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As far as I can tell, if I schedule a backup job, it scans for new files, makes up a backup package, *then* tries to copy to the destination. The problem is, most of the time, my backup destination isn't online (it's another computer on my LAN). Is there a way to check for the availability of the destination first, before it attempts the backup?

If not, then is the next best thing to script up something like this as a batch file and schedule it via Windows Scheduler?

Hi,

Backup4all will check at the beginning of the backup if the network destination is connected.
If it cannot be reached, the backup will abort without scanning the files.

Hmm...looks like you're right, I misinterpreted the 12:30 minutes it takes for a job to fail. Looking at the individual log files, it's unclear what it's doing during that 12:30 minutes.

[2021-05-08 10:08:15 PM] Checking backup destination (Network)
Backup aborted. Reason:
Cannot create folder "\\video10\backup\Picasa". The network path was not found
Backup aborted. Reason:
Cannot create folder "\\video10\backup\Picasa". The network path was not found
Next scheduled backup: Not scheduled
Backup aborted after 12:43 minute(s) at 2021-05-08 10:20:54 PM with 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
[2021-05-08 10:20:54 PM] Error: Cannot create folder "\\video10\backup\Picasa". The network path was not found

Is there a way to speed up this failure?

Hi,

In File->Options->Backup, there is a section: "When destination not ready".
Please reduce the number of retries and press OK.