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1. Select path CO thtServicePackUninstallt AppPatch G Config New folder F7 j a DAA AT j Eri LE YE LATY a 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 12 After the operation is completed close the wizard by pressing the appropriate button 13 Turn off the computer N i This operation can also be accomplished with the WinPE recovery environment 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 the so called selective restore functionality This operation can be accomplished either with the Restore Wizard File Transfer Wizard or Volume Explorer File Transfer Wizard To restore separate files and folders from a backup image with the File Transfer Wizard please do the following Launcher 1 Click the Transfer Files button 2 Find the archive files and open it by double click 3 Select files you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the left arrow button Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Clipboard Source Name Source Path Application E amp amp amp I E Mail Database E E Mail Database E Ba Name A 3 amp xc 0406081417051
2. Other Stuff E 66 GB NTFS e Wipe mode This section enables to switch between two options Wipe out all the data Choose Ihis oplion F you want to destroy completely all the data on the selected objec Clea wipe fee space Choose this opton E you want ho destroy the braces of date thal may hawe been left alter an cidra delete Wipe out all data Select the option to irreversibly destroy all on disk data of the selected object Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Clear wipe free space Select the option to destroy any remnants of deleted files directories left on disk without affecting the used data AN The Clear Free Space operation is available only for Logical and Primary partitions of known file systems e Wipe method Here you can select a specific data erasure algorithm or create a customized method by marking the appropriate option In case you preferred to use a specific algorithm the next page of the wizard enables to get detailed information on the selected algorithm choose whether to carry out residual data verification or not specifying the percentage of sectors to check and estimate the time required to accomplish the operation In case you preferred to create a customized algorithm the next page of the wizard enables to define up to 4 wiping patterns number of passes for each wiping pattern and for the group of patterns The Mask spinner control allows you to
3. A fe Undelete Partition F Le E 5 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 6 Onthe next page choose the required Windows installation from the list of found installations if several If you re not sure which installation you need please use the Properties button to get more info on the selected item Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Valid Windows installations The program has found the following Window s installanons valid for this program You can see only Windows NT 2000 RP003 Vista versions the others are not listed even if they exist Please select the one you want to work with 1 DiskO Partitiono To continue click Next 7 On the next page you can see a list of all users of the selected Windows installation Select the user which password you d like to make blank then click the Clean button to accomplish the operation Or just click the Clean All button to clean all user passwords at once Clean passwords You can see the listol users im your Sy Sie Please select the user whose password you would like clean and press the Clean button You can also clean passwords of all users atonce if you press the Clean All bution HEr Password staus Administrator lt Original gt Guest Origin Als HelpAs sistant BLANK SUPPORT _38834 5a lt Original gt Liger lt BLANK gt Clean All To continue click Next 8 Aft
4. Dever net found Click here to find a driver for this device GS SCSI Controller LS Adapter Ultra370 SCS 2000 series w 1020 1030 z symmpi_ p_x86_ref symenpi inf Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved a 4 P eS t Oo eUS 8466 8 72 i P si sas2irf x86 neutral_elZaSc c sbi lsi_scsiir _x326_neutral_cfbbf0b0bSS ji machine irf_x86_neutral_658482d73 ji chor inf_x86_neutral_54d5 gt 36F00 i megasas irf_x26_neveral_3952760d9 megasas2 irt_x86_neutral_599d7135 ph megasr inf_x86_nevtral_20b367S2ca P mirt _x86_mevtrel_febSe30e 5S487a2 jy mshde inf _x86_nautral_f64b9c 36835 iD mshdc inf B amr m mm xf 9t Bao ma AAAI 2009 6 38 19 PM 2009 6 33 20 PM 2008 6 38 19 PM 2009 6 38 21 PM z 2009 6 38 20 PM 2005 6 38 20 PM 2008 6 38 20 PM 009 6 38 19 PM 2009 6 38 21 PM 2009 6 38 05 PM NG C 390 10 OM zi Files of type INF fles ir X Please select hardware the diver is designed for gt Intel R 2237 1AB EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller A Standard Dual Channel PC IDE Controller A IDE Chane IDE Channel O af Standard AHCI 1 0 Senal ATA Controller C iQ NVIDIA nForce 250 Serial ATA Controler O NVIDIA nForce wr NVIDIA nForoe3 250 Seal ATA Cortrofier C iP AMD 8111 PC Bus Master IDE Controler x T Only show hardware found on this computer Caen com 4 ah ad ts Geb GaP tnd UF 4A Cod i Y yN yN i 4
5. Setect a recorder to burn archive images bo Name Dine types Optien DVD RW AD 71 704 CO R Aw DVD R RW DVD RAM CDA 2 CO Bumer Emulator CO R Aw Da DVO Burner Emulaty DVD RAM Archive detal Archive name BP260508 No more than 8 symbols and only in English Estmated achive size 6 8 GB Please take into account the Estimated archive size value It can give you a hint about the number of CD DVD discs required for the operation 6 Add comments to your backup describing its contents Please enter a shot comment to desenbe the archive 30 No commen 7 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 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 Launcher 1 Click the Postmortem Backup button Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 2 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 Onthe 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 Name Type Filesystem Site Used El My Computer Hy Computer a 0 A Basic Hard Dik O Masto 7r 250P Basic Hard Dick Drive 223 7 GB O A Fra Had Disk Track First Track 0 Bytes al Master Boot Record HBR 0 Bytes O Gi
6. e Linux DOS based recovery environment 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 DOS recovery environment requires no installation and can be of great help when the system fails to boot Besides it offers a Windows XP like environment e WinPE based recovery environment Especially for keen followers of Windows our product also offers a WinPE 3 0 based bootable media Unlike the Linux DOS recovery environment it can boast an excellent hardware support and the same interface as the Windows version can However its system requirements are much tougher Features Overview This chapter dwells upon key benefits and technical highlights of the product Key Features Let us list some of the key features e A handy Launcher to easily find and run the required tasks e Support of all present day techniques to store backup images Backup to local mounted unmounted without drive letter assigned partitions Backup to an external mounted storage to provide for a higher level of data protection and system independence B
7. A N By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period 3 Inthe Linux launch menu select Boot Corrector You can find it in PTS DOS as well A You can copy an entire hard disk or its Postmonem Backup Wizard partitions to new locations You can also save them as image files for later restoration Please select the drive its partition if necessary and then activate the Hard Disk or Partition pull down menu and sebect the Wipe Wir ard operation needed Simple Restore Wizard File Transfer Wizard Boot Corrector Undelete Partition Registry Editor Password Cleaner Network Configurator Log Saver Eject CD DVD 4 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page select the Search for Windows installations to correct option Pease choose the operation Search for Windows installations to correct Correct the Master Boot Record MBR O Conect the partition boot record Modify partition parameters Corect boot parameters bootini BCD To begin click Next Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved On the next page choose the required Windows installation from the list of found installations if several then select the Edit the Boot ini file option If you re not sure which installation you need please use the Properties button to get more info on the selected item Correct Windows installations Program has searched for valid Windows installat
8. N_ Pantion Status System moat Type 1 Disk 0 Partition 0 SB WINDOWS Wing P For the highlighted Windows installation please point out the operation to perlon Correct drive leners in the System Registry Edit the Boot ini file Correct the panition boot record Adjust O S to boot on new hardware To continee click Mex 8 Onthe next page choose a hard disk from the pull down list if several then the required partition If you re not sure which installation you need please use the Properties button to get more info on the selected item Partitions List Letiers Map Below you can choose a hard disk drive and see all partitions on it Information about drive tiers assigned io these panitions is taken from the System Registry of the Windows installation selected Basic Disk 0 w 40 0Gb VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive N Type Active File System Volume label Size Drive letters O Primary NTFS WinkP 3 0 Gb C Primary NTFS Appleaten 9 8Gb E Primary BackupCapsul Mo label 10 0 Gb Mone gt Primary Free 17 266 lt None gt 9 Click the Edit Letters button to correct an existing drive letter or assign a new one in the Windows System Registry Partinans List Drive letters it Information about drive letters f ihe Windows installation selected Drivenes sb Recommended to try C If used you can release iin Letters Map 10 Once you ve assi
9. 5 Onthe next page choose the required hard disk from the pull down list if several and then select the Update the MBR executable code option Please choose the hard disk to correct boot problems Please point out the operation penorm View the MER Update the MBR executable code O Reorder primary partitions change skizi 6 Confirm the operation AA Update the MBR executable code of the Basie Disk 0 40 0 Gb 7 After the operation is completed click the Report button to see a well informative summary page The program also enables to store the resulted report To do that just press the Save button and choose the exact location in the opened dialog Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Reporting You have successfully completed boot correction To view the repon on the operations performed click Report C ren _ Repor Paragon Boot Coreciors Repon Operations performed Operation 1 Correct ihe Master Boot Record Hard disk targeted Basic Disk 0 Simus Successful Date and Time 2009 Jan 14 Wed 14 01 09 8 Click the Finish button to close Boot Corrector 9 Reboot the computer Correcting BCD Boot Configuration Data To automatically correct Windows BCD please do the following 1 Start up the computer from our WinPE recovery media 2 Launch Boot Corrector 3 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 4 Select Correct
