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1. Backup Types At the present moment the market is offering various types of backup imaging to meet the needs of any user Besides supporting them all our program offers a unique backup type called File Increment to a Sector Backup Full and Differential Sector Backups A full sector based backup image includes all contents of a partition or a hard disk at the moment of its creation If you roll back your system to the initial state on a regular basis that s exactly what you re looking for But if you want to have multiple backup archives of the same partition reflecting certain time Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 17 User Manual stamps unchanged data will inevitable be duplicated in all archives and take additional space on backup media To tackle this issue there has been developed a supplementary technique called Differential Sector Backup A differential archive only contains data changed since the time of creating a full archive which forms a base or a parental image in this case thus considerably saving your system resources It is realized by the exact bit wise comparison of the previous partition s data saved in the parental image with the current data that is actually the partition itself To restore this kind of backup you will require a full image and one of its differentials what is very convenient Differential Base to a Sector Backup Monday Tu
2. CD Drive H E Local Disk 1 CD Drive hi Local Disk KJ E Physical partitions 1 No label Disk 1 pastition 4 Priv 2 eee a Object s of operation Choose files directories you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the Add button To delete a file directory from the Clipboard select it in the Clipboard pane and press the Remove button You can also create a new folder rename or irreversibly delete existing files directories of the left pane by pressing the appropriate buttons Clipboard SOUTE Name Source Path Look in Local Disk D J E AKFF jpg D AKPP ipg i D Pryects D Proects Name z F Local Disk D 1 E123 gt ABB YY Lingvo 10 Multinqual Dichorary Add ES Cvs t E pgn RECYCLER gt RoboHELP Office H E Sytem Volume Information Go VMWare adid ap AKPP pog a Destination to store the object s The File Transfer Wizard allows copying data to local or network drives to physical partitions without drive letters assigned or burning them to CD DVDs Choose the way the data will be stored There are ceveral ways the Wizard can shore pour data Plese select how would you ike to cave the data Bove deat ocaeinerk dives 7 Save data to physical partitions O Bum the data to C or DYD a Revision of changes The Transfer Summary page provides structurally divided information on all the actions made in the wizard Check the changes and come back t
3. Do not reset or turn off your computer to avoid the data loss Operation in progress press ESC or Ctrl C to interrupt operation After completing the operation the program will automatically reboot the computer Copying of data from the corrupted system disk to another hard disk Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 111 User Manual To retrieve valuable information from your hard disk and copy it to another hard disk when the system fails to boot please do the following 1 Connect the second hard disk to the computer Insert Paragon Linux DOS Recovery CD the BIOS must be enabled to boot the system from the CD DVD device 3 Restart the computer 4 Inthe boot menu select Normal Mode to use the Linux recovery environment more preferable or Safe Mode to use the PTS DOS recovery environment in case you ve got problems with Linux Moreover you ve got the option to boot into the Low Graphics Safe Mode PTS DOS safe mode to cope with a serious hardware incompatibility In this case only the minimal set of drivers will be included like hard disk monitor and keyboard drivers This mode has simple graphics and a simple menu rE Normal Mode The PC booting d Safe Hode will be proceeded in amp Low Graphics Safe Mode Ba seconds amp Floppy disk amp Hard disk 4 HER amp Find OSes on your hard disks 5 Inthe Linux launch menu select the
4. T Show all v amp be ik Type Creston Dale Source Object Size Flags Co Mounted F 5 2008 TOTO 16 AM Fieve Archive 17MB ot A 22008 10S 1 AM Filefevel Archive 11 5MB cal J S S 2008 10008117 AM Fieve Archive 65MB ie J EF 6 28 2008 4 4706 PM Local Disk 23GB 0 B Ss a Ache Fie Delal Hane FE Archive Commert Ho comment is available Backup date 5 29 2006 101016 AMH Total came 17 MB 17 659 501 Bytes File s anc_ 2805081 34627531 DIFF 12856518471 0000000 FL 1285651 85394062500 anchive pi Base archive E Backup lmages arc_ 2805081 34627531 farc_ 2605081 34627531 PeF To get a clear cut picture on properties of the required image just click on it and the section below will 1 e Archive File Details display a short description Q Byclicking the Switch to File View link you can find the required image in the browser like window The section below 1 e Archive File Details will also display a short description of the selected image Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 108 User Manual Look ire E Application EF Name Size Date A Saab i ae waa ee a simi EEEa E FLIZeSe5 184719718750 5 23 2008 10 08 59 AM 9 FL126565165394062500 5 29 2008 101001 AM 31 ME 5 29 2008 101016 AM task Ae plt Bytes 6 23 2008 1007S AM arc 2005081 34627531 PeF IGE 5 20 2008 4 49 30 FM arc 2005081 4627531 pim 17 3 KB 5 29 2008 44929PM w Archive Fie Data
5. Create a partition Format a partition Delete a partition Assign drive letter to the selected partition Remove drive letter for the selected partition Make the selected partition unavailable for the operating system Make the selected partition available for the operating system Make the selected partition bootable by default Make the selected partition non bootable by default Change volume label of the selected partition Change serial number of the selected partition Change identifier of the selected partition Test surface of the selected partition block of free space Check the selected partition for possible file system errors Get in depth information on the properties of selected partition Manage the Launcher layout with several predefined profiles Manage the Tool Bar representation show hide standard and navigation buttons text labels and large icons Display the Status Bar Display the Common Tasks Bar Display the Disk Map legend Select whether the Disk Map will be located on the top of the main window or at the bottom Open the Help system you can also do it by pressing F1 Open the dialog with information about the program Tool Bar The Toolbar provides fast access to the most frequently used operations BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 26 User Manual Back up a hard disk or A partition Back up files Re R
6. Let us take a computer of a rank and file user who is most likely to have only one hard disk with only one partition the only partition is always system Suppose that there is enough free space on the hard disk to create the backup capsule as well It can be created with the Manage Backup Capsule Wizard 1 Launch the Manage Backup Capsule Wizard There are several ways to do it Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 75 User Manual Q Inthe Main Menu select Wizards gt Manage Backup Capsule a On the Common Tasks bar click the Manage Backup Capsule item of the Wizards menu 2 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 Select a place on the disk where the backup capsule will be created It can be created as a primary partition or as a logical drive within an extended partition It can be inserted into any place on the hard disk at the end preferable at the beginning or somewhere in the middle between other partitions On this page pou can select a hard disk where a backup capsule wall be created as well as the relative postion of the capsule on the hand disk Bat B47 GE NTFS Bazic Hard Disk 1 FUJITSU MPFSIO2ZAT p ell BAGE FATS Basic Hard Disk 2 Maxtor 7r 250P Use the buibone to move the maker Backup capsule wall be created where the marker i Ep 4 Set the size for the backup capsule It will be
7. E E Hetwork aea L Archrve details Archive name c 150507091454218 Estimated ache size 2 ME Space available on backup destination 748 2 MB a Archive Comment You can add some additional description to the archive that will later help to distinguish it from the others Please enter a shot comment to dencibe te archive F Ri Ho comment In addition there is the possibility to make further detailed settings although the default values will do in most cases To activate the advance mode you need to mark the appropriate option on the second page of the wizard When it is marked the next page enables to define a Whether the archive integrity will be controlled a Whether image file names will be set automatically in complex archives a Compression level for the backup image including the No compression variant Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 47 User Manual Q Whether the archive will be split if yes you can set the maximum size for the archive files E Whether the archive will be protected by password Whether the selected disk or the selected partition will be copied in the sector to sector mode including unused sectors as well Whether the OS auxiliary files pagefile sys hyberfil sys will be included in the backup image Recording speed when the user wants to burn the backup image onto CD DVDs ISO image folder where the archive t
8. In order to modify enumeration of the primary partitions you should take the following steps 1 Select a hard disk on the Disk Map 2 Call the Change Primary Slot dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it a Select in the Main Menu Hard Disk gt Change Primary Slot Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 61 User Manual a Call the popup menu for the selected hard disk right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Change Primary Slot Are pou sure pou want to change the primary slots order You at about to change the piman slots order on Basic Hard Disk 0 STS160811A5 ou computer may no loner boot correctly Slat Ha Obs File Sythe No label New Volume No Label t E Hame Logical Disk C Volume labet Ho label Total sizes 35GB File system NTFS Used space 84 GB Free space 1 5 G8 Stan sector 63 End sector 20964624 3 Inthe opened dialog you can see the current enumeration of the primary partitions of the selected hard disk in the Partition Table To help you distinguish partitions from one another the program provides the following parameters for every partition Slot Volume Partition type File system Partition size Volume label There are two buttons on the right to move the selected partition up and down within the primary part of the Partition Table 4 The operation will b
9. Total size 149 G8 Fike 3ackup Images anc_ 181207080 158700 fac 181 2070911538701 Pee Moreover on this page you ve got the possibility to create new folders delete existing files folders or map network drives by clicking the appropriate buttons Result After the operation is completed you can see results of the check Check Recovery Discs You ve got the ability to check whether backup media created with the program is 100 percent error free and ready to use The Check Recovery Disc Wizard will help you do that Startup There are several ways to start the Check Recovery Disc Wizard a Inthe Main Menu select Tools gt Check Recovery Discs a On the Common Tasks Bar click the Check Recovery Discs item of the Wizards menu Startup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the operation a CD DVD drive Select from the pull down list of available CD DVD devices the required drive to use during the operation Dive Onier OVD Aw AD 71704 Eject the disc after check a Set whether to eject the disk after the operation is completed or not Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 73 User Manual Result After the operation is completed you can see results of the check Send Log Files The program enables to simplify the procedure of sending support requests to the Paragon Support Team In case of having difficulties with handling the program
10. s Hama FB Archive Comment No comment is available Backup date 5 29 2008 10 10 16 AM Total size 17 MB 17 859 501 Bytes File aac 2506061 34627531 D1FF 1265651 847 1O000000 FL 1285651 85394062500 anchive phi Base archive E Eteckup Images arc_2005081 Mb27531 arc_2305081 34627531 PSF 4 On the How to Restore File Complement page select whether you want to restore both the partition archive and the desired file increment or just the file increment In our case we choose the first option You have selected file complement lo a volume ahehe This archive can be restored logether wath the volume OF you can onk restore the files saved in the fle anchive Restore all volume data then files O Restore ony files OD Note if pou choose to restore archive together eth a volume all data on the target volume will be lost The contents of the volume vall be completely replaced from archive 5 On the Where to Restore page specify a hard disk then one of its partitions to restore the image to if several in your computer By default the program offers to restore the archive exactly where it belongs That s what we actually need Pitace telect a place you vould ike bo restore the archive bo Hote that you elect an exiting hard dick or paliar itt content wall be deleted and replaced wath the one from the archive Banc Hard Disk 0 VMwore Virtual IDE Hard Dive E g Applicati i Backup C Unallocated l
11. you with the help of this very function can address the company support engineers and provide them with all the information they need such as the disk layout performed operations etc in order to tackle the encountered problem Information of that kind is stored in Log files In order to send log files to the Paragon Support Team you should take the following steps 1 Call the Send Log Files dialog in the Main Menu Tools gt Send Log Files 2 Provide a customer name and a product serial number 3 Give a detailed description on the encountered problem G Send log files Please enter short descnption of your problem and send log files to support Custome Mame John Smith Senal Number PESAD 29 47F 32 EER AS87320 Content of inquary The quack brown fox pumps over the lazy dog By clicking the Send button the built in mail client will generate a template request with attached compressed log files and then send it to the Paragon Support Team Log Files Log files are simple textual files that can be opened by any text editor There are several log files automatically generated by the program Contains in depth information on parameters and BHUnAEL NOE performance of all operations carried out by the program Baloo Besides brief overview on operations it also contains 8 detailed information about the state of all hard disks Contains low level information on the CD DVD devices Cdb log used in the system BioNTlog txt It
12. 08 07 2008 17 5722 wE Sie a ed Type Creston Date Source Object Size Flags Corner 08 07 2009 17 i Sn i a A Arihrr i 26 05 2008135005 A PARE ae sega No coment 17 12 2007 16 22 59 pene hive From the Database 14 12 2007 200213 Te Restores Fies i Incremental File Backup ths Gog P gt Restore Fie From Archie 2 Select files you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the left arrow button Chpboard Source Name Source Fath E Application E D amp x E Mail Database E E Mail Databases E Ba Mane ai E ac_ 0406061 4i 705 4 T Ea E Mal Database t My Documents task iie ph 6 Eac 28050614627531 x Total data size 3 7 MB 3 On the Select Destination Type choose the way the data will be stored Select the Save data to any local drive or a network share item There ate cereal ways the Wierd can shore your data Plese select how would you kke bo save the data Save data to local netwotk drives C Buen the data to OD or DVD 4 On the Select Destination Path page specify the exact place to copy the data to Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 120 User Manual Please select the destmahon path where to pave the data from clipboard Lookin E Applicaton E G fe g Address E E Mal Dalabars Hame a E wrp C E Application E a E Backup Images EE T Mp Docum
13. All panels are separated by vertical and horizontal expandable sliders allowing the user to customize the screen layout Main Menu The Main Menu provides access to the entire functionality of the program The available functions are as listed below MENU ITEM Tools Save to Scheduler Send Log Files View Logs FUNCTIONALITY Schedule pending operations Compress and send the log to the Paragon Support Team View logs on the carried out operations Restore the system even when the current operating system cannot boot Recovery Media Builder anymore Check Recovery Disks Verify the recovery media for integrity and ability to boot from File Transfer Wizard Transfer data from any media Settings Edit the general settings of the program Exit Exit the program Changes Undo the last virtual operation Redo the last virtual operation View Changes Apply Changes Discard All Changes Reload Disk Info Wizards Back up Disk or Partition Restore Disk or Partition Schedule Backup Differential Backup Create File Complement Backup Files Restore Files Create a File Increment Cancel the last virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations Cancel the last undo virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations Display the List of Pending Operations Launch the real execution of virtual operations Cancel all virtual operations on the List of Pending Operations R
14. DOODODOUL Besides you won t be able to see a drive letter assigned to a GPT disk in the program s interface 64 bit Support The bulk of software today is written for a 32 bit processor It can meet the requirements of almost any end user However that is not the case when dealing with servers processing large amounts of data with complex calculations of very large numbers That is where 64 bit architecture comes into play It can boast improved scalability for business applications that enables to support more customer databases and more simultaneous users on each server Besides a 64 bit kernel can access more system resources such as memory allocation per user A 64 bit processor can handle over 4 billion times more memory addresses than a 32 bit processor With these resources even a very large database can be cached in memory Although many business applications run without problems on 32 bit systems others have grown so complex that they use up the 4 GB memory limitation of a 32 bit address space With this large amount of data fewer memory resources are available to meet memory needs On a 64 bit server most queries are able to perform in the buffers available to the database Some 32 bit applications make the transition to the 64 bit environment seamlessly others do not For instance system level utilities and programs that provide direct hardware access are likely to fail Our program offers a full fledged support of the 64 bit
15. DOS Recovery CD requires no installation and can be of great help when the system fails to boot Besides it offers a Windows XP like environment Features Overview This chapter dwells upon key benefits and technical highlights of the product Key Features Let us list some of the key features User Friendly Fault Minimizing Interface Graphical representation of the data to gain a better understanding A handy launcher to easily find and run the required tasks Comprehensive wizards to simplify even the most complex operations A context sensitive hint system for all functions of the program Previewing the resulting layout of hard disks before actually executing operations so called virtual operations DOoOveo DL Backup Facilities a Archive Database to help the user easily manage backup images get properties add delete mount etc a Support of all present day techniques to store backup images Backup to local mounted unmounted without drive letter assigned partitions Backup to a special secured place on the hard disk called the Backup Capsule that has an independent system layout e g a separate partition and will stay operable should the active file Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 7 User Manual system be damaged To avoid an accidental removing or unauthorized access of the backup data this partition is hidden and thus cannot be mounted in the o
16. EAS EEO EAD CSa EEEa 22 Windows Compon itseen sauce divecscedacevercceveesuaesnccaxccauesiaaiveesueaneyaesvactesuaee a snaseaseeeeenes 22 Tateriace OV CE VIC Waras A T sss 22 General O00 eee a E A ene eee erer eee 23 Main Meie a ny eT E E E E a 24 TOO VBa ee e A EA O EE O NE A E E E EA O TE EA OE E Pees Aactne 25 ViraL Opera ons Bara re ac hn a aac a E a oa eae 26 Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 3 User Manual Commi asks Tar sacs ecptusotansisosteamacesad E san Sean E e Sean S 26 DERM 1 eee ere oir ee Ween eee re War Pe ae Ree oP yn odor Nee Ore E E Ne Pao er eae rena err 28 EPIO E DIT ee teen tae ae ee u e OO Fe OeRTe ee 29 Eegend eb YW teen ee eer Tr rT TE eee ree 30 SUBA see tna hcl rae tenes teen aetna iene sa ts sacha Nat a heed isl te ettactiets 30 DS CCCUIND SOV CLV IC Wasesa reirse rona eaa Een NOE aa aE aE etectsDiesssesuensearieeiatecselaese 31 GERAOD UONS orerar EAEE E AE E E a E A T E cn ee ae 31 Bacup imac 6 OPU ON Sesera AAA T ATN 32 Paroton mne 01 810 1b snae E E E E E eRe ent 32 ieneral Copy and Backup OPUONS e aireo aena s e Eea E EERTE CORRERE EEEE EEEREN O OEN Aeeasiets 33 CID TVD RECOrdine OPON oona scat eae aaa seas eas eae anon eee 34 Hot Processing OPOS ersen i Ser Nr Fr NT rr ON rT N 35 EAM E21 BX 0 W ONS teeeeee Peete nee te are Pee eo et E ee Stas None ORE eRe ae aT EER S Oo Rete Aone One hoe en aren nS ee nee Aare ee 36 Virtual Mode OpIONS resni
17. Enterprise Seve Edition Pragran ncnpts exe o Scrat ohea Fanion Manage 6 5 Entepise Server Edior scriptae OS 00707 0953500 pel Comnnernts Backup has been scheduled 03 10 2007 11 09 58 3 Inthe opened dialog window you can see two tabs General and Schedule Click the General tab to modify Q Full path to the macro command program interpreter which describes the scheduled task Q Command line for starting the interpreter 1 e the task described in macro language a Comments referring to the task Q The option of enabling disabling the task By clicking the Schedule tab you can modify the task timetable Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 64 User Manual In order to apply the changes you need to click the Apply button at the foot of the dialog Creating a Scheduled Task You can set a timetable for execution of any operation For backup and copy operations the program offers handy wizards while all the others can be scheduled with the Save to Scheduler dialog To create a scheduled task you should take the following steps 1 Make sure the virtual mode of execution is enabled 2 Carry out with the program all operations you need to schedule 3 Call the Save to Scheduler dialog in the Main Menu Tools gt Save to Scheduler 5 5 Schedule virtual operations AQ vitua opershons you have made val be saved to the scheduler Mo operations wil be appbed Dak
18. File Transfer Wizard You can find the same wizard in PTS DOS as well Copy your files or folders to another disk partition of folder with File Transfer Wizard One Button Copy Wizard E File Transfer Wizard Network Configurator Log Saver View the mounted partitions ci Start the command line bed Reboot the computer Power off 6 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 7 Select a disk where the files you need are stored from the pull down list in the right pane of the page Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 112 User Manual Source if My computer W Root dir WI My Computer My computer Wi imn Mounted resources W imnydisk Local disks W media Removable disks 3 IDE CD DVD NECVMWa VMware IDE CDRI DA NTFS 1 on disk 0 Application e Ej BackupCapsule 7 on Disk 0 UFSD di 8 Select files you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the left arrow button Clipboard Source E smntdiskhdal Documents and Settin smntdiskhdal Documents and Settin Click the Calc button to estimate the resulted data size 9 On the Select Destination Type choose the way the data will be stored Select the Save data to any local drive or a network share item Please select how would you like save the data Save data to any local drives or a network share Choose this option if you want io save your
19. Manual You can find a name of the tool you need here http kb paragon software com 11 When running a backup operation with the Microsoft VSS mode enabled I get the following error error code 0x12016 VSS can t read volume data Most likely your hard disk contains bad blocks Please fix the issue with your HDD manufacturer s tool You can find a name of the tool you need here http kb paragon software com 12 When trying to back up to a network share I get the following error i o error or can t open create file Please check whether you ve got a permission to write to the selected destination or not 13 When trying to restore a backup archive I get the following error Can t restore to current selection or Archive does not fit Most likely you re trying to restore a backup of the whole hard disk to a partition or vice versa 14 I set up a timetable for a task but it fails to execute There can be a number of reasons for that Windows Task Scheduler does not work properly Check whether it is so or not by scheduling a simple task call Notepad through scheduling You don t have permission to write to the selected backup destination 15 Pve got hardware incompatibility when trying to restore an Intel based computer with Windows XP to an AMD based computer To tackle the problem please do the following Start up your computer in the Safe mode press F8 during the system startup Launch Windows Regist
20. Old legacy PC without ACPI You can later remove them from the menu either under Windows or with Boot Corrector Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 19 User Manual a Automatic replacement of the boot critical drivers HDD controller PS 2 and USB mouse and keyboard to the default Windows drivers to provide the maximum level of compatibility Once your Windows starts up it will initiate reconfiguration of all Plug n Play devices so we do recommend you to provide the latest drivers for your motherboard and processor at this step as it can considerably improve the overall performance of your system Adaptive Restore for Windows Vista Server 2008 It is based on the fact that these operating systems do not delete their distributive driver repositories after the setup but simply make them inactive in the Windows Registry So thanks to our technology these driver repositories can be made available during the restore procedure to let Windows Vista or 2008 Server automatically find and install any lacking driver with no action from your side required what is very convenient However you might face a situation when no driver has been found in the driver repository So in this case you will have to provide an exact location of the required drivers or insert the Windows distributive CD DVD besides it is expected extra system restarts Anyway your system will most likely be operable onc
21. Read so far 40 1 Mb 8 0 Mb s To copy 7 Gb Write so far 40 1 Mb 13 4 Mbys Overall progress Restore Primary panition 0 disk 0 from file mintinetbackup arn_220508054 150046_PBF Data writing Restoring a File Increment Let s assume that you re busy with developing some project and you make file increments of it on a day to day basis not to lose valuable information So you ve got a file backup chain One day you understand that the job of the last three days is a complete and utter failure Don t give up recover your project to the state when everything s ok To restore a file increment please do the following 1 Launch the Restore Wizard There are several ways to do it a Inthe Main Menu select Wizards gt Restore Files a On the Common Tasks bar click the Restore Files item of the Wizards menu 2 On the Restore Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 On the Browse for Archive page specify the required file increment Q By clicking the Switch to Archive List View link you can see a list of images contained in the Archive Database if any Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 105 User Manual F Show al ik Type CGieaton Dale Sowce Object Size Flags Co A F ZUG AUS b Pe eel Siche AME W wal H F S06 AS S56 40 Fiedevel Archive F n A J 2305 2009 9 53 18 Filedevel Archive poe lt amp 27 05 2008 14 00 39 Ot
