Clickfree C6 Easy Imaging manual

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    C T otal Com pute r C 6 Eas y Imagin g T otal Com pute r Backu p User Guid e[...]

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    Copyright © 201 1 Storage Appliance Corp oration. 2 Clickfree and the Clickfr ee logo are trademarks or r egistered trademarks of Storage Appliance Corporation. Other product names used in this guide are recognized as trademark s or registered trademarks of their owners. The information contained in this guide is provid ed by Storage Appliance Cor[...]

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    Clickfree C6 Easy Imaging Introducing t he Clickfree C6 Copyright © 201 1 Storage Appliance Corp oration. 3 Contents I NTRODUCING TH E C LICKFREE C6 .... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... ..... ..... .... 5 How it work s .......................................................................................................[...]

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    Clickfree C6 Easy Imaging Introducing t he Clickfree C6 Copyright © 201 1 Storage Appliance Corp oration. 4 Do m y files need pass word protec tion? ....................................................................................... ....... 22 How do I enab le pass word protection? ............................................................. [...]

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    Clickfree C6 Easy Imaging Introducing t he Clickfree C6 Copyright © 201 1 Storage Appliance Corp oration. 5 Introducing the Clickfree C6 H OW IT WORKS The Clickfree C6 backup dr ive is the easiest way to protect the data on you r computers, with no effort at all, by automatically searching for a nd backing up onto its built-in hard disk all the co[...]

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    Clickfree C6 Easy Imaging Introducing t he Clickfree C6 Copyright © 201 1 Storage Appliance Corp oration. 6 D EFINITIONS Backup and Restore A backup is a copy of data on your compu ter. Backups can be used to resto re data after loss of or damage to your compu ter’s hard disk, to restore files that ha ve been accidentally deleted or corrupted, o[...]

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    Clickfree C6 Easy Imaging Introducing t he Clickfree C6 Copyright © 201 1 Storage Appliance Corp oration. 7 F EA TURES • • • • Customizable backup options to exc lude folders; r emembers your customized settings for each computer you use it with. • • • • Multi-computer backup -- can hold the backups f or as many comp uters as you l[...]

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    Clickfree C6 Easy Imaging Backing Up Copyright © 201 1 Storage Appliance Corp oration. 8 Backing Up Eve n t hou g h C lic kfre e ba cks u p yo ur op era t in g sys tem and so ftwa re ap plic at io ns, it is sa fe t o c o nt inue wor ki ng wh il e t he b acku p is ru nnin g. Ho wev er , ke ep in m in d that th e “s nap shot ” i s cr eat ed whe [...]

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    Clickfree C6 Easy Imaging Backing Up Copyright © 201 1 Storage Appliance Corp oration. 9 5. During the backup, Clickfree displays a pr ogress window. When you see the Backup Summ ary window after the backup is complete, simply c lick Close . You’re done! 6. Disconnect the C6 and keep it i n a safe place. Repeat these steps for each computer you [...]

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    Clickfree C6 Easy Imaging Restoring Conte nt Copyright © 201 1 Storage Appliance Corp oration. 10 Restoring Content You can restore your content to any computer t h at meets the system re quirements (see “What do I need before I start?” on page 7), not just to the computer the content was backed up from. To restore files from more than one com[...]

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    Clickfree C6 Easy Imaging Restoring Conte nt Copyright © 201 1 Storage Appliance Corp oration. 11 5. Click Start Restore . Du ring a R est ore , yo ur con te nt wil l be cop ied fr om th e C 6 t o t he comp ute r a nd w ill not be de le ted fro m y our Cli ckfr ee bac kup: it is sti ll sa fe on t he C6. R EST O RE -- C HANGE HOW C LICKFREE RE ST O[...]

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    Clickfree C6 Easy Imaging Restoring Conte nt Copyright © 201 1 Storage Appliance Corp oration. 12 Details link at the bottom left. Click the link to see a list of the files that wer e n ot restored. Yo ur co nt ent wil l no t be del e ted f ro m you r C li ckfr ee bac ku p: it is sti ll s afe on the C6 . H OW DO I FIND FILES T HA T WERE RESTORED ?[...]

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    Clickfree C6 Easy Imaging Viewing Backed Up Files Copyright © 201 1 Storage Appliance Corp oration. 13 V iew ing Backed Up Files B ROWSING OR SEARCHING FOR FILES 1. Connect the C6 to your compu t er and wait for the Welcome wi ndow to appear. 2. Before the countdown gets to zero, click Viewer . The EASY Viewer window is displayed. 3. Do one of the[...]

