With the versions 14 of our Hard Disk Managers we introduced the new archive format “Virtual Disk” (VD). This format offers a lot of advantages over the ancient PBF format.
The versions 14 focussed on the old PBF format as standard backup format while the VD format was accessible as “New Backup Format”.
The new VD format is now standard in the versions 15. On the long run we plan to transfer completely to VD.
Of course the old backup format will not expire in the short term. It will still be available. But we don’t recommend to use it to create new backups.
The possibility to restore old archives will be assured for a long time.
To access the old PBF format and the respective options please click the tool symbol top right in the menu bar and select “Legacy Mode”.