The Copy Utility is designed to run once per day, when you turn on your computer.  You can run it manually as well.  To configure what files you wish to copy, and other preferences, use the options listed below.

Origin (Server) Folder Path:  This tells you the location of the files you're copying.  Double click in the field to display a file browser:

• Windows XP: Usually, path should be C:\Program Files\Winpos

• Windows 7/Vista: Path should be C:\ReSource\ReSourcePOS

Destination (Local) Folder Path:  This tells you where the backup file is being stored.   

The default backup storage location is C:\ReSource\POSCopy

Destination Folder Options:  The path and name of a file to compress all copied files into.  Compression happens immediately after the copy process has finished.  Double-click the field to browse for a file.  The compressed file is created fresh each time the copy process finishes.  Note the compressed file is compatible with both PKZip and WinZip.  

• No Sub Folders:  This creates a single backup file set, which is overwritten the following day.  No unique backup is made per day; each backup overwrites the prior day.

• Day-Of-Week: This creates a backup set per each day of week.  The subsequent week will overwrite the previous week's data set.  This is the recommended choice.

• Daily: This creates a unique backup per day.  DO NOT USE.  This will consume a great deal of disk storage space over time and is not recommended as a long-term solution.

Other Folders To Copy:  While it is rare to need to copy the contents of entire folder, the Copy Utility does have this option.  These folders will be copied into the destination with their full folder path names.  Sub-folders are not specifically included to save space.  If there are additional sub-folders to copy, include them in this list.

• To add a folder to this list, click ”Add” and browse for the desired folder.

• To remove a folder from the list, double-click it.

Other Files To Copy:  This option allows you to designate other files from programs other than ReSource Partner.  

• For customers using IC Verify for credit card validation, your IC Verify configuration file would be a good choice to include in your backup set.  It can be expensive to have IC-Verify support recreate this file for you if lost.  The file is called ICVerify.set.  The location of this file varies, but a common location is shown in the image at right

• For customers using Quickbooks or other accounting software, you could add your company data file to the backup set.

• Any other software configuration or data files can be added as well using this option

Seconds To Wait:  This sets the time between when the Copy Utility opens, and when the copy process begins to run. Default is 15 seconds.

Destination Compression File:  After the Copy Utility finishes duplicating your files, it can then create a second compressed file set to be written to whatever location you choose (see some options below).  This field requires the path and name of the file to be created.  

Suggested default is C:\Poscopy.zip

For stores using Remote Data Backups service, this file is then retrieved by them over your Internet connection.  See Remote Data Backup topic for more information.

Compress To Destination Folder:  In addition to the other backups configured on this screen, checking this box will make a second, compressed, backup set to the c:\program files\POSCopy directory.  Not commonly used.

Options For Users with USB connected devices

If you wish to make a backup to an external device such as a USB connected drive (also known as a jump drive, keychain drive, etc)

1. Connect your external device

2. Open My Computer

3. Determine what drive letter has been assigned to the device

4. Open the Copy Utility

5. Click Setup

6. At the bottom enter the destination compression path to the device.

For instance, if Windows assigns the drive the letter G, then what you would enter would be G:\poscopy.zip

If Windows assigns a new drive letter to your USB-connected device each time you use it, you will need to change the drive letter in Copy Utility Setup as well.  We strongly suggest you obtain at least two of these devices and rotate weekly, keeping one off site at all times.

Options For Users With DVR-W or CDR-W

Relying primarily on a backup program solely utilizing CDR-W or DVR-W is not recommended.  Please contact ReSource Customer Service for more information.