selected. You would then create a second task called Nightly Backup that is schedule to run on the other days of the week at a certain. This task would utilize a Differential backup type so that it only backs up those files that have changed since the last Full backup.

Utilizing this strategy not only provides a great deal of protection for your files but also greatly reduces the amount of storage space required to store your backups.

As you have seen in this tutorial, backing up your data can be done free of charge and with little of your time. Having these backups on hand can save you a lot of trouble and stress when having power problems, infected machines, corrupt hard drives, or just when you need to reinstall the operating system. If you have any further questions you can find some additional information in the help files of the software or post your questions in our forum.

Written by: YourHighness

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