====== Backups ======

All of your board is files, so a backup is a copy of the right folders.

===== What to copy =====

^ Folder ^ Why ^
| The data folder (''Configs'', ''MSGBASE'' and so on) | Your settings, users and messages. This is the most important copy. |
| ''FILES'' and ''PVTFILES'' | The files you offer and the private files of users. |
| ''MENUS'', ''TXTFILES'', ''RIP'' | Your menus and screens. |
| ''PEX'' and the program files | Only if you have programs you built yourself. |
| ''LOGS'' | If you need the history. |

Stop the nodes before copying, or at least copy from a quiet moment. A user file copied while callers are online may be missing recent changes.

===== The backups ProBoard makes for you =====

^ Folder ^ Made by ^
| ''PBInstall_Backups'' | PBInstall, before it changes a system. |
| ''PBUpgrade_Backups'' | The PBConfig Upgrade Data tools, before they convert or repair. |
| ''Update\Backup'' | PBDispatch, before a program update (the newest five are kept). |
| ''LOGS\Archive'' | Log rotation. |

These are safety nets for those jobs. They are not a replacement for your own backups.