10. Formatting procedure implies modification of the Master File Table MFT that keeps track of where file contents are stored on the disk and verification of each sector for consistency Even a low level format does not actually erase the file contents for good since they can still be resurrected from their deleted state with minimal effort by using the popular today Magnetic Force Microscopy technology The only way to make sure that all the data has been erased from a hard drive is to overwrite all on disk sectors with random patterns of ones and zeros Although this sounds complex there is an easy way to do this The process of deliberately irreversibly removing or destroying the data stored on a memory device magnetic disks flash memory drives etc is generally known as Data Sanitization A device that has been sanitized has no usable residual data and even advanced forensic tools should not ever be able to recover it thus providing maximum level of security Data Backup and Rescue In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to establish a reliable data protection system Postmortem Backup 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
11. In case drivers for these devices are installed but disabled they will be enabled Installation of drivers for a PS 2 mouse and keyboard This action will only be accomplished for Windows XP Server 2003 Installation of drivers for network cards The program detects those without drivers and automatically tries to install lacking drivers from the built in Windows repository If there s no driver in the repository it prompts the user to set a path to an additional driver repository These actions guarantee a Windows system will start up on dissimilar hardware After the startup Windows will initiate reconfiguration of all Plug n Play devices It s a standard procedure so please don t worry and prepare the latest drivers at this step to get the most out of the system Though all Windows systems have built in driver repositories please be prepared to have additional drivers when dealing with Windows XP Server 2003 because for these systems they are very modest Technology Application Let s consider a number of situations when the Adaptive Restore technology can help you out If you need to migrate to a different hardware platform with minimal effort Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved e If you need to upgrade hardware while keeping all programs and settings intact e If you need to replace failed hardware and cannot find an exact match for original system specifications Known Issues 1 A
12. _ _ _ _ _ _ pm J tad GaP Gal wi i W oo x om b When selecting an INF file that contains several driver records for hardware you both have in the system and don t have you can filter the list by marking the appropriate checkbox e Remove a driver for a device which has not been found in the system 2 X ER Driver not found Cick here to find a diver for this device NVIDIA nForce3 250 Serial ATA Controller No installed hardware found x windows seyzen 32 aiverstore filerepostory nshdc irf_x86_neutral_f64 S 35e3eSpe81 mnsh e Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller No installed hardware found x windows system 32 deverstore filerepostory mehdic inf_x86_neutral_f64bSc35aJaSbebl msh 4 AMD SATA Controller No installed hardware found x windows system 32 diverstore filerepostiory amdsata irf_ x85 neutral faSa4835d180b fca TA SCSI Controller LSI Adapter Uttra320 SCSI 2000 series w 1020 1030 xj Cleaning User Passwords for Windows Let s assume that after a busy business trip you ve come home and realized that you ve completely forgotten your Windows user password That s no great tragedy any more To clean a user password of the required Windows installation please do the following Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 1 Insert Paragon Linux DOS Recovery CD the BIOS must b
13. 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Clipboard Source Name Source Path Lookin Local Disk D v amp AKPP ipo BD AKPP ipg M Projects D Progects Name Local Disk D 2 5123 SO ABBY Lingvo 10 Multilingual Dichonary Add CVS S cygwin datas RECYCLER O RoboHELP Office System Volume Information SO VMWare adid ap AKPP pg A N Files directories deleted from the Clipboard remain intact on source disks e Destination to store the object s The File Transfer Wizard allows copying data to local or network drives or burning them to CD DVDs Choose the way the data will be stored e 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 to any step of the wizard if necessary by following the required hyperlink Please review the tangle 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 Tr li Destination path C Program Files Space available on destination 1 7 GE 1 G6 575 872 Bytes Result After the operation is completed the required data will be placed into the specified destination 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
14. C_2S0sUE Hb 2 753 E gt DIFF1285651847 10000000 anc_280508134527531 PBF arc_280908134627531 pim Fename Fo Belem Fa 6 Double click on the required backup to open D gt Documers and Settings 5 ng IIC Program Files System Volume Information G WINDOWS oe cliles svigz sd AUTOEXEC BAT i NTDETECT COM ice boot ini E nitidr 7 Select files you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the left arrow button Clipboard gt system32 O twain_32 S 0 09 E 001947_ tmp E ARJ PIF Total data size 904 Kb Click the Calc button to estimate the resulted data size 8 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 to 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 mourned r Physi al panition 6 USB or FireWare external drives and to a mounted network share You will be prompted to choose a boc alion you wanito save the archive to Burn data to CDYDVD Choos this option if you want the Wit ard to burn the data t CD or DVD You will be prompied to choose a CD or DVD RW drive Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 9 Onthe Select Destination Path page select your system disk to copy the data to by pressing the standard browse button
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16. 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 F Normal Mode Hain recovery amp Safe Hode environment d Low Graphics Safe Mode Floppy disk amp Hard disk H KER amp Find OSes on your hard disks By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period 3 Inthe Linux launch menu select Boot Corrector You can find it in PTS DOS as well Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved A You can copy an entire hard disk or its Postmonem Backup Wizard partitions to new locations You can also save them as image files for later restoration ci _ Please select the drive its partition if Simple Restore Wizard necessary and then activate the Hand Disk or Panition pulldown menu and select the Wipe Wir ard operation needed a E fz Ligh A amp File Transfer Wizard Boot Corrector Undelete Partition Registry Editor Password Cleaner Network Configurator Log Saver Eject CD DVD 4 Onthe Wizard s Welcome page select the Correct the Master Boot Record MBR option Fase choose the operation Search for Windows installations to comect Correct the Master Boot Record MBR C Correct the partition boot recond O Modify partition parameters Correct boot parameters boot ini BCD To begin click Next
17. The wizard will restore the archived data and make it available to use in the operating system To make a Windows bootable on different hardware please additionally complete the P2P A N Adjust OS Wizard Undeleting Partitions When simply deleting a partition without additional wiping disk management software only removes references to it in the Partition Table thus leaving the possibility to recover it later The program enables to find and recover these partitions A restored partition will be fully functional as long as other partitions were not created moved or exceeded the disk space occupied by that partition That is why the program offers this function only for blocks of free space The operation can be accomplished with the Undelete Partition Wizard Startup e Click the Undelete Partition button Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the undelete partition operation e Free blocks to scan for lost partitions Choose a free block from a tree like list of available hard disks Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved A Olek tha check box next to any hard disk dive ar frea block you want to mamine Name Type Sine HI IE a Pn oi l E Fur a l y LANTERNA ST penp Live eT Ef E Basic Hard Disk 1 Unknown Model intemal Hard Disk Dive 40G8 B E Unallocated Fres space 393 3 GB Search method By default the wizard selects the fastest search method for your oper
18. an existing partition to a new partition 4 cannot do anything with my USB flash drive 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 program or fixmbr of the Windows installation disc to write a standard code to your flash drive 5 When trying to back up my system the program asks to restart the computer Most likely the Hot Processing mode is disabled Please make it active in the program settings 6 When running a backup operation with the Paragon Hot Processing mode enabled 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 You can find a name of the tool you need here http kb paragon software com 7 When trying to back up to a network share 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 8 When trying to restore a backup archive 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 Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved
19. by providing a path to it So Click Save to file to save the netconfig ini file to the required destination Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Saving 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 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 To prepare a log files package please do the following 1 Once you accept the agreement you will see the Universal Application Launcher Click Log Saver 2 Inthe opened dialog browse for the required location of the log files package or manually provide a full path to it Click Save to initiate the operation aio x Specify folder and file name for ZIP archive Local Disk C Look in Size Date Documents and Settings 2 26 2009 1 33 09 PM dh Program Files 4 25 2011 1 48 25 AM ji Python30 2 26 2009 2 05 35 PM Ji temp 4 25 2011 1 50 18 AM 3 veo 2 26 2008 1 54 22 PM ji winds 2 26 2009 1 54 26 PM d WINDOWS 4 25 2011 1 48 53 AM E Data 0 ACN Neve F PARAGON z Rie name Logs_2011 44 25_ 15 07 zip Flies of type ZIP archives E Read prvacy statement Log file
20. similar to the Safe mode but graphically simpler bha PostMortem Backup Hizard Provides Backup for hard Simple Restore Wizard disks partitions All Wipe Hizard drives including NTFS are PE File Transfer Wizard already mounted as c d E Boot Corrector e etc It is possible to Undelete Partitions eject your CDROM Registry Editor Password Cleaner AS Reboot the conputer Booting from the WinPE Recovery Media The WinPE recovery environment can be a real alternative to the Linux DOS recovery environment Providing nearly the same level of functionality it offers an excellent hardware support and the same interface as the Windows version does Startup To start working with the WinPE recovery environment please take the following steps 1 Start up the computer from our WinPE recovery media 2 Once it has been loaded you will see the License Agreement Read the agreement and then mark the appropriate checkbox to accept If you do not agree with any conditions stated there you won t be able to use the program Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved License Press Page Up and Page Down to scroll the text End User License Agreement between PARAGON Technologie Grom Synemprogramrierung Pieinrich von Ssepnan Ser 5 79100 Freiburg Germany and You as end user If you accept the terms of the agreement click the check box below 7 accept the terms in the Licen