22. Sze Dale a PARAGON D F Appicaton E E Backup Images S 2o 2008 4 47 05 PH E are_280500134627531 5 28 2008 4 49 23 PM arc_ 2805051 34627531 PBF 1 GE 5 20 2008 44330 PM arc_ 2605091 34627531 pim 173KB 5 28 2008 4 49 29 Po w Swatch bo Achre List View Aichive File Dalak Hame Local Disk Comment Backup ol My System Famion Volume labet WinXP File system NTFS Talal are 25968 Used space 1 8 GB Free space 1 1 GB Fie kup Imagesanc_ 2805061 M627531 arc 2805091 34627531 PBF 4 On the Where to Restore page specify a hard disk then one of its partitions to restore the image to if several in your computer By default the program offers to restore the archive exactly where it belongs That s what we actually need Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 97 User Manual Please select a place you would ike bo restore the archive to Mote that f you select an existing hand desk or pahhon its content val be deleted and replaced wath the one from the anche Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware Virtual IDE Hard Dive OL Applicat P Backup C JJ Unallocated 9 7 GB NTFS 99GB Bb iz2ce 5 On the Restore Results page you can see the resulted disk layout Besides there s the possibility to change size of the partition and its location if necessary as well as assign a particular drive letter Your hard disk alter Ihe changes Banc Hard Disk 0 V
23. any automation process 1s that it allows an optimization of your computer s work load This is especially important when operations require a considerable amount of computer resources processor time memory and more A number of tasks which can decrease the performance can be run during the night or whenever the computer has the least work load to perform The program has a special tool for scheduling You can set out a timetable for any operation and it will start at a specified time without interrupting your current activity Windows Components In the given section you can find all the information necessary to successfully work with the Windows version of the product Interface Overview Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 23 User Manual This chapter introduces the graphical interface of the program The design of the interface precludes any mistake being made on the part of the user Most operations are performed through the system of wizards Buttons and menus are accompanied by easy understandable icons Nevertheless any problems that might occur while managing the program can be tackled by reading this very chapter General Layout When you start the program the first component that is displayed is called the Launcher It enables to run wizards and dialogs to specify program settings to visualize the operating environment and the hard disk configuration The Lau
24. click the Next button 6 On the Load Config File page click the Next button By default the wizard saves all network settings in the netconf ini file located on the Linux RAM drive thus it will only be available until you restart the computer However you can just once configure your network device and then save this file to some other destination for instance a local drive and this way avoid constant re configuration just by providing a path to it Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 100 User Manual Please select the fie with network contiguration settings i Select config file 7 On the next page the wizard automatically attempts to detect all available network devices and then displays them if any in form of a list On every found device there s information about its interface and used driver as well as a brief description You can manually add a network device in case it hasn t been found automatically by clicking the Add a device button and selecting a device you need from the list Do not forget to check it by clicking the Probe button Autodetection of network devices All network devices found during auiodetection are listed below If someone device is not present youcan manually add it fram device s list Device description Advanced Micro Devices AMD 79c970 PCnet3 LANCE rew 10 8 On the Settings for Interface page you need to properl
25. click the Windows Start button and then select Programs gt Paragon Software gt Paragon Software Drive Backup Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 13 User Manual The first component that will be displayed is called the Launcher In general it enables to run wizards and utilities to specify program settings to visualize the operating environment and the hard disk configuration to launch the help system or to go to the program s home page Booting from the Linux DOS Recovery CD The Linux DOS Recovery CD can be used to boot your computer into Linux or PTS DOS to get access to your hard disk for maintenance or recovery purposes On the disk you can also find the PTS DOS safe mode which may help in a number of non standard situations such as interfering hardware settings or serious problems on the hardware level In this case only basic files and drivers such as hard disk drivers a monitor driver and a keyboard driver will be loaded Startup Procedure To start working with the Linux DOS Recovery CD please take the following steps 1 Insert the Linux DOS Recovery CD into a CD DVD drive 2 Reboot the computer 3 Launch a boot mode you need Normal Safe Low Graphics Safe in the Boot menu 4 Click on the required operation to start Hints on the selected at the moment item will help you make the right choice 5 Consult the help system by pressing ALT F1
26. data to local mounted or physi al panition to USB or FireWare external drives and to a mounted network share You will be prompted to choose a boc ation you wani to save the archive to Burn data to CD DVD Choose this option if you want the Wizard to bum the data to CO or OVD You will be prompted to choose a CD or DVD RW drive 10 On the Select Destination Path page select a hard disk to copy the data to by pressing the standard browse button Select path Space available on destination 8 6 Gb Total data size nja Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 113 User Manual 11 On the Transfer Summary page check all parameters of the operation Click the Next button to accomplish the operation 12 In the Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program Operations list Suboperation progress ELCO COTE LEE EEE EEL a 1 Transler user data Operation progress ETE Time elapsed 00 00 03 Time to finish 00 00 00 Copied so lar 17 0 Mb Overall progress Transfering jmntdlisk hdal Documents and Settings User E Mail Database to imntdiskhdaz E Mail Data Transiering jmntidisk ndal Documents and Settings UserMy Documents to mntdisk inda2 My Document Alloperations have been finished 13 After the operation is comple
27. image you should take the following steps 1 Select a backup image in the Archive Database 2 Call the Unmount Archive dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it Q Select in the Main Menu Archives gt Unmount the Selected Archive a On the Explorer bar select the Unmount Archive item Q Call the popup menu for the selected image right click of the mouse button then select the menu item Unmount the Selected Archive Are pou tune pou want to remove dive better 7 fou are about to remove deve letter trom the wolune l mounted archive F B ackup Images arc JE0S0G0S4METES new arc_2E05080S1946765 new PBF 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Test Surface The program enables to test surface of existing partitions and blocks of free space for bad or unstable sectors If found any it automatically marks them unusable in the file system metadata thus minimizing the risk of data loss In order to start the surface test you should take the following steps 1 Select a partition or a block of free space on the Disk Map 2 Call the Test Surface dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it Q Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Test Surface Q Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Test Surface 3 From the pull down list choose the level of the surface check
28. is an OS dependent supplementary log file derived from or Bioxx dll It may contain valuable information on Windows Bio95log txt family operating systems Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 74 User Manual View Logs With a handy dialog you can study logs on any operation carried by the program To make this job as easy as possible all the information is structurally divided besides there is the possibility to see the disk layout before and after an operation what is very convenient In order to view logs on carried out operations call the View Logs dialog in the Main Menu Tools gt View Logs 0 F F Emand Al Colapse A Show Disk Map Show Viual Operatons Show Empty Sessions Start date Start time End time T Operation poramebers 05 06 2008 102014 Not available af Back up files committed succeeded Start time 102654 Tepe of operation 9 Cocnmlted Result Succeeded Operation parameters Code 561 0231 Virtual 0 Os Enor 0 00 Base Hard Drek Of Maxtor Pry S0PO i tea F 2337 GE NTFS Totat 4 operahons 3 virtusi and 1 commited Thit sersan dd not firisived wet I i the current cerio Typical Scenarios This chapter lists a number of the most frequently used scenarios that may be accomplished with the program You can find here useful recommendations and descriptions of operations Backup Scenarios Creating the Backup Capsule
29. it in the appropriate field Select a recorder to burn data t Optiarc DVO RW AD 7 1704 Volume label My Data 10 On the Transfer Summary page check all parameters of the operation Click the Next button to accomplish the operation 11 In the Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program Operations list Suboperation progress 1 Transter user data PI Operation progress peeseeeeaenanaa o Time elapsed 00 00 07 Time io finish 00 00 16 Copied so far 5 0 Mb To copy 12 0 Mb Overall prepress Creating compilation image Used burner OVD RWAD 1704 Vendor Optiarc Session opening Data burning 12 After the operation is completed close the wizard by pressing the appropriate button 13 Eject the CD 14 Turn off the computer Copying of data from a backup to the corrupted system partition The system fails to boot since some files are damaged If you have a backup of the system partition you can recopy these files to make the system be operable again Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 116 User Manual 1 Insert Paragon Linux DOS Recovery CD the BIOS must be enabled to boot the system from the CD DVD device 2 Restart the computer 3 Inthe boot menu select Normal Mode to use the Linux recovery environment more prefe
30. just make file based incremental images to the previously created sector based backup to keep updated only information that 1s critical for you Thus you will considerably save your system resources Backup Storage Our program supports all present day techniques of storing backup images Let s take a closer look at them all to understand what kind of storage is able to provide better security Q Youcan place a backup image to a local mounted or unmounted without drive letter assigned partition Despite the fact that it is the most convenient way try not to use it You can delete your backup just by accident or lose it as a result of a hardware malfunction or a virus attack a You can place a backup image to a special secured place on the hard disk called the Backup Capsule that has an independent system layout e g a separate partition and will stay operable should the active file system be damaged To avoid an accidental removing or unauthorized access of the backup data this partition is hidden and thus cannot be mounted in the operating system However it won t help you in case of a hardware malfunction a You can place a backup image to external media CD DVD to guarantee a high level of data protection as long as the backup media is kept secure a Finally you can place a backup image to a network drive to stand a better chance of success in case of a hard disk failure Moreover by storing it on a special purpose server you may be p
31. mame Scheduled Task Pisase speciy how and when would pou ike to perian the bask o C Shutdown system afler canning cut tha lacks Run the task on 20 2008 2 at 00 00 Ewan 1 depts C Do rot run the task after 75 Sie 22 UU Speci wet name and passer _ Diecard al operahons on cise 4 Inthe opened dialog enter the required task name and specify the task timetable 5 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Extra Functionality This chapter describes the supplementary functionality available in the program View Partition Hard Disk Properties Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 65 User Manual The program enables to obtain in depth information on the properties of hard disks and partitions Besides the general information such as capacity used space or file system type it provides the possibility to get info on hard disk geometry cluster size exact partition location etc There are several ways to get properties on a partition hard disk 1 Choose a partition hard disk on the Disk Map then select in the Main Menu Partition Hard Disk gt Properties 2 Call the popup menu for the selected partition hard disk right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Properties ag General File Systeminfo Advanced Logical Disk C Volume label System File system NTF
32. may configure the hot processing mode a Enable hot processing Mark the checkbox to enable the so called hot data processing mode that is specially designed to process data without restarting your operating system Q Hot processing technology From the pull down list you can select the required hot processing technology a Always use hot processing Select the option to process partitions without making them locked Thus you will be able to keep working with them as usual a Use hot processing only when partition is locked Select the option to use the hot processing only when partitions are locked and cannot be processed without restarting the computer Please keep in mind that once you start any operation on a partition in this mode it will automatically be locked by the program thus you won t be able to keep working with it as usual Q Hot processing temporary drive Here you can select a disk drive that will be used to store the temporary hot backup data by default C E Mail Options Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 37 User Manual S Edit settings General ophang PA i a Backup image options E mail options Parthoring options j Coed and backupoptiona Specify your e mail account options CD DVD recording options Dutooina mad eerver SMTP Hot procesting options ugong Mae Server Emad options User e mail address Virtual mode options B My outgoing server requ
33. mot confom to the mask wall be omitted and wall not get mto the arche O Do net use include masks al hes vall be included into the archive Use include masks U Readable files 18 fiters Add fiter Rename category Delete catego chm Delete Me htm Delete hhe html Delete ike PoF Delete hha Axt Delte mka hip Delete hka HF Delete hike Add category You can also create your own filter by clicking the Add category button o Create new category UE You can use wikdeards and 7 to epecdy the mack a Name Give to the filter any name you like but try to use an informative one Q Filter Press the Browse button to select files or folders you would like to be included or specify a filter mask by using or wildcards Q Description Add a short description to the filter not to miss it up later Click the OK button and you will get a new item on the list of filters By marking unmarking a checkbox opposite its name you can choose whether to use it or not Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 88 User Manual 6 Specify exclude masks The program includes a lot of ready made filters to effectively control contents of your backup images Exclude masks manage files and folders that eal be excluded from archive Spencily eechide masks _ Executable amp Installations hikers add tte Rename catagory Delete category oN Detete i
34. page click the Next button 3 On the Browse for Archive page specify the required full base partition archive Q By clicking the Switch to Archive List View link you can see a list of images contained in the Archive Database if any Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 86 User Manual Show all Ee ik Type Creation Date Source Object Size Flags Co A 26 05 2008 1450 05 Other Stuff E F 21 05 2008 11 54 12 F elevel Archive S02 4 ME e 20 05 2008 16 0410 Master Boot Record Bytes m f j WO a Se he et ie Th iim n a c gt Archive Fide Detail Hama Local Disk Commer No comment Volume labet Other Stull File systeme NTFS Total zz 6606 Usedspace 16 6 GB Fiee space 493GB File siaec 26U50R0S4S46765_new arc_2R0506094946765_neaw PBF To get a clear cut picture on properties of the required image just click on it and the section below will 1 e Archive File Details display a short description Q Byclicking the Switch to File View link you can find the required image in the browser like window The section below 1 e Archive File Details will also display a short description of the selected image Look irc Local Disk F i x F Name eres Size Date S arc_2eUS08094546765_new 007 1 968 2 06 2008 135729 ac A OSTRE meve 003 BSMB 26 06 2009 1357 30 E e 19GB 26 05 2008 13 51 10 aec_2B0508094546765_new pim 147 9KB 2605 2000135
35. program or fixmbr of the Windows installation disc to write a standard code to your flash drive 7 When trying to back up my system the program asks to restart the computer Most likely the Hot Processing mode 1s disabled Please make it active in the program settings 8 When backing up a partition with the VSS Volume Shadow Copy Service mode the program throws VSS could not be started for processed volume Most likely you try to back up a FAT32 partition which is not supported by VSS Please use the Paragon Hot Processing mode instead 9 I cannot back up my hard disk to an external hard drive Once started the operation is aborted with the following error Hard Disk management Error Code 0x1100a What is wrong here The problem is that the Microsoft VSS service is set as the default Hot Processing mode in the program But this service has not been started in your WindowsXP Windows2003 Vista Please start this service right click on My Computer gt Manage gt Services gt find Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service and make it active Set also to start it automatically 10 When running a backup operation with the Paragon Hot Processing mode enabled I get an error error code 0x1200e Internal error during Hot Backup Most likely your hard disk contains bad blocks Please fix the issue with your HDD manufacturer s tool Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 122 User
36. specie all the bles that do mot contam to the mask wall be omitted and wall not get into the archive O Do net use include masks all Hes vall be included into the anchive Use include masks U Readable files 18 fiters Add hiter Rename catego Delete category chm Delete Me htm Delete hke html Delete Me pdt Delete Mie t Delete hika hip Delete me nf Delete hike gt You can also create your own filter by clicking the Add category button o Create new catepory Descnptior LUU You can ute wiideards and 7 to speciiy the mask ok Covet OQ Name Give to the filter any name you like but try to use an informative one a Filter Press the Browse button to select files or folders you would like to be included or specify a filter mask by using or wildcards Q Description Add a short description to the filter not to miss it up later Click the OK button and you will get a new item on the list of filters By marking unmarking a checkbox opposite its name you can choose whether to use it or not 7 Specify exclude masks The program includes a lot of ready made filters to effectively control contents of your backup images Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 83 User Manual Exclude masks manage files and folders that eal be excluded from archive Spencily eechide masks _ Executable amp Installations hikers Add like Rena
37. to different hardware the program will comect the system settings and detect new hardware at first startup you might need to provide an exact location of the required drivers or insen Vista installation CD DVD besides it is expected extra system restarts However there is achance that it won t be enough due to huge difference of the original and your current hardware Wihis is the case please boot the system from the Vista installation CD DVD and launch its recovery mode as a result some programs may fail to work 16 On the Partition Start and Size page you can change size of the partition and its location 1f necessary Partition preview New size S968 132880 Mb Free space before 0 113892 Mb i Free space afer 0 113892 Mb 17 On the Restore Summary page you can see your hard disk layout before and after the operation Click the Next button to initiate the restore process Whew changes on Your partitions before operations Your partitions aher operations NTFS Wo label 18 In the Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 104 User Manual Operations list Suboperation progress l Restore partition or disk L Operation progress Time elapsed 00 00 06 Time to finish 00 00 00 Copied so fas 36 2 Mb
38. 0 2007 13 07 28 6 O E Admmistrates 1510 2007 13 03 16 4 O EA Users 16 11 2007 15 08 58 E Defauk Use 1210 2007 16 16 25 C E Appbcation Data 24 11 2005 17 38 08 0O Cookies 24 11 2005 14 48 08 a O Ei Desktop 24 11 2005 17 25 46 H C E Favontes 24 11 2005 17 38 12 e O Local Settings 06 06 2007 9 58 44 My Document 24 11 2005 1741 71 O E NetHood 24 11 2005 17 25 46 D PretHood 24 11 2005 17 25 46 TE Recent 60 S007 5618 4 On the Backup Destination page select a local mounted unmounted without drive letter assigned disk as a backup destination Look inc E Local Disk F oe amp Name Date E f 26 05 2008 13 50 06 SS ac 14172071 70024645 14 12 2007 21 02 19 SS ac 171 207080308904 17122007 133371 a E ac 1712071 32655639 17 12 2007 17 28 59 a E ac 181207031158701 18122007 132 3 G ac 200508120821032 20 05 2008 16 08 35 a E arc_260508094546765_new 26 05 2008 13 57 30 2 di 200506120903133 20 05 2006 16 08 10 A E file achive 20 05 2009 16 05 26 Eile backup 17 04 2008 18 35 16 E file_backup 10508 21 05 2009 11 51 28 5 Edit the archive name if necessary 6 Specify include masks The program includes a lot of ready made filters to effectively control contents of your backup images Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 82 User Manual Include masks manage files and Folders that wall be added to the archive Dh chucks mask i
39. 0000000000 archive phi To get a clear cut picture on properties of the required image just click on it and the section below will e Archive File Details display a short description By clicking the Switch to File View link you can find the required image in the browser like window The section below 1 e Archive File Details will also display a short description of the selected image Look ix F Local Disk F i D g y Hame Size Date a E xc 1812307091158701 18 12 2007 1421 32 B ac 181207031158701 PEF B3KB 18123007 13 21 33 ac 1T8t 207091158701 _01005 000 1 968 1812 A07 141343 arc 181207091159701_0100p 001 19GB 18122307 13 14 32 arc_ 181207091 158701_0100p 002 LSGE 18122007 1315 22 z nam SO ee A EA ON e T OCN Ti THN anana Seibh bo Avchrve List View Aache File Detat Nene Basic Hard Disk 1 Unknown Model Comment No comment is avadable Type Basic Hard Disk Drive Total sze 14968 F ihe 3ackup Images anc_181 207091 158701 faec_ 181 2070911538701 Per Moreover on this page you ve got the possibility to create new folders delete existing files folders or map network drives by clicking the appropriate buttons Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 49 User Manual File Backup Restore a A place to restore the archive to From the pull down list you can choose whether to restore contents of the backup image to its original location or specify so
40. 1 7 GB 7 Add comments to your backup describing its contents Please enter a shot comment to describe the archive Ra No comment 8 Choose whether to accomplish the operation immediately or set a timetable for it Please select how bo perlom the backun G Back up mow O Schedule backup 9 On the Backup Summary page review all parameters of the operation and modify them if necessary Click the Next button to start the backup process Backing up Files to a Local Mounted Unmounted without Drive Letter Assigned Partition To back up required files or folders and then place the resulted image to a local mounted unmounted drive please do the following 1 Launch the File Backup Wizard There are several ways to do it Q Inthe Main Menu select Wizards gt Back up Files a On the Common Tasks bar click the Back up Files item of the Wizards menu 2 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 81 User Manual 3 On the What folders and files to back up page you can see a list of all partitions both mounted and unmounted available in the system Mark a checkbox opposite a file folder or even a whole partition to build up contents of the future backup image Click the check box next to any file or folder you want to back up Name Size Date Ja O Ths Computer E m E System C E E Documeri and Settings 151
41. 135G 63 4 GB NTFS 66 GB NTFS E Large sized bars display the following information about physical disks a Manufacturer a Model Small sized bars display the following information about logical disks Q Serial number a Drive letter a Total size a File system Furthermore it is possible to estimate the used disk space by looking at the size of the bar s shaded area The program offers to choose from several types of the disk layout scaling It s done especially to increase the program usability For instance if you ve got a high capacity hard drive containing both very large more than 100 GB and rather small less than 10 GB partitions you can select the logarithmic type to make all partitions readable otherwise selecting the linear type you won t be able to see small partitions at all but thing strips On the other hand if the proportional disk layout is critical for you the linear type 1s exactly what you need Nevertheless there s a compromise solution linear scaling with the minimal limit to small partitions So if a partition is too small it will remain readable Just click on the arrow icon on the top right side of the Disk Map to select the desired scaling type her Stuft E Logarithmic Seskng GB NTES i 7 7 w Liris Est D Resets Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 29 User Manual Disk Map is synchronized with the Explorer B
42. 20 05 2008 16 09 10 Master Boot Record 0 Bytes i E N 20 05 2006 16 08 35 Mazar Boot Recond 0 Bytes ie N J 20 05 2008 16 06 43 Filetevel Archive ye g Z 20 05 2008 16 05 48 Filtevel Archive E 14 12 2007 200219 Master Boot Record 0 Bytes mia OF Switch to Fly View Archive File Delat Name FB Archive Comment No comment is avadable Backup date 20 06 2008 16 05 46 Total ame 22MB 2 317 380 Bytes File F Backup images iie archere F LODDDOODDD00RO00000 archie pii To get a clear cut picture on properties of the required image just click on it and the section below will 1 e Archive File Details display a short description By clicking the Switch to File View link you can find the required image in the browser like window The section below 1 e Archive File Details will also display a short description of the selected image Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 72 User Manual Look nc E Local Disk F i gl g y Name Size Date A Eac 1812070391158701 18 12 2007 1421 32 ac 181207031158701 PEF I Gake 18122007122 ac 181 20 US1158701_ O100e 000 L3YGE 1812200 1314 ae 181207091158701_0100p 001 1 966 18122007 13 14 32 arc_ 18120703115870 _0100p 002 19GB 18122007 1315 22 mam SO ee a E A O a T a Rana Switch to Auchive List View fucha Fis Detak Mame Basic Hard Disk 1 Unknown Model Comment No comment is avadable Type Basic Hard Disk Drive
