Clickfree Transformer SE User Manual

Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide

for Microsoft Windows users

Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Table of Contents

Contents

USING THE CLICKFREE TRANSFORMER SE 8

Package contents 8 Definitions 8

INTRODUCING CLICKFREE TRANSFORMER SE

Main Features 10

BASICS (HD)

HOW DOES CLICKFREE WORK? 12

WHAT GETS BACKED UP?

Clickfree backs up content 12 Does Clickfree back up all of my conten What content categories does Clickfree back up? 13

WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I START?

t every time? 13

(HD) 10

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BACKING UP MY CONTENT (HD) 14

HOW DO I START USING MY CLICKFREE TRAN

ZERO EFFORT BACKUP – REALLY 15

WHAT IF CLICKFREE DOESN’T START UP AUTO

What if the Vista Autoplay Window appears? 17

HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE DOES BA

Choosing categories of content to be backed up – required 19 Choosing locations to search for conten Choosing complete folders to be backed up – optional 22

WHAT IF THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SPACE ON MY

SFORMER SE? 14

MATICALLY? 16

CKUPS? 18

t – required 20

EXTERNAL HARD DISK? 25

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RESTORING MY CONTENT (HD) 26

WHAT IF MY COMPUTER’S INTERNAL HARD DRIVE STOPS WORKING, OR I WOULD LIKE TO TRANSFER

MY CONTENT TO A NEW COMPUTER

WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I CAN USE CLICKFREE TO RESTORE MY CONTENT? 26

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W DO I GET MY CONTENT BACK? 26

What gets restored, and to where? 27

HOW DO I LET CLICKFREE RESTORE DECIDE WHAT TO RESTORE AND WHERE? 27

HO ES CONTENT? 32

W DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE RESTOR

Restoring content 33

? 26

Choosing the computer to restore from Choosing categories of content to be restored 34 Choosing where to restore content to 34

HO PUTERS? AND HOW CAN I UNDO A RESTORE?

W DO I RESTORE FROM MULTIPLE COM 37

Restore completed with exceptions How do I undo a restore? 39 How do I find files that were restored 40

BRO G MY FILES (HD) 41

WSING, SEARCHING & VIEWIN

Starting from the Welcome screen From the Backup Summary screen 41

HOW DO I VIEW AND USE PHOTOS? 42

HOW DO I BROWSE MY BACKED-UP FILES? 45

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HOW DO I SEARCH FOR MY BACKED-UP FILES? 45

WHA N I DO WITH FILES FROM BROWSE, SEARCH AND VIEW PHOTOS 47

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ADVANCED TOPICS (HD) 49

WHAT IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE USER ON MY COMPUTER? 49

WHAT IF I HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER? 49

How is backup different when I have mo

HAT IF I USE MORE THAN ONE EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE? 51

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re than one computer? 49

How do I make multiple backups?

HAT ARE ‘FACTORY SETTINGS’ AND HOW DO I USE THEM? 52

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WHA T A RE THE CLICKFREE TOOLS, AND HOW

DO I USE THEM? 53

Master Reset 54 Updating Clickfree software Interface language 56

REMINDER AND THE CLICKFREE ICON

Reminders 57

HOW DO I ADD/REMOVE/EDIT FILETYPES?

OW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILE TYPES FOR BACKUP? 62

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CAN I EXCLUDE A FILE FROM BACKUP?

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OW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILES FOR RESTORE? 64

HOW DO I CHOOSE ANOTHER DRIVE AND/OR F

OLDER TO RESTORE TO? 67

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DELAYED WRITE FAILED, OR UNSAFE REMOVAL OF DEVICE 69

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INTRODUCING CLICKFREE TRANSFORMER SE (IPOD) 70

Main Features 70

BASICS (IPOD)

HOW DOES CLICKFREE WORK? 72

WHAT GETS BACKED UP?

Clickfree backs up content 72 Does Clickfree back up all of my conten What content categories does Clickfree back up? 73

WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I START?

t every time? 73

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BACKING UP MY CONTENT (IPOD) 74

HOW DO I START USING MY CLICKFREE TRAN

ZERO EFFORT BACKUP – REALLY 75

SFORMER SE? 74

WHAT IF CLICKFREE DOESN’T START UP AUTO

What if the Vista Autoplay Window appears? 79

HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE DOES BA

Choosing categories of content to be backed up – required 81 Choosing locations to search for conten Choosing complete folders to be copied – optional 83

WHAT IF THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SPACE ON MY

MATICALLY? 78

CKUPS? 79

t – required 81

IPOD? 86

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RESTORING MY CONTENT (IPOD) 88

WHAT IF MY COMPUTER’S INTERNAL HARD DRIVE STOPS WORKING, OR I WOULD LIKE TO TRANSFER

MY CONTENT TO A NEW COMPUTER

WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I CAN USE CLICKFREE TO RESTORE MY CONTENT? 88

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W DO I GET MY CONTENT BACK? 88

What gets restored, and to where? 89

HOW DO I LET CLICKFREE RESTORE DECIDE WHAT TO RESTORE AND WHERE? 89

HO ES CONTENT? 94

W DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE RESTOR

Restoring content 95

? 88

Choosing the computer to restore from – Choosing categories of content to be restored 96 Choosing where to restore content to 97

WHA T ABOUT ‘EXCEPTIONS’ DURING RESTORE? 100

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W CAN I UNDO A RESTORE?

How do I find files that were restored 103

WSING

BRO FILES (IPOD) 104

Starting from the Welcome screen 104 From the Backup Summary screen 104

HOW DO I BROWSE MY BACKED-UP FILES? 105

HOW DO I SEARCH FOR MY BACKED-UP FILES? 106

WHA N I DO WITH FILES FROM BROWSE AND SEARCH 107

, SEARCHING & VIEWING MY

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and restoring from multiple computers 95

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ADVANCED TOPICS (IPOD) 110

HOW DO I IMPORT MUSIC FROM MY IPOD TO MY COMPUTER? 110

WHAT IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE USER ON MY COMPUTER? 111

WHAT IF I HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER?