21. the hint button and then the object you need Startup e Click the Postmortem Backup button Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the backup operation Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved e 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 ij My Compute y Compute 7 E Basic Hard Disk 0 Unknown Model intemal Hard Disk Drive 160 GE V 8 Fret Hard Disk Track rst Track D Bytes FEMTE 3 Bytes M E Windows XP C Prmary NTFS 585GB 142 PNeEw VOLUME Promar FAT32 1014GB 502 e Backup destination The wizard allows saving backup archives to local or network drives 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 There are several ways the Vizard can store your data Please select how would you like to save the archive Save data to local network dives Bum the data to CD or DVD e 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
22. understand these helps to obtain a general notion of the operation performance and makes it easier for the user to operate the program System and Data Protection The data protection issue is a growing cause of worrying for more and more people today Indeed it is hardly to find a person who will be particularly happy when all precious information on the hard disk is irreversible lost as a result of its malfunction So how this tragedy can be prevented Full 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 stamps unchanged data will inevitable be duplicated in all archives and take additional space on backup media 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 e You can 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 e You can place a backup image to an external mounted storag
23. 40 en amp fFLOd0000000000000000 m E Mal Database task _fle pft S amp S ac 280508134627531 lt Total data sze 3 7 MB 4 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 5 On the Select Destination Path page specify the exact place to copy the data to Please select the destmahon path where to tawe the data from clipboard Look in E Application E v il 3 Address E E Mai Database Name E E Wir C F Apphoation E B ES Backup Images og E Mad Database E Total data size 3 7 MB Space available on desmaio 8 5 GB 6 Onthe Transfer Summary page check all parameters of the operation Click the Next button to accomplish the operation Please overview lhe kansie opbons You can rebum lo the conesponding page and change Fpperinks Object s selected 1 Total data size 3 7 ME 3 930 846 Bytes Destination path E 7E Mad Database Space available on destination 95 GB 9 202 720 768 Bytes 7 After the operation is completed close the wizard by pressing the appropriate button Making System Bootable on Different Hardware P2P Adjust OS Let s assume you had to migrate to a new hardware platform You connected your system hard disk to the brand new PC and tried to start up the operating system you do know for sure now that this operation had been doomed to failure from the v
24. 8 46 PM fie divers 76 2008 3 15 36 AM Se aar 8 hoc_win2k 3ap vista_b 11975 5 18 2009 10 31 34 PM E intel ICH 5 18 2009 10 33 53 PM fee Driver ov 18 2009 10 33 53 PM Etat BE RKB S472008 1 21 12 AM SStorind SKB 9 12 2008 1 21 12 AM me a ti N To know how to map a network share please consult the Configuring network scenario 3 You will be notified on the successful accomplishment of the operation Click Yes to load another driver or No to close the dialog Driver z adjustos drivers intel ich driver iaahci ini has driver s Ye CE Our WinPE 3 0 recovery environment is 32 based thus you need to use 32 bit drivers for injection Configuring network If your local network has a DHCP server a network connection will be automatically configured once our WinPE recovery environment has been started up Otherwise you will need to do it manually with a handy dialog by providing an IP address a network mask default gateway etc Besides with its help you can easily map network shares To manually set up a network connection and map a network share please do the following 1 Once you accept the agreement you will see the Universal Application Launcher Click Configure Network 2 Inthe opened dialog provide an IP address a network mask default gateway etc for your network device Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Eiremeat adapter riel PRO T1000 M
25. AT partitions Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved e 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 e Full read write access to Ext2FS Ext3FS Ext4FS partitions under all versions of Windows DOS 5 0 and later e Limited read write access to Apple HFS partitions Unfortunately support of non Roman characters for the HFS file system is unavailable at the moment The company is about to implement it in the nearest future Supported Media e Support of both MBR and GPT hard disks 2 2TB disks included e IDE SCSI and SATA hard disks e SSD Solid State Drive e AFD Advanced Format Drive e Non 512B sector size drives e CD R CD RW DVD R DVD R DVD RW DVD RW DVD R DVD R double layer and also Blu ray discs e FireWire i e IEEE1394 USB 1 0 USB 2 0 USB 3 0 hard disks e 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 Contacting Paragon Software GmbH If you have any questions about the company products please do not hesitate to contact Paragon Software GmbH Service Contact Visit Paragon GmbH web site WWW paragon software com Registration amp updates web service www paragon software com support Knowledge Base amp Technical Support kb paragon software com P
26. Pa racon Heinrich von Stephan Str 5c 79100 Freiburg Germany G PARAGON Software GmbH Systemprogrammierung karacon SOFTWARE GROUP Tel 49 0 761 59018201 Fax 49 0 761 59018130 Internet www paragon software com Email sales paragon software com Rescue Kit 11 Professional User Manual Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Contents INE FOGUCTION PAEPAE E E E A EE E A E ES 3 What s New In Rescue Kit TI osccpiisodinininn o enn a a a a aaa 3 Product COMBOMENIES sisian A 4 Features OVeivVie W siso aac teuicieerctucdaccrenstess Hares mtamiedeutetwctcetiusareesateccsetaues 4 KEV Features sucii raa E E SEEE EEE Ea daw EEEE SEENE S AEEA 4 Supported TECNNOIOBIES siirroista AEEA E EAE 5 Supported File SySt MS iecoris E a aa 5 Supported Media naaa E E NA 6 Getting SUANECO eisicictccteic nnr n E T E auentsusen 6 Contacting Paragon Software GmbH s sessssesesoecesoecescecescecesoscecescecseoecesoesesoecesoecessecesoecessecesescesesoesescecsesese 6 System RegurementS wenneien En an T E AE AT 6 Booting from the Linux DOS Recovery Media cssscssscsssssscssccsssssccnssccsececcusscesececcussceseseccusscesesecesssusesecs 7 Booting from the WinPE Recovery Media ssesesessecessecessecessecesoscecssoecessesesoecoesoecesoeceseececeececesoecsscesseoesseseo 9 Basi CONCEPTS rinna AA EE EE EEEE TEE E NEE 11 System and Data Protection cicsscssciseccccscsasssannsvessacaitussaetnesagatecntsio
27. RAGC E Boot X I Backup Capsules Backup Capsule on Hard Disk 0 Network places e Map a network disk where your archives are placed Call the Map Network Drive dialog by clicking the appropriate button Hars Size Date T hihnat ajx Click the standard browse button to browse for the required network share or manually enter a path to it Define a letter from the pull down list of available drive letters 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 A N You can also map a network disk with Network Configurator e Choose the required archive in the browser like window The Archive File Details section displays a short description of the selected image Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved B Net Backup Storage server usrs exchange Z GE arc_280508103150968 5 28 2008 2 37 21 AJ ac 280508103150968 PBF 21 6KB 5 28 2008 2 37 24 AM arc_280508103150968_ 00ly 000 1GB 5 28 2008 2 37 10 AM ac 280508103150963 0000p ofm 17 1 KB 5 28 2008 2 37 07 AM zi Archive Fie Details Name Basic Hard Disk 0 Unknown Model Comment Backup of My Hard Disk Type Basic Hard Disk Drive Total size 40GB File Z arc_280508103150S68 arc_280508 103150968 PBF 5 The What to Restore page displays detailed information about the contents of the archive Select the req
28. S 99G8 17 2 GB All contents on the partition selected for restoring purposes will be deleted during the operation 5 Onthe 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 the changes Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware Viatual IDE Hard Drive Logcal Dick Restore Optioris Applicat Backup C fi Unallocated 37GB NTFS SSGE gt gt F Please specify the size of the restored parttiory 3067 1886 MB 3067 MB Please specify sze of free space before the partition 0 OMB 1180 MB Please specify size of free space after the partition 0 OMB 1180 MB Asson the following dive letter C v 6 Complete the wizard This operation can also be accomplished with the Linux DOS or WinPE recovery environments To make a Windows bootable on different hardware please additionally complete the P2P Adjust OS Wizard Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Copying of data from the corrupted system disk to another hard disk 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 2 Start up the computer from our Linux DOS recovery media 3 Inthe boot menu select Normal Mode to us
29. S 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 gt Normal Mode d Safe Hode Low Graphics Safe Mode Floppy disk amp Hard disk A HER Find OSes on your hard disks A N By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period 3 Inthe Linux launch menu select the File Transfer Wizard You can find the same wizard in PTS DOS as well oe You can copy an entire hard disk or its Postmonem Backup Wizard partitions fo new locations You can also save them as image files for later restoration Please select the drive its partitien if necessary and then activate the Hand Disk or Panttion pull down menu and select the Wipe Weard operation needed Simple Restore Wizard File Transfer Wizard Boot Corector Undelete Partition Registry Editor Password Cleaner Network Configurator Log Saver Eject CD DVD 4 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 5 Select a disk where the system backup is stored from the pull down list in the right pane of the page Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved
30. T Network Connection Obtain an IP address automaticaly Use the following IP address Loadfomfie Savetotie ior Cancel 3 Click the Network drivers tab to map a network share 4 Click Map Network Drive and provide all the necessary information to map a network share in the opened dialog Remote location mpg Anetwork share E Map to drive letter ly Lis are pemanen conmecion e Click the standard browse button to browse for the required network share or manually enter a path to it e Define a letter from the pull down list of available drive letters e 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 By clicking Disconnect Drive you can delete an existing network share if necessary 5 Click the Network identification tab to change a network name of your computer generated automatically and a workgroup name Network identheation Computer Hame MININT S6SDQ66 Primary ONS suffix 6 By default the wizard saves all network settings in the netconf ini file located on the WinPE 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
