User Guide

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.
4.2 Backup and Restore
DriveClone provides a flexible way to back up partitions or the entire hard drive as an image file, which can be used to
restore your system later. The image file can be saved on a hard drive or it can be burned onto a blank CD/DVD and
made into a recover CD/DVD. It supports backing up various file systems such as FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, Linux EXT2/3
and RestoreIT. The DriveClone image also supports data compression (ripping at up to a 60% compression rate).
4.2.1 Backup Drives
To back up data from a partition or the hard drive to an image file, please do the following:
Step 1 Start the DriveClone program. Select Backup/Restore and then click Backup Drives (shown below).
Step 2 Select the Source Hard Drive, and then select Source Partition(s) to be backed up.