How is backup different when I have more than one computer? 112

WHAT ARE ‘FACTORY SETTINGS’ AND HOW DO

WHA T A RE THE CLICKFREE TOOLS, AND HOW DO I USE THEM? 115

Delete Clickfree Data Updating Clickfree software 117 Interface language

ACKUP REMINDER AND SCHEDULED BACKUPS 119

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Backup Assistant The Clickfree tray icon 120

HOW DO I ADD/REMOVE/EDIT FILETYPES?

OW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILE TYPES FOR BACKUP? 125

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I USE THEM? 114

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CAN I EXCLUDE A FILE FROM BACKUP?

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OW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILES FOR RESTORE? 126

HOW DO I CHOOSE ANOTHER DRIVE AND/OR F

DELAYED WRITE FAILED, OR UNSAFE REMOVAL OF DEVICE 131

OLDER TO RESTORE TO? 129

LEGAL STUFF

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Using the Clickfree Transformer SE

The the Clickfree Transformer SE has dual personalities:

• use it with an external hard drive and it acts just like the Clickfree Transformer.

• use it with an iPod or iPhone and it acts just like the Clickfree iPod Transformer.

As a result, this document has two divisions, one for using your Transformer SE with an external hard drive (starting with “Introducing Clickfree Transformer SE (HD)” on page 10) and the other for using it with an iPod/iPhone (starting with “Introducing Clickfree Transformer SE (iPod)” on page 70).

Each chapter title has either “(HD)” or “(iPod)” at the end so you can easily tell which division you are in.

ACKAGE CONTENTS

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Your Clickfree backup package contains:

• one Clickfree Transformer SE

• one quick start guide

Note: Because of software updates, what appears on your screen may be slightly

different from what appears in this document.

DEFINITIONS

Just to make sure that the user guide is clear, we’re going to define a couple of terms that are used throughout the guide.

Administrator

“Administrator” is a special login name for the user who can make system-wide changes to the computer, has full control, and can access all of the files on the computer. Most home users are automatically the Administrator of their computer. If you don’t know if you are the Administrator, or how to log in as Administrator, you might need to talk to the person who set up the computer for you. If no one set up your computer for you, then by default, you are the Administrator.

Back up and Restore

Backing up is making copies of data so that a copy can be used to restore the original after the data is lost or destroyed. Backups are used to restore data after loss of or damage to your computer’s hard drive, and to restore files that have been accidentally deleted or corrupted.

Making a backup of your content only copies it from your computer to your external hard drive/iPod/iPhone, and does not delete it from the computer’s hard drive.

Restoring your content from a backup only copies it from your external hard drive/iPod/iPhone to your computer, and does not delete it from the external hard drive.

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Important: Clickfree never erases or replaces content on your computer’s hard drive, unless

you ask it to replace a file during restore.

Clickfree never erases anything other than the backups it has performed. Any

other data stored on your external hard drive is left untouched and is never erased.

And unless you ask it to remove backed-up content, Clickfree never erases or replaces content on your external hard drive/iPod/iPhone.

Your Clickfree backups are also handy for moving or copying data from one computer to another.

Content

Normally you don’t use Clickfree to back up your programs or operating system (Windows), only the data that you have created or copied to your computer – music, photos, letters, emails, tax information etc. In this guide we refer to this data as content.

File

Information used by your computer and stored in a specific place on your hard drive. A file may be content, a program or part of a program, or information a program uses in some way.

Sometimes the relationship between content and file is clear: a photo or a letter is usually a single file. On the other hand, a single email message may be just a part of a large file that contains many messages, and related information such as email addresses, calendar events etc. However, you don’t need to be concerned about this because Clickfree takes care of all the details for you.

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Introducing Clickfree Transformer SE (HD)

Thank you for buying the Clickfree Transformer SE – the easiest way to keep the valuable information on your computer safe.

Clickfree is an easy-to-use computer backup system that automatically searches for and

backs up content stored on your computer. No hardware configuration or software installation is required. The backup procedure begins once Transformer SE has been attached to your computer and to a suitable external hard drive.

Caution: Please remember that a backup is meant to be a second copy of your computer

data, not the only copy of your data. Having two copies (redundancy) is what keeps your important data safe. Please use your Clickfree Transformer SE to keep a safe copy of your data.

MAIN FEATURES

Clickfree backup technology

• Automatically starts when connected to your computer

• Does not require any software installation or setup

• Automatically searches for and backs up the important data from your computer –

hundreds of types of data used by many thousands of computer programs

• For most users the automatic search finds and backs up everything that matters

Customizable backup options

• Includes options for custom file types and full folder backup

• Still runs as Clickfree, even after customizing settings

• Remembers your customized settings for each computer you use it with

Multi-PC backup

• Can hold the backups for any number of computers, depending on available space on the external hard disk(s) you use

Multi-hard drive backup

• Can be used with as many external hard drives as you like

Easy restore to same or other computer

• Backed-up content can quickly and easily be restored

• You can just as easily ‘restore’ content to a different computer as to the original one

• This makes Clickfree a great way to move your content from your old computer to

your new one

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How it backs up

• The first time you connect a Clickfree Backup Drive to your computer it searches for, finds, backs up and organizes all of your important content

• Each subsequent time you connect Clickfree to your computer, it just does an update:

• Any new files since your last backup are added to the backup

• Any files that were changed since your last backup are updated on the

backup

• Any files that were deleted from your computer since the last backup, are left on the backup

Photo Viewer

• Conveniently view backed-up photos in thumbnail and expanded view

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Basics (HD)

HOW DOES CLICKFREE WORK?

All you need to do to keep your projects, photos, videos, music etc. safe is to plug Clickfree in to your computer and let it work!

No need to install software or to configure anything. Your computer knows when

Clickfree has been plugged in, and it runs the backup program automatically each time it

is connected.

You can back up as many computers as you like with the Clickfree Transformer SE. The same thing happens each time you plug it into a new computer. And each of your backedup computers is kept separate on your external hard drive.

