Setup Backup for Workgroups

Backup for Workgroups is a client-server, backup and recovery system with software components that you run on your computers to back them up and send your backup data to centralized, disk-based storage media. When you use Backup for Workgroups, your data is automatically backed up and stored at a location of your choice so you can recover data lost due to accidents, hard drive failures, computer crashes, theft, or viruses.

The first step in setting up Backup for Workgroups is to determine which of the following best describes what you want to do:

• Install Backup for Workgroups to backup this computer only. 
  Select this option when you are setting up Backup for Workgroups for the first time and you want to backup this computer only. This option allows you to backup this computer and store the backup files on a local hard drive or a network share that is accessible from this computer. 
   
• Install Backup for Workgroups to backup this computer and other computers on your network. 
  Select this option when you want to backup this computer and store your backup files on a different computer or when you plan to backup this computer and have other computers send their backup files to this computer.
   
• Reinstall Backup for Workgroups. 
  Select this option when you had been running Backup for Workgroups in the past and you have existing backup data. When you select this option, you will reinstall and configure Backup for Workgroups to access your existing backup data.