31. ackup 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 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 e 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 e Restore an entire disk separate partitions or only files you need from the previously created backup image e Adaptive Restore to successfully migrate a Windows physical system to a different hardware platform P2P by allowing automatic injection of all required drivers and the other actions crucial for a migration of this kind e Undelete Partitions Wizard to recover an accidentally deleted partition Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Registry Editor to view and modify settings of any Windows System Registry in the offline mode i e when your operating system has not been started up It is organized just
32. al data size mia 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 12 After the operation is completed close the wizard by pressing the appropriate button Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 13 Turn off the computer A N This operation can also be accomplished with the WinPE recovery environment 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 Start up the computer from our Linux DOS recovery media 2 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 a Normal Mode d Safe Hode 4 Low Graphics Safe Mode Floppy disk amp Hard disk 4 HER amp Find OSes on your hard disks A N By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period 3 Inthe Linux launch menu select the File Transfer Wizard You can find the same wizard in PTS DOS as well A You can copy an entire hard disk or its partitions to new locations You can also save them as image files for later restoration Please select the drive its partinen if ne
33. arameters for the OS adjustmert Perform the OS adjustment in the advance mode You will be able to manually set parameters and inject divers 6 Select Adjust the OS to the new hardware automatically 7 The wizard will automatically accomplish all the necessary actions Process diver in ineatepoc inf irom Windows diver repository 8 The only action that might be required from your side is to set a path to an additional driver repository in case the wizard has failed to find drivers for some boot critical devices in the built in Windows repository Generally together with new hardware you get its drivers for different operating systems on removable media mostly CD or DVD By collecting all these drivers in one folder you can let the wizard automatically pick and install only those required for your OS Select Search for drivers in a specific folder Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved What would you ike to do Search for drivers in a specific folder Soecty a path to the missing divers t can either be local or network p ignore all missing drivers Continue to adjust the OS without injecting the missing divers ee The wizard names all devices according to their model description not some alphanumeric Click on the link at the bottom of the page to see what boot critical devices have no drivers code which is very convenient 9 Though you ve got the option to continue without injectin
34. 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 e Click the Transfer Files button Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the transfer operation e 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 Lookin Loca Disk D eo gg E Local Disk E d p CD Drive F E Local Disk G CD Drive H Local Disk I CD Drive W Local Disk K Physical partitions v No label Disk 1 partition 4 Pri v gt oe amp amp amp amp amp e 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 Copyright
35. ating system In most cases that will do to find any accidentally deleted partition However if you re under Windows XP for instance the Conventional Search option is selected but the deleted partition you re looking for has been created with the Disk Management utility under Vista the wizard won t be able to find this partition unless you manually select the appropriate option Quick Search for Partitions Created by Vista or Later OS Moreover if the wizard still fails to find the partition you need you can select the Thorough Search option to scan every single sector in the specified search area to get the most accurate results Choose how to look for the deleted partitions Quick search for pattons created by Vista or later OS C Thorough search Show file systems search options To know more on the available search methods please use the context sensitive hint system File system filter By default the wizard will search for all known file systems However by clicking on the appropriate option on the second page of the wizard you can specify only those file systems you need 2 Hide file systems search options M A8 known fle systems fF FAT and FAT32 fle systems W NTFS file system Linux file systems Ed2 543 and D44 MT OS 2 HPFS file system Other funksted file system A partition to undelete if several By default the program searches records of any deleted partition ever existed on the selected block of fre
36. boot parameters to let the wizard fix BCD in all found Windows installations ee ie install ee add pO oo Bias Je iM rarr E hew the ist o a T y s inst a F aton s and cor Te act boot parameters 7 Boo j bgi la dhe iita AOO anr wad _ an ord Disks 2 and correc MBR executable code on some of them After completing the operation close the wizard and then reboot the computer Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Fixing Windows startup ability Let s assume that due to an unknown reason your Windows fails to complete the startup procedure At first everything seems quite OK you can see the standard startup messages on the screen but at some moment it hangs up To fix your Windows startup ability please do the following 1 Start up the computer from our Linux DOS recovery media 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 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 He Normal Mode d Safe Hode d Lou Graphics Safe Mode Floppy disk Hard disk B HER Find OSes on your hard disks
37. by the wizard Postmortem Restore Startup e Click the Postmortem Restore button Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the restore operation e A backup image to be restored The Browse for Archive page enables to find a backup image you need You can find the required image in the browser like window The section below i e Archive File Details will also display a short description of the selected image Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Look inc Local Disk F v me amp Y Hame Size Date a S Ei ac 191207091158701 18 122007 12 21 32 wc 181207031158701 FBF amp 3kKE 18122007 1221 33 ac 181207091158701 _0100p 000 1566 1812200712123 ac 18130703115870 _0100p 0i 1 3668 18122307 1341432 ac 181207031158701 _0100p 002 1 3 G8 18122007 13 15 22 a Lt e in ee ee ee ee ee i i am a a a aa Archive File Delak Nene Basic Hand Disk 1 Unknown Model Comment No comment ts avadable Type Basic Hard Disk Drive Total size 149 GB Fiber Jackup Images arc_191 207091158701 arc_ 181207091 158701_ PeF 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 Sector Backup Restore e Data to restore An item of the selected archive to be restored The program allows you to restore not only an entire archive but also separate i
38. cessary and then activate the Hand Disk or Partition pull down menu and select the operation needed fe Undelete Panition Fi Registry Editor O Password Cleaner we Network Configurator 1 Log Saver E Eject CD DVD 4 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 5 Select a disk where the files you need are stored from the pull down list in the right pane of the page Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 6 7 9 J OWinktP i My computer WI Root dir W MyComputer My computer fmm Mounted resources WI mnydisk Local disks WI imedia Removable disks 2 IDE CD DVD NEC VMWa VMware IDE COR lt D4 NTFS 1 on isk 0 Applicaton lt e E BackupCapsule 2 on Disk 0 UFSD di Select files you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the left arrow button Clipboard Source C mntidisk ndal Documents and Settin C mnydiskhdal Documems and Serin ca O Application Data O Cookies O Desktop O E Mail Database D Favorites Local Settings v gt Taidan sue oa Click the Calc button to estimate the resulted data size 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 to save 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 part
39. e 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 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 Normal Mode The PC boot ing fay ode B Will be proce n safe Mod ill b eded i amp Low Graphics Safe Mode BG seconds amp Floppy disk amp Hard disk A HER amp Find OSes on your hard disks A N By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period 4 Inthe Linux launch menu select Password Cleaner You can find the same wizard in PTS DOS as well a ae A You can copy an entire hard disk or its i z Postmonem Backup Wizard partitions fo new locations You can also save them as image files for later restoration Please select the drive its partition if necessary and then activate the Hand Disk or Partition pull down menu and sebect the Wipe Wirard operation needed Simple Restore Wizard File Transfer Wizard Boot Corrector lob Registry Editor Password Cleaner Network Configurator Log Saver Eject CD DVD
40. e space So you can get several partitions to choose from Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Search deleted partitions from sector 00000040 to s sector AOAR lt m GPNTFS Primary 39GB 656MB 0 beee eem emme aa m Most likely the required partition will be found first If so you may abort the search operation by pressing the Stop search button Result After the operation is completed you receive a fully functional partition Wipe Tasks In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to wipe a hard disk partition of any file system or only destroy any remnants of deleted files directories left on disk without affecting the used data thus providing high level of security The operation can be accomplished with the Wipe Wizard or corresponding dialogs Wizard Startup e Click the Wipe Hard Disk or Partition button Wizard Setup The wizard offers the following steps to accomplish the operation e The hard disk partition to wipe Select a hard disk partition the data of which you want to destroy Please choose an object for waning It can be a whole hard disk a single partion or a block of umsllocated space Tou can set to vape all data on the partition or only unoccupied space on sme the next step Basic Hard Disk 0 Maxtor 7r 250P0 Local Disk F 233 GB NTFS Basic Hard Disk 1 STS16081545
41. e 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 d Safe Hode d Lou Graphics Safe Mode Floppy disk amp Hard disk A HER amp Find OSes on your hard disks By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period 4 Inthe Linux launch menu select the File Transfer Wizard You can find the same wizard in PTS DOS as well A You can copy an entire hard disk or its partitions to mew locations You can also save them as image files for later restoration Please select the drive its partition if necessary and then activate ihe Hard Disk or Partition pull down menu and sebect the operation needed A Boot Corrector fe Undelete Partition Registry Editor O Password Cleaner Z Network Configurator 1 Log Saver E Eject CD DVD 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 Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 3 My computer WA Root dir W MyCo