When Clickfree has finished backing up each computer, just unplug the Transformer SE and store in a safe place. We recommend that you do not leave the Clickfree Transformer SE plugged into your computer: your content is safer if the Transformer SE and your external hard drive are kept separately from the computers it has backed up.

If your data is lost for any reason (hard disk crash, laptop lost or stolen, content accidentally deleted), you’ll be really happy that you bought and used Clickfree. Your backed-up content is safe on your Clickfree backup, waiting to be restored when you have a working computer again.

A Clickfree backup is also ideal for transferring your content from an old computer to a new one.

Sometimes, for a variety of reasons, the program may not run by itself – it may need a little help. If this happens to you, don’t worry – it’s easy to get things going. We’ll show you how a little later. For details, see “What if Clickfree doesn’t start up automatically?” on page 16.

WHAT GETS BACKED UP?

CLICKFREE BACKS UP CONTENT

At Clickfree we want to protect our customers from losing things that are irreplaceable. That’s why Clickfree finds and backs up all of the content from wherever it is on your computer.

When it runs automatically, Clickfree searches your computer for all of the content that you have either created or placed in your computer. This includes photos, music, video, office documents, financial data, email, and so much more - over 400 types of files. To see a list of the categories of content that Clickfree backs up automatically, see “What content categories does Clickfree back up?” on page 13. Most likely, this means that it will back up everything that matters to you right out of the box without you having to do anything but plug it in.

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Unless you explicitly ask it to do so, Clickfree does not back up the programs or the operating system. This means that your backup won’t need nearly as much space as the size of your computer’s hard drive since your content may only take up a small portion of your hard drive’s capacity, and we only look for the content.

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OES CLICKFREE BACK UP ALL OF MY CONTENT EVERY TIME?

The first time you back up your computer Clickfree backs up all of the content it finds, which might take some time – it just depends on how much you have. Each time you use

Clickfree after that, it only backs up the new or changed content, so it will be much

quicker.

HAT CONTENT CATEGORIES DOES CLICKFREE BACK UP?

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Clickfree backs up content in these categories:

• Photos – including common graphic formats such as JPEG and RAW

• Music – including CD audio, MP3, MIDI

• Emails – including Thunderbird, Eudora, and those from Microsoft Office

• Text Documents – usually from word-processing programs such as Microsoft Word,

Open Office, and WordPerfect

• Spreadsheets – for example, Microsoft Excel, Open Office, and Lotus 123

• Presentations – for example, Microsoft Powerpoint and Corel Show

• Artwork and Drawings – such as Corel Draw, Visio and Paintshop images

• Video – for example, AVI, MPEG, Shockwave Flash

• Favorite Websites – internet shortcuts and address books

• Other – including zip and RAR files, XML, and comma-separated values files

• Financial – such as those from QuickBooks and tax programs

Want to know more? You can look at the details by following the steps in “How do I Change how Clickfree does backups?” on page 18 without making any changes.

WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I START?

All you need to start your backup is the Clickfree Transformer SE, a USB external hard drive and its USB cable (and power supply if it uses one). Before you start your first Restore, you should read through the “Restoring my content (HD)” chapter of this manual.

For Clickfree to work, your computer needs to be running one of these operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows® Vista® (any edition)

• Microsoft Windows® XP (any edition)

• Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard running on an Intel processor

In addition you need:

• One free USB port on your computer

• At least 100 MB of free space on your computer

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Backing up my content (HD)

HOW DO I START USING MY CLICKFREE TRANSFORMER SE?

♦ To start using your Clickfree Transformer SE:

1. Make sure that your computer is switched on and has finished starting up.

2. Log in, if that is what you normally do.

3. Connect the Clickfree Transformer SE to your computer by plugging it in to a USB port on your computer.

A USB port usually looks like this: USB ports are usually found at the front of a desktop computer, often in pairs. On a laptop computer they may be at the back, front or side.

If your external hard drive does not have a power supply, please try to connect to a USB port on the computer itself, using a USB hub may not provide enough power.

4. Wait for the Clickfree window to appear. You may have to wait up to a full minute for your computer to recognize the Clickfree Transformer SE.

5. If your external hard drive came with a power adaptor, plug it in now to the drive and to a power socket.

and frequently has a symbol beside it.

6. Connect your external hard drive to the Clickfree Transformer SE by plugging the free end of the USB cable in to the Clickfree Transformer SE.

7. You may have to wait up to a full minute again for your computer to start to run the

ClickFree program – please be patient!

The first time you attach Clickfree to your computer, some messages appear on the screen telling you that your computer has found new hardware. The messages may mention ClickFree, Disk drive, and/or CD-ROM drive. You don’t need to do anything about these messages. Most likely you will not see these messages when you attach

Clickfree the next time.

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When Clickfree starts to run, a second Welcome window appears and shows the

number of seconds left before the backup starts automatically:

Note: The

View Files and Restore buttons do not appear until you have backed up

content on your external hard drive.

ZERO EFFORT BACKUP – REALLY

Unless you stop the countdown by clicking a button, at the end of the countdown period

Clickfree starts the backup.

• If you want to let Clickfree decide what needs to be backed up from where, then

you’re done: just relax and let Clickfree work.

Without any effort on your part, Clickfree is safeguarding your valuable content!

For details, see “What gets backed up?” on page 12.

• If you want to make changes to how backup is done, click

I Change how Clickfree does backups?” on page 18.

Clickfree displays some screens to show progress:

Options and see “How do

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The

Backup Summary screen shows you how many files in each category were

backed up this time ( column). The backups take up on the external hard drive.

When you see the Transformer SE and external hard drive and store them in a safe place.

Space Used column shows the amount of space that files from all

New column) and from all backups, including this one (Total

Backup Summary screen, simply unplug the Clickfree

WHAT IF CLICKFREE DOESN’T START UP AUTOMATICALLY?

There could be a couple of reasons why Clickfree does not run when you plug in the

Clickfree Transformer SE:

• If you are connecting the Transformer SE to a USB hub, the hub may not provide

enough power for an external hard drive. Try connecting to a USB port on the computer itself, or use a power supply with your external hard drive.

Note: The hub could be in your monitor or keyboard.