43. 37GENTFS 3368 17 268 6 On the Restore Results page you can see the resulted disk layout Besides there s the possibility to change size of the partition and its location if necessary as well as assign a particular drive letter Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 109 Your hard disk alter the changes fi Basic Hard Hion i yidiwore Virtual IDE Hard Dive fl o Apphcati ia Backup C ire i Unallocated a SGBNTFS e SoG me Gb eee Disk ea nen Please specily the size of the restored partion 3067 1886 MB 3067 MB Please specify size of free space before the patton 0 OMB 1180 MB Please epecily sze of hee space afler the patttion O OMB 1180 MB Asaig the following dive letter C 7 Complete the wizard and then apply the pending changes IRL DE l Disk View itk View Archives ie Had Disk Dire B Hard Drive Creal A ie diji Back uo al the data this had disk contame AQ the cavhbon on thie dick vall be added t User Manual 8 The program will require the system restart to accomplish the operation in a special boot up mode Click the appropriate button to agree Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 110 User Manual Overall progress 0 Rest
44. 7 20 Swatch to Archive List View Arche File Detads Mame Local Disk Comment No comem Volume labet Other Shull File seme NTFS Total size 66 GE Used space 16 6 GE Free space 49 368 File svanc_2R0508054946765_news anc _26050804346765_new PBF 4 On the What folders and files to back up page you can see contents of the selected partition archive Mark a checkbox opposite a file or folder to build up contents of the future incremental image Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 87 Lick the check box met to any file or folder you want to back up Name ome A Ther Computer SS m System C 3 E E Documerts and Settings 2 DE Adnin O Al Users E Detauk Uses C El Apptcaton Data i O Be Cookies D Si Desktop O f Local Settings My D i rer O E NetHood O E FrintHood 1 ES Recent E E W E E Dato 18 10 2007 1407 28 15 10 2007 13 03 16 16 11 2007 15 08 58 12 10 2007 16 16 25 24 11 2005 17 38 08 24 11 2005 14 46 08 24 11 2005 17 25 46 24 11 2005 17 38 12 0 2007 5644 24 11 2005 17 41 31 24 11 2005 17 25 46 24 11 2005 17 25 46 User Manual 06 06 2007 56 18 5 Specify include masks The program includes a lot of ready made filters to effectively control contents of your backup images Include masks manage files and Folders that wall be added to the archrve If include mask ts spenciied all the files that do
45. 94 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 30 User Manual Disk View Scheduled Tasks Archives Help Q x e er Ne Bac J Coo GROUP C t 1996 20 echa pre ae Version information Drive Backup version 9 0 build 5522 06 06 08 Personal Components versions Paragon Base Services Library version 1 1 build 5522 06 06 08 hdm dll varsion 9 0 release 3 build 6922 biont dll version 9 0 release 9 build 6922 biont sys version 9 0 release 7 build 6922 Support links To easily navigate through browsed pages the program provides the following functionality BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY E Return to the previously browsed page Open the next browsed page z Stop loading the current page ist Refresh the contents of the current page Legend Bar The Legend Bar explains the color scheme used for disk and partition presentation You can hide or show the bar with the appropriate Main Menu item View gt Disk Map Legend When it is activated it can be found at the bottom of the Explorer Bar The program distinguishes between the following types of known file systems FAT16 32 NTFS Linux Ext2 3 Linux ReiserFS Status Bar This is the bottom part of the main window The Status Bar displays menu hints for each item the cursor points to The user can hide or show the bar with the appropriate Main Menu i
46. According to the rules of the DOS partitioning scheme the following combinations of partitions cannot be created Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 121 User Manual Two Extended Partitions on one hard disk Five or more Primary partitions on one hard disk Ifthere is an Extended Partition on the disk only three Primary partitions are allowed Q The program allows creating new partitions only within blocks of un partitioned space It cannot convert a free space on an existing partition to a new partition 4 I cannot copy a partition There can be a number of reasons for that The source or target disk you select is a dynamic disk 4 primary partitions or three primary partitions and an extended one already exist on the target disk 5 Ineed to copy a partition But when selecting a place where to make a copy I always get a crossed circle sign no matter which partition 1s selected The program enables to copy a partition only to a block of un partitioned space If you don t have a block of free space on your hard disk please delete or reduce an existing partition to accomplish the operation 6 I cannot do anything with my USB flash drive I get a crossed circle sign when trying to select any area on it Some USB flash drives don t have the MBR Master Boot Record that s the cause of your problem To fix the issue please use the Update MBR function of our
47. Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 70 User Manual 35 Test the tuiface of volume F Testing the volume curface val help to find bad blocks and other probleme Please select 4 suface test level 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Check File System Integrity The program allows you to check integrity of a file system It can be used to detect possible file system errors before performing any operation on a partition To start the system integrity check you should take the following steps l Select a partition on the Disk Map Call the Check File System Integrity dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it Q Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Check File System Integrity a Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Check File System Integrity Initially the program suggests some consistent values for all parameters In most cases you can just press the Yes button to confirm the operation Check volume F No label NTFS for errors Plese mote thal check operation need exclusive access to the volume You may be asked to restart your computer to complete the operation Check disk options Automatically Fe fiber pilem errors C Scan for and athemot recovery of bad sectors a Automatically fix file system error
48. Drive Backup 9 0 Personal User Manual Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 2 User Manual CONTENTS PHAGE OO UCONN ecserin E E 5 Whats New Im Drive Back Wp 9 0 esicccsveresaccsccecccayiuaseacccc ocsaveresncac cc sievaseueaeancva ccs aupsuenceesueocuawenadeaveseenceaeaoseears 5 Prod ct Componeil Secara ea e a cesetadeastevacacasieelsadss 6 Features OV CLV 1G W orisosoisarideen ibia E S 6 KEV ECIU CSa EA 6 User Prrendly Paul Minimizing IME aC Eariri ane Scariest este RE EREE E EE E E EE E E 6 Backip FICHES ruspin eta een ne a TO Oe ee ee ee er ee eee 6 Resi Facite Sesan s A S e Eae E o EAE 7 Partition bard Disk Managemen r Acti MES 02 cteees tetoe cesta acta nalts aaa ATE E haere E A 7 PAIOMatiZatl Ott acie Sesin a ana situa rcetnani aed Gausenese wasn cieua apenanasas ous sade nasa tana acted aoanauasa oetus eae ates 8 Auxa FACIES aaora etn eaesaasaaeat eel seme AN eH ee 8 Supported VechnOlo gies oi ccssecsscineccsseevessssces EEEa ea Ea ARa TEAS 8 Supported File Sy Stems sssrds a a a 9 SUPPO CC Medi A seeria EEE EEA EEE AE EEOSE 9 Getin Started scrinia EE EE E N ER 9 DESCEND LON saene a E E E E aE E 9 BDE TIDITE C Diaa a E T A ree re eter ery te eT 9 Onne Distri DUNO so a a a a a 9 RESISTA O eraen a E E E E a aa 9 Howto Download Updates UW perades niies iuni a a a e a A e e AA 10 Contacting Paragon Technology GmbH iscsiecceciceso icc nde nanea a aaao a aeara aea aE 10 SYSED R CONI ONYC IS sgrin ese EEEE EE EAEE E aE E EEEE SNEEN 11 Windows base
49. Mb Free space before 0 1208 Mb SA Free space aher 0 1208 Mb 10 On the Restore Summary page you can see your hard disk layout before and after the operation Click the Next button to initiate the restore process Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 95 User Manual View changes on Your partitions before operations a as aa s 11 In the Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program Operations list Suboperation progress l Restore partition or disk Operation progress TT Time elapsed 00 01 10 Time w finish 00 06 36 Copied so lar 290 0 Mb Read so far 366 0 Mb S 7 Mb s T copy L5Gb Write so far 366 0 Mb 527 3 Mb s Overall progress a EELE T Restore Primary partition 0 disk 0 from file 2 P280508 PRF Data writing 12 After completing the operation close the wizard take out the disc and then reboot the computer Restoring a System Partition from a Local Drive Let s assume that your operating system gives trouble after having installed brand new software But you ve got a backup of the system partition on a local disk That s just enough to easily roll it back to the point when run smoothly To restore your system partition from a backup image located on a local disk please do the followi
50. Modify gt Change Serial Number a On the Explorer Bar click on the current serial number 3 Enter a new serial number for the selected partition It should contain 8 hexadecimal figures 0 9 or A F The operation cannot proceed until you enter all 8 symbols Pix Are pou sure pou want to change the serial number of volume E Your compuber may mo longer boot or wak conmecth Pisasse enter the new senal number in hexadecemal lamat UTASEMA 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Hard Disk Management Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 60 User Manual In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to carry hard disk operations supported by the program Update MBR Convert to Basic Change Primary Slot Updating MBR The program enables to overwrite the current bootable code in the MBR Master Boot Record by the standard bootstrap code This can help to repair a corrupted bootable code of a hard disk resulted from a boot virus attack or a malfunction of boot management software In order to update MBR of a hard disk you should take the following steps 1 Select a hard disk on the Disk Map 2 Call the Update MBR dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it a Select in the Main Menu Hard Disk gt Update MBR a Call the popup menu for the selected hard disk right click of the mouse button on th
51. Mware Virtual IDE Hard Dive NE w Applhicati i h Backup C i i Unallocated PGB ANTES jee 3 96 172Gb Logecal Disk Restore Ophens Please specily the size of the reshoned partion 3067 1868 HB 3067 MB Please specify size of free space before the paithor 0 OMB 1180 MB Peace specify ore of hee space afier the partition 0 OMB 1180 MB Asagi the following dive lete Cv 6 Complete the wizard and then apply the pending changes VR 9 Disk View tk View Archives Fa Hard Drive Apply pending changes 7 ie Haid Disk Dive B C Do not show the message again a Flick un al the data this had ak tanane All the patitone on this disk will be added t 7 The program will require the system restart to accomplish the operation in a special boot up mode Click the appropriate button to agree Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 98 User Manual Overall progress 0 Restore partition or disk Overall progress Rettore partition or disk progress ces O Mounl dismount parhhon Sub opetation progress Syetem restart iz required to complete the operation Whal would pou like to do The operation Restore partion of disk needs exchoine access to the volume C and cannot be completed wethout syshem restart Alter restart the operation val be added to th continue in boottime mode Do mot tum off the compu
52. News and Documentation Each of these contains a separate button bar which can be folded by clicking it Basic Backup Tasks G Back up Disks or Partition i schedule Backup aa Back up Files Advanced Backup Tasks Lie Differential Partition Backup hy Incremental File Backup Restore Tasks he Restore Disks or Partition pr Restore Files Restore Individual Files Tools P Manage Backup Capsule G Recover Media Builder y Check Recovery Discs ri Hi Check Archive Integrity rY Transter Files News and Documentation Starting the Sector Backup Wizard to create an archive of a hard disk or separate partitions Starting the Sector Backup Wizard with the preset scheduling option Starting the File Backup Wizard to create an archive of particular files and folders Starting the Differential Backup Wizard to create a differential to a partition backup Starting the Incremental Backup Wizard to create an increment to a file or partition backup Starting the Restore Wizard to restore a hard disk or partition to restore an entire hard disk or separate partitions from the backup image Starting the Restore Wizard to restore files or folders from the backup image Starting the File Transfer Wizard to retrieve data from the program s backup images Starting the Manage Backup Capsule Wizard to create resize or delete the backup capsule Starting the Recovery Media Wizard to create a Linux DOS boota
53. On the Transfer Summary page check all parameters of the operation Click the Next button to accomplish the operation 12 In the Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program Operations list Suboperation progress 3 IBITITITILIILILILITIITI III 1 Transler user data Time elapsed 00 00 04 Time to finish 00 00 00 Copied so far 0 9 Mb Overall progress Transfering AMNDOWS system to mntdiskindal WINDOWS system item 1of1 All operations have been finished 13 After the operation is completed close the wizard by pressing the appropriate button 14 Eject the CD 15 Turn off the computer Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 119 User Manual Restoring Separate Files and Folders from a Backup The program provides a very convenient option to access backup archives and restore only data you need This operation can be accomplished either with the File Transfer Wizard File Transfer Wizard To restore separate files and folders from a backup image with the File Transfer Wizard please do the following 1 Call the popup menu for the required backup image right click of the mouse button in the Archive Database and then select the menu item Restore File from Archive Thus you automatically open it with the File Transfer Wizard a ee E Pak Saree ee ee eee eee n eee E Creation Date
54. On the What to Restore page you can see a list of available images if several Most likely the required archive will be there too If not click the standard browse button to find it When you find your image double click on it to proceed Select Image ea 2008 May 27 14 52 55 anm_2705068145209671 PBF 2008 May 8080334 BP280508 PRF Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 94 User Manual 7 On the Image Properties page make sure that you select the correct image by viewing the provided information about the archive Panilon preview Zuchive details Type Image of the panition Archive name 2 AP780508 PBF Cead 2008 May 26 Wed 060354 File sysiem NTFS Volume label WinkP Size capacity 3 0 Gb 3 216 052 224 bi Used space Lab 60 Free space L 2Gb 39 Secors C luster 1 8 On the next page specify a hard disk then one of its partitions to restore the image to if several in your computer By default the program offers to restore the archive exactly where it belongs That s what we actually need Basic Disk 0 40 0 Gb il NTFS 9 86b Applic ation BackupCapsule 100Gb Ho babel Free 17 2 Gb 9 On the Partition Start and Size page you can change size of the partition and its location if necessary Parton preview NTFS WinkP New size 1859 3067 Mb J e87__ S
55. Partition Table pA Are pou sure pou want to delete volume D wi You are about to delete volume D Application NTFS You computer may no longer boot or work conecth Please enter the volume label to confirm deleting C Do not ask volume label next time a Enter the volume label to confirm deleting To confirm deletion of the selected partition enter its Volume Label The current volume label is displayed above Q Do not ask volume label next time Mark the option to inhibit confirmation next time you start the dialog Result By default the operation takes only a fraction of a second However the program waits until Windows completes the modification of the disk layout In case you decide to wipe the on partition data as well the operation will take much longer depending on the set wipe parameters Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 57 User Manual Changing Partition Attributes This chapter explains how you can change partition attributes Active flag Hidden flag Partition ID Volume Label etc Mark Partition Active Inactive The program enables to set an active inactive flag for primary partitions of a hard disk By default an operating system will boot only if its partition is active or bootable In order to mark a partition active inactive you should take the following steps 1 Select a primary partition on the Disk Map Call the Mark
56. Partition Active Inactive Dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it Q Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Mark Partition as Active Inactive Q Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Mark Partition as Active Inactive Are you sure pou want lo sel the volume as active You ane about to set the volume No label FATTE a active lipou already have active volumes thie acon might render your system unbootable Hide Unhide Partition The program allows you to hide unhide primary and logical partitions By default an operating system does not mount hidden partitions thus preventing access to their contents In order to hide unhide a partition you should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map Call the Hide Unhide Partition Dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it a Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Hide Unhide Partition Q Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Hide Unhide Partition 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 58 User Manual Set Label of a Partition The Partition Label is a small textual field up to 11 characters that is located in the par
57. Please select one of the objectis to restore Mane Type Fie miem Size Used Basic Heed Dak 1 Unkr Model Basic Hod Dek Dreve 95G8 EiLogcal Diki vat FAT3 2968 6MB s Ewerded Partition 0 Bytes Logical Disk 7 NTFS 2 4 G 15 1 H Ls Logical Disk 7 ic LinueEW3 14GB 57MB GA Logical Disk 7 jz Linx Swap 635 3 ME SKB Ache Delak Has Logical Disk Volume labet APPLICATION Fie stem NTFS Toa me 2468 Used pme 151 MB Free space 2468 To select where to restore the selected object cick Next If you want to restore the image contents click the Next button In order to cancel click the Cancel button Using the Archive Database To open the Archive Database click the appropriate tab in the Explorer Bar The database window can be conditionally subdivided into several sections that differ in their purpose and functionality Dick View Scheduled Tarki Archives Help Archive of Basic Hard Disk 1 Unknown Model Name long OC pin lora O Cpt Source Obgect size 15908 le OC Archive size 7 1 KB enn Location E Amg D1 pti i 1 Creation Date 15 03 2005 16 1 m e Flags Z Compress lg O10 pim Iira 01 0e jer 01 02 pim fong_01 03 000 Restore Archive leng 010A pim he Restore the selected achive img 01 ph j k ita Check Archive Integrity A The wizard helps you to tes existing archives The wizaed wil New Text Document t ee hack if tie mche ig wold and makes you sure the anche
58. S Type Prenay Capacity 12268 13 152 150 454 Bytes 25 6G S72 Sectors In the opened dialog information will be grouped according to its properties thus by clicking tabs you can get information you need File Transfer Wizard File Transfer Wizard is designed to make such operations as copying of separate files directories or burning of them to CD DVD as easy and convenient as possible It may be of particular use in case of a system malfunction caused either by a virus attack or files corruption in order to get the system back on track again Besides it provides access to Paragon backups as regular folders to browse through their contents or copy required files Startup There are several ways to start the File Transfer Wizard 1 Select in the Main Menu Tools gt File Transfer Wizard 2 Select the Transfer Files item on the Tools panel Setup Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 66 User Manual The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the transfer operation a Place to look for files directories Select a source disk from the pull down list in the left pane of the page The program enables to process both mounted and unmounted without drive letter assigned partitions Besides it is possible to map a network drive Source Look inc Local Disk D P g A B Local Disk 0 A Local Disk Ej CD Drive Fy gt Local Disk G 4
59. S partitioning scheme the following combinations of partitions cannot be created oa Two Extended Partitions on one hard disk Q Five or more Primary partitions on one hard disk a If there is an Extended Partition on the disk only three Primary partitions are allowed 4 The program allows creating new partitions only within blocks of un partitioned space It cannot convert a free space on an existing partition to a new partition Startup In order to start the operation you should take the following steps 1 Select a block of free space on the Disk Map 2 Call the Create Partition Dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 53 User Manual Q Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Create Partition a Call the popup menu for the block of free space right click of the mouse button then select the menu item Create Partition Setup Initially the program suggests some consistent values for all parameters In most cases you can just press the Yes button to confirm the operation Are you ture you want lo creale a new partition on disk 17 You ant about to create a new parthoan im an Unallocated 1 6 GB area Please the select size position and the hie syshem of the new parbhon Hac Hand Disk 1 FUJITSU MPESIUZAT ar 1 6 GB FATIE Creste lhe mew parhlon as amp Primary partition ha Please specily the
60. TFS 12 26 Extended Farbton Evbended 25 6 O GP Logical Disk D Logical NTFS 14 76 O Logical Disk E Logical NTFS 10 26 3 0O Basic Hard Dick 1 FUJITSU MPFSIO2Z4T Basic Hard Dick Drive 9 56 Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 46 User Manual Q Backup destination The wizard allows saving backup archives to local or network drives to physical partitions without drive letters assigned the Backup Capsule or burning them to CD DVDs You need to select a destination taking the estimated archive size and available space on the backup destination into account Thete aie several ways lhe wizard can stor pour dala Plagne select how you would ike lo cave the anchie Save data to local network drives Save data to physical partitions Bum the data to CO or DYD OQ Name and location of the resulted image Provide a file name for the new image and its exact location The program automatically offers an easy to understand name containing the date and the time of the archive creation which can anyway be modified Select a folder where the arche should be placed and spec y the ache name The archrve name va wead as a subtler where backup data files wil be stored Archive location E acc_ 1505070914542164 a Mame Gj My Compie E E System C 4 F Applications D BACK UP E a gt FATS2 UINUX G F Local Disk i E E Local Disk K
61. aii ieee a a ee ae 37 OY ACs 2 CIS OTS a A Nk a a ett hat lta Aart rat teat ce arta 38 Getting Information on Disks and Backup Images csssssccccsssssssssssscccccccscessssssscccccsscsesssssscccsssseees 40 Bar epi iain yal Disk Proper org meena et ae ert ener en eed ar nite A eee er 40 Wie wile Ima e Proper eS nannan n AN A A AA a AA 41 Data Back up and RESC oesie noiaeo aaee E AAO REPE AE A EASE ERNE ENA EARO RAAE 45 CTE atime Backup IMa Se Sienese EA tan nals Wa am pansinaeauasaaapeeusaamaiedaanier 45 FRCS COMIN System and AL AGA ct caoscs ca tsa hasnt cane ears at asa ada a a aco caro aaa meena aaa 47 Building Recove i Mediina tee ne a BEY Severin O BnEnY savas A Th Savane Seven RI await ceva TA Raion enn seme 50 Paronon VE AM ACCIICING oss o coon ces reece etsc eE cteceeeasdaccaxt saseevensulecesdsecceteasdecenchscocsues Ea 52 Basie sPartitiOmim G C Penal OMS acc aeea E E E ARESE E EEEE EE A E E 52 Chang ime Part AAO UES cists hte arse cas cet a ee area car a sas ean S a7 Hard Disk Man ae CIme m 6 caiie a ss ies vaeniedies valia vaca rec cba E iS 59 Epdatine Od Rrena ee stor ne oe eee one oe ee ee ere Creer ee ee ree ree eer ee 60 Chanoine Prnaiy Slotlar e ar acca E S tbe ben N E EE tiple E a nen E E aneibetde nan avassucene 60 Task Schedulint sainn i a A eel E E A 6l SENE Le Dla T T A O T EA 6l Manado ino Task Sroa A EA A A 62 Creatina a Scheduled TaS qin ee RP E A E Aen re Re ne 64 Etra UCC ANC yesse ie Eana bei eiuecesddei
62. appened to your Vista based computer it s broken to pieces because of a power outage You ve got a backup of your system partition on a remote backup server but cannot find an exact match for your original system specifications to replace failed hardware Well it s too early to give up our program will help you easily restore your Vista to a different hardware configuration To carry out a bare metal restore from a backup image located on a network drive please do the following 1 Insert Paragon Linux DOS Recovery CD the BIOS must be enabled to boot the system from the CD DVD device 2 Restart the computer 3 Inthe boot menu select Normal Mode to use the Linux recovery environment since it s the only mode that provides a network support Normal Mode The PC booting d Safe Hode will be proceeded in amp Low Graphics Safe Mode aa seconds amp Floppy disk Hard disk H HER amp Find OSes on your hard disks i Here you can configure network connections to Drive Backup gave files directories partitions and entire hard disks on network It must be done before Simple Restore Ward the backup and file operations listed in this p menu if they need network support One Button Copy Wizard File Transfer Wizard Boot Corrector a jan aa KAON Network Configurator Log Saver View the mounted partitions Start the command line Reboot the computer Power off 5 On the Wizard s Welcome page
63. ar Thus by selecting a disk on the Disk Map the Explorer Bar will automatically display detailed information on it Explorer Bar The Explorer Bar is located in the center of the main window which emphasizes its importance The bar displays reference information including The help system General information on the product including its name version and a list of helpful links Detailed information about disks selected on the Disk Map List of scheduled operations List of archives DOODO According to these categories the Explorer Bar has several tabs a Disk View which offers the user the following options Properties to view detailed information on the selected partition hard disk in the bright graphical form a Scheduled Tasks which gives the user the possibility of browsing and editing scheduled operations and the program scripts a Archives which enables to manage the Archive Database a Help which contains the program help and general information on the product You can access the desired information by clicking on the appropriate tab The Explorer Bar is a fully functional embedded HTML browser which offers the possibility to address for example the company s website to look through important technical notes or download the latest updates without having to close the program The program help is also HTML oriented You can read it and follow external links from to get additional information Copyright 19
