User manual FARSTONE SNAPSHOT 7 QUICK GUIDE

[. . . ] FarStone SnapshotTM 7 Quick Guide Copyright Notice 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. Trademark FarStone® is a trademark of FarStone Technology, Inc. Microsoft, Windows® and MS-DOS® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] It will not be influenced by most computer disasters, so it ensures the protection of your data and the efficiency of Snapshot. 13 Chapter 4: Start Using Snapshot To launch Snapshot, double-click the Snapshot icon on your desktop or select Start ­> All Programs ­>FarStone Snapshot ->Snapshot. 4. 1 Activation and Deactivation 4. 1. 1 Activation If you don't purchase a serial number when installing the product, you will see the following dialog box: If you select I have a serial number for this product, please enter your personal information and serial number, then click Next to continue. If you select I want to try FarStone Snapshot for 14 day(s), you can use the product within 13 days. Note Activation Times Count Exceeded, please log on to http://www. farstone. com/support/user-profile/support-ticket. php for more assistances. 14 If you input a serial number when installing the product, you will see the following dialog box: If you click Activate Now, you will activate the product successfully, then click Next, a dialog box will pop up, click Yes to enter a web site to register the product. If you click Other activation options, you will activate the product via email. A dialog box will pop up: 15 1. Click Copy to clipboard button to copy the serial number and Mac address to send to the activation address: Activation@farstone. com. Our technical support engineer will send you a Activation Code via e-mail, just input the activation code to the specified frame. Click Activate Now. 4. 1. 1 Deactivation Deactivation steps: 1. Click Help on the main console, select Deactivation, you will see the following dialog box: 2. Click Deactivation, a dialog box will pop up: 16 3. Click Yes to deactivate successfully, then click Quit, you will see the following dialog box: You can choose whether to uninstall the product from this computer. Note If you select Erase my serial number from this computer after deactivation completes, and continue using the product, the product will be a trial version. Tip If you want to run the activated program on other computers with the same serial number, please run the deactivation program from this computer. 4. 2 Main Console 4. 2. 1 Quick Start This displays a shortcut menu for Create a System Snapshot (Undo) and Return to a System Snapshot. Create a System Snapshot ­ Click here to start creating a system snapshot. Return to a System Snapshot­ Click here to restore the system from a specified system snapshot. . 17 4. 2. 2 Jobs · View existing Snapshot jobs. Snapshot ­ Set the frequency for the automatic creation of a System Snapshot, and intervals for automatic restoration. Also you can enable/disable System Snapshot by clicking the button Turn On or Turn Off. Automatic creation of System Snapshots a. Create a Snapshot every x hour(s) ­ Create a Snapshot every 1 to 24 hours. *Automatic System Snapshot Note If the system is set to create a snapshot every hour, Snapshot will take the first snapshot an hour after the creation of the most recent system snapshot. 18 b. Create a Snapshot at system startup ­ Create a new System Snapshot automatically every time the computer boots up. · Intervals for Automatic Restoration a. [. . . ] I started Snapshot in Windows immediately after installation completed, but a message says that I have to restart my computer in order to run it. A: You have to restart your computer after installing Snapshot, in order for all configuration changes to take effect. When I restored a partition from an image file, Snapshot Pro prompted me that "There is not enough space on the Destination Partition". But I'm sure the free space on the Destination Partition is larger than the used space in the Source Partition. [. . . ]