42. e to provide for a higher level of data protection and system independence e 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 e 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 e 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 pretty sure nothing will happen to it Adaptive Restore Technology Background Windows family operating systems are notorious for their excessive sensibility to hardware especially when it turns to replacement of such a crucial device as HDD controller or motherboard actually Windows will most likely fail to boot as a result of this operation In 2008 our company came with an exclusive technology called Paragon Adaptive Restore Initially aimed at restore of Windows Vista or Server 2008 from a backup to a different hardware configuration its current realization available in the P2P Adjust OS Wizard e
43. en you find your image double click on it to proceed ee Select Image 2008 May 27 14 52 55 am 2705061452096571 PEF 200E May 28 0603534 BPZ80508 PRF 5 On the Image Properties page make sure that you select the correct image by viewing the provided information about the archive Panition pevew eee Image of the partition 2 8 P290508 PEF A006 May 26 Wed 08 03 54 File system NTFS Drive letter ir Volume label WinXP Size capacity 3 0 Gb 3 716 052 2324 bi Used space 18Gb 60 Free space 1 2 Gb 39 Sectors Cluster 6 Onthe 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 Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Basic Disk 0 40 0 Gb Size 40 0 Gb NTFS 3 0 Gb NTFS 9 8G6b Applic ation BackupCapsule 100Gb Ho label Free 17 2 Gb All contents on the partition selected for restoring purposes will be deleted during the operation 7 On the Partition Start and Size page you can change size of the partition and its location if necessary Partition preview el New size 1859 3067 Mb J e67__ mb Free space before 0 1208 Mb Free space a er 0 1208 Mb fe 8 On the Restore Summary page you can see your hard disk layout before and after the operation Cl
44. er passwords for Windows NT 2000 XP Vista 2003 7 2008 securely utilize an outdated hard disk etc In this manual you will find the answers to many of the technical questions which might arise while using the program Our company is constantly releasing new versions and updates to its software that s why images shown in this manual may be different from what you see on your screen What s New in Rescue Kit 11 The updated P2P Adjust OS Wizard to successfully start up a Windows physical system on a different hardware platform P2P by allowing injection of all required drivers and the other actions crucial for this type of migration Including the third generation of Paragon s Adaptive Restore technology it now can Analyze all installed drivers inside a target system to report on devices without drivers Search for and install lacking drivers from the built in Windows repository Notify the user about boot critical devices without drivers HDD RAID controllers etc automatically prompting to provide a path to a driver repository Name all devices according to their model description not some alphanumeric code which requires additional deciphering Determine and install drivers not only for boot critical devices but for physically connected NICs as well Boot Corrector for WinPE to fix most of the system boot problems not only with the Linux and PTS DOS bootable recovery environments but WinPE 3 0 as well The late
45. er the operation is completed close the wizard by pressing the appropriate button 9 Eject the CD 10 Reboot the computer Hard Disk Utilization To irreversibly destroy all on disk information without any possibility to recover and that way providing the maximum level of security please do the following Launch the Wipe Wizard e Click the Wipe Hard Disk or Partition button Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Please choose an object for wiping It can be a whole hard disk a single partition of a block of unallocated space You Can set to wipe all data on the partition o only unoccupied space on it see the next step Basic Hard Disk 0 Maxtor 7Y 250P0 Basic Hard Disk 1 ST3160815AS Local Disk F 233 7 GB NTFS pe C eerie 19 5 EE 634GBNTFS 66 GB NT s Li AS t i 1 On the Wipe Mode page select the wipe out all the data to irreversible destroy all on disk information 8 Wipe out al the data Chasse this oplan i pou want bo deshoy completely all the data on the selected object O Dex vape iee space Choose this opbon d vou want to deshoy the traces of date that may have been lelt alter an ordinary delete 2 Onthe Wipe Method page select a specific data erasure algorithm or choose to create a customized one 3 The next page of the wizard enables to get detailed information on the selected algorithm choose whether to carry out residual data verificati
46. ery beginning With our program you can easily tackle this naughty problem Before you start please make sure the following conditions are met e You ve got drivers for the new hardware ready to use not zipped or in exe files e Your OS is unrolled on the new computer not in a backup image To make a Windows physical system bootable on different hardware please do the following 1 Start up the computer from our WinPE recovery media Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 2 Launch the P2P Adjust OS Wizard Our WinPE 3 0 based environment offers excellent hardware support However in case it doesn t have a driver for your disk controller your hard disks will be unavailable Please consult the Adding specific drivers scenario to know how to tackle this issue 3 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 4 From the list of all found Windows systems if several select one you need to adjust to the new hardware If you re willing to adjust them all just re launch this wizard for each ay Microsoft Windows XP 5 There are two execution modes to choose from fully automatic and advance Below we will go set by step through the automatic scenario to show the whole process and then take a closer look at specifics of the advance scenario 1 Adjust the OS to the new hardware automatically ern w Perform the OS adjustment in the automatic mode The wizard wil automatically set Set p
47. evices storage controllers without drivers are being reported here you can view and inject drivers for network cards as well without divers Show al devices ies w 1020 1030 Diver mot found Chek here to find a driwer for thie device Se Intel RA PROS 1000 MT Network Connection O Driver net found Gick hare to find driver for thie device e Add a driver for each device that lacks it by clicking on the device then browsing for the required location The wizard will then match the device with drivers inside the given location and pick the right one Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved ss WinXP C i Li E Ji Aego 12 5 2008 4 01 40 AM e jb ArchDE 7 22 2008 11 56 50 PM i Documents and Settings 6 18 2008 1 12 83 PM G i Progen Fi 7 22 2008 11 43 02 PM a jd WINDOW g 9 25 2009 5 54 12 AM E Local Disk 03 g E Application E CD Ceive F PARAGON e E Bot o Se B Orve Rapo m ory sewer Mpoo Fa A device diver has been found Press OR to install thes diver R Intel R PRO7 1000 MT Network Connection Driver not found Glick hens to find a diver for this device _ _ SCS Controller LS Adapter Uitra320 SCSI 2000 series w 1020 1030 Zo symmp_xp_ x86 re Wmi se e Manually add a driver for a device that has not been found by our wizard by clicking then specifying the required INF file 1000 MT Network Connection
48. fter transferring Microsoft Vista and later versions to different hardware you will need to re activate license of the system It s normal behavior as these systems keep tracking any change of hardware Re activation is legally justified in this case as you transfer your system to another PC 2 If you ve installed several operating systems on one partition we can only add drivers to the latest version of OS Microsoft highly recommends that you install an operating system on a separate partition 3 Please note drivers are not cached during selection That s why if you select a driver to add to the system but it s already unavailable during the operation the program will end the operation with an error Data Sanitization Data security is a two sided problem It is to be made clear that providing confidentiality implies not only information to be stored properly but also be destroyed according to certain rules The first step to protecting yourself is to know exactly which security precautions work and which do not Many people believe the misconception that repartitioning a disk will result in complete destruction of its contents Actually that is not quite so Repartitioning the drive only alters references to partitions in the Partition Table leaving all file data intact In fact there are a number of programs available to successfully recover previously deleted partitions Formatting a drive also does not guarantee data destruction
49. g missing drivers for boot critical devices The Ignore all missing drivers option we strongly recommend you not to do it Otherwise we cannot guarantee your Windows will start up on the new hardware There are no drivers for the following devices SCSI Controler LSI Adapter Utra320 SCSI 2000 seres w 1020 1030 You have chosen to ignore these devices and continue with the OS adjustment Your OS will not stat up on the new hardware if there are no drivers for boot critical devices Are you sure you wart to continue Yes continue to adjust the OS without injecting drivers for these devices 10 The wizard can search for drivers on a local disk or a mapped network share In our case it s on a network share this is why we need to map it first Please specty an addtional path to the missing cavers Add a folder to the drivers source lst Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved gt r i Hap Hetwork Drive aen LE Peli e m morma ja m emma 2 holt p i p i E RiserieoschDrverResostoy A I eh ee 1 af p diiran r Sr ey ee aha Be Windows Security i lise Enter Network Password Enter your password to connect to server2 i EE Aon Gc Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved A N The wizard enables to specify several driver repositories 12 If the wizard has found all missing drivers it will ask you to confirm the operation Apply the c
50. gned the appropriate drive letter close the dialog then click the Apply button 11 Confirm the operation Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved j Apply the changes 12 After the operation is completed click the Report button to see a well informative summary page The program also enables to store the resulted report To do that just press the Save button and choose the exact location in the opened dialog at i Reporting Paragon Boot Connectors Report Operations permornped Operation 1 Change drive leners Partition tangeted Hard disk 0 Partition 0 Info System Root folder is Status Successful Date and Time 2009 Jan 14 Wed 16 14 16 Ta go 10 the beginning click here 13 Click the Finish button to close Boot Corrector 14 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 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 L
51. hanges to complete The wizard has not sopled your changes yet On this page you can ether accept or reconsider the changes Please note f you accent the changes the wizard will physically peor al operations You wont be able to interrupt this process or undo the changes k may take some time to apply the changes You may also be asked to restart your comouter during this process After the operation is completed the system will be bootable on the new hardware After the startup Windows will initiate reconfiguration of all Plug n Play devices It s a standard procedure so please don t worry and prepare the latest drivers at this step to get the most out of the system Advance scenario specifics 1 To launch the advance mode select Set parameters for the OS adjustment i Adjust the OS to the new hardware automatically U e Perforn the OS adjustment in the automatic mode The wizard will automatically set parameters and inject drivers Patom the OS adjustment in the advance mode You wil be able to manualy sat parameters and inject divers D Set parameters for the OS adjustment 2 When setting additional driver repositories you can specify how to process drivers for found hardware Please specty an additional path to the missing divers te X byect al necessary divers from the provided driver repository T Keep the istes diver versior e Inject all necessary drivers Mark the checkbox to force in
