Sigelith Backup manual

What do you want to do? Every task is described step by step, with button names exactly as they appear in the program.

⁦A.⁩ Getting started

  1. 1Installing the program
  2. 2Creating your first backup with the wizard
  3. 3The program window and the icon by the clock

⁦B.⁩ Making backups

  1. 4Creating a backup without the wizard
  2. 5Setting up automatic backups
  3. 6Turning on live backup
  4. 7Saving settings as a template
  5. 8Encrypting a backup
  6. 9Leaving out unneeded files
  7. 10Choosing how many versions to keep
  8. 11Finishing an interrupted backup
  9. 12Setting up an off-site backup
  10. 13Protecting Sigelith Desktop evidence

⁦C.⁩ Backup on discs

  1. 14Which discs and which burner to choose
  2. 15What is on a recorded disc and why it takes more space
  3. 16Recording a backup version on a disc
  4. 17Recording selected files and folders
  5. 18Recording an encrypted disc
  6. 19Recording a large backup on several discs
  7. 20Creating only an ISO image

⁦D.⁩ Recovering files

  1. 21Finding a file in the backup and browsing its versions
  2. 22Restoring a single file or an older version of it
  3. 23Restoring the whole backup or a single folder
  4. 24Restoring files from an encrypted backup
  5. 25Recovering files on a new computer
  6. 26Recovering files without this program
  7. 27Restoring from the off-site backup

⁦E.⁩ Recovering files from discs and caring for discs

  1. 28Restoring files from a disc
  2. 29Checking a disc
  3. 30The disc register: where discs are kept and finding files
  4. 31Reading a disc without the program

⁦F.⁩ Checking the backup

  1. 32Checking that the backup is intact
  2. 33Trial restore
  3. 34Checking that nobody has tampered with files in the backup

⁦G.⁩ Sigelith: time proofs

  1. 35Timestamping backup versions with Sigelith
  2. 36Creating a time proof for a single file
  3. 37Handing over a file version with proof of delivery
  4. 38Sealing a folder until a chosen date

⁦H.⁩ Settings

  1. 39Changing the language or theme
  2. 40Starting the program at sign-in
  3. 41Deleting remembered passwords

⁦I.⁩ When something goes wrong

  1. 42The backup stopped because many files look encrypted
  2. 43Some files did not make it into the backup
  3. 44Not enough space on the backup drive
  4. 45A scheduled backup did not start
  5. 46I don't remember the backup or disc password
  6. 47A seal or timestamp is waiting
  7. 48A check reports changed or damaged files
  8. 49Where to find details: the program log

⁦J.⁩ Glossary

  1. 50Glossary