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• If you see a message telling you that ”Clickfree™ Backup cannot start because you

do not have the required permissions. Please re-login to this computer as the Administrator.”:

1. Log out.

2. Unplug the Clickfree Transformer SE.

3. Log in again as Administrator.

4. Plug the Clickfree Transformer SE in again. The backup then starts automatically.

• Your computer settings may prevent Clickfree from running automatically because “Autorun” is turned off.

To fix this problem, follow these steps. You only need to do this once, not every time you use Clickfree.

♦ To turn on Autorun:

With the Transformer SE connected to your computer, and the hard drive connected to the Transformer SE:

1. Click the

Computer (Vista).

or

2. In the window that appears, find

3. Right-click

4. Double-click

Start button on your computer, then click My Computer (WindowsXP/2000)

ClickfreeTformer.

ClickfreeTformer and select Explore.

FixMyClickFreeBackup.exe, and follow the on-screen instructions.

5. Unplug and re-connect the Transformer SE. Backup should start automatically.

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HAT IF THE VISTA AUTOPLAY WINDOW APPEA RS?

In Windows Vista, if the AutoPlay window appears:

1. Check

2. Click

Always do this for software and games.

Start ClickFree Backup.

You only need to do this once, not every time you use Clickfree.

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HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE DOES BACKUPS?

You can change:

• The categories of content Clickfree backs up

• The file types/extensions that Clickfree searches for – see “How do I choose

individual file types for backup?” on page 62 in the “Advanced topics (HD)” chapter.

• Where Clickfree looks for this content.

You can also tell Clickfree to back up all of the files in a folder, regardless of what category or file type they are.

Note:

Changes you make to how Clickfree does backups are “sticky”: they are stored and applied again to later backups on this computer, unless you modify them or apply factory settings – see “What are ‘factory settings’ and how do I use them?” on page 52 in the “Advanced topics (HD)” chapter.

What do the Cancel, Next, and Back buttons do?

As you go from one step to the next to back up content, the screens you see usually have buttons for

Cancel aban

screen.

PCs Next > accepts

Cancel, Next >, and Back>.

dons the changes you have made and returns you to the

the decisions you have made so far, then moves on to the next step and the

next decision.

Back > sends you back to the previous step so that you can change a decision you already

made. Until you

click

Start or Cancel there is no limit to how often you can go back and

make changes.

♦ To review or change what gets backed up:

1. Follow steps 1 to

5 of the procedure “How do I start using my Clickfree Transformer

SE?” on page 14.

Manage Settings and

2. Before the countdown reaches zero, click

Options.

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The Manage Settings and PCs screen is displayed:

3. Now click

Change Backup Settings.

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HOOSING CATEGORIES OF CONTENT TO BE BACKED UP – REQUIRED

4. All of the categories are selected by default. Choose the categories of content to be backed up, for example, Text Documents, Photos, and Videos.

• To include a category, for example, Photos, in the backup, make sure that the box to

the left of the category name is checked

. If it isn’t, click the box to check

it. You can add and remove the checkmark by clicking in the box.

• To exclude a category, for example, Music, from the backup, make sure that the box

to the left of the category name is unchecked

. If it is checked, click the

box to uncheck it.

Note: You can make a finer selection by choosing file types within each category. For

details, see “How do I choose individual file types for backup?” on page 62 in the“

Advanced topics (HD)” chapter.

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5. When you are finished choosing content categories, click Next >.

Note: You must choose at least one file type or category – you cannot leave all file types

and categories unchecked.

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HOOSING LOCATIONS TO SEARCH FOR CONTENT – REQUIRED

6. Choose where you want Clickfree to search for the categories you chose earlier –

Clickfree can either:

• look through your entire computer (the default setting)

or

• look only in certain folders

♦ To look through the entire computer:

• Choose Search the entire computer .

Clickfree can optionally skip temporary folders and/or folders that Windows uses

for its own files:

• Check or uncheck

Skip TEMP directories to skip or not skip temporary

folders.

• Check or uncheck

Skip Windows System folders to skip or not skip folders

that Windows uses for its own files.

♦ To look only in certain folders:

• Choose Search selected folders only then select folders

My Documents. and My Computer.

from

• To search the entire

My Documents folder, make sure that the checkbox is

checked

• To see details of a folder under checkbox. This expands

My Documents to show the folders that it contains,

and changes the + to a -. Click the – when you want to collapse the folder again.

.

My Documents, click the + to the left of the

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Each folder with a

+ beside it can also be expanded.

• You can now choose the individual folders you want to be searched by adding and removing checkmarks in the checkboxes. For example, to search only the folder with the Help and Manual projects, uncheck the

Documents checkbox, then check only My HelpAndManual Projects:

• Do the same for

My Computer.

Note: You must choose a location – you cannot leave all locations unchecked.

7. When you have made your choices, click Next >.

My

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CHOOSING COMPLETE FOLDERS TO BE BACKED UP – OPTIONAL

8. Choose complete folders to be backed up in addition to categories and locations.

The folders you choose here are completely copied -, all of their files are backed up regardless of file type. Complete folders are backed up in addition to the file types in the locations you already chose.

• To add the entire is checked

• To see details of a folder under

My Documents folder to the backup, make sure that the checkbox

.

My Documents, click the + to the left of the

checkbox. This expands My Documents to show the folders that it contains, and changes the + to a -. Click the

– when you want to collapse the folder again.

Each folder with a

+ beside it can also be expanded.

• You can now choose the individual folders you want to include in the backup by adding and removing checkmarks in the checkboxes. For example, within My Documents if you want to include only the folder with the photos of your hike, uncheck the My Documents checkbox, then check only

HikePhotos:

• Do the same for My Computer.

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9. When you have made your choices, click Next >.

10. Click

Clickfree searches for content to back up

Before actually backing up any content, Clickfree searches the locations you chose for your chosen categories of content:

It adds up the sizes of all of the content it finds, then adds the sizes of the files in the complete folders you also chose. See “What if there is not enough space on my external hard disk?” on page 25.

Done then Close to continue with the countdown. You can click Start at this time

to go to the backup right away without waiting for the rest of the countdown.

