Better Edge Backup v5.2
User Guide
your changes, just press the [Save Setting] button on the toolbar.
5.10 Microsoft’s Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)
Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) allows you to backup files that are exclusively opened. Without VSS, you will get the error message “The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file” if you are trying to backup a file that is exclusively opened (e.g. Outlook PST file).
Please note that VSS is only available on Windows XP / 2003 and you must have administrative privileges to start the VSS service on a computer. Also VSS will only work if at least one of your partitions is formatted using NTFS.
If you are running Windows 2003, please install the Windows 2003 VSS hot fix available in
If you are running into problems with VSS running on Windows XP / 2003, Microsoft's recommendation is to try
For more information, please take a look at the following page for a technical introduction to Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS):
5.11 Encryption
Before your files are sent to the Offsite Backup Server, all your files are compressed and encrypted using your choice of encryption algorithm, mode and key. The following table explains all encryption parameters available within a backup set.
Note:
Encryption settings are set at backup set creation time and cannot be modified. You need to create a new backup set if you want to change your encryption settings for a backup set.
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