52. he point when run smoothly To restore your system partition from a backup image located on a local disk please do the following Launcher 1 Click the Postmortem 2 Onthe Restore Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 Onthe Browse for Archive page specify the required archive Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Look inc E Application E EXE Name Size Date la PARAGON D 3 F Application E E Backup Images 5 20 2008 4 47 06 Pe E arc 2605001 34627531 5 20 2008 4 43 25 Po ee CE 5 28 2008 4 49 20 PM arc_ 2005081 34627531 pim WS KE 5 28 2008 4 49 29 Po kA Swatch to Arche List View Archive File Delai Name Local Disk Comment Backup of My System Partition Volume labet WinktP File custem NTFS Taal are 2908 Used space 1 8 GB Free space 1 1 GE File Fup Images aec_2o0501 34627531 anc_2e0S031 3462 7531 PBF 4 Onthe 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 Please select a place you would tke to restore the archive to Note that F you select an existing hard desk or partibon its content val be deleted and replaced with the one from the archive Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive Applicat Backup C Unallocated 93 7 GB NTF
53. ick the Next button to initiate the restore process View changes on 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 10 After completing the operation close the wizard and then reboot the computer This operation can also be accomplished with the WinPE recovery environment IN To make a Windows bootable on different hardware please additionally complete the P2P Adjust OS Wizard Restoring a system partition from a network drive 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 hard disk on a remote backup server That s just enough to easily get your system back on track again To restore your system partition from a backup image located on a network drive please do the following 1 Start up the computer from our WinPE recovery media Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 2 Once you accept the agreement you will see the Universal Application Launcher Select Postmortem Restore 3 Onthe Restore Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 4 On the Browse for Archive page you need to specify the required backup image So you should take the following steps to do that e Select Network as a backup destination Apolication 0 ET or g ADA m n Dia A PA
54. inux 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 gt Normal Node Hain recovery d Safe Hode environment d Lou Graphics Safe Mode Floppy disk amp Hard disk A HER amp Find OSes on your hard disks A N By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period 2 Inthe PTS DOS launch menu select the Simple Restore Wizard You can find the same wizard in Linux as well Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved You can copy an entire hand disk or its Posimonem Backup Wizard partitions to new locations You can also save them as image files for later restoration Please select the drive its partition if necessary and then activate the Hard Disk or Panition pull down menu and select the Wipe Wirard operation needed Simple Restore Wizard File Transfer Wizard Boot Corrector Undelete Panition Registry Editor Password Cleaner Reboot the computer 3 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 4 Onthe 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 Wh
55. ions on your computer The results of the search you can see below Status 5 refers fo A System partition you can edit the Boot ini file B a boot partion you can correct the System Registry N Partition Staus System root Tve 1 Disk 0 Partition 0 S B WINDOWS For the highlighted Windows installation please point out the operation to perform O Correct drive leners in the System Registry Edit the Boot ini file Correct the partition boot record Adjust OS to booton new hardware To continue click Next 6 Examine the file maybe that s where the problem is If it contains a mistake correct it by using the appropriate buttons Edit the Boot ini file on Hard Disk 0 Partition 0 boot koader Tmeout 10 defaul multi OMdisk Oindisk Oipartition WINDOWS foperating systems mundi sk iedisk O p anition WINDOWS Paragon VMWare Windows XP Partition 01 fasidetect A 7 If the Boot ini file does not contain any mistake please return to the Correct Windows Installations page to correct drive letters in the Windows System Registry Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Correct Windows installations Program has searched for valid Windows installations on your computer The results of the search you can see below Status 5 refers i a System panition you can edit the Boot ini file B a boo panition you can correct the System Registry
56. ition to USB or FireWare external drives and io a mounted network share You will be prompted to choose a locaton you want save the archive to Burn data to CD DVD Choose this option if you want the Wizard to burn the data to CO or DVD You will be prompted to choose a CD or DVD RW drive On the Choose a Recorder page select a recorder from the list of available devices and then set a volume label by entering it in the appropriate field Select a recorder to burn data to Optiarc DVD RW AD 7 170A Volume labet On the Transfer Summary page check all parameters of the operation Click the Next button to accomplish the operation 10 In the Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 11 After the operation is completed close the wizard by pressing the appropriate button 12 Turn off the computer A N This operation can also be accomplished with the WinPE recovery environment 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 1 Start up the computer from our Linux DOS recovery media 2 Inthe boot menu select Normal Mode to use the Linux recovery environment more preferable or Safe Mode to use the PT
57. jection of all drivers for your devices from the given driver repository s even if there are already installed drivers for some hardware Please use this option if you suspect any of the installed drivers of not matching your hardware e Keep the latest driver version Mark the checkbox to keep the latest version of drivers during the forced re injection You can use this option only when the above option is active Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 3 Just before the OS adjustment you can additionally e View all found hardware devices and their driver status by clicking The wizard names all devices according to their model description not some alphanumeric code which is very convenient So you can compare the listed devices with the given hardware to make sure the wizard has analyzed your system correctly lable hardware 2000 series w 1020 1030 Driver not found Cisk here to find a driver for this device nA Intel R PRO 1000 MT Network Connection Dever mot found Chek here to find a diver for the device AMD SATA Controller No installed hardware found windows system a2 diverstons flerepostor amdsatainf_ x86 neutral _faSadiSd 1b oc K IDE Controller Intel R 8237 1AB EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Dever a already installed A ATA Channel 1 IDE Channel e Filter devices without drivers by clicking Unlike the automatic mode where only boot critical d
58. kup operation would take about 3 5 less time e Whether image file names will be set automatically in complex archives e Compression level for the backup image including the No compression variant e Whether the archive will be split if yes you can set the maximum size for the archive files Splitting images enables to tackle issues caused by a file size limitation of some file AN systems e Whether the archive will be protected by password e Whether the selected disk or the selected partition will be copied in the sector to sector mode including unused sectors as well e Whether the OS auxiliary files pagefile sys hyberfil sys will be included in the backup image e 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 The data to be automatically excluded from the resulted backup 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 its features defined
59. lity 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 burning Network Configuration Wizard to establish a network connection under Linux or WinPE 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 Boot Corrector to fix most of the system boot problems that can be a result of a human factor program error or a boot virus activity 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 Paragon UFSD technology to browse partitions of any file system including hidden and unmounted modify and copy files and folders etc 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 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 7 Server 2008 Mac OS X and Linux Supported File Systems Full read write access to FAT16 FAT32 exF
60. local Disk F Primary NTFS 237347 GB 1547G F Basic Hard Disk 1 ST3160815A5 Basic Hard Disk Drive 143 GB 3 D Frs Had Disk Track First Track 0 Bytes C E Master Boot Record MBA 0 Bytes EESIN Primaty NTFS 1356B8 13G O ippica D Primary NTFS 634GB 6G C E Other Stul E Primany NTFS 66GB 167G The size of objects to back upc 19 5 GB Eshmated archie ze 10 4 GE You ve got the option to modify the default backup settings by marking the appropriate checkbox on this page 4 Onthe Backup Destination page select the Save data to local network drives option 5 Mapa network disk to place your backup image to Call the Map Network Drive dialog by clicking the appropriate button Select a folder where the archive should be placed and specify the archive name The archive name val be used as a sub folder where backup data files vall be stored Archive locaton C arc_ 260508 140822779 Se 4 1 Map Network Drive Remote locaton mappang Anetwork shane Map to dive letter EM Make permanent connection zi Connect az utter Click the standard browse button to browse for the required network share or manually enter a path to it Define a letter from the pull down list of available drive letters Mark the checkbox to make this connection permanent Otherwise it will only be available for the current Windows session Click the Connect as user button at the foot of the dialog page to specify a u
61. mputer My computer fmm Mounted resources WI mnydisk Local disks W imedia Removable disks 2 IDE CD DVD NEC VMWa VMware IDE COR DA NTFS lon p 0 Application lt e E BackupCapsule 2 on Disk 0 UFSD di 7 Select files you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the left arrow button Clipboard Source C mntidisk ndal Documents and Settin C mnydiskhdal Documems and Serin gt O Application Data O Cookies O Desktop gt E Mail Database G Favorites O Local Settings v gt Total data size nja Delete F Click the Calc button to estimate the resulted data size 8 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 to save the data Save data to any local drives or a network share Choose this option if you want to save your data to bacal mounted or physi al panition t USB or FireWare external drives and to a mounted network share You will be prompted to choose a bec ation you wani to save the archive to 2 Burn data to CDYDVD Choose this option if you want the Wizard to burn the data to CD or DVD You will be prompted to choose a CD or DVD RW drive 9 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 6Gb Tot
