User manual FARSTONE RESTOREIT SERVER EDITION 7.0

[. . . ] RestoreIT® Server Edition Version 7 User's Guide Copyright Notice Copyright© 2005 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. [. . . ] Using this option, RestoreIT Server will automatically restore your computer to the specified Backup Point every time you reboot your system. · Restore while the system is running: Your system will restore to a specified Backup Point automatically for a pre-set number of hours (between 1 to 720 hours) File Backup Settings The File level backup function protects specified files by creating a backup each time the specified files are modified, deleted or overwritten and allowing you to restore the old version at any time. The file backup settings provide you with a convenient way to configure your file level backup settings. You can configure which files/folders or what types of file need to be protected, and configure other settings such as number of backup copies and the space limitation etc. Files and Folders This page allows you to specify the general file types (extensions), folders or specific file that RestoreIT Server needs to automatically back up. All files and folder protected by RestoreIT Server are listed in the box on this page. By default, all files on the hard drive with ". doc", ". txt", ". xls", ". ppt", ". pdf", and ". rtf" extensions, and all type of files in My Documents are included. Adding Files to be protected Click Add Files: to start adding any specific file(s). Click Add and select the file(s) you wish to add from your hard drive to the protected file list. Click Delete to exclude any file from the list and RestoreIT Server will stop protecting this file or file type (extension). Adding Folders to be protected Click Add Directory to start adding a folder to the protected list. Click Add and select the folder from your hard drive. You can choose to back up all files or only the specified file types (files with certain extensions). If the types you want to backup are not on the list, you can manually add a file type by clicking Add and type the file extension to be included. Check the Include sub-folders box if you want to back up the files in sub-folders. Excluding Files or Folders from the Backup List Select a file or folder and click the Delete button to exclude it from the Backup File List. Other Here you can set other file level backup settings. · Copies: You can choose to back up a specified number of copies (between 1 to 50 copies), or unlimited numbers of copies until the file backup space is used up. (RestoreIT Server will prompt you to delete unneeded backup versions if the file backup space is used up. ) · Space limitation: You can specify a size limit (between 1MB to 200MB). RestoreIT Server will not back up a file if its size exceeds the limit. You can also set RestoreIT Server to prompt you if the backup space is less than your pre-set percentage, You can specify a percentage between 5 and 30 percent. Other: Select this option to display the back up progress when performing a File-level back up. · 3-9 Updating Your Product When using RestoreIT Server to protect your computer, you should visit FarStone's website (www. farstone. com) periodically to check if there are any new updates available and update your copy of RestoreIT Server. Select the User Settings page then Live Update; you will be guided to the corresponding page on FarStone website where you can check for new updates. 3-10 Getting assistance RestoreIT Server provides you with Online Help and a Flash tutorial to help you get familiarized with RestoreIT Server. View RestoreIT Server Tutorial Click on the Help button and then select Product Tour to view the Flash tutorial on using RestoreIT Server. View RestoreIT Server Online Help Click on the Help button and then select Help from the dropdown menu. 3-11 Exiting the RestoreIT Server Manager When you finish setting up RestoreIT Server, click the close button on the upper right corner of the program interface or choose Exit from the right-click menu of the task bar icon to close the RestoreIT Server Manager. RestoreIT Server will continue to run in the background. Chapter 4 RestoreIT Server Manager in Pre-OS Mode RestoreIT Server Manager in Pre-OS Mode 4-1 Launching the RestoreIT Server Pre-OS Manager To launch the RestoreIT Server Pre-OS Manager, press the space bar after system POST (Power-On-Self-Test), but before Windows begins to load. Chapter 4 Enter your password (if specified) and press Enter to access the main screen of RestoreIT Server. (If no password has been set, the password box will not be shown. ) 4-2 Quickly Restore Your System in Pre-OS Mode After RestoreIT Server has been launched, you will see the following screen. Click Quick Restore to restore your computer to the most recent Incremental Backup Point. [. . . ] Transfer: You may transfer the "Software" License to someone else, only if you assign all of your rights under this License, cease all use of the "Software", erase or destroy any copy (including the hard drive copy) made in support of your use of the "Software", and the other person agrees to the terms of this License. If the "Software" is an upgrade from other "Software", whether from us or another supplier, you may use or transfer - 84 - 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. [. . . ]