64. architecture providing fault tolerant work for such system dependent modules as Hot Processing Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 22 User Manual Drive Partitioning As you probably know a hard drive is to be split into one or more partitions since it cannot hold data until it is carved up and space is set aside for an operating system Until recently most PCs used to have just one partition which filled the entire hard disk and contained an OS The situation has changed however thanks to new cost effective high capacity hard drives thus opening up numerous possibilities for PC users such as editing video archiving music backing up CD images etc Huge increase in space is great but it poses a number of problems most important of which are effective data organization and speed Large drives are always going to take longer to search than smaller volumes and an operating system is going to have its work cut out both finding and organizing files It 1s for this reason that many people decide to invest in multiple hard drives but there is an easy solution drive partitioning Partitioning lets you divide a single physical drive into a number of logical drives each of which servers as a container with its own drive letter and volume label thus enabling the operating system to process data more efficiently Besides partitioning makes it possible to organize data so that it is easy t
65. artition ID Q Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Change Partition ID 3 Set anew ID for the selected partition Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 59 User Manual Are you sure you want to change the system ID of the partition E The curent system ID is 0x07 NTFS Changing the system ID maght prevent Jome Operating systems from woking wath the parton Please select a predefined ID from the lst Ww TFS C Please enter the ID manualy a Predefined ID Select from the pull down list the required ID Q Enter ID manually With the spinner control set the required ID value It has to be a 1 2 digit hexadecimal number 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Change Serial Number of a Partition FAT16 FAT32 HPFS and NTFS file systems include the Serial Number parameter A partition s serial number is saved in the boot sector Its value is generated while formatting The program enables to modify the serial number parameter for FAT16 FAT32 HPFS or NTFS partitions without re formatting In order to change a serial number you should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map Call the Change Partition Serial Number dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it Q Select in the Main Menu Partition gt
66. ation you will get a new read only partition in the system to easily browse through its contents and copy the required information even with the standard Windows tools Assign Drive Letter In order to mount an archive you should take the following steps 1 Select a backup image in the Archive Database Call the Mount Archive dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it Q Select in the Main Menu Archives gt Mount the Selected Archive a On the Explorer bar select the Mount Archive item Q Call the popup menu for the selected image right click of the mouse button then select the menu item Mount the Selected Archive 3 Specify a drive letter for the selected backup image Initially the program suggests some consistent value for this parameter So you may just press the Yes button to confirm the operation PIR 3 Assign a drive letter YO This alous access bo the volume by uang the dive lether assigned The assignment ts not recommended if the volume contains a fle satem not supported by pour operating syste Assign the folowing dive letter ENN Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 69 User Manual However you can manually define the required letter by selecting it from the pull down list of available drive letters 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Remove Drive Letter In order to un mount a backup
67. aunbary files ike pagefie sys hbefil sys etc Thee val reduce operation time and backup image tize e Skip archive files stored in achive library Ohoone thet option to cup archive filet Haed in archive library This wdi reduce operation time and backup image site This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during copy and backup operations a HDD raw processing Mark the checkbox to copy back up a hard disk in the sector by sector mode thus ignoring its information structure e g unallocated space or unused sectors of existing partitions will be processed as well This can help to avoid problems with hidden data created by certain applications or the system administrator However it will take more time to accomplish the operation a Partition raw processing Mark the checkbox to copy a partition in the sector by sector mode to successfully process unknown file systems However it is not recommended to enable this option when working with supported file systems as it takes more time to accomplish the operation Q Skip OS auxiliary files Mark the checkbox to skip OS auxiliary files like pagefile sys hiberfil sys etc thus reducing the operation time and the resulted size of the backup image CD DVD Recording Options Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 35 User Manual S Edit settings General opbors 7 RE ae option CD DVD record
68. ay a short description Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 84 User Manual Q Byclicking the Switch to File View link you can find the required image in the browser like window The section below 1 e Archive File Details will also display a short description of the selected image Look irc Local Disk F ol amp pee So Sec Bo eee Cae are_2eUS0G094546765_rew O07 1 966 2 05 2008 155729 _S0S0S0S4S46765_new 008 BIME 26 05 A008 135730 D c 260508094946765_new PBF 1LIGB 26 06 2008 1351 10 ae _ JS050R0467E5_new pim 147 9KE 2 05 2008135730 M Geach to Achre Lisl View Archon File Delali Hame Local Disk Comment Ho commen Volume labet Other Stufi File seme NTFS Total size 66 GE Used space 16 6 GE Free space 49 368 File aarc ZEUSU 765 neac Aee E765 new FEF 4 The Archive Content page displays detailed information about the contents of the archive It includes a full description of properties about the partition In addition there is the possibility to modify backup settings To activate the advance mode you need to mark the appropriate option at the foot of the page Arche Content Mame Type Fie system Sze Used Loc a Dick Fi Friman NTFS archive Detal Narre Local Disk Volume labet Other Stuti File steme MTFS Total sce 66GB Used space 16 6 GE Free space 433 GE Change backup settings 5 On the Backup Destinatio
69. ble media which can be used to get access to your hard disk for maintenance or recovery purposes Starting the Check Recovery Disk Wizard to verify recovery media for integrity and ability to boot from Starting the Check Archive Integrity Wizard to verify backup archives for consistency Starting the File Transfer Wizard to transfer data from any media Besides it provides access to Paragon backups as regular folders to browse through their contents or copy required files Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 28 User Manual S Drive Backup Help Launching the help system you can also do it by pressing F1 Opening the page which contains information about the program This page i About Drive Backup will be displayed in the Explorer Bar Disk Map The Disk Map is displayed in the Explorer Bar when the Disk View tab is selected It is located either at the top or at the bottom of the window depending on the state of the Disk Map Location option Main Menu View gt Disk Map Location As the name infers the Disk Map displays the layout of physical and logical disks Physical disks are represented with rectangle bars that contain small sized bars These small sized bars represent logical disks Their color depends on the file system of the appropriate partition Desk Mep Basic Hard Disk 1 STS16081545 M Syste Applications D a Other Stuff E
70. created at the expense of free space of the selected disk Backup captule conent ate it 26GB Min capsule soe 40 MB Max capsule size 3 5 GB There is no restriction on the size of the backup capsule merely depending on the available space of the hard disk and the capacity needed for the backup If the wizard cannot find enough free space in one block it will redistribute free space joining all free space blocks together into one united block and moving partitions if necessary If the total amount of free space 1s still not enough it is possible to split a fragment of space from one of the existing partitions thus resizing it 5 Activate the bootable recovery environment if needed With its help you will get the choice to boot directly from the backup capsule for maintenance or recovery purposes every time you start up the computer Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 76 User Manual Ge Allow to start recovery system from backup capsule Time to display the backup capsule startup message Sseconds S Choose a hot key foe startup from the backup capsule Fi h Starlup message previear Press F1 to start recovery from Backup Capsule 6 Start the operation by clicking the Next button or return to correct the settings After the operation is completed you can place backup archives into the created backup capsule Backing up a Hard Disk or Partition to the Backup Capsu
71. ctors which assumes that all on disk sectors are continuously enumerated from 0 To allow backward compatibility with older standards modern hard disks can additionally emulate the C H S geometry Hidden Partition The concept of a hidden partition was introduced in the IBM OS 2 Boot Manager By default an operating system does not mount a hidden partition thus preventing access to its contents A method of hiding a partition consists in changing the partition ID value saved in the Partition Table This is achieved by XOR ing the partition ID with a 0x10 hexadecimal value Master File Table MFT is a relational database that consists of rows of file records and columns of file attributes It contains at least one entry for every file on an NTFS volume including the MFT itself MFT is similar to a FAT table in a FAT file system MBR amp Ist track of the hard disk is the Oth sector of the disk MBR Master Boot Record contains important information about the disk layout The used partitioning scheme The starting records of the Partition Table The standard bootstrap code or the initial code of boot managers disk overlay software or boot viruses Generally the Oth sector is used for similar purposes in all existing partitioning schemes Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 124 User Manual The MBR capacity is not sufficient to contain sophisticated boot prog
72. d backup image into a CD DVD drive the BIOS must be enabled to boot the system from the CD DVD device 2 Restart the computer 3 In the boot menu select Normal Mode to use the Linux recovery environment more preferable or Safe Mode to use the PTS DOS recovery environment in case you ve got problems with Linux Moreover you ve got the option to boot into the Low Graphics Safe Mode PTS DOS safe mode to cope with a serious hardware incompatibility In this case only the minimal set of drivers will be included like hard disk monitor and keyboard drivers This mode has simple graphics and a simple menu Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 93 User Manual amp Normal Hode Try this mode ta safe Mode if you have problems amp Low Graphics Safe Mode with the normal mode Floppy disk Hard disk B HBR Paragon Find OSes on your hard disks 4 Inthe PTS DOS launch menu select the Simple Restore Wizard You can find the same wizard in Linux as well Provides Restore for hard disks partitions All Drive Backup drives including NTFS are already mounted ase di e ekc tis possible to eject your CUROM aD Simple Restore Wizard One Buton Copy Wizard File Transfer Wizard Boot Corector View the mounted partitions ull amp Oy on IF Start the command line Reboot the computer GN On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 6
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74. d then select the appropriate option to accept If you do not agree with any conditions stated there the installation process will be interrupted By clicking the Print button the License Agreement may also be printed out 4 Provide Customer Information On the Customer Information page you are to provide the standard information 1 e a user name and an organization Besides you need to decide whether to make the program available for all users of this computer if several or only for the current one 5 Select an Installation Folder The Destination Folder page allows you to choose a folder where the program will be installed By default the installation folder will be created as C Program Files Paragon Software Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 To select another folder click the Change button After you have selected the required folder click the Next button to continue 6 Confirm Installation On the Ready to Install the Program page click the nstal button to start the installation or the Back button to return to any of the previous pages and modify the installation settings 7 Copying Files The Copying Files page shows the overall progress of the installation Click the Cancel button to abort the setup 8 Finishing the Installation The Final page reports the end of the setup process Click the Finish button to complete the wizard Starting the Program under Windows To start Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 under Windows please
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76. e 1 e IEEE1394 USB 1 0 USB 2 0 hard disks ZIP and Jazz disks a PC card storage devices MBR and GPT flash memory etc Getting Started In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to get the product ready to use 0 O E Distribution Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 is distributed in two ways a Boxed package from Paragon Technology GmbH and resellers a Downloadable package over the Internet at the company s web site Distributive CD The boxed package includes a distributive CD that is in fact a bootable Linux DOS Recovery CD with auto run of the Windows installation thus it can be used as a ready made solution see Booting from the Linux DOS Recovery CD But if you re going to run the Windows components you need to install them first see Installing the Program under Windows If you want to download an update upgrade of the product it will be in form of the downloadable installation package as described in Online Distribution Online Distribution Drive Backup 9 0 purchased over the Internet will be in form of an MSI package After installing the product you can launch the Recovery Media Builder to burn the Linux DOS Recovery CD Registration Paragon Technology GmbH provides a wide range of online services through its web service KB Knowledge Base Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 10 User Manual E E E Q Registration of
77. e Disk Map then select the menu item Update MBR A Are pou sure pou want to update the master boot record The current MBA contents for hard dick number O wall be lost after thes operation Tour com uter may no longer boot cometi 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Changing Primary Slot Different operating systems apply different approaches to enumeration of the primary partitions In Linux In Linux every partition has a special symbolic name that encodes a hard disk containing a partition and a partition itself Partitions are addressed and accessed by using their symbolic names Symbolic names are automatically generated by Linux in accordance with the order of hard disks in BIOS and the order of partition records in the Partition Table Thus changing enumeration of the primary partitions can lead to changing of paths to some important resources In DOS The last versions of MS DOS use a rather sophisticated algorithm for a drive letter assignment A drive letter which is assigned to a partition depends on the order of records in the Partition Table Thus changing enumeration of the primary partitions affects the drive letters assignment In early versions of MS DOS it could even lead to the unavailability of a partition The program provides the ability to change enumeration of the primary partitions This feature will allow you to fix problems concerning an inappropriate order of partitions
78. e again Adaptive Restore Application Let s consider a number of situations when the Adaptive Restore feature can help you out a If you need to upgrade to newer hardware while keeping all your programs and settings intact Q Ifyou need to replace failed hardware and cannot find an exact match for your original system specifications a Ifyou need to do a system testing to deploy a system backup image to a virtual machine or vice versa Paragon Hot Processing amp Volume Shadow Copy Service Offline versus Online Data Processing In the course of time there have been developed various methods of data processing Despite different work concept all of them can be divided into two principal groups offline cold and online hot data processing techniques As the name infers offline data processing can only be accomplished when the data is in consistent state the operating system and all the applications are completely shut down Actually it is the most preferable Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 20 User Manual way of image creation or data cloning since software can obtain an exclusive right to process data that guaranties high level of operating efficiency However the offline data processing 1s absolutely out of question when dealing with 24 7 production environments In contrast online data processing enables to create a consistent snapshot even as the data
79. e backup You can now back up only information you really need thus saving time and the backup storage space Besides by making incremental images to this kind of backup you can easily keep it updated File backup to a sector image It is a unique technology on the market so far that bridges two principally different approaches of the data backup the file based backup and the sector based backup With its help you can now create a sector based backup of your system to get it back on track in minutes in case of a virus attack or a hardware malfunction and then just make file based incremental images to the previously created sector based backup to keep updated only information that is critical for you Thus you will considerably save your system resources Adaptive Restore It is a special technology that enables to successfully recover Windows 2000 XP Vista or 2003 2008 Server to a different hardware configuration If you need to replace failed hardware and cannot find an exact match for your original system specifications this feature will help you out Besides you can even restore a backup image of your real system to a virtual one and vice versa Support of the Windows Installer MSI package It is the latest engine for the installation maintenance and removal of software on Windows based operating systems With its help you can now install the product remotely or in the silent mode make use of powerful deployment capabilities etc Improved 64 bi
80. e performed immediately after confirmation Task Scheduling Automation of operations can really help you out when you ve got to accomplish certain routine operations on a regular basis as it enables to execute them without your involvement while optimizing your computer s work load Setting a Timetable Thanks to the embedded Scheduler you can set a timetable for execution of any operation It has two categories for time settings these correspond to appropriate items in the Schedule type menu Q Initiating the operation by an event One time only 1 e the Once item When the system starts 1 e the At System Startup item When the user logs on 1 e the At Logon item Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 62 a Initiating the operation periodically 1 e Daily Weekly Monthly Please specily how and when would pou ike to perio tine task User Manual You need to select one of the variants Depending on your choice the scheduler displays a form that enables to set a timetable Please specify how and when would pou tke bo perform the bask C Shutdown eystem after camming out the taski Fun the task or 2208 5 a 0000 Every 1 weekls on F Monday C Friday C Tuesday Saturday O Wednerday Sunday C Thursday i i C Do not run the task alter Managing Tasks All scheduled tasks are placed in a separate list which can be re
81. e systems Veritas Executive accommodates a simplified version of LDM to the Windows 2000 operating system Windows 2000 and XP support two quite different partitioning schemes the old DOS partitioning scheme and the new Dynamic Disk Management DDM The problem is that earlier versions of Windows do not support DDM In addition most hard disk utilities do not support it as well Recovery Media is a CD DVD disc a USB flash card or even a floppy disk from which you can boot for maintenance or recovery purposes Root Directory is the top level directory of a formatted logical drive to include other files and directories In modern file systems Ext2 Ext3 NTFS and even FAT32 it does not differ from other directories This is not the case for old FAT12 and FAT16 file systems Serial Number In the DOS partitioning scheme every hard disk and every partition has a 32 bit serial number represented by an 8 figure hexadecimal value It is stored in the MBR and its value is assigned when the MBR sector is initialized by Microsoft standard disk managing tools such as Windows Disk Administrator and the FDISK utility In fact a hard disk s serial number is not important for most operating systems and software It is known that Windows NT 2000 and XP store its value in the database of assigned drive letters A partition s serial number is stored in its boot sector in FAT16 FAT32 and NFTS file systems Its value is assigned when the partition is f
82. efresh the current information about disks Create a sector based archive of an entire hard disk or separate partitions Restore an entire hard disk or separate partitions from the backup image Set a timetable for a disk or partition backup Create a differential to a partition backup Create an increment to a full partition backup Create a file based archive of your files and folders Restore files from the backup image Create an increment to a file backup Manage Backup Capsule Create and manage the backup capsule Check Archive Integrity Perform integrity check for the required backup image Hard Disk Update MBR Update MBR Master Boot Record of the selected hard disk Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 Change Primary Slots Properties Partition Create Partition Format Partition Delete Partition Assign Drive Letter Remove Drive Letter Hide Partition Unhide Partition Mark Partition as Active Mark Partition as Inactive Change Volume Label Change Serial Number Change Partition ID Test Surface Check File System Integrity Properties View Layouts Toolbar Status Bar Common Tasks Bar Disk Map Legend Disk Map Location Help Help About 25 User Manual Modify the primary partitions enumeration for the selected hard disk Get in depth information on the properties of selected hard disk
83. ents o m Total data sae 4 7 MB Space available on destnshon 8 5 GB 5 On the Transfer Summary page check all parameters of the operation Click the Next button to accomplish the operation Please overview ihe kansie options ou can rebum to the conesponding page and change hyperlinks Dibgects bo barsha Object s selected 1 Total data sire 3 7 MB 3 930 846 Bytes Tianshi i Destination path E E Mad Database Space available on destination 95 GB 3 202 720 768 Bytes 6 After the operation is completed close the wizard by pressing the appropriate button Troubleshooter Here you can find answers to the most frequently asked questions that might arise while using the program 1 I try to run an operation but the program claims my partition is in use and suggests restarting the computer There are a number of operations that cannot be performed while your partition is in use or locked in other words Please agree to reboot your machine to make the program accomplish the operation in a special boot up mode 2 Irun an operation and restart the machine as required but it just boots back into Windows without accomplishing the operation Please run chkdsk f for the partition in question 3 I cannot create a new partition on the disk There can be a number of reasons for that a The program cannot create a new partition on a dynamic disk but only on a hard disk that uses the DOS partitioning scheme a
84. eration carried out with the program Q Enable data loss protection Mark the checkbox to make the program work in the fail safe mode also referred to as the data loss protection mode which ensures reliability for operations by maintaining a special journal In case of a hardware malfunction power outage or an OS failure happened in the middle of a data sensitive operation resize move merge redistribute change cluster size etc the program will ask to insert the bootable Recovery CD and automatically complete the interrupted operation thus reviving the corrupted partition Q Try to access non BIOS disk cylinders While working under Windows 9x you ve noticed that your hard disk capacity is limited to 8GB mark the checkbox to perform a special procedure of detecting its real capacity but not using the value returned by the BIOS of your motherboard Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 32 User Manual Q Enable Initial Backup reminders If this option is marked the program will automatically offer to make a backup before accomplishing any critical partitioning operation thus minimizing the risk of data loss Backup Image Options Edit scttings General ophars Backup image opion Partitioning options Copy and backup options C Control archive integrity CO OVD recording options Choose this option to allow wiling of specific data that will later be used duri
85. escription to any setting control or field of the program just by clicking the hint button and then the object you need Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 6 User Manual a Automatic data exclusion An advanced system of filters will help you automate the process of building up contents of the future backup image by excluding irrelevant data such as movies music etc a Support of Blu ray discs You can now burn backup images to high capacity Blu ray discs A single layer Blu ray can store 25 GB more than five times the capacity of a single layer DVD Product Components In order to cope with different tasks the product contains several components a Windows based set of utilities is the crucial part of the product With the help of an easy to use launcher you may find and run tasks of any complexity in the field of data and system protection hard disk partitioning and cloning etc a Linux DOS based Recovery CD is a multi platform bootable media that enables to run utilities under Linux or PTS DOS and that way to get access to your hard disk for maintenance or recovery purposes Both platforms have their strong sides for instance Linux can boast support of FireWire i e IEEE1394 or USB devices It enables to burn CD DVD disks However there can be some difficulties with detecting new hardware DOS in its turn has no problems of that kind but is limited in features The Linux
