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Table Of Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- PRODUCT COMPONENTS
- FEATURES OVERVIEW
- GETTING STARTED
- BASIC CONCEPTS
- WINDOWS COMPONENTS
- INTERFACE OVERVIEW
- SETTINGS OVERVIEW
- VIEWING DISK PROPERTIES
- DATA BACKUP AND RESCUE
- COPY TASKS
- BOOT MANAGEMENT
- PARTITION MANAGEMENT
- BASIC PARTITIONING OPERATIONS
- ADVANCED PARTITIONING OPERATIONS
- CHANGING PARTITION ATTRIBUTES
- HARD DISK MANAGEMENT
- EXTRA FUNCTIONALITY
- TYPICAL SCENARIOS
- TROUBLESHOOTER
- GLOSSARY
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When the Safe mode is selected, the PTS DOS launch menu appears. It has nearly the same functionality as for
the Normal mode except the Network Configurator and Log Saver commands. Besides due to certain
limitations of the PTS DOS environment, there is no possibility to burn CD/DVD disks.
LOW GRAPHICS SAFE MODE
When the Low Graphics mode is selected, the PTS DOS launch menu appears. It has the same functionality
and looks similar to the Safe mode but graphically simpler.
BASIC CONCEPTS
This chapter explains terms and ideas that show how the program works. To understand these helps to obtain a
general notion of the operation performance and makes it easier for the user to operate the program.
SYSTEM AND DATA PROTECTION
The data protection issue is a growing cause of worrying for more and more people today. Indeed, it is hardly
to find a person who will be particularly happy when all precious information on the hard disk is irreversible lost
as a result of its malfunction. So how this tragedy can be prevented?
FILE BACKUP VERSUS SECTOR BACKUP
Since the advent of the computer age people were in the search of ways to guarantee data safety. As a result
we’ve got now two principal approaches: the file-based backup and the sector-based backup. The main
difference between the two lies in the way data is treated.
A sector-based backup operates with an image (or a snapshot) of the whole disk system or its separate
partitions. It not only includes the contents of all user-made files, but additionally contains the exact structure of
directories, information about file allocation, file attributes and other related data. Thus it enables to
successfully process system or encrypted partitions of any file system type, no matter what kind of information
they contain.
In contrast, a file-based backup takes into account a file system structure and only functions on a file or folder
level. So it is very efficient when archiving separate files or folders, but in no way will help you back up a system
partition.
You should understand pretty well that each of the two approaches is only good when properly chosen. In the
comparison table below you can see when this or that approach will suit you at most.
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