Backup files often occupy valuable storage space due to their large size. So, how can you achieve both secure and efficient backups? The key lies in using filters. This guide will detail how to use the powerful filtering features in Hasleo Backup Suite to intelligently exclude unnecessary files, thereby effectively saving every bit of your storage space.
Overview of filter in Hasleo Backup Suite
In the field of backups, a filter is a rule or condition that can intelligently include or exclude specific files, folders, or file types. The Filter feature in Hasleo Backup Suite allows you to exclude files, folders, or file types that are not needed during backup task creation. This enables precise control over the backup content. The following are its specific advantages and precautions to consider when using it.
Advantages:
- Save storage space: By excluding unnecessary files (e.g., system caches, temporary files, installation packages), the amount of backup data is reduced, thereby minimizing disk space usage.
- Increase backup speed: The reduction in backup data volume shortens the backup times, greatly improving backup speed.
- Focus on core data: Ensure that backups concentrate on truly valuable data, making data protection more targeted.
- Enhance backup flexibility: Different types of data require different filtering strategies to ensure finely tuned protection of the data.
Notices:
- Exercise caution when configuring exclusion rules: Misconfigured rules may prevent critical data from being backed up, resulting in data loss during a restoration. When in doubt about a file or folder, it is safer to include it in the backup than to risk exclusion.
- Use wildcards accurately: While Hasleo Backup Suite supports excluding files using the * and ? wildcards, please exercise caution. Due to their broad matching nature, imprecise use may result in the unintended exclusion of critical files.
- Restore Test: After completing important backups, a restore test should be performed to verify whether the Filter settings are correct.
- Regular Review: Periodically review the exclusion rules to ensure they still meet current requirements.
Best Windows backup software—Hasleo Backup Suite
As professional backup and restore software, Hasleo Backup Suite provides powerful features like compression, filter, and image retention policies, making backup operations more flexible and efficient. At the same time, it also supports restoring and cloning Windows OS, disks/partitions, and files/folders. Moreover, Hasleo Backup Suite offers a free version with powerful features. For advanced needs, the Professional edition includes features like Delta Clone and Clone as MBR/GPT, making it the best choice for your backups. Here are the notable features of Hasleo Backup Suite:
- Comprehensive and powerful free edition: Its backup and restore features let you create system images effortlessly and recover from crashes instantly, while the cloning function promotes seamless data migration.
- Advanced technology and excellent performance: Compatible with all Windows PCs and servers, it supports Windows x86/x64 and ARM64 architectures. It boots in both UEFI and Legacy BIOS modes, ensures safe and stable program running, and operates with high efficiency and low power consumption.
- Multiple backup modes: It supports full, incremental and differential backups. Following an initial full backup, both incremental and differential backups save time and storage space by only copying the data that has changed.
- Features compression and encryption: It allows you to compress backup images to save disk space and encrypt them to protect your important data.
- Practical Toolbox: Here you can access advanced features like creating a WinPE emergency disk, merging backup images, and securely wiping disks.
- Intuitive and user-friendly interface: The interface design is clear, with the main functions immediately obvious, and guided prompts allow even beginners to get started quickly.
How to Use the Filter in Hasleo Backup Suite to Save Storage Space?
Step 1. Download, install, and run Hasleo Backup Suite Free. Click the "Backup" button in the navigation bar, then select "System Backup", "Disk/Partition Backup", or "File Backup" in the operation area.
Step 2. Select the system, disks/partitions, or files/folders you want to back up. Then customize the task name and destination location as needed. Click "Backup options" to open the settings interface.
* If you choose "System Backup", Hasleo Backup Suite Free will automatically select all partitions required for a Windows system backup.
* Tips:
- Task name: Specify a task name so that you can quickly find and manage your backup task later.
- Description: Briefly describe the purpose of the task and any other relevant information.
- Destination: Modify the destination path where the backup image files will be stored by clicking the folder icon.
- Backup options: Advanced backup settings. For more details, please refer to Backup options.
- Backup schedule: Set up backup schedules to automatically perform your backup tasks on a regular basis. For more details, please refer to Backup schedule.
Step 3. In the left navigation bar, select "Filter". Then, check the "Enable backup filter" checkbox in the operation area, and click "OK" to save the settings.
If you need to add other types of filters, please upgrade to Home, Professional, Server, or Enterprise edition.
* Tips:
- Windows page, hibernation and swap files: This filter type excludes Windows page, hibernation, and swap files from the backup source.
- Windows VSS snapshot files: This filter type excludes Windows VSS snapshot files from the backup source.
- Recycle bin: This filter type excludes the Recycle Bin folder ($RECYCLE.BIN) from the backup source.
Step 4. Once you click "Proceed", Hasleo Backup Suite Free will begin the filtered backup task. This process takes some time; please be patient.
* Tips:
- Priority: Specify a priority for the backup process. A higher priority allocates more CPU time to the backup, which may cause other programs to run slower.
- Check image: Verify the integrity of the backup image files upon completion of the backup process.
- Power plan: Perform the power management action after the backup is complete.
Summary
The hard drive contains numerous files that do not need to be backed up, such as system hibernation and page files, which consume valuable backup storage space during the process. The Filter feature in Hasleo Backup Suite intelligently excludes files you don't need, saving storage space and improving backup efficiency.
As an integrated data protection solution, Hasleo Backup Suite offers far more features than ordinary backup software. It combines backup, restore, and cloning functions into a single, making it the best backup tool for Windows. Discover its power—download and experience it today!
