TM DriveClone Version 2.
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Contents CHAPTER 1 GLOSSARY..........................................................................................................................4 CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION TO DRIVECLONE........................................................................5 2.1 ABOUT DRIVECLONE ..............................................................................................................................5 2.2 FEATURES AND BENEFITS ............................................................................
Chapter 1 Glossary DriveClone Image A DriveClone image is the file that contains the contents of a computer’s hard drive or partition(s). Using this image, you can copy the entire contents of a hard drive to a portable medium such as a recordable CD/DVD, USB drive or to another hard drive. Recover CD/DVD The Recover CD/DVD allows end users to start their systems by inserting this disc into their CD-ROM drive.
Chapter 2 Introduction to DriveClone 2.1 About DriveClone DriveClone is a hard drive utility that is used to backup or clone hard drives or partitions. It creates a compressed archive file that contains all files, partition information and security information stored on a hard drive or CD/DVD. DriveClone can be used for many different purposes. PC users can use DriveClone as a quick and easy way to back up and restore their data in the event of a system crash.
Chapter 3 Installing/Uninstalling DriveClone 3.1 System Requirements Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003 Intel 486 (or compatible) processor or higher VBE2.0 Display Card or higher 256 MB of RAM 130 MB free hard drive space for installing DriveClone2.0 IE5.0 or later 3.2 Installing DriveClone To install DriveClone on your computer, please do the following: Step 1 Insert the DriveClone setup CD into your CD drive. The Setup program should start automatically. If it does not, run the file called DClone.
Step 6 Click Next to start the installation. Step 7 Click Finish to restart your computer and complete the installation. If you want to restart later, uncheck the box and click Finish. ª Note If you choose to restart the computer later, DriveClone is functionally limited and you cannot perform the Mount Image function until the computer is restarted. 3.
Chapter 4 Getting Around in DriveClone 4.1 Launch DriveClone To launch DriveClone, double-click on the DriveClone icon on your desktop, or select Start Æ All Programs Æ DriveClone Æ DriveClone. The program will ask if you would like to restart the system to run DriveClone in a Pre-Operating System environment. Select OK and your system will restart and run DriveClone automatically. 4.
ª Note 1. Normally there is only one hard drive installed in a computer, and you can skip to selecting the partition(s) you would like to protect. 2. If there is more than one hard drive, you can choose only one drive at a time. 3. You can select one or more partitions from a hard drive to back up at the same time. If you want to back up an entire hard drive, select all of the partitions on the drive.
2. If you select a network location on the LAN, you may be prompted to provide the correct username and password to access the network resource. 3. If the system does not respond for a long time when you try to save the image to a network location, please contact your network administrator to check the connection status and/or your network access privileges. Step 4 Select a compression mode between Standard, Medium and High, if desired. (Optional) You can set a password for your to use the image file.
Step 2 Click Browse to select a restorable image from either a hard drive, network location , CD/DVD disc (the recover CD), or other movable storage medium, and then click Next to continue. Note: If you want to restore an image that is stored on a network location, you can select the location through Windows, My Network Places, directly enter the full path and the file name (figure below) or click Browse to select the file (LAN path eg: \\192.168.0.111\ShareDir\Image.sco).
Step 4 (for the “Restore Hard drive” option only) Modify the size of each partition according to your needs. To modify a partition size, double click the Total Size field of the target drive and change the size in the following dialog box. Click OK to return to the previous window. The disk structure in the above window will be refreshed immediately. After you have finished specifying the size, click Next to continue.
computer. To create a Recover CD/DVD, please follow the steps below: Step 1 Start DriveClone. Select Backup/Restore and then click Recover CD/DVD(shown below). Step 2 Select the Source Hard Drive, and then select the Source Partition(s) to back up. ª Click Next to continue. Note 1. Normally there is only one hard drive installed in a computer, and you can skip the hard drive selection step and select your partition(s). 2.
Step 4 Select a compression mode between Standard, Medium and High, if desired. (Optional) You can set a password for the backup file. Once a password is set, it will be required when you attempt to use the image file. (Optional) If you want to verify whether the backup file is usable, you can select the box “Check data integrity after backup operation finishes”. In the Image Splitting option, select a file size for a single volume of the splitted image.
