User manual FARSTONE RESTOREIT PRO 7

[. . . ] RestoreIT® Professional Edition Version 7 User's Guide Copyright Notice Copyright© 2006 FarStone Technology, Inc. No part of this publication may be copied, transmitted, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means without the expressed written permission of FarStone Technology, Inc. FarStone grants you the right to use one copy of the enclosed software program ("SOFTWARE") on a single computer. If the SOFTWARE is installed on a network, or more than one user can run the SOFTWARE at the same time, you must purchase an additional license for each additional user or computer. [. . . ] RestoreIT Pro should prompt you to restart computer to create the Recovery CD/DVD in Pre-OS Mode. Note: If the box "Don't build Complete Backup Point into the CD/DVD" is checked in this step, you will create only a bootable CD/DVD. Upon a system crash, you can use this disc to boot your computer and then select a disk image from a different location (eg. another hard drive, another computer on the network or CD/DVD disc) to restore your system. In Pre-OS Mode, select the Source hard drive in the upper pane, and then select the Source Partition(s) you want to back up in the lower pane. RestoreIT Pro will automatically eject the disc after burning succeeds. Note: if the image file is larger that a single CD/DVD the original disc will be ejected and you will need to insert another blank disc to continue. Using Recovery CD/DVD to restore your computer To restore your system from a Recovery CD/DVD, simply insert the Recovery CD/DVD disc into the CD/DVD-ROM and reboot your computer. Note: Make sure you have set Boot from CD-ROM option in the motherboard BIOS settings. If you have modified the disk structure after you have created the disc or your hard drive has physically crashed, it cannot perform an auto-recovery and will boot into RestoreIT Pro Pre-OS Mode. You can then select a disk image to perform a restoration to an earlier state. 3-7. 2 Creating and Using a Rescue Disc A rescue disc is a bootable disc that can be used to boot and restore your system in cases where RestoreIT Pro cannot start properly. The RestoreIT Pro Rescue Disc (VBTOOLS. EXE) runs in Pre-OS Mode and is able to boot a computer when the system crashes. We strongly recommend that you make a Rescue Disc during the RestoreIT Pro installation process. Functions of RestoreIT Pro Rescue Disc · Creates a backup of the hard drive MBR (Master Boot Record), DPT (Disk Partition Table), EPT (extended partition table) prior to the RestoreIT Pro installation. · Recover a MBR · To cancel creating (or restoring) an Incremental/Complete Backup Point. · Collect necessary information for technical support Creating a RestoreIT Pro Rescue Disc Note: RestoreIT Pro only creates a disc image and you need to use Nero (or other burning software) to burn the image to a CD/DVD disc. create a Rescue Disc Select Advanced Functions from the RestoreIT Pro main interface, and then click Rescue Disc. Click Create and a disc image file with the extension of ". ima" will be created in the selected path. Launch a 3rd party burning utility such as Nero to create a bootable rescue disc for the image. How to Use Your RestoreIT Pro Rescue Disc Insert the RestoreIT Pro Rescue Disc into the CD/DVD drive and reboot your PC, the RestoreIT Pro Disk Tools will automatically run. There are four selections you can choose, which may be selected by using the Arrow/Down or Tab keys. [. . . ] If the "Software" is an upgrade from other "Software", whether from us or another supplier, you may use or transfer the "Software" only in conjunction with the upgraded "Software", unless you destroy it. If the "Software" is an upgrade from FarStone, you may only use that upgraded "Software" in accordance with this License. Where a database is included with the "Software", you acknowledge that it is licensed only in connection with the use of the "Software" to perform disk creation, and that the database and all data derived there from must be maintained in confidence in accordance with the provisions of Section E of this document. This License does not grant you any rights to distribute or disclose such a database or data contained therein. [. . . ]