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Clickfree backs up your content

If there is enough space on your external hard drive, Clickfree then backs up the content and complete folders you chose to your external hard drive:

At the end of the backup, a

Backup Summary screen is displayed:

Backup Summary screen shows you how many files in each category were backed up

The this time (

Used

New column) and from all backups, including this one (Total column). The Space

column shows the amount of space that files from all backups take up on the external

hard drive.

When you see the

Backup Summary screen, simply unplug the Clickfree Transformer SE

and external hard drive and store them in a safe place.

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WHAT IF THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SPACE ON MY EXTERNAL HARD DISK?

While Clickfree is searching for content to back up, it adds up the amount of disk space needed and compares that with the free space on the external hard drive. If there is not enough free space for your content, Clickfree prompts you to go to the backup options screen and adjust your settings:

For example, you might want to reduce the number of file categories being backed up. See “How do I Change how Clickfree does backups?” on page 18 for details.

As an alternative, if you have backups from an old computer that you don’t need to keep any more, you could remove the old computer. For details, see “To remove a computer” on page 51.

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Restoring my content (HD)

WHAT IF MY COMPUTER’S INTERNAL HARD DRIVE STOPS WORKING,

OR I WOULD LIKE TO TRANSFER MY CONTENT TO A NEW COMPUTER?

All computer hard drives fail eventually, sometimes without warning. Occasionally, computers suffer damage that affects the hard drive. Sometimes, laptop computers get lost or stolen. Sometimes, also, you may delete content by mistake. When these things happen, other computer users may lose valuable, sometimes irreplaceable, data.

But if you lose content you’ll be really happy that you bought and used Clickfree. Your backed-up content is safe on your Clickfree backup, and can be restored when you have a working computer again.

A Clickfree backup is also ideal for transferring your content from an old computer to a new one. For details, see “How do I undo a restore?” on page 39.

WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I CAN USE CLICKFREE TO RESTORE MY CONTENT?

Before you can restore your content, your computer needs to be working – at the very least it needs to be able to start up and display the desktop.

In addition you need the external USB hard drive you used to back up your content.

Of course, you can ‘restore’ your content to any computer that meets the system requirements (see “What do I need before I start?” on page 13), not just to the computer whose content you backed up.

The easiest way to copy content between computers is to plug the same combination of

Clickfree Transformer SE and external hard drive in to your new computer. When the Clickfree application launches, just click the

countdown screen.

HOW DO I GET MY CONTENT BACK?

To get your content back you don’t need to do much more than you did to back the content up – it just takes a couple of clicks.

As with Clickfree backup, you can either make some choices – whether to restore all, or just selected content, and where the content is restored to – or you can allow Clickfree to make the choices for you.

Restore button at the bottom of the

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WHAT GETS RESTORED, AND TO WHERE?

When Clickfree restore runs without you changing any options, it restores all of the content that was backed up, and puts it in the same folders on your computer that it was backed up from. This is the best choice if you have a new computer, or if you have repaired your old computer and all of the content was erased.

On the other hand, if you have files on the computer, the restored files replace files of the same name in the same location, but only after asking your permission.

If you prefer, you can easily tell Clickfree restore to restore your files to a place on your computer’s hard drive where they will not replace the files you already have.

For details, see:

• “How do I let Clickfree restore decide what to restore and where?” on page 27

• “How do I change how Clickfree restores content?” on page 32.

HOW DO I LET CLICKFREE RESTORE DECIDE WHAT TO RESTORE AND WHERE?

You can allow Clickfree to make the decisions about what to restore and to where, but you need to confirm what Clickfree plans to do.

♦ To let Clickfree decide what to restore and to where:

1. Make sure that your computer is switched on and has finished starting up.

2. Log in, if that is what you normally do.

3. Connect the Clickfree Transformer SE to your computer by plugging it in to a USB port.

Clickfree starts up just as it did when you used it to back up your content.

4. Wait for the Clickfree window to appear – this may take up to 60 seconds.

5. If your external hard drive came with a power adaptor, plug it in now to the hard drive and to a power socket.

6. Connect the external hard drive your content is backed up on to the Clickfree Transformer SE as shown here:

The Clickfree used it to back up your content.

But this time you are not going to allow Clickfree to start the backup.

Welcome window appears with the countdown, just as it did when you

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Because you have backed-up content on your external hard drive, the countdown screen now shows buttons at the bottom to allow you to

View Files and Restore files:

7. Before the countdown gets to zero, click

Restore. The Restore Summary screen

appears.

8. Before you click restored, look at the computer name in the

Restore All to restore all of your content, or select categories to be

Restore From box:

.

If your external hard drive contains backups created on the computer that you are using, the

Restore From box by default contains the name of this computer, and, unless

you change it, the content to be restored will come from this computer.

9. Click the arrow at the right of the

Restore From box:

The drop-down list contains the names of all of the computers that have been backed up on your external hard drive.

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10. Select the name of the computer whose content you want to restore.

Warning: If you choose

Restore my files to their original location to restore content backed

up on a different computer, you may inadvertently overwrite files that by chance have the same name on both computers. Be very careful before proceeding with restore under these conditions.

11. Since you are going to restore all of your content, simply click Restore All.

Note that all of the categories that have backed-up content are checked off in the

HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE RESTORES CONTENT?

By making choices at several steps in the restore process you can affect which content is restored and where it is restored to.

What do the

As you go from one step to the next to restore content, the screens you see usually have buttons for

Cancel completely stops the restore, and returns you to the countdown screen. Next > accepts the decisions you have made so far, then moves on to the next step and the

next decision.

Back > sends you back to the previous step so that you can change a decision you already

made. Until you click and make changes.

Cancel, Next, and Back buttons do?

Cancel, Next >, and Back>.

Restore Now or Cancel there is no limit to how often you can go back

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RESTORING CONTENT

♦ To change how Clickfree restores content:

1. Follow steps 1 to 6 of the previous section “How do I let Clickfree restore decide what to restore and where?” on page 27.

