Requirements:
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Windows or Linux and Java 6 Runtime. 

You can download Java 6 Runtime under www.java.com. 

The automatical adding of AWorkingBackup to the auto start can only be used with Windows (english/german). For Linux you have to put AWorkingBackup manually to the auto start. 

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Get started:
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To start AWorkingBackup with Windows please double-click on the file AWorkingBackup.jar. With Linux you can start it within the console or you open it by holding down the rigth mouse button and selecting open with and then Sun Java 6 Runtime. 

To install a newer version (you can search for Updates within the program and download it if necessary) of AWorkingBackup you just need to replace the old file AWorkingBackup.jar with the new one. Your Settings are applied automatically. 

When you open the program the first time it opens with the window in which you should add the folders/files you like to backup. 

Opening the program the next time it is immediately minimized to the icon-tray bar. To open the window simply click on the icon or hold down the right mouse button and select open or do the things you like to do directly from this place. 

It is recommended to make a backup on a storage medium outside you PC - e.g. on an external or removable hard disk, an USB-Stick or on another PC in your network (the target-PC must be ready for share and under Linux the device must be mounted). 

One of the most common errors is, that the target location is not connected to the PC or is not running. Please make also sure, that there is enough free space on your backup medium. 

It is important to make your backup at regular intervals  therefore AWorkingBackup should be started automatically on starting your PC (for Windows the option "Run program on start-up" is activated as default, for Linux please add the program manually to autostart). Further more you should use the option activate auto backup (this option is selected as standard with a standard interval of one day and hour 19:00 oclock). 

Please notice: when the system time is changed the timer does not work correctly anymore and you can not make no more backups. You must restart the program. The time of the last backup and of the next auto backup will be in the past or in the future if a backup was running while the system time was changed and you have reseted the system time after this backup. If the date is in the past it doesn't matter. If the date is in the future you should make a manual backup to reset the correct time for the next auto backup (otherwise it could happen that no auto backups are made for a long time though you have selected to make regular backups).

For further details please use the integrated help.