86. esday saturday Full Sector Backup Monday restore point Tuesday restore point Saturday restore point e Full and Incremental File Backups A full file based archive only contains files and folders It is really efficient when backing up an e mail database or particular documents as no redundant data is processed But if you care about maintaining a files history you can benefit from one more supplementary technique called Incremental File Backup An incremental archive only contains data changed since the time of creating a full or incremental file based archive It is smaller and takes less time to create but you will require the initial full image and all of its incrementals to restore the latest point of this kind of backup Incremental Chain to a File Backup Monday Tuesday saturday So i Base File J Increment 1 Increment 2 Backup Monday restore point 4 Tuesday restore point OES Saturday restore point es Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 18 User Manual File Increment to a Sector Backup File Increment to a Sector Backup 1s a unique technology on the market so far that bridges two principally different approaches of the data backup the file based backup and the sector based backup With its help you can now create a sector based backup of your system to get it back on track in minutes in case of a virus attack or a hardware malfunction and then
87. estore a disk or partition TR Restore files Open the Help system Virtual Operations Bar The program supports previewing the resulting layout of hard disks before actually executing operations so called virtual mode of execution In fact when the virtual mode is enabled the program does not accomplish operations immediately but places them on the List of Pending Operations for later execution The Virtual Operations Bar enables to manage pending operations BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY bry Cancel the last virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations Cancel the last undo virtual operation on the List of Pending Operations Display the List of Pending Operations Launch the real execution of virtual operations Cancel all virtual operations on the List of Pending Operations XIS Om Plasce use the t Apply command to comrd the changes and the 2 Discard commend to pemanen unde the charges ou can wiew the changes history via the L View Changes command and temporary undo or redo the operation by means of the A Undo and Redo commands Common Tasks Bar Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 27 User Manual The Common Tasks Bar is located on the left side of the main window It is intended for easy access to the program s wizards The bar contains several tabs named Basic Backup Tasks Advanced Backup Tasks Restore Tasks Copy Tasks Tools and
88. etails Hame FB Archive Corment No commen is avalable Backup date 21 05 2008 11 54 12 Total size 902 4 MB HE 273 004 Bytes File F Backup Images fie_backup21 0508 LOODDOOODDOO0DIN001 archrre ph To get a clear cut picture on properties of the required image just click on it and the section below will 1 e Archive File Details display a short description Q Byclicking the Switch to File View link you can find the required image in the browser like window The section below 1 e Archive File Details will also display a short description of the selected image Look in Local Disk F v i amp Name Sie Date Ed Sie aure ac OD LS E R ee E ie backup 17 04 2008 18 35 16 a FLOORDON0DRINOOOONND 17 04 2008 183516 E ie_backup 10508 21 05 2008 11 51 28 3 FLOOODOOOnIIIOOoOOOD 21 05 2008 11 51 28 E archive pli o i Ta 997 7 MB 21 05 2008 11 14 12 Achre Fie Delak Hame FB Archive Comment No comment avedebbe Backup date 21 06 2008 11 54 12 Total size S02 4 MB 546 273 004 Bytes File F Backup Images file_beckup 21 0508 F LODIIIDODIION0INO0G archive pli After the operation is completed you receive an incremental backup of the selected file archive It is placed into the same destination as the base image Recovery Scenarios Restoring a Hard Disk from the Bootable Backup Capsule Let s assume that your computer fails to boot because of a virus attack or corruption of some system critical files B
89. eters of the operation and modify them if necessary Click the Next button to start the backup process Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 79 User Manual Backing up a Hard Disk or Partition to a Network Drive To back up an entire hard disk or a separate partition and then place the resulted image to a network share please do the following 1 Click the Back up a Disk or Partition item of the Wizards menu any of the ways described earlier can also be used here 2 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button On the What to back up page mark the appropriate option opposite a hard disk s name or a partition s name depending on the chosen task U Name Type Fiesytem Site Used E El My Compuber Hy Computer D F Basic Hard Disk 0 Masto 7r 250P0 Basic Hard Disk Drive 2337 GB amp L EN First Hard Disk Track Fra Track O Bytes O Master Boot Record HBR 0 Bytes o loca Disk F Primat NTFS 2337 GB 154 7 G E E Basic Hard Disk 1 ST316081545 Basic Hard Disk Drive 149GB 3 Q A First Had Disk Track First Track Bytes C E Mane Boot Recod MB 0 Bytes B E Systemi OO Priman NTFS 13568 136 O Appian D Prima NTFS 634 GB BG O GH Other Stuf Es Primaty NTFS BGR 167G gt The size of objects to back upc 19 5 GB Estimated achive size 10 4 GE 4 On the Backup Destination page select the Save data to
90. g partitioning and formatting hard disks create format delete Instead of the standard Windows disk tools the program supports all popular file systems a Mount a partition assign a drive letter of any file system type to make it available for your operating system a Modify file system parameters make active inactive hide unhide change serial number partition ID volume label etc Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 8 User Manual Automatization Facilities E Task scheduling to automate routine operations It can be particularly effective when you have to repeat a sequence of actions on a regular basis Auxiliary Facilities E File Transfer Wizard to make such operations as transferring of files directories or burning of them to CD DVD as easy and convenient as possible Providing access to Paragon backups as regular folders it may also help to replace corrupted data from a previously created image in case of an operating system failure Recovery Media Builder to create a Linux DOS bootable media which can later be used to boot and recover your computer in case of an operating system failure Moreover with its help you can save data from partitions of your hard disk directly to compact discs or burn ISO images The utility supports various formats of laser discs CD R RW DVD R RW DVD R RW DVD R DVD R double layer Blu ray and can handle multi session b
91. hare similar work algorithm So let us just take as an example the Sector Backup Wizard to describe it in detail By going through steps of the wizard you configure all the necessary settings to launch the backup operation To minimize the possibility of making any mistake the wizard provides auxiliary information on every single option Moreover you can get an in depth description to any setting control or field of the wizard just by clicking the hint button and then the object you need Startup There are several ways to start the Sector Backup Wizard Q Inthe Main Menu select Wizards gt Back up a Disk or Partition a On the Common Tasks Bar click the Back up a Disk or Partition item of the Wizards menu Q Inthe Toolbar click the Back up a Disk or Partition button Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the backup operation a The object to back up You can back up either an entire disk or separate partitions of the disk primary extended or logical In case of backing up an entire disk you ve got the possibility to include into the image such disk elements as the Master Boot Record MBR and the first track of the hard disk This can be very helpful for serious disk recovery procedures O My Computer My Computer E F Basie Hard Disk 0 5734000 44 Basic Hard Dick Drive 37 26 3 E tat Fret Hand Disk Track First Track O Byte a Master Boot Record MBR O Byte M GP Logical Disk C Primary N
92. hat is to be recorded on a disc is placed Whether the operation will be performed without rebooting the system The program needs to reboot the system in order to have exclusive access to processing data In a Windows environment this is difficult to achieve because even when all the other applications are closed the system service programs are still running However there is a way to avoid rebooting The mode of processing the backup operation without rebooting is named Hot Processing You can also define specific parameters for the Hot Processing mode E 0O DO Result After the backup operation is completed you receive an image of the selected disk or the selected partition This image is placed into the specified destination a local mounted unmounted or network disk the Backup Capsule or a CD DVD disc its features defined by the wizard Available operation scenarios Backing up a Hard Disk or Partition to the Backup Capsule Backing up a Hard Disk or Partition to External Media CD DVD Backing up a Hard Disk or Partition to a Network Drive Backing up Files to a Local Mounted Unmounted without Drive Letter Assigned Partition Creating a Differential to a Full Partition Backup Creating an Incremental to a Full Partition Backup Creating an Incremental to a Full File Backup DOODODDOUL Restoring System and Data The program includes a convenient and reliable restore wizard With its help you can restore all types of backu
93. having no effect on the overall system performance but a few kilobytes of the system memory Paragon Hot Processing technology offers copy backup of locked partitions and hard disks under Windows NT family operating systems providing both high operating efficiency as well as low hardware requirements Volume Shadow Copy Service Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS is designed to provide the copy backup infrastructure for the Microsoft Windows XP Vista Server 2003 2008 operating systems It offers a reliable mechanism to create consistent point in time copies of data known as shadow copies Developed by Microsoft in close cooperation with the leading copy backup solution vendors on the market it is based on a snapshot technology concept Initiated by a VSS aware copy backup utility VSS creates snapshots for the selected volumes and represents them as virtual read only devices called volume shadow copies Once the shadow copies are created the copy backup utility starts processing the data while applications keep writing to original volumes Unlike Paragon Hot Processing the VSS technology provides a unique possibility to make a synchronous snapshot of multiple volumes This very feature can be particularly beneficial when backing up active SQL Server 2003 Exchange 2003 or Oracle databases located on multiple volumes the way it is recommended by Microsoft to improve the level of database performance and reliability thus providing 100
94. her Stuff E esce A F N amp 26 0S 2008 13 50 06 Other Stuf E 66 GB N F 21 05 2009 11 54 12 Fie level duchive 902 4 MB s s gt Switch lo File View Archive Fle Details Hame FE Archive Commenti Backup of My Frojeci Backup date 23 05 2008 9 56 40 Total size 168 7 MB 176 997 017 Bytes Fie F Backup Images arc_ 2905060551451 47 FL1 2656513961 2578422 ache pii Bate archive F Backup Images arc 2905000551 4514 7 F LODDDDODIDDO0DOI00D archive pli To get a clear cut picture on properties of the required image just click on it and the section below will 1 e Archive File Details display a short description Q Byclicking the Switch to File View link you can find the required image in the browser like window The section below 1 e Archive File Details will also display a short description of the selected image Look irc Local Disk F vie x Name l o Sine Date S080 551451 7 23 05 2008 9 57 22 3 0 2305 2008 95241 23 05 2008 9 54 46 101 3MB 23 05 2006 3 56 40 T cep rer 23 05 2008 9 57 22 havk_ Hie plt 132 Bytes 206 200ES5241 F Archive File Details Hare FE Archive Commer Backup of My Project Backup date 29 05 2008 3 56 40 Total size 168 7 MB 176 927 O17 Bytes File F Backup Imagen arc_ 2905080551 45147 FL1285651 3961 2578422 archive phi Bate archive Fi Backup image aec_2S050H0551 4514 7 F LODDD00DD0000000000 archinve pti 4 On the How to Restore page specify the way your archive will be resto
95. hin the menu please use the arrow keys of the computer keyboard Safe Mode 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 4 Drive Backup 9 You can create delete and Simple Restore Hizard format hard disk partitions One Button Copy Hizard using this program which i File Transfer Hizard will start now E Boot Corrector Upon the start please rm View the mounted partitions select the drive and one of its partitions or its free W Start the command line space Then activate the Reboot the computer Partition pull down menu and select one of the partitioning operat ions 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 1s 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 inf
96. i ais casas A eee A 106 Copying of data from the corrupted system disk to another hard disk ccccceeeeseeeeeeeeseseesssesssssssssssssssseeeeeeeeeens 110 Burning of data from the corrupted system disk to CD DVD cccccccccccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EERE EEE 113 Copying of data from a backup to the corrupted system partition cccceceeseesssesseseseseeessesseeeseesssssssssseeseeeeeeeeeens 115 Restoring Separate Files and Folders from a Backup ccccccccccssssssessesseseeseeeeseessecenseceeseaccecessnsesscsesseesassnseeseseceeeees 119 Troubleshooter eranan n a ee ZO GIOSSAT V aE E E LA Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 5 User Manual Introduction Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 is an integrated set of powerful tools that is specially designed to establish a reliable and effective data protection system Thanks to a highly intelligent program engine which functionality covers all the latest achievements in the field of data and system security you can now guarantee safety of your information even in case of a virus attack a power outage or a hardware malfunction The key features of the product are listed in the special chapter In this manual you will find the answers to many of the technical questions which might arise while using the program What s New in Drive Backup 9 0 E Support of the Fil
97. i lE ih m z Hard Disk Restore Options Copy data and resize partitions proportionally In thes mode lhe Wizard changes the size of partitions in the same properbon veh keeping intact thei relates order Th option can be uselul in resting an image of hard disk to a larger one Petom surface test Set this option ff you want the Wizaed bo perform the surface best on the target hard dek Inthe case t the program finds bad and unreliable sector it yall mark them as unusable ones Result The wizard will restore the archived data and make it available to use in the operating system Available operation scenarios Restoring a Hard Disk from the Bootable Backup Capsule Restoring a System Partition from External Media CD DVD Restoring a System Partition from a Local Drive Restoring Vista to a Different Hardware Configuration Restoring a File Increment Restoring a File Increment to a Partition Backup DOOdOUL UL Building Recovery Media Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 51 User Manual The Recovery Media Builder provides the possibility to prepare the Linux DOS recovery environment on external media CD DVD flash memory or floppy disks to boot and run utilities under Linux or PTS DOS and that way to get access to your hard disk for maintenance or recovery purposes Besides it enables to save data from partitions of your hard disk directly to compact discs
98. ier EXE te Hih ocx aha fi wd Dete Hte cab Delete hter mi be fih map Delete fiber diy Delete liter Auxiliary files 18 fers Auld titer Rename category Delete category 7 Add comments to your backup describing its contents Please enter a short comment to desonbe Ihe archive Ra ho c min ni After the operation is completed you receive an incremental backup of the selected partition archive containing information specified in the wizard It is placed into the same destination as the base image Creating an Increment to a Full File Backup To update a file backup please do the following 1 Click the Incremental File Backup item of the Wizards menu 2 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 On the Browse for Archive page specify the required full base file archive Q By clicking the Switch to Archive List View link you can see a list of images contained in the Archive Database if any Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 89 User Manual FA Show al amp E Ek Type Creaton Dale Source Ubjaci Size Flags Comman Mourted CS 2805208135005 Other Sule 66GB Noe 21 06 2008 11 54 12 Fiedewel Arches 20 05 2008 16 09 10 Master Boot Receed Bytes S Noc e ACS 2008 16 08 35 Master Boot Reced U Bytes 8 Hoc F 20 05 2008 16 06 43 Fielevel Aucheve ye cl F 20 05 2009 16 05 40 Fietevel Archive 22M6 Aache Fie D
99. ies authentication Coc Backup exclude oohons L_ My outgoing server requies C Leer name This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during the Send log files operation a Outgoing mail server SMTP To send messages by using the built in mail client it is necessary to have access to a computer running an SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol server All outgoing messages are first sent to the SMTP server which in its turn delivers them to the required recipients The address may be represented as a traditional Internet host name e g mail com or as an IP numeric address e g XXX XXX XXX XX Q User e mail address Specify an e mail address that has been assigned by the Internet Service Provider or organization s e mail administrator a My outgoing server requires authentication Activate the option to allow the program to make authentication on the server before sending messages User name Enter the name that will be used to log in to the e mail account Password Enter the password that will be used to access the mail server Virtual Mode Options Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 38 User Manual S Edit settings General opbons r ree are 1 Virtual mode options Parton options Copy and backup options Operations moda CD DVD reconding ophons A Allow virtual mode Hot processing options Sei thit option on to cany out all the operatio
100. ikely the required archive will be there too If not click the standard browse button to find it When you find your image double click on it to proceed Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 91 User Manual Select Image 6 On the Image Properties page make sure that you select the correct image by viewing the provided information about the archive Basic Disk Size 40 0 Gb Primary NTFS Primary NTFS Applic allo Archive details Type Image of the hard disk Archive name farc_270508145 20967 am 27050614520967 1 PBF Created 2008 May 27 Toe 14 52 55 7 On the next page specify a hard disk to restore the image to if several in your computer By default the program offers to restore the archive exactly where it belongs That s what we actually need Basic Disk 0 VMware Viral IDE Hard Drive 40 0 Gb N_ volume Type Fite System Size Volume label Active Hidden _ Basic Disk 0 See 40 0 Gb Fa Primary NTFS 3 0 Gb WinkP No Primary NTFS 9 866 Applic ation No Primary BackupCapsule 10 0 Gb Mo label ves Primary Free 17 2 Gb No C Resize proportionally You can also make the program resize the on disk partitions proportionally if necessary by marking the appropriate checkbox 8 On the Restore Summary page you can see your hard disk layout before and after the operation Click the Next button to initiate the restore proces
101. ile system From the pull down list select the desired file system type In fact the program displays only those file systems that can correctly be placed to the selected partition taking its capacity into account a Volume label Enter a label for the selected partition in this textual field It 1s an irrelevant parameter usually used for drive identification In addition there is the possibility to make further detailed settings although the default values will do in most cases To activate the advance mode you need to click the More options button at the foot of the dialog page Depending on the chosen file system the following options become available Use 0S buit in format routine Please select suface bes level Hone Fieate select number ol sectors per cluster 64 te Pleate select number of sectors per boot Please select number of root entries A enore dafas Q Use OS built in routine Mark the option to restrict the available values according to the used OS a Whether the surface test will be performed Define the level of the surface check to make the program find bad and unstable sectors and mark them unusable in the file system metadata a The amount of sectors per boot This parameter is available exclusively for FAT16 and FAT32 file systems Set the number of sectors to be reserved for the boot area on the partition with this spinner control a The amount of root entries This parameter is available exclusively f
102. ilelewel Anchnve F 20 05 2008 16 05 48 Filetevel Archive 14 12 2007 200219 Master Boot Reco By clicking the Switch to File View link you can find the required image in the browser like window bh Restore Wizard Browse for Archive mS Please celect an wchwe bo reboe Fe Lookin Local Disk E v Ex g Size Date 07 07 2006 11 4205 img 0 E phi 1408 27 12 2004 17 26 15 img D1 pb 7 1 EB 15 00 2006 16 13 07 2 00 Drive F A Elea hick R Bucha Fils Dataly Hyng Logical Disk C Volume labet Sytem Fie seme NTFS Toa aa 12 2 GB Ued spaca 3506 Free tgace 87068 Fiw EJAim 0 Cob To select object bo eoe chock Hert The section below 1 e Archive File Details displays a short description of the selected image including Information on a type of the archive contents whether it is sector based or file based Whether the archive is compressed or not Whether the archive is password protected or not The date when the archive was created DODO Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 44 User Manual Moreover on this page you ve got the possibility to create new folders delete existing files folders or map network drives by clicking the appropriate buttons The next page 1 e What to restore displays detailed information about the contents of the archive BR Restore Wizard E led What to mabonge Please celect an wchyve dem io restore E
103. ine Reboot the computer Power off 12 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 13 On the What to Restore page click the standard browse button to find the required archive When done double click on it to select Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 102 User Manual Select archive B054 30096 PBF ar 2 2050 805 4 1 30096_PHF duchinve fies pbi lt Back iaai gt Cancel 14 On the Image Properties page make sure that you select the correct image by viewing the provided information about the archive Panition preview Image of the partition fmnt net backup arc_ 220508054 1300S PBF 2008 May 22 Thd 05 41 55 NTFS 120 GB 126 346 921 726 b B 8Gb 7 5 111 Gb 93 6 Sectors Cluster E 15 On the next page specify a hard disk to restore the image to if several in your computer Basic Disk 0 VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive 120 Gb Bask Disk 0 Model VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive Size 120 Gb Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 103 User Manual Mark the checkbox at the bottom of the page to make your Vista restore to a different hardware configuration Once you ve done that the program will display a warning message Read it carefully and then click the OK button to proceed A In order to make your Vista operable afer restoring its backup
104. ing options Parton options Copy and backup option C Bum every CD DVD disk to the end CD DVD recording options Choose thit option allow the disk to be copied by thid party tools Hol processing ophons Emal oplionz Virtual mode options Select speed automaticaly y Copy Backup exclude opbons Auto recerding speed Choose this option to allow the recorder to choose the best speed Recording speed Bool opion Speci a bootable ISO image to place on CO or OVD along wath backup data Specify how you would like to boot from CD o DVD Boot from any LU or DYO S0 weep fobs i Browse T WSONbootedi 4 Fiesse select a folder to place SO images to when CO or DYD ISO maker is wad This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during CD DVD burn operations Q Burn every CD DVD to the end By default the program does not create ISO 9660 compliant burning sessions as it processes data on the fly and can only estimate the resulted session size That s why no third party tool will get access to the recorded data To tackle the issue mark the checkbox to make the program create a standard Disk at Once session It may slow down the burning process as every CD DVD will be recorded up to the end no matter how much actual information to contain Q Recording speed The user may define how fast a CD DVD will be recorded minimum normal and maximum Besides there is an automatic mode when the program will set the most a
105. ipally different approaches of the data backup the file based backup and the disk imaging backup With its help you can now create a sector based backup of your system to get it back on track in minutes in case of a virus attack or a hardware malfunction and then just make file based incremental images to the previously created sector based backup to keep updated only information that is critical for you Thus you will considerably save your system resources a Bootable Backup Capsule to get the choice to launch the Linux or PTS DOS recovery environment every time you start up the computer With its help you will be able to run utilities under Linux or PTS DOS and that way to get access to your hard disk for maintenance or recovery purposes Restore Facilities a Restore an entire disk separate partitions or only files you need from the previously created backup image a Restore with Shrink to restore a backup image to a free block of smaller size taking into account only the amount of actual data of the image a Adaptive Restore to successfully recover Windows 2000 XP Vista or 2003 2008 Server to a different hardware configuration If you need to replace failed hardware and cannot find an exact match for your original system specifications this feature will help you out Besides you can even restore a backup image of your real system to a virtual one and vice versa Partition Hard Disk Management Facilities a Basic functions for initializin
106. is currently modified It is particularly useful for systems with high availability requirements but it won t be accomplished until all active transactions are complete The point is to provide a coherent state of all open files and databases involved in a process taking into account that applications may still keep writing to disks As a result an online data processing cannot boast high operating speed Our program supports both offline and online methods of data processing As far as online method is concerned it offers its own hot processing algorithm together with the possibility to use snapshot technologies provided by the Microsoft VSS framework Paragon Hot Processing Technology Paragon Hot Processing is an online copy backup technology for Windows NT family operating systems Developed back in 2001 nowadays it is integrated with all copy backup solutions offered by the company Paragon Hot Processing is not exactly a snapshot technology though it has much in common with it During an online copy backup the program uses the kernel mode driver HOTCORE SYS to intercept and control disk write activity of applications and the operating system The hotcore driver as an integral part of the program is installed during the setup procedure that s why the system reboot is required to complete the setup procedure For the most part the driver is in the idle mode until it is activated with the program While in this mode it bypasses any calls