Restore Summary screen appears:

The

2. Before you click restored, look at the computer name in the

Restore All to restore all of your content, or select categories to be

Restore From box:

.

If your external hard drive contains backed-up content from the computer that you are using, the

Restore From box by default contains the name of this computer, and, unless

you change it, the content that will be restored will be from this computer.

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HOOSING THE COMPUTER TO RESTORE FROM

3. Click the arrow at the right of the

Restore From box:

and select the name of the computer whose content you want to restore.

Warning: If you choose

Restore my files to their original location to restore content backed

up on a different computer, you may inadvertently overwrite files that by chance have the same name on both computers. Be very careful before proceeding with restore under these conditions.

4. To restore content from more than one computer simply repeat the restore process choosing a different computer each time in step 3.

5. What you do next depends on whether you want to restore all or only some of your files.

• If you want to restore only some of your files, continue with step 6.

• If you want to restore all of your files, click

Restore All and go to step 9.

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CHOOSING CATEGORIES OF CONTENT TO BE RESTORED

6. Note that all of the categories that contain files (with the number of files in parentheses after the category name) have checkboxes that you can check off in the Select Category column.

For each category whose content you want to restore, click the checkbox to select the category.

7. Click

Next >.

You can also choose to restore content of individual file types within each category. For details see “How do I choose individual files for restore?” on page 64 in the “Advanced topics (HD) ” chapter.

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HOOSING WHERE TO RESTORE CONTENT TO

8. What you do next depends on whether you want to restore your content to its original locations or to somewhere else.

• If you want to restore your content to its original locations, leave Restore my files

to their original location Next>.

selected , and click

A summary screen shows you how many files will be restored and where they will be restored to.

Continue with step 11.

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• If you want to restore your files to a location where they will not overwrite existing

files on your hard drive, click

Select the locations to restore my files

, and continue with step 9.

9. Click

10. Assuming that there is enough space on your C: drive (as shown here), click

Next >.

To choose another drive or folder to restore to, see “How do I choose another drive and/or folder to restore to?” on page 67 in the “Advanced topics (HD)” chapter.

A summary screen shows you how many files will be restored and where they will be restored to.

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11. Click Start Restore.

As Clickfree restores your content, it shows you what is happening and how far it has gotten in the process.

Before it overwrites an existing file on your computer with one of the same name from the backed-up files, Clickfree asks if you want to replace the existing file with the samename file from the backup:

12. You can choose to:

• Keep both copies of this one file – click

Keep Both. Clickfree renames the backed-

up file by adding ‘ (2)’ to the end of the file name, then restores the renamed file.

• Keep both copies of all same-name files – check

click

Keep Both. Clickfree, without asking you , renames the remaining backed-up

Do this for all duplicate files and

files by adding ‘ (2)’ to the ends of the file names, then restores the renamed files.

• Not replace this one file – click

• Not replace any same-name files – check

Skip. Clickfree skips all remaining same-name files without asking you.

• Replace just this file – click Replace

Skip

Do this for all duplicate files and click

• Replace all same-name files – check Do this for all duplicate files and click Replace.

Clickfree replaces all remaining same-name files without asking you.

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If two files have the same size (KB) and same date modified, it is likely to be safe to skip.

If you skip any files, Clickfree completes “with exceptions”. For details see Restore completed with exceptions” on page 38.

When all of your content has been restored, Clickfree tells you that it is done, and, if it has replaced files on your computer, gives you a chance to undo the restore.

If you want to undo, see “How do I undo a restore?” on page 39.

Warning: There is no way to undo after you close this dialog.

13. If you do not want to undo the restore, click Close.

Note: Your content has not been deleted from your Clickfree backup: it is still safe on the

external hard drive.

When you see the Backup Summary screen, simply unplug the Clickfree Transformer SE

and external hard drive and store them in a safe place.

HOW DO I RESTORE FROM MULTIPLE COMPUTERS? AND HOW CAN I UNDO A RESTORE?

At the start of a restore, you see a screen like this:

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Before you click Restore All to restore all of your files, or select categories to be restored,

look at the computer name in the

Restore From box: .

If your external hard drive contains backed-up files from the computer that you are using,

Restore From box contains the name of this computer, and the files that will be restored

the come from this computer.

♦ To restore files that were backed up on another computer:

1. Click the arrow at the right of the Restore From box:

and select the name of the computer whose files you want to restore.

Warning: If you choose

Restore my files to their original location to restore files backed up

on a different computer, you may inadvertently overwrite files that by chance have the same name on both computers. Be very careful before proceeding with such a restore.

2. Continue with restore as described in “How do I let Clickfree restore decide what to restore and where?” on page 27, or “How do I change how Clickfree restores content?” on page 32.

3. To restore files from more than one computer simply repeat the restore process choosing a different computer each time in step 3.

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ESTORE COMPLETED WITH EXCEPTIONS

If you skip any files during a restore, the Restore Complete screen has an Exceptions link at the bottom left:

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• Click the link to see what files were not restored:

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OW DO I UNDO A RESTORE?

Whenever you restore files to their original locations, Clickfree gives you a chance to undo the restore, in case you have mistakenly overwritten a file.

♦ To undo the effects of a restore:

1. Click Click here to undo ….

The restored files are replaced on your computer by the files that were there before the restore.

However, the backed-up content is still safe on your external hard drive.

Warning: There is no way to undo after you close this dialog.

2. Click Close.

3. When you see the SE and external hard drive and store them in a safe place.

Restore Summary screen, simply unplug the Clickfree Transformer

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HOW DO I FIND FILES THAT WERE RESTORED

If Clickfree restored your files to a folder that was not their original location, Clickfree puts an icon on your desktop so that you can quickly and easily get to the restored content:

♦ To find files that were restored:

Double-click the icon to open a Windows Explorer at the folder where your content was

restored.

You can now use

Explorer to move the files to a more convenient folder.

My program cannot find the restored files – what should I do?

Note: Some programs, especially those like

Outlook in which you do not open files from

a file open dialog, expect to find their files in a particular folder. If you restore files to a folder other than the original location, your program may not be able to find them.

