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DriveClone TM Version 2.0 User's Guide Copyright Notice No part of this publication may be copied, transmitted, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means without the expressed written permission of FarStone Technology, Inc. FarStone grants you the right to use one copy of the enclosed software program ("SOFTWARE") on a single computer. If the SOFTWARE is installed on a network, or more than one user can run the SOFTWARE at the same time, you must purchase an additional license for each additional user or computer. Trademarks FarStoneTM and DriveCloneTM are trademarks of FarStone Technology, Inc. Microsoft®, Windows® and MS-DOS® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other product names mentioned in this User's Guide may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. FarStone Technology, Inc. Corporate and North American Headquarters 6 Morgan, Suite 160 Irvine, CA 92618 Phone: (949) 458-3666 Fax: (949) 458-3633 Asia-Pacific Offices 10F-1B, No. 207, DunHua North Rd., Taipei, 105, Taiwan Phone: 886-2-2546-9898 Fax: 886-2-2546-3838 Technical Support: Please contact your retailer or use our online support system at www.farstone.com. For your convenience, you will find answers to frequently asked questions on our website at www.farstone.com. Follow the links to the support section: http://www.farstone.com/home/en/shtml/contactus.shtml Copyright©1998-2005 FarStone Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Contents CHAPTER 1 GLOSSARY..........................................................................................................................4 CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION TO DRIVECLONE........................................................................5 2.1 ABOUT DRIVECLONE ..............................................................................................................................5 2.2 FEATURES AND BENEFITS.......................................................................................................................5 CHAPTER 3 INSTALLING/UNINSTALLING DRIVECLONE .................................................6 3.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................................................................6 3.2 INSTALLING DRIVECLONE ......................................................................................................................6 3.3 UNINSTALLING DRIVECLONE .................................................................................................................7 CHAPTER 4 GETTING AROUND IN DRIVECLONE ...................................................................8 4.1 LAUNCH DRIVECLONE ............................................................................................................................8 4.2 BACKUP AND RESTORE ...........................................................................................................................8 4.3 CLONE....................................................................................................................................................14 4.4 DRIVECLONE UTILITIES .......................................................................................................................18 4.2.1 Backup Drives ................................................................................................................................................... 8 4.2.2 Restore Drives ................................................................................................................................................ 10 4.2.3 Recover CD/DVD............................................................................................................................................ 12 4.3.1 Clone partition ................................................................................................................................................ 15 4.3.2 Clone Disk ........................................................................................................................................................ 16 4.4.1 Bootable Disc .................................................................................................................................................. 18 4.4.2 Erase Disc......................................................................................................................................................... 18 4.4.3 Image Integrity Check................................................................................................................................. 18 4.5 SETTINGS ..............................................................................................................................................18 4.5.1 Set USB Standard.......................................................................................................................................... 18 4.5.2 Network Settings ........................................................................................................................................... 19 4.6 CREATE BOOTABLE DISC......................................................................................................................20 4.7 RESTORE FILE OR FOLDER ...................................................................................................................21 CHAPTER 5 APPENDIX ........................................................................................................................23 5.1 FAQ .......................................................................................................................................................23 5.2 LICENSE AGREEMENT ...........................................................................................................................26 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. Once the system is booted up, the Recover CD/DVD will restore the system automatically based on the content contained on the Recover CD/DVD. Restorable Image When the size of the image is greater than the available space on the external medium, the image will be divided into several volumes. Only the first image of a series of images has the ability to restore the partition/disk because it contains the initial data of the source partition/disk. We refer to the first image as the restorable image. Clone (Copy) The term "cloning" refers to copying the exact information from one place to another. 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. System administrators can use it to dramatically reduce the time they spend restoring, reconfiguring or copying data onto the hard drives of many computers. So, whether you need to back up, recover, protect or upgrade PCs, DriveClone is an all-in-one solution. 