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All rights reserved. 3 Contents CHAPTER 1 GLOSSARY............................................................5 CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION TO DRIVECLONE..........6 2.1 ABOUT DRIVECLONE ................................................................6 2.2 FEATURES AND BENEFITS.........................................................6 CHAPTER 3 INSTALLING/UNINSTALLING DRIVECLONE .................................................................................8 3.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ..........................................................8 3.2 INSTALLING DRIVECLONE ........................................................8 3.3 UNINSTALLING DRIVECLONE .................................................10 CHAPTER 4 GETTING AROUND IN DRIVECLONE ... 11 4.1 LAUNCH DRIVECLONE ............................................................ 11 4.2 BACKUP AND RESTORE ........................................................... 11 4.2.1 Backup Drives ............................................................................11 4.2.2 Restore Drives .......................................................................... 15 4.2.3 Recover CD/DVD...................................................................... 19 4.3.1 Clone partition .......................................................................... 22 4.3.2 Clone Disk .................................................................................. 24 4.3 CLONE......................................................................................22 4.4 DRIVECLONE UTILITIES .........................................................28 4.4.1 Bootable Disc ............................................................................ 28 4.4.2 Erase Disc................................................................................... 28 4.4.3 Image Integrity Check........................................................... 28 4.5 SETTINGS ................................................................................29 4.5.1 Set USB Standard.................................................................... 29 4.5.2 Network Settings ..................................................................... 30 4.6 CREATE BOOTABLE DISC........................................................31 4.7 RESTORE FILE OR FOLDER .....................................................32 CHAPTER 5 APPENDIX ..........................................................36 5.1 FAQ .........................................................................................36 5.2 LICENSE AGREEMENT .............................................................40 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 6 0/1 array. 7 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. 8 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. 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. 9 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. 10 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. 12 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. 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. 13 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 image files. 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. 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. 14 Step 5 You can now review the information and settings ...