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    Clickfree C6 Easy Imaging Using EASY Fix to Recover f rom a Hardwar e Failure Copyright © 201 1 Storage Appliance Corp oration. 14 Using EASY Fix to Recover from a Hard w are Failure EASY Fix is a suite of tools that allow you to per form: • • • • Emergency Backup/Recovery - Recover personal files eve n after Windows has crashed and will n[...]

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    Clickfree C6 Easy Imaging Using EASY Fix to Recover f rom a Hardwar e Failure Copyright © 201 1 Storage Appliance Corp oration. 15 The Repair button appear s at the bottom of the window only if a full backup for this computer exists on your C6. D OING A N EMERGENCY BACKUP / RECOVER Y Unless you have very recently done a normal backup onto the C6, [...]

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    Clickfree C6 Easy Imaging Using EASY Fix to Recover f rom a Hardwar e Failure Copyright © 201 1 Storage Appliance Corp oration. 16 • • • • If a previous full computer backup is av ailable, you can click Start Repair (or click Advanced for more options). • • • • If no full computer backup s are available on the C6, click Close Click[...]

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    Clickfree C6 Easy Imaging Copyright © 201 1 Storage Appliance Corp oration. 3. Do not unplug the C6 during the Repair pr ocess. When you see the Repair Complete screen, click Close Clickf ree and load Windows. R E -I MAGING Y OUR COMPUTE R 1. Reboot your computer from the C6 as descri b ed on page If you ’re not su re how r ec entl y y ou r co m[...]

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    Clickfree C6 Easy Imaging Copyright © 201 1 Storage Appliance Corp oration. 2. Do not unplug the C6 during the Complete screen, click normal and load Windows. If you did a n E mer ge ncy Ba cku p, it ma y co nta in newer co nte nt th re sto red du ring th e R e Em er g en cy B ack up us ing th e nor mal Using EASY Fix to Recover from a Hardwa re F[...]

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    Clickfree C6 Easy Imaging Advanced Topics Copyright © 201 1 Storage Appliance Corp oration. 19 Advanced T opics H OW TO SCHED ULE A UT O MA TIC BACKUPS The Clickfree scheduler runs a backup automatically as long as the C6 is co n nected to the computer. The default scheduler inter val is once a day. If you want to change it: 1. Connect the C6 to y[...]

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    Clickfree C6 Easy Imaging Advanced Topics Copyright © 201 1 Storage Appliance Corp oration. 20 exclude. Any c ha nges you ma ke to h ow Cli ckfr ee doe s bac kup s are use d fo r s ubs e qu ent ba ckup s o n th is com pu ter u nles s y ou m odi fy t he m o r re ver t to fact ory set tin gs. 1. Connect the C6 to you r computer and w ait for the Wel[...]

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    Clickfree C6 Easy Imaging Advanced Topics Copyright © 201 1 Storage Appliance Corp oration. 21 • • • • To see details of a folder, click the + to t h e left of the check box. This expands the folder to show the folders below it, a n d changes the + to a -. Click the – when you want to collapse the folder again. Choose the individual fold[...]

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    Clickfree C6 Easy Imaging Advanced Topics Copyright © 201 1 Storage Appliance Corp oration. 22 U SING P A SSWORD PROTECTION D O MY FILES NEED P ASSWORD PROTECTION ? If your C6 is lost or stolen, anyone wit h a computer that meets the hard ware and software prerequisites can restore files from your C6 simpl y b y connecting the C6 t o th eir comput[...]

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    Clickfree C6 Easy Imaging Advanced Topics Copyright © 201 1 Storage Appliance Corp oration. 23 To reset the C6: 1. When prompted to type you r password, click Forgot My Pass word . 2. To erase the backed-up content and re-e nable password protection: • • • • Leave Erase backed u p data and re-enabl e secu rity selected. • • • • Typ[...]

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    Clickfree C6 Easy Imaging Advanced Topics Copyright © 201 1 Storage Appliance Corp oration. 24 6. Select the iPod/iPhone/iPad to import musi c from, and click Next . 7. Select the music to be copied by selecti ng a combination of the Playlists on the left, and individual Titles on the right, or, to import all o f the music on the iPod/iPhone/i Pad[...]