2.2 Features and Benefits · · · · · · · · · · · · Copies the entire hard drive: Enables users to quickly back up, replace or upgrade their hard drives. Auto-recover CD: Burn image files to a CD-RW to create a startup/auto-recover CD. Just insert the CD into the CD drive and the entire PC will be automatically restored to its previous condition. Saves time: Eases the time-consuming process of reinstalling operating systems, programs and hardware drivers. Backup flexibility: Clone hard drives that are different in size, format or brand. Copy a single partition or the entire hard drive. Easy to use: A Windows-similar interface loads prior to your operating system, making DriveClone simple to use Optimizes operating speed: Supports UDMA1-5 to restore data in sectors. Supports various partition formats: FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, Linux and RestoreIT. Stores the image file to USB storage devices: Images can be saved to USB storage devices such as a Removable USB hard drive or burned on a CD/DVD disc through a USB recorder. Stores the image file on the network: Images can be saved to a location on your LAN. Supports IDE and SATA Hard Drives: Can store to and restore from both IDE, and SATA HDD port disk, Supports SCSI Hard Drives: Can store data to, restore from or clone a SCSI hard drive. Supports RAID 0/1: Can store to, restore from or clone a RAID 0/1 array. 5 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.EXE directly from the CD. Step 2 When the DriveClone install screen appears, select Next to go to the next step. Step 3 Carefully read the software license agreement. If you accept the terms of the agreement, select I Accept the License Agreement, and then click Next to continue. Step 4 Enter your personal information and serial number. If you have not purchased a serial number yet, simply click Next without entering the serial number for a limited-time trial of DriveClone. Note: Trial version of DriveClone does not support creating a Bootable Disc or Recover CD/DVD. Step 5 Choose a location for installing DriveClone. DriveClone will be installed in the path displayed by default. If you would like to store the program files in a different location, click Browse to select a new installation path. 6 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. 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. 3.3 Uninstalling DriveClone If you would like to uninstall DriveClone, please follow the steps below: Step 1 Click Start from the Windows taskbar and then select Programs ->DriveClone ->Uninstall DriveClone. Step 2 Click Yes to start uninstalling DriveClone from your computer. Step 3 Click Yes to complete the removal of DriveClone. 7 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 All Programs DriveClone 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. 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. Step 3 Click Browse to select a location on a hard drive, USB storage medium, or a network location, and enter a name for the image file. Note: If you want to store the image on a network location, you can select the location through Windows, My Network Places, directly enter the full path and the file name (fig. a), or click Browse to select thefile(fig. b) (LAN path eg: \\192.168.0.111\ShareDir\Image.sco). You can add comments in the Image File Description box below. Then click Next to continue. Fig. a Fig. b Note 1. If you have a CD writer (USB recorders are supported), you can also select to burn the image onto a blank CD/DVD. The CD/DVD burned by DriveClone can be used as a start-up disc. It is also known as a Recover CD/DVD. 9 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. image files. Once a password is set, it will be required when you attempt (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. If you select automatically, Driveclone will automatically split the image according to the file system type of the destination partition. Note DriveClone will divide the image into several volumes and let you save these images in different locations if: 1. The selected target location does not have enough space to contain the image; or 2. The size of the image is more than 2 GB; (If backing up to a NTFS partition, you do not have this limitation.) or 3. The image is saved to a network location. Click Next to continue. Step 5 You can now review the information and settings that have been specified. After reviewing your selections, click Start to begin copying data into an image. You can also click Previous to modify your selections. 4.2.2 Restore Drives DriveClone lets you quickly restore a partition or entire hard drive from an image file. All data in the partition, including the files, directories and registry settings, will be restored from the image. Note There must be enough free disk space on the target partition to contain the data restored from the image. To restore a partition or the entire hard drive, please do the following: Step 1 Start DriveClone p. Select Backup/Restore and then click Restore Drives (shown below). 10 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). Note If you want to select an image stored on the network, you may be prompted to provide the correct username and password to access the network resource. Step 3 Select the Source Partition from the image file (box above) and then the Destination partition on the hard drive (box below). Note An image file may contain backup data of more than one partition. You can select and restore only one partition at a time. If you want to restore the entire hard drive, click the drive entry only. 11 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. Step 5 After reviewing your selections, click Start to begint the restoration process or click Previous to modify your selections. Note To restore the partition from the Recover CD/DVD, you can also start your computer with the Recover CD/DVD. Then you will be prompted to restore your partition using the Recover CD/DVD. Select OK to restore the source partition directly from the image stored on the Recover CD/DVD. 4.2.3 Recover CD/DVD A Recover CD/DVD is a bootable disc containing backup data and the DriveClone program. It allows end users to restore the backed up partition(s) or entire drive by simply inserting this disc into their CD/DVD drive and booting the 12 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. 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. If there is more than one hard drive installed, you can choose only one drive at a time. 3. You can select one or more partitions from a hard drive to be back up at a time. If you want to back up an entire hard drive, select all of the partitions on the drive. Step 3 You are now ready to create the Recover disc. Click Browse to locate your CD/DVD writable drive with a blank CD/DVD disc inserted, and then enter a name for the image. You can add comments in the Image File Description box (shown below). Click Next to continue. 