107. l sized bars The small sized bars represent logical disks partitions When you select a large sized bar the Explorer Bar displays information about the disk in a bright graphical form Basic Hard Disk 1 S713160815A5 Type Base Had Dek Dive Total size 149 GE Sectors pertrack 63 Heads 255 Cylinders 19457 teate an image of the entre dick Back up all the data this hard disk contains All the partbons on this disk wil be added to the achive Honma ani F the entire dizi Warning This operaton val delete all the data on thes hard disk A the partitions wil be replaced wath ones irom the image you have chaser You may ako be asked bo redat your computer dung this operatii The model and serial number of the disk serve as the title of the browsed page The disk layout is shown in form of a circular graph where the color of a sector corresponds to a file system of an appropriate partition On the right you may see a table which contains the following information a Type of hard disk basic or dynamic a Total size in GB Q Information on geometry of the disk amount of sectors per track heads and cylinders Below there 1s a list of available wizards If you click a corresponding record the appropriate wizard will be started All default values for the operation parameters will correspond to the disk s settings The list of wizards contains a detailed description of tasks that can be performed by the wizard This nullifies the
108. le To back up an entire hard disk or a separate partition and then place the resulted image into the backup capsule please do the following Create the backup capsule with the Manage Backup Capsule Wizard Click the Back up a Disk or Partition item of the Wizards menu any of the ways described earlier can also be used here 3 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 4 On the What to back up page mark the appropriate option opposite a hard disk s name or a partition s name depending on the chosen task NO Name Type Filesystem Size Used E E My Computer My Computer D E Basic Hard Disk 0 Master 72500 Basic Hand Dick Drive 233 7 GB L a First Had Dick Track Fra Track O Bytes O Master Boot Record HBR 0 Bytes O Local Disk F Primany NTFS 233 7GB 1547G F Batic Hard Dick 1 STSIG0R1545 Basie Hard Disk Drive 145 GB 3 QD First Had Disk Track First Track O Bytes C GP Master Boot Record HER 0 Bytes ee f Frima NTFS 195GB 13G O ippica D Primary NTFS 634 GB BG C Gh Other Stuf E Prinaty NTFS 6GB 167G tA LS G The size of objects to back upc 19 5 GB E shimated archie cre 10 4 GE 5 On the Backup Destination page select the Save data to the Backup Capsule option There ae teveral ways the Wiad can thore your data Please cedect how you would ike to save the archie C Save datato local network dives C Bun the data to OD or DVD 6 Edit the archive name if necessar
109. local network drives option There are ceveral wags the Wizard can sore pour data Please select how pou would like to save the gt Save data to the Backup Capsule Save data to local network dives O Bum the data to CD or DVD 5 Map a network disk to place your backup image to Q Call the Map Network Drive dialog by clicking the appropriate button Sehect a folder where the archive should be placed and specify the aiche name The archive name val be used as a sub folder where backup data files vall be stowed ge x Archeve locator C arc_260508140822779 dij W Map Network Drive Remate kecahon mapped Anetwork share Map to drive letter ESE C Make permanent connection Connect as user Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 80 User Manual Q Click the standard browse button to browse for the required network share or manually enter a path to it Q Define a letter from the pull down list of available drive letters Q Mark the checkbox to make this connection permanent Otherwise it will only be available for the current Windows session Q Click the Connect as user button at the foot of the dialog page to specify a user name and password to access the selected network share if necessary 6 Edit the archive name if necessary Archie detail Archyve mame anc_2eUSU61 60046 Edimated archive sre 6 6 GB Space avalabls on backup deshnatoex 1
110. mber of situations when this kind of conversion is the only way out to accomplish the operation For instance you are going to migrate your system to a larger hard disk with the proportional resize of existing partitions what 1s very convenient As a result you can get original FAT 16 partitions go beyond the 4GB limit Thus without conversion to FAT32 this operation will in no way be possible to accomplish The same goes for any copy hard disk partition or restore hard disk partition operation involving an extra upsizing a Surface test level Here you can define the surface check level to make the program find bad and non stable sectors before any write operation and mark them unusable in the file system metadata General Copy and Backup Options Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 34 User Manual o Edit settings General opbors Backup image oplions Parton options Copy and backup options C Hdd raw processing CD DVD recording options Copy Backup an entire hard disk sector by sector without taking into account ite Hol procesting options parison shuctue Emal oplions Waai anlot Pachtion raw processing Cop Backup exclude options Cop E ackup each parthon sector bp pecto All sectors val be processed one by one even unused sectors Requires more lime to complete the operation General copy and backup options Me Skip OS audia fies Chontae this option to cup OS
111. me categoy Delete category all be ii aze Delete iher Ock Delete iter wed Delete fiter cab Delete Hier msi Delete iier msp elete fiter diy Delete iier C Auxiliary files 18 fers Add fite Rename category Delete category 8 Add comments to your backup describing its contents Pesce enter a shot comment to detonbe ihe archive 4 Re Ho conmenent Creating a Differential to a Full Partition Backup To update an image of the selected partition please do the following 1 Click the Differential Partition Backup item of the Wizards menu 2 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 On the Browse for Archive page specify the required full base partition archive a By clicking the Switch to Archive List View link you can see a list of images contained in the Archive Database if any srw v E lk Type Creation Date Source Object Size Flag Co 4 26 05 2008 13 50 05 Other Stuff E F 21 05 2008 11 54 12 Fie level Archive S024 HE al E 20 05 2008 16 09 10 Master Boot Record Bytes 0 Se ee eee ee ee he mh ee kom cm i be gt Gpchrve File Detal Mame Local Disk Comment Mocomment Volume labet Other Stuff File seteme NTFS Total size 66 GB Usedspace 16 6 GB Free apace 49 368 File giac 2SUSDR0S4S46765_new anc_2O0506094946765_new PEF To get a clear cut picture on properties of the required image just click on it and the section below will 1 e Archive File Details displ
112. me other one Restore files toc Original localbon Origen hocaltien The files and fol Specific folder When askorn RSS Th SPER Ee Leave existe w Fikes O Replace existing files Besides if you select the Original location option you can additionally define whether to replace already existing files during the restore operation good for recovering presumably corrupted files or leave them intact good for recovering accidentally deleted files Sector Backup Restore a An item of the selected archive to be restored The program allows you to restore not only an entire archive but also separate items of the archive It is very convenient in case of restoring separate partitions from the entire disk archive Pleace select one of tre object s to rector Name Type File system Size Used SB E Basic Hard Disk 1 Unknown Model Basic Hand Disk Dove 9 5 G8 Logca Dick 7 Primary FATS 29GB 6MB Extended Pattition Extended O Bytes ELogca Disk f Logical NTFS 24GB 151 MB S Logica Disk 7 Logical Linux Ext 14GB 57MB GP Logeal Dick 1 Logical Linux Swap 6353 MB SB a A place to restore the archive to Selecting the destination please note all contents on the disk selected for restoring purposes will be deleted during the operation Pleace select a place you would like bo restore the arche to Note thet if pou select an existing hand dick o partion its content will be deleted and replaced with the ome irom
113. n Disk 0 WIA iY My computer Wi Root din WI My Computer My computer Wi mn Mounted resources w1 fmintdisk Local disks Wi media Removable disks 4 IDE CD DVD NEC VMWa VMware IDE CDRI ot NTFS Gor Disk 0i WinkP S DA NTFS lon disk 0 Application Ej BackupCapsule 7 on Disk 0 UF SD di 7 Select files you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the left arrow button lipboard Source E mntidisk hdal Documents and Settin smntidiskhdal Documents and Setin z i 5 Total data size na Click the Calc button to estimate the resulted data size Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 115 User Manual 8 On the Select Destination Type choose the way the data will be stored Select the Burn data to CD DVD item Please select how would you like io sawe the data Save data to any local drives or a network share Choose this option if you want to save your data to local mounted or physical partition to USB or FireWare external drives and t a mounted network share You will be prompted to choose a location you want save the archive to Burn data to CODVD Choose this option if you want the Wizard to bumn the data t CO or OVO You will be prompted to choose a CO or OVO RW drive 9 On the Choose a Recorder page select a recorder from the list of available devices and then set a volume label by entering
114. n page select where you want to place your backup image There are several ways the Wizard can stone your date Piese select how would you like to save th ache Save data to the Backup Capsule OlSawa data to local network dires C Bum the data to CD or DYD 6 Edit the archive name if necessary Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 85 User Manual chie details Achre mama anc_ AWSE J606 Estimated archive gre 6 8 GB Space avalabls on backup destinato 11 7 GB 7 Add comments to your backup describing its contents Please enter a shot comment to describe the archive Ra Ho cominent 8 Choose whether to accomplish the operation immediately or set a timetable for it Please select how bo perlom the backup Back up now Schedule backup 9 On the Backup Summary page review all parameters of the operation and modify them if necessary Click the Next button to start the backup process After the operation is completed you receive a differential backup of the selected partition It 1s placed into the specified destination a local or network disk the Backup Capsule or a CD DVD disc its features defined by the wizard Creating an Increment to a Full Partition Backup To update only files you need since the last full partition backup please do the following 1 Click the Incremental File Backup item of the Wizards menu 2 On the Wizard s Welcome
115. ncher s window can be conditionally subdivided into several sections that differ in their purpose and functionality Drive Backup 9 Personal Took Changes Witends HardDisk Partition Archives Yin H QOH RG SIR A Back wo Drek Pattison Banc Had Oak Dine cH Schedule Backup Total sire 14968 Sector per track 6J aa Back up Fides i a i 14457 SS 3 Explorer Bar f H Common Tasks GEF Back up all the dats thes hard dik contains AN tha partions on this dick will be added to the archive Marioa i Latt of ihe entwe disk Waning The operation ell delete all the data on thia had dak All the partibons wi be replaced vaih ones from the figa pou hawe choran fou mag also be ached ho reclat your compuler dunn Eas operator S Rene Files FY Aenne individual Fin Hews and Documentation w Cirive Backup Help Basic Hard Disk 1 ST 316081545 7 Ai About Dive Backup l System C A Other Stuff E 19 5 GE NTFS BB 62 4 G8 NTFS SEGE NTFS F 7 E NTFS E FAT E FATI6 D Lirax Ex Linus Eida Status Bar f Main Menu Tool Bar Virtual Operations Bar Common Tasks Bar Explorer Bar Disk Map Legend Bar Status Bar COND MN B WN A number of panels offer similar functionality with a synchronized layout The program enables to conceal some of them to simplify the interface management Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 24 User Manual
116. nd Settings C Program Files 2 RECYCLER G System Volume Information winpows ir cles sv igr AUTOEXEC BAT E NTDETECT com f boot ini E nthe Clipboard Total data size 4 Kb Click the Calc button to estimate the resulted data size 117 provisioning pss O repair Security G srchasst O system G sysem3 twain_3 m 0 log 5 001947_1mp Gl ARJ PIF User Manual 9 On the Select Destination Type choose the way the data will be stored Select the Save data to any local drive or a network share item Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 118 User Manual Please select how would you like save the data Save data to any local drives or a network share Choose this option if you want to save your data to be al mounted or physic al panition 6 USB or Fire Ware external drives and to a mounted network share You will be prompted w choose a location you wanito save the archive to Burn data to COYDVD Choose this option if you want the Wizard to burn the data t CD or OVD You will be prompted to choose a CD or DVD RW drive 10 On the Select Destination Path page select your system disk to copy the data to by pressing the standard browse button Select path O Connection Wizard Cursors O Debug D Downloaded Program Files O Driver Cache EHome imntdiskihda LAWNT 11
117. new partition size 1696 7MB 1 666 MB Please specily sze of ree space before the parthor OMB 1 670 Me Please specily toe of free space alter the pation 0 OMB 1 678 MB Please select fe system ior mew parton FAT16 v Please enter raw volume label Please specily dme letter None More opbons Q Define whether the partition will be Primary Extended or Logical You can choose the desired partition type from the pull down list As a matter of fact the available alternatives fundamentally depend on the selected block of free space within the Logical free space only Logical partitions can be created Within the Primary free space both Primary partitions or the Extended Partition can be created Partition Size Define the size in Mb of the new partition a Free space before Define the position in Mb of the new partition relative to the beginning of the block of free space a Free space after Define the amount of trailing free space in Mb at the end of the new partition E a File system for new partition From the pull down list select a file system the newly created partition will be formatted to otherwise the partition will remain unformatted so that it will not be ready to use a Volume label Enter a label for the selected partition in this textual field It is an irrelevant parameter usually used for drive identification Q Drive letter assignment The pull down list contains vacant drive let
118. new users Registration of purchased products for registered users Available around the clock downloading center where registered users can get product updates upgrades as well as all the necessary documentation Downloadable free demo versions and open documentation for all users To enter the Knowledge Base please visit the web site http kb paragon software com To Register as a New User To register as a new user simply do the following l A 3 4 Run the Internet browser and visit the page http kb paragon software com Select Registration in the menu On the renewed page select your country and language Fill out the registration form To Register a New Product If you are a registered user and would like to register Drive Backup 9 0 simply do the following l 6 T Click Login in the menu On the Login page in the User Name field enter an E mail which you have used for registration In the Password field enter the password you received with registration confirmation Click the Submit button If the user name and password are valid you will enter the system In the opened menu click the Product Registration item to see a list of all registered products with a new registration form Select Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 from the list of products Type in your product serial number in the Serial Number field Click the Submit button That is all You will receive a confirmation by E mail How
119. ng 1 Launch the Restore Wizard There are several ways to do it a Inthe Main Menu select Wizards gt Restore a Disk or Partition a On the Common Tasks bar click the Restore a Disk or Partition item of the Wizards menu 2 On the Restore Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 On the Browse for Archive page specify the required archive a By clicking the Switch to Archive List View link you can see a list of images contained in the Archive Database if any Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 96 User Manual T Show all amp fe ie Type Creation Date Source bject Size Flag Co h 5 28 2008 4706 PM Wirt iC Ser 2008 55255 PM Basic Hard Dick 0 Unknown Model 40 GB e B n gt Swatch bo Fie Vei rehve Fie Detal Hame Local Disk Comment Backup of My System Partition Volume labet wine Fie asem NTFS Total size 290GB Used space 1 8GE Free space 1 1 GB File kup images a 2205061 M62 7531 fae 230507 34627531 Per To get a clear cut picture on properties of the required image just click on it and the section below will 1 e Archive File Details display a short description Q Byclicking the Switch to File View link you can find the required image in the browser like window The section below 1 e Archive File Details will also display a short description of the selected image Look inc Application E Dg Name
120. ng Hol procesting options restore to check the archive integrity It can dow down the backup operation leavin z Set image he names aulomabcaly Yibua mods opbhions ee k Copy Backup exclude ophons Choose this option to automaticaly name fies in complex archive Compeesson level Backup image options Hamal compression Good compression Provides average speed vah the reasonable image sre image spill Enable image spitting Choose Ihi opion to enable spbtting the archive bo several Mes Masmum spit aze Z000 ME This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during backup restore operations Q Control archive integrity Mark the checkbox to guarantee that all backup images created with the program are 100 percent flawless If you decided not to control the archive integrity the backup operation would take about 3 5 less time O Set image file names automatically Mark the checkbox to make the program automatically set a file name for every volume of a complex backup image Otherwise you will need to do it manually during the backup operation a Compression level From the pull down list you can select the desired compression level for backup images that will be used by default a Enable image splitting Mark the checkbox to automatically split every backup image to volumes of a particular size Q Maximum split size With the spinner control you can specify a maximum size for backup volumes Pa
121. ns virtually You will be able to E mad phon coment the changes o rolback all of them or the last one If pou switch this Virhual noche optics option olf the operations vall be caned out immedately CopBackup exclude options Set thet opion on to automaticaly cote the progress dialog alter commiting the In this section you may configure the virtual mode Q Allow virtual mode Mark the checkbox to enable the virtual mode It is an effective way of protection from any troubles since no operation will be executed until confirmation thus giving you a second chance to weigh all pros and cons of this or that particular operation a Close progress dialog automatically Mark the checkbox to automatically close the progress dialog after accomplishing operations Copy Backup Exclude Options Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 39 User Manual Edit settings General opbons i Ya pete ponb BES Exclude from backup Parton options Copy and backup options Exchide files and folder matching the folowing cutena CD DVD recording options Hol procesting ophons E mail options Wabua mada options E Cop Backup esclude opni In this section the program enables to specify what data should be automatically ignored during copy and sector based backup operations You can filter certain files or folders either by the manual selection or by creating masks what is more prefe
122. o any step of the wizard if necessary by following the required hyperlink Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 67 User Manual Please review the rancher options You can retum bo the comesponding page and change the options by Object s selected 1 Total data size 4 1 MB 4 327 496 Bytes Transi li Destmation path C Pregranm Files Space available on destination 1 7 GB 1 G66 575 872 Bytes Result After the operation is completed the required data will be placed into the specified destination Copying of data from the corrupted system disk to another hard disk Burning of data from the corrupted system disk to CD DVD Copying of data from a backup to the corrupted system partition Restoring Separate Files and Folders from a Backup Doo O Mount Partition The program enables to assign or remove drive letters of existing formatted partitions Assign Drive Letter In order to mount a partition you should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map Call the Add Drive Letter dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it a Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Assign Drive Letter Q Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Assign Drive Letter 3 Specify a drive letter for the selected partition Initially the program suggests some consis
123. o find and manage You can set aside for instance 40 GB of a 160 GB hard drive for the OS 70 GB for storing video and another 50 GB for your favorite music collections to provide transparent data storage It is also worth mentioning to that with a hard drive properly partitioned such routine operations as files de fragmentation or consistency check will not be that annoying and time consuming any more By detaching the OS from the rest of the data you can tackle one more crucial issue in case of a system malfunction you can get the system back on track in minutes by recovering it from a backup image located on the other partition of the hard drive But that is not all drive partitioning may be used for If you are willing to play games in Windows while browsing the Internet in Linux 100 percent sure that no virus will attack your PC drive partitioning is a necessity In order to run several OSs on a single hard drive you are to create a corresponding number of partitions to effectively delineate the boundaries of each OS Scheduling The automation of operations is particularly effective when you have to repeat a sequence of actions on a regular basis For example developing a specific project on a day to day basis and having to make a backup every evening so as not to lose the valuable data you will really appreciate when this kind of routine operations will be carried out automatically without your participation Another aspect of
124. on on a type of the archive contents whether it is sector based or file based Whether the archive is compressed or not Whether the archive is password protected or not The date when the archive was created Oovo do In addition there are some special graphical flags to indicate crucial properties FLAG FUNCTIONALITY Disk archive Partition archive File archive MBR archive System archive i Encrypted archive Compressed archive Complex archive Filtered archive Differential archive Incremental archive 7 File increment to a partition i archive To easily manage images in the Archive Database the program provides the following functionality BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 43 User Manual Refresh the contents of the database He Show only existing archives F Add the selected archive to the database Ek Delete the selected archive from the database Besides you may filter backup archives to decide whether to show only file partition or hard disk archives To do that please select the required filter in the left top corner of the page Browse for Archive Pleace select an achive bo rechore F Show al v amp Ee ik Show af p Sho disks b ne Source Object Show pailitions 6 09 10 Master Boot Reco E Show fie archives G0835 Master Boot Reco F 20 06 2008 1606 43 F
125. on with this spinner control Result After the operation is completed you receive a fully functional partition Formatting Partitions Any partition should contain some file system to be used for keeping data The process of installing a file system is commonly known as formatting A huge variety of file systems have been developed these days Supported File Systems The program provides the ability to format partitions of the following file systems FAT12 amp FAT16 FAT32 NTFS Ext2 Ext3 Linux Swap v 2 HPFS This operation can be accomplished with the Format Partition Dialog Startup In order to start the operation you should take the following steps Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 55 User Manual 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Format Partition Dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it a Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Format Partition Q Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button then select the menu item Format Partition Setup Initially the program suggests some consistent values for all parameters In most cases you can just press the Format button to confirm the operation Are you sure you want to formal not formatted volume on 2 disk 17 Please select new file system LEIE Please enter new volume labet yl More opine Q F
126. or FAT16 file system Set the maximum amount of files directories to be placed in the Root Directory on the FAT 16 partition Q The amount of sectors per cluster Define the Cluster Size for the formatted partition with this spinner control Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 56 User Manual Result After the operation is completed you receive a fully functional partition formatted to the specified file system Deleting Partitions With the Delete Partition Dialog you can delete a partition on a hard disk partitioned with the DOS partitioning scheme Unlike the majority of other utilities Windows Disk Manager included the program can not only remove references to the deleted partition from the Partition Table thus making it unavailable for the operating system but also enables to irreversibly destroy its data This feature will guarantee security of your personal information Startup In order to start the operation you should take the following steps 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Delete Partition Dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it a Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Delete Partition a Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button then select the menu item Delete Partition Setup Initially the program suggests you just to remove references to the selected partition from the
