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- How to change your online backup encryption code

About online backup encryption:

• You will not need your encryption code to do manual and automated backups or restores from a normally operating system.
• You will need your encryption code if the system which backs up is stolen or completely destroyed. Your encryption code was provided on installation. You should have at least two print outs in separate locations. You can custom change or regenerate a random key and print same with or without reference to backupanytime from a functional backup computer.

Here is how you do it.

• Open the backupanytime software. (start, program files, backupanytime)
• Choose options, change encryption, type in admin override password, generate key. To print off the new encryption code; Create key file, choose location to save it to, choose print option printing at least two copies.
• Save these in two safe locations and reprint without delay if lost.

If you have any queries regarding your key file please contact support now.

Why is this important?

If we could easily crack the code for you, the system would as a consequence be unsafe. Cracking encryption codes after a client computer is stolen or destroyed is a time consuming, expensive position and is prone to failure because of the strength of the code.

To date (Aug 07) no client has lost their code and failed to replace it before a system was stolen or completely destroyed. By simple mathematics it is bound to happen one day. Don't let it happen to you.

Thank you

The backupanytime.com team