4.3.1 Clone partition With DriveClone, you can copy data from all sectors of the source partition into the corresponding sectors of the destination partition. To clone a partition, follow the steps below: Step 1 Start DriveClone. Select Clone and then click Clone Partition (shown below). Step 2 Select the Source Hard Drive, and then select a Source Partition. ª Note 1.
ª Note 1. The selected target partition must have enough space to hold the data in the source partition. 2. If the Source Partition is a non-recognizable file system, you cannot resize it in this step. The Destination Partition size will be the same as the Source Partition size. Step 4 After confirming your selections, click Start to start the cloning process or you can click Previous to change your settings. 4.3.2 Clone Disk Clone Disk duplicates one hard drive to another.
Step 3 View the Destination Disk structure. You can alter the Destination Partition size by double-clicking the Total Size field (green number) and change the size in a popup dialog box (shown below). Click Next to continue. Step 4 After confirming your selections, click Start to begin the cloning process or you can click Previous to change your settings.
4.4 DriveClone Utilities DriveClone Utilities provides you with additional tools to maximize the functionality of the program. you can: z Create a DriveClone Bootable Disc z Erase a rewritable CD or DVD z Check validity of an image file created by DriveClone With these tools, 4.4.1 Bootable Disc With DriveClone, you can create a bootable disc. Upon a system crash, you can use this disc to boot you computer,run DriveClone and select an image file to restore your system.
ª Note If you select USB 2.0, please make sure all your USB devices, eg. the USB storage medium, the port and the host adapter card, can support USB 2.0. Otherwise, it will automatically revert to USB 1.1 speed. 4.5.2 Network Settings DriveClone can back up to, or restore from a network location. To use this feature, you should first configure your network settings. To configure your network settings, click Settings from the main DriveClone interface and then click the Settings button in under Network.
If your computer is on a Local Area Network (LAN), you can set the LAN settings so that you can back up images to or restore from a network location. DNS settings: z Obtaining DNS server address automatically: DNS (Domain Name System) is an internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses. It is a system for name resolution suitable for network computers with fixed IP addresses. By default, DriveClone uses this option to obtain the DNS sever address automatically from the network.
4.7 Restoring a File or Folder When you need an individual file or folder from the backed up partition or drive (the image file), DriveClone provides you a quick way to restore a file or folder without restoring the whole partition ordrive. Just mount the image file as a temporary partition and copy the file or folder as needed. To restore an individual file or folder: 1. Select Start Æ All Programs Æ DriveClone Æ Restore File or Folder. 2. Select Mount an image as a partition. Click Next. 3. 4.
5. Click OK after the partition is successfully mounted. You can now see the mounted drive in Windows Explorer. (Drive U: in the example below) You can now browse the drive and copy the desired file or folder on your hard drive. After you have finished restoring an individual file or folder, you can dismount the temporary partition. Following the steps below to remove the mounted drive: 1. Select Start Æ All Programs Æ DriveClone Æ Restore File or Folder. 2.
Chapter 5 Appendix 5.1 FAQ Q1. How long does it take to backup/restore a system using DriveClone? A: It depends on the amount of data on your system. However, DriveClone’s unique technology minimizes the amount of time it takes to backup the system. Q2. I launched DriveClone in Windows, but a message indicates that I must restart my computer in order to run DriveClone? A: DriveClone is a program that can only run in a Pre-Operating System environment. It cannot function on Windows or Windows-DOS.
A: Mounting a partition requires all the backup data of the drive. If you use one of two discs, it cannot provide the complete information. To solve this problem, you can first copy the image files from the two discs to the hard drive and then use it to mount a temporary partition. This problem cannot be overcome by using multiple CD drives. Q10. When I created a Recover CD/DVD, it failed and prompted an error message “Move Data Error”.
to a network locatoin, DriveClone can automatically split the file into several volumes with a maximum size of 2GB each. You can select the first volume of the image to be restored. But, if you share an image stored in an NTFS partition that is over 2GB, you cannot restore from it on another computer over the network; this file must be copied back to the local computer to perform a successful restore Q15.
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