BackupAssist - How To Upgrade

Our upgrade procedure allows you to easily try new versions of BackupAssist with minimum fuss and to upgrade to the latest version if you choose to do so. Please select your upgrade process:

• Upgrading to v5 from v4
• Upgrading to v5 from v3
• Upgrading to v4 from v3

BackupAssist™ - How To Upgrade to v5 from v4

When you run BackupAssist v5 for the first time, you’ll be asked whether you want to import the job settings from your older v4 installation.

Choose “Yes" to run the migration wizard and then select "Begin migration" to effect the data migration. Your old settings will then be imported into v5, and the older v4 services will be disabled.

Please note: both versions can coexist on your system, but disabling the v4 services mean that the only backup jobs that will run will be those in v5 of the software.

Learn more about reverting back to BackupAsssit v4.

BackupAssist™ - How To Upgrade to v5 from v3

When upgrading to v5 to v3, BackupAssist will automatically detect your v3 settings and migrate them across to v5 when the installation process is executed.

Please be aware that your computer needs to be running BackupAssist version 3.5.3 for the Automatic Migration Tool to work. If you are using an older version of BackupAssist v3.x, please update your version of BackupAssist v3 to v3.5.3 by running the v3 upgrader.

For more information on migrating your settings from BackupAssist v3 to v5, please click here.

Please note: both versions can coexist on your system, but disabling the v3 services mean that the only backup jobs that will run will be those in v5 of the software.

BackupAssist™ - How To Upgrade to v4 from v3

When you run BackupAssist v4 for the first time, you’ll be asked whether you want to import the job settings from your older v3 installation. Choose “Yes”. Your old settings will then be imported into v4, and the v3 services will be disabled.

Please note: both versions can coexist on your system, but disabling the v3 services mean that the only backup jobs that will run will be those in v4 of the software.

Below are two common “upgrade” scenarios. Please choose the one that matches your situation and follow the included instructions.

A) For computers with BackupAssist version 3:

Install the latest version of BackupAssist v4 on that machine and launch it to perform an automatic software upgrade to v4. Please be aware that your computer needs to be running BackupAssist version 3.5.3 for the Automatic Migration Tool to work. If you are using an older version of BackupAssist v3.x, then the installer will automatically prompt you with a few steps to bring you up to version 3.5.3, before resuming the upgrade process to v4.

B) For computers with BackupAssist version 3 and version 4:

In this case, you may have previously installed BackupAssist v4.0.10 (or older) on the same computer because you wanted to evaluate the software. You should uninstall any previous version for the migration to work. To uninstall BackupAssist v4.0.10 (or older) from your machine:

1)  Go to Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs

2)  If you have already purchased and activated your BackupAssist v4 licence you will need to de-activate the licence before you uninstall.

3)  It is recommended that you do not keep your previous settings as this may cause problems with the migration. If you must keep your current settings in BackupAssist v4 please make sure that the names of the backup jobs in v4 are not the same as those that you are planning on importing from BackupAssist v3.

4)  Install the latest version of BackupAssist v4 and run the migration.

Your computer needs to be running BackupAssist version 3.5.3 for the Automatic Migration Tool to work. If you are using an older version of BackupAssist v3.x, then the installer will automatically prompt you with a few steps to bring you up to version 3.5.3, before resuming the migration process to version 4.

To download BackupAssist v4, please visit the Download webpage.

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