

To add a computer, users simply download the CrashPlan app from the CrashPlan console, install it, and sign in. The device then appears on the Active Devices list in the CrashPlan console. When a backup is unable to reach 100% complete, it is often because the CrashPlan app can't access some of the files. This may happen if a file is in use by another application or has incorrect permissions. Why isn’t this backup reaching 100% complete? This is because the CrashPlan app and CrashPlan console calculate file sizes differently. In addition, users may notice that the CrashPlan app and CrashPlan console show slightly different values for the size of backup.

The length of time for the initial backup can quite literally range from minutes to weeks, and is dependent on many factors, including the number and size of files being backed up, the backup destination, network topology, and available device resources.

If that block was already backed up, the CrashPlan app moves on and analyzes the next block.The CrashPlan app analyzes a small piece of the file (a block), and checks to see if that block was previously backed up. Backup begins with a process called data de-duplication.