If your program displays an error message telling you that it cannot find its files, or if the program starts up but your data is missing, you will need to move the files to the proper folder. Unfortunately, this is different for every application and you may need to consult the program’s Help or user guide to find out where the files need to be moved to.

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Browsing, Searching & Viewing my files (HD)

From the Backup Summary screen you can:

• Browse your backup(s) for files

• Search your backup(s) for files

• View backed-up files

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TARTING FROM THE WELCOME SCREEN

♦ To browse and search for files, or view photos:

Before the countdown gets to zero, click View Files. The Backup Summary screen is

displayed.

ROM THE BACKUP SUMMARY SCREEN

F

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♦ To browse and search for files, or view photos:

1. In the Current PC box select the name of the computer whose files you want to search

for/browse for/view.

2. Do one of the following:

• Click the name of a category , and follow ”How do I search for my backed-up files?”

on page 45

• Click the

page 45

• Click the

page 45

Photos tab, and follow “How do I view and use photos?” on page 42 Browse Files tab, and follow “How do I browse my backed-up files?” on

Search Files tab, and follow ”How do I search for my backed-up files?” on

HOW DO I VIEW AND USE PHOTOS?

The photo viewer shows “thumbnails”, or miniature views of your photos and videos.

You can select one or more photos and use the buttons at the bottom of the screen to:

• Print them on your own printer

• Share them on Facebook or Myspace

• Email them (if you use Outlook or Outlook Express for your email)

You can also select one photo and:

• Use it as wallpaper for your computer

♦ To select photos:

Click the photo so that the checkbox at the top right is checked. As you continue to click photos, they are added to the selection.

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♦ To use a photo as wallpaper:

1. Click the photo. Make sure that only one photo is selected.

2. Click

♦ To print photos:

Wallpaper. The chosen photo becomes your computer Wallpaper:

1. Select the photos.

2. Click

Print @ Home and select the Print Style:

3. Set the

Printer Options, and click Print.

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♦ To share photos:

1. Select the photos.

2. Click

3. Click

♦ To email photos:

Share Photos:

facebook or myspace.com and log in.

1. Select the photos.

2. Click

Email:

If you use

Outlook or Outlook Express for your email, the email program opens a new

blank message with the photos included as attachments.

3. Address and send the message as you would normally do.

♦ To open a photo:

Double-click the photo. It opens in your usual program for working with photos:

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HOW DO I BROWSE MY BACKED-UP FILES?

♦ To browse for files that you have backed up:

Expand and collapse the folders on the left side of the screen:

• Click the +

• Click ‘+’ to the left of a collapsed folder to expand it

• Click ‘-’ to the left of an expanded folder to collapse it

• Click a folder or the folder name to view the list of contents

To find out more about what you can do with the files that are displayed, see “What can I do with files from browse, search and view photos” on page 47.

to expand the view

HOW DO I SEARCH FOR MY BACKED-UP FILES?

If you clicked the Search Files tab, the Search screen looks like this:

You can enter search factors to find the files you want.

If you clicked a category name, the category, regardless of

File Date or File Name, are displayed.

File Type is already filled in, and all files of that

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♦ To search for files:

1. Use the combination of File Type, File Date, and File Name that you think should match

the file(s) you want to find:

These selections are combined so that only files that match all of them are found – in this case only files in the category Photos, and created/last changed within the last year, and with names starting with ‘inuk’.

•

File Type – select a category, or ‘Any’ if you want all categories to be searched File Date – select the time period within which the files were created or changed, or

•

‘All’ if you want the date to be ignored

•

File Name – type a “mask” to select files. A blank file name matches all files.

Type whatever you can remember of the file names you want to find, and substitute:

• ? for one character, meaning that character can be anything at all

• * for any number of characters, meaning these characters can be anything at

all

For example (assuming that the

File Type and File Date selections you made would

include them):

• To find all files whose names begin with ‘08Dec’, type ‘08Dec*’ – this will find 08Dec_LetterToMary.doc, but not 2008DecemberExpenses.xls

• To find all files with ‘Dec’ anywhere in the name, type ‘*Dec*’ – this will find 08Dec_LetterToMary.doc, 2008DecemberExpenses.xls, etc

• To find all files with ‘n’ as the second character of the name, type ‘?n*’ – this will find IndiaSlides.ppt, inukshuk5.jpg, but not 5inukshuk.jpg

• To find all files of type ‘doc’ or ‘docx’, type ‘*.doc*’ – of course, this will also find any files that have type ‘doczzz’ as well

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2. Click Search.

Files that match all of your search factors are displayed.

For information about what you can do with the files that are displayed, see “What can I do with files from browse, search and view photos” on page 47.

WHAT CAN I DO WITH FILES FROM BROWSE, SEARCH AND VIEW PHOTOS

When you have files displayed in the browse, search or photo view screens, you can either:

• double-click a file to open it with the program that your computer normally uses for files of this type

• right-click a file and choose one of several actions as shown below

If you select more than one file, some of the actions act on all of the selected files.

♦ To work with the file(s) you have selected:

1. Right-click the file (or one of the files) to bring up a menu.

2. Select one of the menu items:

Open – to open the file with the program that your computer normally uses for files

•

of this type

•

Open with (not for photos in the View Photos screen) – to choose the program that

you want

•

Restore file to your computer – to restore that file to a location you choose. See

Windows to use to open the file

“Restoring content” on page 33 to continue with the restore.

•

Restore file to original location – to restore that file to its original location. See

“Restoring content” on page 33 to continue with the restore.

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• Delete selected files from the backup – to delete files from the backup and

optionally exclude them from all later backups:

•

Print this picture (only for photos in the View Photos screen) – takes you to the

same

Print Style screen as you see when you click Print @ Home, but this time to

print only one photo.

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WHAT IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE USER ON MY COMPUTER?

This matters only if each user has a separate user login name for the computer. If every user logs in with the same user name, all of their content is backed up and restored at the same time regardless of who is logged in.

When Clickfree runs, it can only back up the content that you can access from your login, and restore content to locations you have access to. Because

Windows Vista maintain a separate Documents or My Documents folder for each user

name, Clickfree can back up only the corresponding content that belong to the person who is logged in, unless that person logs in as Administrator.

