Create a Task

Generally, you may set a scheduled task the same way you set a regular action for creating an image of a disk, partition, or an entire hard drive.

To create a new task:

1	Click Scheduler/Create Script on the Action Selection panel

The Scheduled Tasks panel will appear.

2	Click the Create a Task button on the Scheduled Tasks panel

3	Select the objects you want to backup on the Partition Selection panel, image destination on the Image Destination panel, imaging mode on the Imaging Mode panel, image options on the Image Options panel, and backup options on the Backup Options panel.

Go to the Create an Image topic for more details.

Please note that you may use backup sets for creating complex data backup tasks and maintaining data files.

4	Specify the time or event at which the task should start on the Time/Event panel and click the Next button

You may specify time/event options on this panel.

task is active	If this options is not selected, the task will not start at its scheduled time/event
Perform this task:
Daily	The task will start repeatedly on a daily time interval
Start time:	Time at which the task will start
Start date:	Date from which the task will start
Run this task every:	Time interval in days in which the task will regularly start
End date: (optional)	Date from which the task will not start anymore
Weekly	The task will start repeatedly on a weekly time interval
Start time:	Time at which the task will start
Start date:	Date from which the task will start
Run this task every:	Time interval in weeks in which the task will regularly start
On days:	Days of the week on which the task will start
End date: (optional)	Date from which the task will not start anymore
Monthly	The task will start repeatedly on a monthly time interval
Start time:	Time at which the task will start
Start date:	Date from which the task will start
Month schedule
On day... of month	Day of the month on which the task will start
Or...	Weekdays in the month on which the task will start
Months	Months when the task will start
Once	The task will start once
Start time:	Time at which the task will start
Start date:	Date from which the task will start
At system startup	The task will start at every system startup
At user logon	The task will start every time a user will log on
wake the computer to run this task	If this checkbox is selected, your computer will automatically start up to perform this task

5	Specify a user name and password of a user from the Administrators user group on the User/Password panel and click the Next button

Click the Default button to make R-Drive Image to run as your default user.

6	Specify mail notification options (optional) and applications you want to run when the task will end successfully or failed (optional) on the Mail Notification/Aux Applications panel and click the Next button

These options are not mandatory and you may leave this panel empty.

Applications

You may specify the applications of the *.com, *.exe, and *.pif types, and their parameters delimited by a space.

Mail Notification

If a personal firewall is installed on your computer, you should allow the r-driveimagecl.exe application to get access to the e-mail server.

Shutdown the computer on task completion

If this checkbox is selected, R-Drive Image will shut your computer down when completed the task.

Test mail account

Click this button to test whether you entered the correct mail settings.

7	Verify that the information on the Processing panel is correct and click the Save button

>	A new task will appear on the Scheduled Tasks panel

The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions.

The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R-Drive Image Startup Version.