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Some environment variables point to Windows folders. Using such variables instead of full folder and
file paths ensures that proper Windows folders are backed up regardless of where Windows is
located on a particular machine.
To include
In the Files and folders
column, type or select
Comments
Program Files folder
%PROGRAMFILES%
Points to the Program Files folder (for example,
C:\Program Files
)
Windows folder
%WINDIR%
Points to the folder where Windows is located (for
example,
C:\Windows
)
Common data for all user
profiles
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%
Points to the folder where the common data of all
user profiles is located (typically,
C:\Documents and
Settings\All Users
in Windows XP and
C:\ProgramData
in Windows Vista)
You can use other environment variables or a combination of environment variables and text. For
example, to refer to the Acronis folder in the machines' Program Files folder, type:
%PROGRAMFILES%\Acronis
Templates
Templates are similar to environment variables, but are already pre-customized.
To include
In the Files and folders
column, type or select:
Comments
All files on all volumes on
a machine
[All Files]
Points to all files on all volumes of the machine.
All user profiles existing
on a machine
[All Profiles Folder]
Points to the folder where all user profiles are
located (typically,
C:\Documents and Settings
in
Windows XP, and
C:\Users
in Windows Vista).
Linux
To include
In the Files and folders
column, type or select:
Text file file.txt on the
volume /dev/hda3
mounted on
/home/usr/docs
/dev/hda3/file.txt
or
/home/usr/docs/file.txt
Home directory of the
common users
/home
The root user's home
directory
/root
Directory for all user-
related programs
/usr
Directory for system
configuration files
/etc
7.3.3
Access credentials for source
Specify credentials required for access to the data you are going to back up.