127. or just burn ISO images Startup There are several ways to start the Recovery Media Builder Q Inthe Main Menu select Tools gt Recovery Media Builder Q On the Common Tasks Bar click the Recovery Media Builder item of the Wizards menu Setup The wizard offers the following steps to build recovery media a Type of the recovery media You can place it either on a CD DVD disc flash memory or a floppy disk CD DVD The Recover Mecks vall be created on a CD DVD The option is recommended because the sce of the dic allows you to make all the recovery featunmes avedable O Floppy Disk The Recower Heda vall be created on a floppy desk A number of available recovery features wil O Flash memory media a Contents of the recovery set You can choose whether to use the default Linux DOS recovery environment included in the installation package or your own bootable image need to provide a path to it Besides you re free to add any data you like to the standard image what is very convenient Typical Use the standard Recovery Weda image supped vith the program O Advanced You can add some fles of folders to the standard Recover Heda image supplied vath the program O User specified CD DVD image iso file Use CD DVD imape from specific locaton F 7 i a f i ir I La 7 i Thi g i eri Pa 1 4 Po g 115 eri ir PGi ioe ee aS a per si 1 1 i a A recording device The appropriate external media CD DVD flash memory or a flop
128. ore partition or disk Overall progress Rettore partition or disk progress ces O Mounl dismount parhhon Sub opetation progress Syetem restart iz required to complete the operation Whal would pou like to do The operation Restore partion of disk needs exchoine access to the volume C and cannot be completed wethout syshem restart Alter restart the operation val be added to th continue in boottime mode Do mot tum off the computer until the operation patterns yall t img this op ial Pleate confim restart of youi computer The operation wil be continued alter sytem reat The operahan cannot be completed vwathout iastan because some files are in use and prerani DEANA Sobat TOVA nne 9 Inthe Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program Suboperation progress Restore partition or disk C Work time 0 41 Tine to finishoo o01 12 Done 191 Mb Read 240 Mb 48 2 Mb s All 1 88 Gb Weite 240 Mp 20 2 Mb s Overall progress C O Loading Paragon Engine Copyright Copyright 1556 2008 Paragon Technologie GabH All rights reserved Please wait Universal File System Driver initialization Getting partitions info Flushing system buffers please WALT sane Restore Primary partition disk 0 from file E Backup Inages arc_ 2805061346 2fodl arc_2e05061 MeL 7S31 PEF Data writing
129. ormation 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 Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 16 User Manual 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 1s only good when properly chosen In the comparison table below you can see when this or that approach will suit you at most Seetor Based Backup File Based Backup
130. ormatted It does not play an important role for most operating systems and software as well Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved
131. p images created with the program It provides easy to understand instructions to configure and perform all the necessary settings Moreover you can get an in depth description to any setting control or field of the wizard just by clicking the hint button and then the object you need Startup There are several ways to start the Restore Wizard Q Inthe Main Menu select Wizards gt Restore Wizard a On the Common Tasks Bar click the Restore Wizard item of the Wizards menu QO Inthe Toolbar click the Restore Wizard button Setup Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 48 User Manual The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the restore operation a A backup image to be restored The Browse for Archive page enables to find a backup image you need By clicking the Switch to Archive List View link you can see a list of images contained in the Archive Database if any v Fo ik Cieston Daie Source Ubjari oge Flags Comm Mounted 2005 2008 16 03 10 Master Boot Record 0 Bytes 0 N 20 05 2008 16 06 35 Master Boot Record 0 Bytes ie N 20 05 2008 16 06 43 Filedevel Archeve ye f ol AT 2008 1E0549 Fiedevel Arche i E 14 12 2007 200213 Master Boot Record 0 Bytes hy lo F Archive File Delak Hams FB Archive Comment No comment is avadable Backup date 20 06 2008 16 05 48 Total oe 22MB 2 317 380 Bytes File F Backup images ite anchive F LODDD0000
132. paag upd esd en integrity i not vaolotedd w PSRWIHPE iso x amp a gt S Show al amp be Fb tk Type Creation Date Source Object 2 Sie Flagi Comment Mounted 15 02 205 16 17 44 Basic Had Dik 1 Unkon Mode 35GB I MyHdij 27 12 2004 172037 Logca Disk iC 122668 GIIS My SystemP 1 Explorer Bar that displays properties of the selected image 2 Volume Explorer that enables to access the selected image as a regular folder to explorer its contents or to retrieve certain files 3 Archive List that displays a list of images contained in the Archive Database if any Besides the program provides all the necessary Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 45 User Manual functionality to manage backup images in the database add delete mount refresh etc Data Backup and Rescue In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to establish a reliable data protection system Creating Backup Images We have already mentioned that the most prevalent way to protect valuable data is to create backup copies backup images in terms of the program of it Depending on a type of information you need to protect and the way this information should be processed the program offers a number of handy backup wizards Wizard Work Algorithm To make your job with the program as easy and convenient as possible all backup wizards s
133. perating system Backup to external media CD DVD to guarantee a high level of data protection as long as the backup media is kept secure Backup to a network drive to stand a better chance of success in case of a hard disk failure a Sector backup to save not only all on disk information but also the system service structures It is ideal for making a backup image of an entire hard disk or system partitions to guarantee the operating system s working capability Q Differential backup to a sector image to only archive changes since the last full sector based image thus considerably saving the backup storage space To restore this kind of backup you will require a full image and one of its differentials a File backup to save information you really need If you only care about safety of your e mail database or particular documents and are not willing to waste the backup storage space this very feature will suit you at most Besides an advanced system of filters will help you automate the process of building up contents of the future backup image a Incremental backup to a file image to only archive changes since the last full or incremental file based image An incremental image is smaller and takes less time to create but you will require the initial full image and all of its incrementals to restore the latest point of this kind of backup a File backup to a sector image It is a unique technology on the market so far that bridges two princ
134. percent data consistency Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 21 User Manual GPT versus MBR GUID Partition Table GPT is the next generation of a hard disk partitioning scheme developed to lift restrictions of the old MBR Being a part of the Extensible Firmware Interface EFI standard proposed by Intel to replace the outdated PC BIOS it offers a number of crucial benefits a Upto 128 primary partitions for the Windows implementation only 4 in MBR a The maximum allowed partition size is 18 exabytes only 2 terabytes in MBR Q More reliable thanks to replication and cyclic redundancy check CRC protection of the partition table Q A well defined and fully self identifying partition format data critical to the platform operation 1s located in partitions but not in un partitioned or hidden sectors as this is the case with MBR Please note that the current version of the product provides a limited support of GPT disks E Backup of a separate partition or entire hard disk Restore of a partition archive to any location even to a block of smaller size taking into account only the amount of actual data of the image restore with shrink Restore of a hard disk archive to its original location or a larger disk without the resize function Create partition Format partition Delete partition Check file system integrity Test surface View Edit sectors E
135. possibility of selecting the wrong wizard Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 41 User Manual Applications D Volume letter D Serial number F43D3cE0 Volume label Sppbeslicn Partition ID 0 07 NTF Type Preary NTFS version 301 File system NTFS Total size 634 GB Root entries 52875 Used space 6268 Sectors per bool E Free space 57 2 GB Sector per cluster E Activily No Hidden state No Back up al the date this logical dick contains Warming This operation wal delete all the data on this logea dsk and replace them from the mage pou have chosen Tou map also be asked to restart pour computer dunng this operation Bf When you select a small sized bar 1 e corresponding to a logical disk the Explorer Bar will display information on it as well The page title will contain a drive letter which 1s assigned to the disk The disk layout graph will be colored in accordance with the volume ratio of the used space to the free space the light colored sector The table on the right will contain the following information Volume label if available Type of the logical disk File system represented by the color of the graph and the selected bar Total size used space and free space in GB or MB DoOodtL Below there 1s a list of wizards which may be called for this disk All default values of parameters will correspond to the disk settings Viewing Image P
136. ppropriate speed for every CD DVD a Bootable ISO image That s the image to be placed together with the backup data By default the program offers its own bootable ISO image which contains a Linux DOS recovery environment However the user is free to use any bootable ISO image a CD DVD boot capability The program enables to choose whether any recorded CD DVD will be bootable or only the first one for a session or without that function at all a Folder where the ISO image is to be placed When the user decides not to physically burn a CD DVD but create an ISO image file this very folder will be used to contain these images Hot Processing Options Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 36 User Manual o Edit scttings General opbors Backup image options On Hot processing options Pantheon optnoris Copy and backup options Enable hot processing CD DVD recording options Hol processing lechnolog Ficd Protesting opii i Emal options F Paragon Hol Processing Yubaa mode ophors Paragon Hol Processing technology provides last backupcopy of locked Copy Backup exclude opbors partitions and hard disks under any Windows NT family OS windows NT 2000 4P 2003 It does not rege conndersble hardware resources Additional options C Always use hot processing Uss hot processing only when parbhon is locked Hot processing empura dive C B In this section you
137. py disk needs to be available in the system a CD DVD writing parameters in case you select this kind of media Writing parameters include writing speed maximum or minimum and the ability of ejecting the recorded disc after completing the operation Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 52 User Manual VWihting speed ohn Eject the dse alter weing The program supports CD R CD RW DVD R DVD R DVD RW DVD RW DVD R DVD R double layer and also Blu ray discs Result As aresult of the operation you receive recovery media to use in most emergencies Partition Management In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to carry out partitioning operations supported by the program Basic Partitioning Operations Here you can learn how to accomplish basic partitioning operations create format delete Creating Partitions The program provides the ability to create a new partition by using the DOS partitioning scheme This operation can be accomplished with the Create Partition Dialog Restrictions 1 Do not use the Create Partition function in order to undelete the last deleted partition 2 The program cannot create new partitions on Dynamic Disks The current version of the program supports only hard disks that use the DOS partitioning scheme in Windows 2000 and XP these disks are named Basic Disks 3 According to the rules of the DO
138. rable Thus you will be able to effectively manage contents of your backup images or partition hard disk copies By default there are no available filters To create a filter please click the Add Category button iy Create new calepory Filter Desonphorn Uh You can use valkdeards and 7 to apecty the mack Cea In the opened dialog the program allows the user to define the following parameters a Name Give to the filter any name you like but try to use an informative one a Filter Press the Browse button to select files or folders you would like to be excluded or specify a filter mask by using or wildcards Q Description Add a short description to the filter not to miss it up later Click the OK button and you will get a new item on the list of filters By marking unmarking a checkbox opposite its name you can choose whether to use it or not Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 40 User Manual Getting Information on Disks and Backup Images The program provides some helpful tools to get information on the properties of disks and peculiarities of existing backup images Viewing Disk Properties The main tool to view in depth information on the properties of hard disks is the Disk Map It represents the actual state of the computer s hard disks Generally the hard disks are represented on the map by rectangular bars which also contain smal
139. rable or Safe Mode to use the PTS DOS recovery environment in case you ve got problems with Linux Moreover you ve got the option to boot into the Low Graphics Safe Mode PTS DOS safe mode to cope with a serious hardware incompatibility In this case only the minimal set of drivers will be included like hard disk monitor and keyboard drivers This mode has simple graphics and a simple menu o Normal Hode The PC boot ing d Safe Hode will be proceeded in amp Low Graphics Safe Mode 86 seconds Floppy disk amp Hard disk A HER Find OSes on your hard disks 4 Inthe Linux launch menu select the File Transfer Wizard You can find the same wizard in PTS DOS as well f SE Copy your files or folders to another disk Drive Backup partitien or folder with File Transler Wizard Simple Restore Weard One Button Copy Wizard File Transfer Wizard Boot Corector Network Configurator Log Saver HiBRBA Ge View the mounted partitions ui Sul ri i E im iTi Ad rt T zi 2 F ii 3 jz i ii oe a 5 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 6 Select a disk where the system backup is stored from the pull down list in the right pane of the page Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 DIFF1285651847 10000000 ree arc 2805081 34 27531 PBF m arc_280908134627531 pim voces a
140. rams That s why the on boot software is allowed to use the entire Oth track of the disk For example boot managing utilities such as LILO GRUB and Paragon Boot Manager are located in the Oth track Partition ID or File system ID is a file system identifier that is placed in the partition It is used to quickly detect partitions of supported types A number of operating systems completely rely on it to distinguish supported partitions Partition ID is saved in appropriate entries of the Partition Table and takes only 1 byte of space Partition Label or Volume Label is a small textual field up to 11 characters that is located in the partition s boot sector This value is used for notification purposes only It is detectable by any partitioning tool including the DOS FDISK utility Modern operating systems save it within a file system e g as a special hidden file Thus it is able to contain a relatively large amount of text in multiple languages Partitioning Scheme is a set of rules constraints and format of the on disk structures to keep information on partitions located on a hard disk There are known several partitioning schemes The most popular of them is the so called DOS partitioning scheme It was introduced by IBM and Microsoft to use multiple partitions in the disk subsystems on IBM PC compatible computers Another popular partitioning scheme is the so called Logical Disks Model LDM that originates from the UNIX mainfram
141. red In our case we d rather restore contents of the backup to its original location with replacing existing files as well Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 106 User Manual Restore files to Original localtion w 5 Complete the wizard and then apply the pending changes 9RD Al Disk View Archives Hard Drive Apply pending changes 7 he Harel Disk Dire B Creal of tt ire disi Back uo al the data this hard disk contains All the oarhbone on Ihis disk val be added t 6 Inthe Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program Restore es progress Tire elapsed 00 00 03 Jimeremamng 00 00 05 a se rp ae eng or ek Sanco Nes CSET SOC Ces POC esse CD Cy Project PhS eng 1207 mlex_lounch doc has been sucoesstuly processed GO C My Project PhS eng 120 weblex_launch doc has been successhully processed 4 C My Projected hat been successtuly procetsedd OL GC My Project imagess has been suocesshully processed of Cy Project splash png has been successiu protested oi Cay Project PM3 Allegra has been successtully processed HD CoMy Project PMSAWinPE has been successtully processed C Cy Project PMS build has been successiu processed UD Cy ProjectPMS images has been successully processed HD CM y Project PPS pm_hedo_ en 20S0R7E SE pveb_oer_tranclahon doc has been succe
142. retty sure nothing will happen to it Adaptive Restore Adaptive Restore is a special technology that enables to successfully recover Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 as well as Windows Vista Server 2008 to a different hardware configuration As you probably know Windows family operating systems are pretty much sensible to any hardware replacement especially when you need to replace your motherboard actually Windows will most likely fail to boot as a result of this operation With our technology you can now make your Windows bootable on some other computer or even a virtual machine You can either use a previously made backup of your system to restore to a different hardware configuration or just fix your Windows installation with the Linux DOS recovery environment you can find the appropriate options in the main program or Boot Corrector Anyway by activating one additional option the program will automatically detect what kind of Windows it s dealing with as work algorithms for Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 and Windows Vista Server 2008 differ Adaptive Restore for Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 It actually implies two operations Q Providing the ability to change the Windows kernel settings to the most suitable for your new configuration The program will automatically add all available Windows HAL and kernels to the boot menu the boot ini file to choose the required platform in case your system fails to boot Uniprocessor Multiprocessor or
143. roperties General information on backup archives can be obtained either with the help of the Restore Wizard or the Archive Database Using the Restore Wizard There are several ways to launch the Restore Wizard Q Inthe Main menu select Wizards gt Restore a Disk or Partition Q In Common Tasks bar click the Restore a disk or partition item of the Wizards menu Q Select a logical disk and then click the Restore the disk from an image link on the Explorer Bar page At first the wizard displays the Welcome page simply click the Next button at the foot of the dialog window The next page refers to Browse for Archive By clicking the Switch to Archive List View link you can see a list of images contained in the Archive Database if any Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 42 User Manual H Restore Wizard Browse for Archive Messe relaci an mche to restore show at o E e Ek Tyee Creation Date Soupce Object Sme Staa C 1501205161744 Bane Hand Dick 1 Unknown Model 3568 warho F Auchove Fis D atm BTs Bazic Hard Disk 1 Unknown Hodel Typa Basic Had Dik Dres Totals 3568 Fie E img_ D1 pb To select objatie to mue chock Hert lt Back Hero Cancel lt Back JL i To get a clear cut picture on properties of the required image just click on it and the section below will e Archive File Details display a short description including Informati
144. rtitioning Options Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 33 User Manual gt Edit settings So ini amp Partitioning Options Partitioning options Copy and backup options _ Enable 64 KB clusters for FAT16 CD DVD recording options hogie the opton to enable 64 KE clusters for FAT16 partitions with this Hol proceszing options setting you will be able to create FAT 16 parions wilh capacity up lo 4 GB E mail options Please note that onip Windows NT family systems wil be able to access such Virbual node options Parnas Cop Backup exclude options Confrmatons v Ask for volun label before patton dedete Ack confematan when converting FATIE to FAT IZ Sut ete letl berets Hor Dio not best disk suface dunng read wnte operators This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during partitioning operations oa Enable 64 KB cluster size for FAT16 Mark the checkbox to enable 64KB clusters for FAT16 partitions Thus you will be able to create FAT16 partitions up to 4GB in size a Request confirmation before partition deletion Mark the checkbox to activate an additional security mechanism Thus when going to delete a partition you will be automatically requested to enter its label Q Request confirmation when converting FAT16 to FAT32 Mark the checkbox to automatically request confirmation before converting FAT16 to FAT32 There are a nu
145. ry Editor regedit exe Please change the start parameter to 4 for the following registry keys HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SYSTEM ControlSet001 Services Intelppm HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SYSTEM ControlSet002 Services Intelppm Ooo Information has been taken from the Microsoft website support microsoft com kb 953356 en us Glossary Active Partition is a partition from which an x86 based computer starts up The active partition must be a primary partition on a basic disk If you use Windows exclusively the active partition can be the same as the system volume In the DOS partitioning scheme only primary partitions can be active due to limitations of the standard bootstrap Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 123 User Manual The term backup originates from the time when the best way to protect valuable information was to store it in form of archives on external media It s become now a general notion to mean making duplications of data for protection purposes Bootable Archive is created by adding a special bootable section when backing up the data to CD DVDs Thus you will be able to restore the data from these archives without having to run the program but by simply booting from these CD DVDs Cluster is the smallest amount of disk space that can be allocated to hold a file All file systems used by Windows organize hard disks based on clusters which consist of one or more contig
146. s Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 92 User Manual View changes on Your partitions belore operations Your partitions aher operations 9 Inthe Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program Operations list Suboperation progress ALCEE Hm 1 Restore partition or disk Operation progress Time elapsed 00 00 31 Time w finish 00 03 47 Copied so far 223 9Mb Read so far 2776 0 Mb 73 0 Mb s To copy L 6Gb Write so far 2776 0 Mb 7 6 Mb si Overall progress Restore Disk 0 from ibe jarc_ 270508145270967 Nar 27050814520967 1 PBF Opening archive arc_2 70508145209671_0000p 000 Restore Primary partition O disk 0 irom file Jarc 27050814 520967 ar 270508145200671 _0000p 000 Data writing 10 After completing the operation close the wizard and reboot the computer Restoring a System Partition from External Media CD DVD Let s assume that your computer fails to boot because of a virus attack or corruption of some system critical files But you ve got a backup of your system partition on a bootable DVD disc That s just enough to easily get your system back on track again To restore your system partition from a backup image located on CD DVD when the current OS is down please do the following 1 Insert a CD DVD disk containing the previously prepare
147. s LD CMy Project PM3 pm_help_gerDB020Gweb doc has been successfully processed DD C My ProjectPM3 om_help_ ger SG08 E SE jm doc has been successfully processed J CyMy Project P Sprm hep ge 1 G0S0E E SE m pdi has been succesthuly procerped OOO ZA Restoring a File Increment to a Partition Backup Let s assume that your operating system gives trouble because of a virus attack But you ve got a backup of your system partition on a local disk Besides you make file increments of your documents and e mail database to that backup on a regular basis That s just enough to easily roll everything back to the point when run smoothly Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 107 User Manual To restore your system partition with a file increment from a backup image located on a local disk please do the following 1 Launch the Restore Wizard There are several ways to do it a Inthe Main Menu select Wizards gt Restore a Disk or Partition Restore Files a On the Common Tasks bar click the Restore a Disk or Partition Restore Files item of the Wizards menu 2 On the Restore Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 On the Browse for Archive page specify the required file increment archive to your system partition backup Q By clicking the Switch to Archive List View link you can see a list of images contained in the Archive Database if any
148. s Mark the checkbox to automatically fix any found error without requesting a confirmation Q Scan for and attempt to recover bad sectors Mark the checkbox to additionally process sectors marked bad 1n the file system metadata for the purpose of their possible recovery 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Check Archive Integrity The program provides the ability to check integrity of a backup image The function allows distinguishing between valid and corrupted images before using them The Check Archive Integrity Wizard will help you do that Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 71 User Manual Startup There are several ways to start the Check Archive Integrity Wizard Q Inthe Main Menu select Wizards gt Backup Utilities gt Check Archive Integrity a On the Common Tasks Bar click the Check Archive Integrity item of the Wizards menu a Select a backup image in the Archive Database then call the popup menu for it and choose the menu item Check Archive Integrity Startup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the operation a An archive to verify The Browse for Archive page enables to find a backup image you need By clicking the Switch to Archive List View link you can see a list of images contained in the Archive Database if any i Show al v F ik Type Creston Daie Source Ubaci oge Fiag Comm Mounted amp
149. s of any complexity Paragon BTE technology to set tasks for execution in the Windows blue screen mode thus saving from the need to use a bootable media when modifying system partitions Paragon Shutdown After Apply technology to set the computer to automatically switch off on the successful accomplishment of any operation Microsoft Dynamic Disk simple spanned striped mirrored RAID 5 to offer more management flexibility without the partition limitation of basic disks Dynamic storage can be particularly beneficial for large scale businesses when dealing with many physical hard disks involving complex setup Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 9 User Manual Supported File Systems Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 provides support of major file systems presented on the market today a Full read write access to FAT16 FAT32 partitions Q Full read write access to NTFS Basic and all five types of Dynamic Disks under Windows 95 98 ME Linux and PTS DOS Compressed NTFS files are also supported a Full read write access to Ext2FS Ext3FS partitions under all versions of Windows DOS 5 0 and later Q Basic partitioning operations create format delete for Linux Swap Supported Media Q Support of both MBR and GPT hard disks up to 1 5 TB tested IDE SCSI and SATA hard disks CD R CD RW DVD R DVD R DVD RW DVD RW DVD R DVD R double layer and also Blu ray discs FireWir