62. nables to make any Windows since XP bootable on dissimilar hardware by allowing automatic injection of all required drivers and the other actions crucial for this type of migration Technology Concept Let s take a closer look at how Paragon Adaptive Restore works Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Pi ny a aa a Ps le Brivers for PS K Devices P ae Fram the Windows Repository Adjustin HAL j Source environment Modifying OS intemal setings Modifying additional settings Injecting drivers for bool critical devices and NICs Sigal ngk emel gt p we So in Pa Sceting CPN parameters wn From additional driver repositories Destination Environment As you see successful migration of a Windows system to a different hardware platform involves several actions 1 Change of the Windows kernel settings according to the new configuration The program detects the given hardware profile and automatically installs the appropriate Windows HAL and kernel Installation of drivers for boot critical devices The program detects those without drivers and automatically tries to install lacking drivers from the built in Windows repository If there s no driver in the repository it prompts the user to set a path to an additional driver repository strongly recommending not to proceed until all drivers for the found boot critical devices are installed
63. name containing the date and the time of the archive creation which can anyway be modified Select a folder where archive should be placed and specify archive name Archive name wil be used as a subfolder where backup data files will be stored Archive location Darc 050410213215342 D ek y HE My Computes E Windows XP s NEW VOLUME 0 Bogt X CR Network Archive detais Archive name re 050410212215343 Estmated archive sre 6 8 GB Space available on backup destination 101 3 GB The program automatically calculates size of the future archive and informs the user about AN space available on the selected destination e Archive Comment You can add some additional description to the archive that will later help to distinguish it from the others Fiesse enter a shorn comment to descrbe the anchive d Ra he connate 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 e Whether the archive integrity will be controlled Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved program are 100 percent flawless Nevertheless if you decided not to control the archive Checking archive integrity enables to guarantee that all backup images created with the integrity the bac
64. of operations Backup Scenarios 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 Launcher 1 Click the Postmortem Backup button 2 Onthe 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 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Hame Type Fie system Size Used Gi My Computer hiy Computer o Basic Hard Dik O Masto 7r 250P Basic Hard Disk Drive 233 7 GB O A Fra Had Disk Track First Track 0 Bytes al Master Boot Record HBR 0 Bytes O GP Local Disk F Primary NTFS 27GB 1547G Basic Hard Disk 1 T316081545 Basie Hard Dick Drive 145 GB 3 Q A Fira Had Disk Track Fra Track 0 Bytes O E Maner Boot Record HBR 0 Byles ix System iC Piria NTFS 18 5 GB 13G O E ippica 0 Primat NTFS 6324GB 66 O Ge Other Stuf E Primeny NTFS BGR 167G in tA The size of objects to back up 19 5 GB i E simated archie size 10 4 GE You ve got the option to modify the default backup settings by marking the appropriate checkbox on this page 4 On the Backup Destination page select the Burn the data to CD or DVD option 5 Select a recordable device on the list of available CD DVD devices and edit the archive name if necessary
65. on or not specifying the percentage of sectors to check and estimate the time required to accomplish the operation 4 Review all parameters of the operation and modify them if necessary Your hard disk before the changes Basic Hard Disk 0 Maxtor 7 250P0 a Local Orsk F EE 223 7 G8 NTFS You hard disk alter the changes Basic Hard Disk Maxtor 7r 250P 0 5 Complete the wizard and then apply the pending changes Extra Scenarios for WinPE Adding specific drivers Our WinPE 3 0 based recovery environment offers excellent hardware support Anyway you ve got the option to add drivers for specific hardware with a handy dialog To add drivers for specific hardware please do the following 1 Once you accept the agreement you will see the Universal Application Launcher Click Load Drivers 2 Inthe opened dialog browse for an INF file of the required driver package located on a floppy disk local disk CD DVD or a network share Then click the Open button to initiate the operation Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Mare Size Daia E ga sarven Z H E SA_MT 9 25 2007 6 43 53 AM fea i 4 16 2005 3 15 50 AM a fea 22800 7 2 2009 7 08 07 AM LA fie 4Natasha 12 17 2008 2 41 05 AM Network Places H E Mools_PM2009 7 10 2008 2 51 04 AM SS Adun05 7 7 2009 11 45 04 PM t EE Compatibiity 6 15 2003 7 46 37 AM E Devecan 6 18 2009 11 2
66. re sale information sales paragon software com System Requirements Linux DOS based recovery environment To use the Linux DOS recovery environment on your computer it doesn t matter what operating system is installed please make sure that it meets the following minimum system requirements e IBM AT compatible computer with i486 or higher CPU e 256 MB of RAM e SVGA compatible monitor e Mouse recommended Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved WinPE based recovery environment To use the WinPE based recovery environment on your computer it doesn t matter what operating system is installed please make sure that it meets the following minimum system requirements e Intel Pentium III CPU or its equivalent with 1000 MHz processor clock speed e Atleast 512 MB of RAM e SVGA compatible monitor e Mouse recommended Additional requirements There may be additional requirements if you want to use advanced features e Network card to send retrieve data to from a network computer e Recordable CD DVD drive to burn data to compact discs e External USB hard drive to store backup data Booting from the Linux DOS Recovery Media The Linux DOS recovery environment can be used to boot your computer into Linux or PTS DOS to get access to your hard disk for maintenance or recovery purposes It also has the PTS DOS safe mode which may help in a number of non Standard situations such as interfering hardwa
67. re 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 To start working with the Linux DOS recovery environment please take the following steps 1 Start up the computer from our Linux DOS recovery media 2 Launch a boot mode you need Normal Safe Low Graphics Safe in the Boot menu By default the Normal Mode will be automatically initiated after a 10 second idle period 3 Click on the required operation to start Hints on the selected at the moment item will help you make the right choice 4 Consult the help system by pressing ALT F1 to know more on the subject Boot menu The Boot menu contains the following commands F Normal Hode Main recovery Safe Hode em ironnent 4 Low Graphics Safe Mode Floppy disk amp Hard disk H HER amp Find OSes on your hard disks e Normal Mode Boot into the Linux normal mode This mode uses the full set of drivers recommended e 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 Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved 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 men
68. rtbore 34032 gt OMB 119350 MB Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved e Drive letter assignment after restore The pull down list contains vacant drive letters that can be associated with the restored partition Aseign the folowing dive letter G v Restoring Hard Disk e 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 e Perform surface test Define whether the surface test will be accomplished during the operation or not Your hard disk after the changes Basic Hard Disk 2 Maxtor 7 2Z50P0 Unallocated 224 30 p emean on on oo one 0 ne eee tee lt i J iCopy data and resize partitions proportionally In thet mode the Wizard changes the size of partitions in the same proportion wth keeping intact their relative order This option can be useful in restring an image of haed disk to 4 larger one p TE as i f l i i 4 9 LL 2 Hard Disk Restate Options Pertorm surface test Set this option you want the Wizard to perform the surface test on the target hard disk In thes case the program finds bad and unreliable sectors it will mark them as unusable ones All contents on the disk selected for restoring purposes will be deleted during the operation Result
69. rved Your hard disk efter the changes Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive i H Applcati ii B ckup C Unallocated a7 GENT EEG 172 Gf Logical Disk Restore Options Presse specty the sre of the restored partion 2067 1849 MB 3067 MB Please specfy size of free space before the partition fo 4 0 MB 1217 MB Please specify size of free space after the partition t 2 0MB 1217 M6 Assign the following dive letter X 8 On the next page of the wizard confirm the operation by selecting the appropriate option Vilould you like to apply your changes 7 Yes apply the changes physicaly i No let me reconsider 9 Inthe Progress window you can see in real time a detailed report on all actions carried out by the program Mark the checkbox at the bottom of the window to automatically switch off the computer on the successful accomplishment of the restore operation 10 After completing the operation close the wizard and then reboot the computer This operation can also be accomplished with the Linux DOS recovery environment To make a Windows bootable on different hardware please additionally complete the P2P Adjust OS Wizard 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 t
70. s do not contain any confidential information on the operating system settings or the user documents 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 cannot create a new partition on the disk There can be a number of reasons for that e The program cannot create a new partition on a dynamic disk but only on a hard disk that uses the DOS partitioning scheme Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved e According to the rules of the DOS partitioning scheme the following combinations of partitions cannot be created Two Extended Partitions on one hard disk Five or more Primary partitions on one hard disk If there is an Extended Partition on the disk only three Primary partitions are allowed e The program allows creating new partitions only within blocks of un partitioned space It cannot convert a free space on
71. se Agreement aah a Recline 3 Once you accept the agreement you will see the Universal Application Launcher In general it enables to run components of the product load drivers for undefined hardware or establish a network connection fJ Paragon Rescue Kit 11 Professional Edition Paragon Rescue Kit 11 t Postmortem Backup and Postmortem Backup and Recovery Recovery Pi Wipe Hard Disk or Partition What would you like to do Postmortem Backup Oo ES Backup your system to rescue data after crash E Boot Management aadik aoa iai Postmortem Restore lt Taci Restore your system data from a postmortem backup image Undelete Partition Recover deleted partitions on a hard disk U Support Contacts Transfer Files Copy data from any file system and bum to CD DVD Help BA Restan E Shutdown 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 to know more on the subject Our WinPE 3 0 based recovery environment offers excellent hardware support However in A N case it doesn t have a driver for your disk controller your hard disks will be unavailable Please consult the Adding specific drivers scenario to know how to tackle this issue Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Basic Concepts This chapter explains terms and ideas that show how the program works To