13 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. If you select automatically, Driveclone will automatically split the image according to the file system type of the destination partition. Step 5 After reviewing your selections, click Start to begin burning the Recover CD/DVD, or you can click Previous to modify your selections. Note If the size of the backup data exceeds the writable disc capacity, DriveClone will automatically split the image into several volumes and burn onto different discs. It will prompt you to insert another disc when needed. Restoring from a Recover CD/DVD To restore the partition(s) from a Recover CD/DVD, simply insert the disc into the CD/DVD disc drive and restart your computer. A message box should appear, asking for your confirmation of using the Recover CD/DVD to restore the backup partition/hard drive. Clicking Yes will start the auto-restoration process. Click OK to restart your computer and complete the restoration. Clicking No will cancel auto-restoration and run Restore Drives function of DriveClone. You can manually select the backup image to restore. Please refer to a detailed description in section 4.2.2 Restore Drives. Note If the partition size or file system of the backed up partition had been changed after the backup, auto-restoration will be aborted automatically. You can manually select another image file to restore. 4.3 Clone With DriveClone, you can clone (duplicate) a partition or hard drive to another one without any lost or altered data. 14 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. Note 1. Normally there is only one hard drive installed in a computer; you can skip the drive selection step and proceed to selecting a partition. 2. You can choose only one partition at a time. 3. The Source Partition and the Destination Partition cannot be the same. Step 3 Select the Destination Hard Drive, and then select Destination Partition. You can alter the Destination Partition size by double-clicking the Total Size number (green number in the figure bellow). Click Next to continue. 15 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. It eliminates the need to install the operating system, drivers and applications, and enables you to upgrade a new hard drive with only a few mouse clicks. Note 1. To use this function, there needs be at least two hard drives connected to your computer 2. The Destination Disk size should be no less than the Source Disk size. Follow the steps below to clone hard drives: Step 1 Start DriveClone. Select Clone and then click Clone Disk (shown below). Step 2 Select the Source Disk (top pane) and then the Destination Disk (bottom pane). Click Next to continue. 16 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. 17 4.4 DriveClone Utilities DriveClone Utilities provides you with additional tools to maximize the functionality of the program. you can: Create a DriveClone Bootable Disc Erase a rewritable CD or DVD 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. To create a Bootable Disc, insert a blank CD/DVD disc into the recorder and click Utilities Bootable Disc. DriveClone will start writing data onto the disc. When the bootable disc has been created, click Finish to eject the disc. 4.4.2 Image Integrity Check Use this function to check if an image file created by DriveClone is restorable. To check an image file, select Utilities Image Integrity Check. Click Browse to select an image from either the hard drive, CD/DVD disc, network location or other movable storage medium, and then click Next to check the image. After the Image Integrity Check has completed, it will report the results in a dialog box. 4.4.3 Erase Disc You can use DriveClone Utilities to erase data from a re-writable disc, providing your drive supports the use of re-writable media (i.e. CD-RW or DVD±RW). To erase a disc, insert the disc to be erased into the CD/DVD drive and select Utilities mode and click Next to begin theprocess. Erase Disc. Select an erase Two Erase Modes: Quick Erase: Using this method, discs that are erased appear to be empty but the data is not physically removed. Quick Erase will take a short time to complete and will only erase the Table of Contents (TOC) of the disc. The erased data can still be recovered using special tools. Full Erase: Full Erase will physically erase the entire disc. Compared to Quick Erase, Full Erase will take a longer time to complete, but it is less likely to run into a disc error when using a full erased disc to burn again. 4.5 Settings You can set a standard for using the USB devices, and your local network configurations. 4.5.1 Set USB Standard DriveClone can back up to or restore from an image file that is on a USB device. DriveClone supports USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 standards. To set a defaultUSB standard for your device, click Settings (shown below), choose a USB standard and click Apply. 18 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. There are two tabs in the Network Settings window: General: The General tab is shown below. You can setup your network adaptor, IP address, Subnet mask and Default gateway from here. If you have more than one network adaptor on your system, select the adaptor to be used from the dropdown menu. IP Settings: Obtain an IP address automatically: If your network supports DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), choose this option to obtain an IP address automatically from a DHCP server or a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) dial-up network access server. DriveClone uses DHCP as the default option and will obtain the IP address of your computer automatically. IP address: Choose this option to manually specify IP address for your network. This option can be used when automatically obtaining IP address fails or the there is an IP address conflict. Advanced The Advanced tab is shown as below. 19 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: 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. Use the following DNS server addresses: Choose this to manually specify the DNS server addresses if needed. WINS: Specify an IP address for a WINS server. Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) is a system that determines the IP address associated with a particular network computer. It supports network client and server computers running Windows and can provide name resolution for other computers with special arrangements. It uses a distributed database that is automatically updated with the names of computers currently available and the IP address assigned to each one. Gateway: Specify an IP address for a default gateway. A default gateway is a local IP router that is used to forward packets to destinations beyond the local network. 4.6 Create Bootable Disc The DriveClone Bootable Disc is useful when your system crashes and the computer cannot be booted. In such cases, insert the bootable disc into your disc drive and start your computer. The DriveClone program should automatically start and you can select an image to restore your system. To create a DriveClone Bootable Disc, follow the steps below: 1. Select start All Programs DriveClone Create Bootable Disc. 2. You will be prompted to restart your computer to create the bootable disc. Insert a blank disc into your disc drive and click Restart. The disc will be created automatically. 20