150. sooeoeneeennnensssssssssssssssssssssnssserrerrrerrrrrrrerrerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrren 79 Backing up Files to a Local Mounted Unmounted without Drive Letter Assigned Partition ccesssssseeeeeeeeeeees 80 Creatitiovd Differential to aul Part tOm Back p ce coc aes ese or ohecsed ie dep eee gat eases apes tone peta cae 83 Creatine an Increment toa Full Partition BackUp sesonon ees esd es 85 Creating Aan Increment toa Full File Backip lt iissesnsistitii jesus dalatnerceleatsaasistidiiietasese cannes naeesadeaeeae E AEA E 88 Recovery SCOMANIOS sccsccescscnceccccsceessscceseccadececstnouczecedencucacendessscesecavarspcasscscessatatanecesecasacues iassedecuessasstsneccencesneaees 89 Restoring a Hard Disk from the Bootable Backup Capsule ccccccccccccccccccccceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ey 89 Restoring a System Partition from External Media CD DVD c ccccccssssssssssessseseseeseeseseseeeseseseseseesseeseseeseeeeeeeeees 92 Restoring a System Partition froma Local DIVE sereen ei aria eter eas asa ee eee 95 Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 4 User Manual Restoring Vista to a Different Hardware Configuration cccccccccccccccccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEE EE EEE EG 98 dSACeS1 0 oh ay Sages Bp eel 6 Wr 0 Ge ene een ee eat eee eee 104 Restorine a File Increment 0 4 Partiti tr acho py xeisics essa
151. t support You don t need to reboot your computer from the Recovery CD every time an operation cannot be accomplished under 64 bit Windows any more The program will automatically reboot to a special mode to complete the operation Support of GUID Partition Table GPT It is the next generation of a hard disk partitioning scheme developed to lift restrictions of the old MBR GPT disks are now supported by Windows Vista Server 2008 Mac OS X and Linux Support of the latest Linux kernel It offers support of a wider range of hardware configurations including the brand new Intel ICH9 chipset Integration of the Linux DOS recovery media directly to the installation package You can now burn it with the Recovery Media Builder any time you want Besides it will also be used as a bootable part of any bootable backup image created with the program Linux DOS recovery environment on a USB flash drive With the help of the Recovery Media Builder you can now create Linux DOS bootable media on a USB flash drive that may later be used for maintenance or recovery purposes Dual boot Backup Capsule Now you ve got the choice to launch the Linux or PTS DOS recovery environment every time you start up the computer With its help you will be able to run utilities under Linux or PTS DOS and that way to get access to your hard disk for maintenance or recovery purposes A context sensitive hint system for all functions of the program You can now get a detailed d
152. ted close the wizard by pressing the appropriate button 14 Eject the CD 15 Turn off the computer Burning of data from the corrupted system disk to CD DVD To retrieve valuable information from your hard disk and burn it to CD DVD when the system fails to boot please do the following 1 Insert Paragon Linux DOS Recovery CD the BIOS must be enabled to boot the system from the CD DVD device 2 Restart the computer 3 Inthe boot menu select Normal Mode to use the Linux recovery environment since it s the only mode that enables to burn CD DVD discs The PC boot ing d Safe Hode will be proceeded in amp Low Graphics Safe Mode 86 seconds Floppy disk amp Hard disk A HER Find OSes on your hard disks 4 Inthe Linux launch menu select the File Transfer Wizard You can find the same wizard in PTS DOS as well Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 114 User Manual Copy your files or folders to another disk Drive Backup partition or folder with File Transher Wizard Simple Restore Wizard One Button Copy Wizard File Transfer Wizard Boot Corrector Network Configurator Log Saver View the mounted partitions Start the command line Reboot the computer Power off 5 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 6 Select a disk where the files you need are stored from the pull down list in the right pane of the page 0 roe HIFS O0o
153. tem View gt Status Bar Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 31 User Manual Settings Overview The Settings dialog is available from the Main Menu Tools gt Settings All the settings are grouped into several sections which functions are described in the following paragraphs The list of sections is placed on the left side of the dialog By selecting a section from the list you can open a set of options General Options S Edit settings General opbans i Backup masini oS General options Parton options Copy and backup options Enable data lors protection CD DVD recording options Choone the opbon to ensure that no date vall be lot if system unexpectedly goes Hol processing options down because of power shortage atc Emal options C Try to Access NonBIOS Disk Cylinders SAUTER OHRA This option gives you possibilty to bypass 8 GB boundanes limitation on old Copy Backup exclide ophons hardware uncer Windows Sx Choose the option i some dsk areas cannol be read under Windows Sx v Enable Initial Backup reminders Choate this opion to enable Intisl Backup reminders Initial Backup quarantes the safety of your data by backing up all on disk infomation mochuding standard bootstrap code and athar system senace structures before perlonming any cnical paithoning operation This section contains a set of general options that will be taken into account during any op
154. tent value for this parameter So you may just press the Yes button to confirm the operation z Astign a dive letter Tht allows access bo the volume by usma the deve letter acagmed The enignment is nol recommended d the volume contans a file system mod supported by pour operating system Assign the folowing deve letter D However you can manually define the required letter by selecting it from the pull down list of available drive letters 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Remove Drive Letter In order to un mount a partition you should take the following steps Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 68 User Manual 1 Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Remove Drive Letter dialog to define appropriate settings There are several ways to do it a Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Remove Drive Letter Q Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Remove Drive Letter Are pou sure pou want to remove the dive letter I You ae about bo remove the deve lelte from the volume L No label FAT16 You computer may no longer boot or vaik conect 3 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Mount Archive The program provides the ability to assign a drive letter to a partition backup image As a result of the oper
155. ter restoration Please select the drive its partition if necessary and then activate the Hard Disk 7 jor Partition pulldown menu and select the One Button Copy Wizard operation needed i E i 5 F Simple Restore Ward File Transfer Wizard Boot Corector Network Configurator Log Saver View the mounted partitions Start the command line Reboot the computer Power off Q Drive Backup enables to copy and back up separate partitions or entire hard disks carry out basic partitioning operations etc a Simple Restore Wizard allows restoring hard disks and partitions a One Button Copy Wizard helps to carry out such a technically complicated operation as cloning of hard disks just by pressing one button Q File Transfer Wizard allows coping files folders to another disk or a partition as well as recording them to CD DVD Q Boot Corrector helps to correct the Windows System Registry without Windows being loaded Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 15 User Manual Q Network Configurator enables to establish a network connection under Linux a Log Saver helps to collect and send the necessary log files to the Technical Support a View the mounted partitions the list of all mounted partitions will be displayed a Command Line allows experienced users to execute any operation a Reboot the computer a Power off the computer To move wit
156. ter until the operation patterns yall t img this op ial Pleate confim restart of youi computer The operation wil be continued alter sytem reat The operahan cannot be completed vwathout iastan because some files are in use and prerani DEANA Sobat TOVA nne 8 Inthe Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program Suboperation progress Restore partition or disk C Work time 0 41 Tine to finishoo o01 12 Done 191 Mb Read 240 Mb 48 2 Mb s All 1 88 Gb Weite 240 Mp 20 2 Mb s Overall progress C O Loading Paragon Engine Copyright Copyright 1556 2008 Paragon Technologie GabH All rights reserved Please wait Universal File System Driver initialization Getting partitions info Flushing system buffers please WALT sane Restore Primary partition disk 0 from file E Backup Inages arc_ 2805061346 2fodl arc_2e05061 MeL 7S31 PEF Data writing Do not reset or turn off your computer to avoid the data loss Operation in progress press ESC or Ctrl C to interrupt operation After completing the operation the program will automatically reboot the computer Restoring Vista to a Different Hardware Configuration Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 99 User Manual Let s assume that the most terrible disaster has h
157. ters that can be associated with the newly formatted partition Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 54 User Manual In addition there is the possibility to make further detailed settings although the default values will do in most cases To activate the advance mode you need to click the More options button at the foot of the dialog page Depending on the chosen file system the following options become available l Use O S basi in foomat routine Ficase select surloce test level None w Pleahe select number ol sectors per clude 64 W Pieace elect number ol sectors per boot Pisasse select number of root erinmes Q Use OS built in routine Mark the option to restrict the available values according to the used OS a Whether the surface test will be performed Define the level of the surface check to make the program find bad and unstable sectors and mark them unusable in the file system metadata a The amount of sectors per boot This parameter is available exclusively for FAT16 and FAT32 file systems Set the number of sectors to be reserved for the boot area on the partition with this spinner control a The amount of root entries This parameter is available exclusively for FAT16 file system Set the maximum amount of files directories to be placed in the Root Directory on the FAT 16 partition Q The amount of sectors per cluster Define the Cluster Size for the formatted partiti
158. that it meets the following minimum system requirements IBM AT compatible computer with 1486 or higher CPU 256 MB of RAM SVGA compatible monitor Mouse recommended On board BIOS supports booting from CD first DOoOvoO DL There may be additional requirements if you want to use advanced features Q Network card is required to send partition hard disk backups to a network computer or to retrieve previously made backups a Recordable CD DVD drive is needed to burn data to compact disks a To save copy or backup of a hard disk or partition removable USB disks can be used The program supports USB Drives 1 0 2 0 Installing the Program under Windows As we have already mentioned only Windows components of the product require installation So to install Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 under Windows please do the following 1 Run Setup Application Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 12 User Manual Click on the DriveBackup MSI file This application will guide you through the process of the program installation The setup utility 1s compiled with the InstallShield SDK hence it contains the standard user interface and set of installation steps 2 Starting Setup The Welcome page informs that the application is being installed Click the Next button to continue 3 Confirm License Agreement The License Agreement page displays the Paragon License Agreement Read the agreement an
159. the archive Basic Hard Disk 1 FUJITSU MPFSIOAAT std g G a 60 GB FAT Sz 1 Fes Basic Hard Disk 2 Maxtor 7 250P0 wa K w Unallocated 117 1 GB NTFS 116 5 GB To help you get a clear cut picture of the operation outcome the program allows inspecting the resulted disk layout Restoring Partition Q Size of the restored volume and free space before and after it on the disk Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 50 User Manual Logcal Dick Restore Optone Please specily the size of the restored partition 25334 15MB 119365 MB Please specily soe of hee space betore the parbbon 0 OMB 115950 MB Please specily sze of fee space aflerthe patihor 34032 3 OMB 119050 MB Q Drive letter assignment after restore The pull down list contains vacant drive letters that can be associated with the restored partition Assign the following dive latter G ki Restoring Hard Disk a Copy data and resize partitions proportionally If this option is activated the program proportionally changes the size of partitions keeping their relative order intact The option can be useful when restoring to a larger hard disk a Perform surface test Define whether the surface test will be accomplished during the operation or not Tour had disk after ihe changes Basic Haid Disk 2 Maxtor Tr 250PO a a oe Le Fs ET i Unallocated wl Elta AAAA E i
160. tition s boot sector It is detectable by any partitioning tool and is used for notification purposes only In order to change a partition label you should take the following steps l Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Change Volume Label dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it Q Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Modify gt Change Volume Label a On the Explorer Bar click on the current volume label Q Call the popup menu for the selected partition right click of the mouse button on the Disk Map then select the menu item Change Volume Label 3 Enter a label for the selected partition Are pou sure pou want to change the label on volume E Plese spec a volumne label for easa recogmilion of pour wolune Please enter new volume label 4 The operation will be performed immediately after confirmation Change Partition ID Partition ID is a file system identifier It is saved in the Partition Table and is used to quickly detect a partition of the supported type By manually changing its value you can manipulate accessibility of partitions In order to change a partition ID you should take the following steps l Select a partition on the Disk Map 2 Call the Change Partition ID dialog to set up the operation There are several ways to do it Q Select in the Main Menu Partition gt Modify gt Change Partition ID a On the Explorer Bar click on the current p
161. to Download Updates Upgrades Downloading of updates upgrades can be fulfilled in the following way l PA 3 Enter the Paragon Software web service In the menu click the Download Update to see what updates are available for you Select the desired update and click the Download button Contacting Paragon Technology GmbH If you have any questions about the company products please do not hesitate to contact Paragon Technology GmbH Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 11 User Manual Service Contact Visit Paragon GmbH web www paragon software com s te Registration amp updates kb paragon software com web service Knowledge Base amp kb paragon software com Technical Support Pre sale information sales paragon software com System Requirements Windows based set of utilities To use the Windows utilities you should install them first But before that make sure your computer meets the following minimum system requirements Operating systems Windows 98 NT 2000 XP Vista and XP SP2 Vista 64 bit Internet Explorer 5 0 or higher Intel Pentium CPU or its equivalent with 300 MHz processor clock speed 128 MB of RAM Hard disk drive with 100 MB of available space SVGA video adapter and monitor Mouse DOODODOUL Linux DOS based Recovery CD To use the Paragon Linux DOS Recovery CD on your computer it doesn t matter what operating system is installed make sure
162. to know more on the subject Boot Menu After you have inserted the Recovery CD into a CD DVD drive and restarted the computer the Boot menu appears F Normal Mode Hain recovery d Safe Mode environment 4 Low Graphics Safe Mode amp Floppy disk Hard disk B MER Find OSes on your hard disks Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 14 User Manual The Boot menu contains the following commands Q Normal Mode Boot into the Linux normal mode This mode uses the full set of drivers recommended a Safe Mode Boot into the PTS DOS mode This mode can be used as an alternative of the Linux normal mode if it fails to work properly a Low Graphics Safe mode Boot into the PTS DOS safe mode In this case only the minimal set of drivers will be included like hard disk monitor and keyboard drivers This mode has simple graphics and a simple menu Q Floppy Disk Reboot the computer from a system floppy disk Hard Disk 0 Boot from the primary hard disk Q Find OS s on your hard disks The program will scan hard disks of your computer to find any bootable operating system E To move within the menu please use the arrow keys of the computer keyboard Normal Mode When the Normal mode is selected the Linux launch menu appears x You can copy an entire hard disk or its Drive Backup partitions to new locations Youran also sawe them as image files for la
163. trieved by clicking the Scheduled Tasks tab in the Explorer Bar Disk View Scheduled Tasks Help Scheduled Tasks I Harmia Senp When to Aun Next Run Time LaziRunTime La f Backup of HEA ol hard dik U SEM z000 cel A DOO on day 1 of every j i 01 11 2007 0 00 00 On every task you can get in depth information including The task name The full path to the generated script of the task Scheduled time of launch Statistics on the last launch Scheduled time of the next launch a Used account information Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved DOoOvU DL Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 63 User Manual a Comments to the task To easily manage tasks the program enables to arrange them according to a certain characteristic just by clicking on the required property You can also enable disable rename delete refresh or modify properties of the selected task Task Editor With the Task Editor you can easily modify properties of scheduled tasks To do that you should take the following steps 1 Select a task on the Scheduled Tasks list 2 Call the Task Editor dialog There are several ways to do it Q Click the Properties button on the Scheduled Tasks list Q Call the popup menu for the selected task right click of the mouse button then select the menu item Properties Task Properties Backup of MBR of hard disk 0 General Schedule Progam lesParagon Software Fallon Manager 8 5
164. uous sectors The smaller the cluster size the more efficiently a disk stores information If no cluster size is specified during formatting Windows picks defaults based on the size of the volume These defaults are selected to reduce the amount of space that is lost and the amount of fragmentation on the volume A cluster is also called an allocation unit Extended Partition is a partition type you create only on a basic MBR Master Boot Record disk Extended partition is used if you want to create more than four volumes on a disk since it may contain multiple logical drives File System Metadata The servicing structures of a file system which contain information about allocating files and directories security information etc are named the file system metadata It is invisible for users and regular applications because its accidental modification usually makes a partition unusable Hard Disk Geometry Traditionally the usable space of a hard disk 1s logically divided into cylinders cylinders are divided into tracks or heads and tracks are divided into sectors The triad of values Sectors per Track Tracks per Cylinder Amount of Cylinders is usually named the Hard Disk Geometry or C H S geometry Tracks and cylinders are enumerated from 0 while sectors are enumerated from 1 These disk parameters play an essential role in the DOS Partitioning scheme Modern hardware uses an advanced scheme for the linear addressing of se
165. urning Network Configuration Wizard to establish a network connection under Linux either to save a backup of a partition hard disk or just several files on a network computer or retrieve a previously made backup from a network computer for recovery purposes Supported Technologies Along with using innovative technologies from outside Paragon has developed a number of its own original technologies that make its products unique and attractive for customers E Paragon Hot Backup technology to back up locked partitions and hard disks under Windows NT family operating systems providing both high operating efficiency as well as low hardware requirements Paragon Adaptive Restore technology to successfully recover Windows Vista or 2008 Server to a different hardware configuration Paragon Power Shield technology to provide data consistency in case of a hardware malfunction power outages or an operating system failure Paragon UFSD technology to browse partitions of any file system including hidden and unmounted modify and copy files and folders etc Paragon Hot Resize technology to enlarge NTFS partitions system locked without rebooting Windows and interrupting its work Paragon Restore with Shrink technology to restore a backup image to a free block of smaller size taking into account only the amount of actual data of the image Paragon Smart Partition technology to securely perform hard disk partitioning operation
166. ut you ve got the bootable backup capsule containing a backup of your hard disk That s just enough to easily get your system back on track again Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 90 User Manual To restore your hard disk from a backup image contained in the backup capsule when the current OS is down please do the following 1 Start up the computer from the bootable backup capsule By default the program offers to use the F1 hot key to boot from it amp Floppy disk Hain recovery JA Hin XP environment A Safe Mode 2 Inthe boot menu select Normal Mode to use the Linux recovery environment more preferable or Safe Mode to use the PTS DOS recovery environment in case you ve got problems with Linux 3 Inthe Linux launch menu select the Simple Restore Wizard You can find the same wizard in PTS DOS as well i Provides Restore for hard disks paritions All Drive Backup drives including NTFS are already mounted asc di e ew tis possible to eject your COROM i i km or e aj Simple Restore Wizard One Button Copy Wizard File Transfer Wizard Boot Corector Network Configurator Log Saver View the mounted partitions Start the command line Reboot the computer SOaIBLRL SH Power off 4 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 5 On the What to Restore page you can see a list of available images if several Most l
167. y Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 77 User Manual Please specdy the ache name The archive name val be ured as a subfolder where backup data Foes wall be shored Acha delati Archrve nafa ac 2605081 333375994 Estimated achmea site 6 8 GB Space avadable on backup deshinator 39 5 GB 7 Add comments to your backup describing its contents Please enter a shot comment to detonbe ihe archive Ra No comment 8 Choose whether to accomplish the operation immediately or set a timetable for it Please select how to perlom the backun G Back up mow Schedule backup 9 On the Backup Summary page review all parameters of the operation and modify them if necessary Click the Next button to start the backup process Backing up a Hard Disk or Partition to External Media CD DVD To back up an entire hard disk or a separate partition and then burn the resulted image to CD DVD please do the following 1 Click the Back up a Disk or Partition item of the Wizards menu any of the ways described earlier can also be used here 2 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 On the What to back up page mark the appropriate option opposite a hard disk s name or a partition s name depending on the chosen task Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 78 User Manual Name Type Filesystem Si
168. y set up the selected network device If your local network has a DHCP Server you can just leave everything as is otherwise manually type in an IP address a network mask default gateway etc General Obtain an IP address automatic ally use the following IP address IP address lo Network mask fo Default gateway b Ib DHS servers Network will be restarted on this check select 9 On the Configure Network Connections page click the Add button and provide all the necessary information to map a network share in the opened dialog Click the Unmount button to delete an existing network connection if necessary Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Drive Backup 9 0 101 Listol network resounres Mount settings Network path fserverz pool Mount point Username Password To continue click Next User Manual 10 On the next page save the netconf ini file if necessary and click the Finish button to complete the wizard 11 In the Linux launch menu select the Simple Restore Wizard t E Li E amp tJ Provides Restore for hard disks panitions All Drive Backup drives including NTFS are already mounted as c di e ek tis possible to eject your Simp le Resto re Wir ard CDROM One Button Copy Wizard File Transfer Wizard Boot Corector Network Configurator Log Saver View the mounted partitions Start the command l
169. ze Used E El My Compuber Hy Computer D F Basic Hard Disk 0 Master 7r 250P0 Basic Hard Disk Drive 233 7 GB O A Fra Had Disk Track First Track 0 Bytes O Master Boot Record HER 0 Bytes O loca Disk F Friman NTFS 233 7GB 1547G E E Basic Hard Disk 1 STS1IG08154S Basic Hard Disk Drive 149GB D A First Hard Disk Track Fra Track 0 Bytes C E Master Boot Record MBR 0 Bytes E E Firnas NTFS 13568 13G O GRAppicattins 0 Primary NTFS 634 GB 6G C Other Stuf E Prinneny NTFS 6GB 167G r R E The size of objects to back upc 19 5 GB E simated archie cre 10 4 GE 4 On the Backup Destination page select the Burn the data to CD or DVD option There are several ways the Wizard can store pour dala Please select how pou would ike to save the acha O Save dala to the Backup Capsule O Save data to local network drives Bum the data to CD or DYD 5 Select a recordable device on the list of available CD DVD devices and edit the archive name if necessary Select a recoeder to burn archive images to Name Dise types a Cohen CVE RW AD 77 704 CD R Aw DWOR AA WDR AH DVD R a b CO Burner Emulatos CO A Aw i OVD Burner Emulsiya DVD A Aw Archree deiak Archive name BP260508 No more than 8 miol and onb in Engish Estmated achive size 6 8 GB 6 Add comments to your backup describing its contents Presse enter a shot comment to detonbe ihe archive hy Noe comment 7 On the Backup Summary page review all param

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