72. ser name and password to access the selected network share if necessary 6 Edit the archive name if necessary Auchnve detaile Archive nama arc_ 2605081 35600046 Estimated archive sare 6 8 GB Space avadable on backup deshnabon 11 1 GB Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Please take into account values of the parameters Estimated archive size and Space A N available on backup destination if the archive size exceeds the available space another network drive needs to be selected 7 Add comments to your backup describing its contents Please ente a shot comment to describe the archive fa Ho comment 8 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 Recovery Scenarios Fixing MBR after a boot virus attack Let s assume that the MBR Master Boot Record of your hard disk has been corrupted as a result of a boot virus attack thus your system fails to boot To fix the MBR of your hard disk please do the following 1 Start up the computer from our Linux DOS recovery media 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 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
73. set a two figure hexadecimal character value 00 by default The available range is from 00 to FF You can also choose whether to carry out residual data verification or not specifying the percentage of sectors to check Wipe parameter Mask O00 A Passcount 1 a C Mask 100 Pass count Mask 00 Pass count Mask 00 Pass count Pass count for the group of patterns 1 a C Verity wipe results Perc e Revise your changes This page informs on all the actions to be made in the wizard in a bright graphical form You hard disk before the changes Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware VMware Virtual 5 SCSI Disk Dev D aj Local Lisk L wey data Z i ES 217 GE NTFS a A m ee few ele l Your hard a be ahar the changes Basic Hard Disk 0 WMware Vdware Virtual S SCSI Disk Dev g Unallocated Se ow WG Wizard Result After the operation is completed you can see a well informative summary page providing structurally divided in depth information on all the actions made in the wizard The program also enables to store the resulted report To do that just press the Save button and choose the exact location in the opened dialog To make sure that all on disk data is irreversibly destroyed call the Disk Viewer dialog by clicking the appropriate tab and see it for yourself Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Repot Disk Viewer Sector 1 of 851445 0x0000 22 05 9A 4F
74. st Linux kernel to enjoy support of a wider range of hardware configurations including the brand new Intel ICH9 chipset WinPE 3 0 based bootable recovery environment to enjoy support of a wider range of hardware configurations with the option to add drivers for specific hardware on the fly Support for exFAT Extended File Allocation Table file system backup restore developed by Microsoft Corporation particularly for flash storages It supports drives up to 16 exbibytes files much larger than 4GB larger cluster sizes etc Better support for 64 bit platforms to reboot your computer to one of the three special modes Windows native Linux or DOS to automatically complete operations which cannot be accomplished under 64 bit Windows Better support for GUID Partition Table GPT to back up and restore not only single GPT volumes but entire disks including the option of resize during the restore operation Better support for the Apple Boot Camp Configuration with the option not only to back up and restore this kind of configurations but to copy single volumes or entire disks with resize Better support for Linux ExtFS starting from Ext2FS up to the brand new Ext4FS AFD Advanced Format Drive ready Support of 2TB and non 512B sector size drives Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved e USB 3 0 ready Product Components In order to cope with different tasks the product contains several components
75. sutensenCauteessataussacenennemenmensousivaeessubeeacansunaies 11 D ta Sanitization aE E A E E E E at 13 Data Backup and R ESCUCar rira E T N O E N EE N 13 Undeleting Partons ssconisn anina T N A E EE 17 Wipe aSK aromon ince esaunesacase ueaescus oasiscieeiaseeeasiesatant tie eedecuseis 19 Transter FICS he si esctottsticet E a a a E sasessucebosstaledeeuetocs 21 Typical SCENALIOS secor E EEEE 22 BACK US CON all OS iioa a E A E E 22 Recovery SCON AMOS erona EEr r aa 25 Making System Bootable on Different Hardware P2P Adjust OS sscsccscssssscessscesceccsscccescscescescesecceccecs 45 Cleaning User Passwords for WiNdOWS ssssesessecessecessecessececescecosoesesoecesoecesoecesoecesoscecsececeececescecseoesessecesseo 52 Hard Disk Utili Z3tiOM iano E a a wacteeatwetcseecneseeness 54 Extra Scenarios Tor WINPE sessed aE E ads EE EAE A E a Eai 55 TOODICSNOOTE r arnar r seneconmseanenncenes 58 Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Introduction Paragon Rescue Kit 11 is an integrated set of powerful tools that is specially designed to tackle most of the problems you might face while using PC Its primary objective is to provide all the necessary facilities to get the system back on track when it fails to boot or at least to retrieve valuable data from the failed hard disk But that is not all the product can be used for With Rescue Kit 11 you can easily recover an accidentally deleted partition clean us
76. tems of the archive It is very convenient in case of restoring separate partitions from the entire disk archive Please select one of the objectis to restore Name Type File system Size Used SB ie Basic Hard Disk 1 Unk Basic Hard Disk Drive 35GB cn M ode PLogical Disk Primary FAT32 23GB 6MB LS Extended Partition Extended 0 Bytes Ge Logica Disk Logical NTFS 24GB 151MB LS Logical Disk Logical Linux Ext 14GB 57MB Logica Disk 7 Logical Linux Swap2 6353MB 5KB e A place to restore Selecting the destination please note all contents on the disk selected for restoring purposes will be deleted during the operation Please select a place you would like to restore the archive to Note that if pou select an exsting hard disk o partition its content will be deleted and replaced with the one from the archive Basic Hard Disk 1 FUJITSU MPF3102AT a G 68GB FAT22 T Basic Hard Disk 2 Maxtor 7r 250P0 K 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 e Size of the restored volume and free space before and after it on the disk Logcal Disk Restore Options Please specily the size of the restored partition 25334 15MB 119365 MB Please specify sze of free space before the parbhon 0 OMB 119350 MB Please specify sze of free space after the pa
77. the way Windows built in editor is so you can feel comfortable with it It is only available for the Linux DOS recovery environment Password Cleaner to clean user passwords for Windows NT 2000 XP Vista 7 2003 2008 With its help you can easily change any user password including Administrator s to a blank one thus providing the possibility to freely log in to your operating system Even if your password has been encrypted with the Syskey utility you can still clean it up It is only available for the Linux DOS recovery environment Data wiping to successfully destroy all on disk information including the standard bootstrap code and other system service structures Free space clearing to destroy any remnants of deleted files directories left on disk without affecting the used data 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 bootable recovery media based on Linux DOS or WinPE 3 0 on a CD DVD disc or flash memory 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 uti
78. ts of deleted files directories File Transfer Wizard allows coping files folders to another disk or a partition as well as recording them to CD DVD Boot Corrector helps to correct the Windows System Registry without Windows being loaded Undelete Partition enables to recover an accidentally deleted partition Registry Editor helps to view and modify settings of any Windows System Registry in the offline mode Password Cleaner allows cleaning user passwords for Windows NT 2000 XP Vista 7 2003 2008 Network Configurator enables to establish a network connection under Linux Copyright 1994 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved If you are going to use network resources first launch the Network Configuration Wizard to establish a network connection e Log Saver helps to collect and send the necessary log files to the Technical Support e Eject CD DVD e Reboot the computer e Power off the computer To move within 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 discs Low Graphics Safe Mode When the Low Graphics mode is selected the PTS DOS launch menu appears It has the same functionality and looks
79. u Floppy Disk Reboot the computer from a system floppy disk Hard Disk 0 Boot from the primary hard disk Find OS s on your hard disks The program will scan hard disks of your computer to find any bootable operating system To move within the menu please use the arrow keys of the computer keyboard While working with the recovery environment you might experience some inconvenience caused by possible video artifacts It is just a result of changing video modes and in no way will affect the program functionality If this is the case please wait a bit and everything will be OK Normal Mode When the Normal mode is selected the Linux launch menu appears Simple Restore Wizard Ls mE 2 You can copy an emire hard disk or its 25 Postmonem Backup Wizard partitions to new locations You can also save them as image files for later restoration Please select the drive its partitia if necessary and then activate the Hard Disk or Parnition pull down menu and select the File Transfer Wizard Wipe Wr ard operation needed Boot Corrector Undelete Partition Registry Editor Password Cleaner S Network Configurator Log Saver Eject CD DVD Hard Disk Manager enables to copy and back up separate partitions or entire hard disks carry out partitioning operations etc Simple Restore Wizard allows restoring hard disks and partitions Wipe Wizard enables to destroy all on disk information or only remnan
80. uired item to restore In our case it is the first partition of the disk Please select one of the objectis to restore Name Type Fle system Size Used i al n e P o c Basic Hard Disk 0 Unknown Model Basic Hard Disk Drive 40GB a as NTFS 29GB 128GB u P Local Disk Prmary NTFS 7GB 2528M Name Local Disk Volume label WinXP Fie system NTFS Total size 29GB Used space 18GB Free space 1 1GB 6 Onthe 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 Please select a place you would like to restore the archive to Note that f you select an existing hard disk or partition ts cortert wil be deleted and replaced with the one from the archive Basic Hard Disk 0 VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive il Applicati f Backup C p 9 Unallocated S7GBNTFS E 99GB 172GB otal size 2 9 GB Used 1 A All contents on the partition selected for restoring purposes will be deleted during the operation 7 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 2011 Paragon Software Group All rights rese

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