Administrator

“Administrator” is a special login name for the user who can make system-wide changes to the computer, has full control, and can access all of the files on the computer. Most home users are automatically the Administrator of their computer. If you don’t know if you are the Administrator, or how to log in as Administrator, you might need to talk to the person who set up the computer for you. If no one set up your computer for you, then by default, you are the Administrator.

Windows XP and

WHAT IF I HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER?

Clickfree Transformer SE can back up as many computers as you like: you are limited

only by the amount of space on your external hard drive(s).

Clickfree creates a unique identifier for each computer that it is used with, regardless of

the computer’s name. This allows Clickfree to back up content for more than one computer without the files getting mixed up with each other, even if all of the computers have the same name.

You can change the name of a computer after backup to make it easier to remember which computer is which.

You change a computer’s name from the Clickfree

OW IS BACKUP DIFFERENT WHEN I HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER?

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It makes no difference at all - just plug the Transformer SE in to each computer to back it up.

Each time you back up a computer for the first time, its name is added to the drop down list of computers that you see on the screens.

Backup Summary, Restore Summary, and Options

Options screen.

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♦ To find the name of a computer:

1. Follow steps 1 to 6 of “How do I start using my Clickfree Transformer SE?” on page

14.

2. When you see the countdown, click

All of the computers that Clickfree has backed up on your external hard drive are shown at the left side of the screen, with the computer name underneath.

When you click one of the computers, Clickfree shows:

• the computer name

• the date and time of last backup

• the amount of space taken up by backed-up content for that computer

♦ To rename a computer:

Options.

On the Options screen:

1. Click the computer whose name you want to change.

2. Click

Rename PC.

3. Type the new name for the computer and click

Save.

Note: Use only letters, numbers and hyphens for the computer name.

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♦ To remove a computer:

If you no longer want to keep content backed up from a computer (for example, you may no longer have that computer, and have already restored its content to another computer), you can free up space on your external hard drive by removing the old computer from Clickfree.

Warning: If you have not restored the content and you still want to keep it, do not remove

the computer from Clickfree: you cannot restore content from a computer that you have removed.

On the Options screen:

1. Click the computer you want to remove.

2. Click

3. If you really want to remove the computer from Clickfree, check the checkbox and

Warning: Once you have removed a computer from Clickfree there is no way to recover

Remove PC.

Remove.

click

that computer’s content from the external hard drive.

Clickfree may take several minutes to erase the data, depending on the amount of

content backed up on the external hard drive.To see how to remove the content from all computers, see ”Master Reset” on page 54.

WHAT IF I USE MORE THAN ONE EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE?

You can use the Clickfree Transformer SE with as many external hard drives as you like – as far as Clickfree is concerned, each external hard drive (and the backups on it) is independent of the others.

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HOW DO I MAKE MULTIPLE BACKUPS?

If you want to keep multiple backups of a computer, use multiple external hard drives for that computer.

But unless you want to keep multiple backups of a computer you are needlessly duplicating your content if you use more that one external hard drive to back up one computer.

The first time you back up a computer onto any external hard drive, Clickfree makes a full backup. The next time you use the same hard drive it backs up only new and changed content.

So if you use a second external hard drive with the same computer, Clickfree starts off with a full backup again.

WHA T ARE ‘FACTORY SETTINGS’ AND HOW DO I USE THEM?

Factory settings can be used in Clickfree in two places:

• When choosing categories and file types to be backed up – see “Choosing categories of content to be backed up – required” on page 19

Use Factory Settings for categories and files types means that all categories and

the corresponding file types are included.

• When choosing locations to search – see “Choosing locations to search for content – required” on page 20

Use Factory Settings for locations means that the entire computer is searched,

except for temporary folders and folders that

♦ To reset categories and file types to factory settings:

Windows uses for its own files.

1. On the Choose File Types screen click Use Factory Settings.

2. Click

♦ To reset locations to search to factory settings:

Next > and continue with choosing locations to be searched.

1. On the Choose File Locations screen click Use Factory Settings.

2. Click

Next > and continue with choosing complete folders.

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WHA T ARE THE CLICKFREE TOOLS, AND HOW DO I USE THEM?

Several tools are available for working with Clickfree:

•

Master Reset - removes all backed-up content from your external hard drive,

and erases any changes you have made to the backup settings.

•

Software Update – upgrades the Clickfree software Language – changes the language used in the Clickfree screens

•

♦ To use these tools:

1. Connect Clickfree to your computer as described in “How do I start using my Clickfree Transformer SE?” on page 14.

2. When you see the countdown screen, click zero:

3. Click the

Tools tab to show the available tools.

Options before the countdown reaches

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MASTER RESET

♦ To apply Master Reset:

Master Reset

is used to remove all backed-up content from all computers that have been backed up on your external hard drive, and to apply factory settings – see “What are ‘factory settings’ and how do I use them?” on page 52.

After you perform a

Master Reset you can no longer restore any previously backed-up

content. However, your external hard drive can still be used for new backups.

Clickfree never erases anything other than the backups it has performed. Any other data stored on your external hard drive is left untouched and is never erased.

If you want to remove only the content that was backed up from one computer, see “To remove a computer” on page 51.

1. On the

Tools screen click Master Reset.

2. If you really want to remove all backed-up content from Clickfree, check the

checkbox and click

Reset.

Warning: Once you have reset Clickfree using the Master Reset there is no way to recover

any backed-up content from the external hard drive.

Clickfree may take several minutes to erase all of the content, depending on

the amount of content backed up on the external hard drive.

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UPDATING CLICKFREE SOFTWARE

From time to time Clickfree software is upgraded to provide new or enhanced features.

You can:

• Have Clickfree check for updates each time you connect it to your computer – this is the default action, you don’t need to do anything

• Manually check for updates

In both cases your computer needs to be connected to the internet for updated software to be found and installed.

♦ To check automatically for updates:

Clickfree automatically looks for updates when it is connected to your computer and

you have a connection to the internet. To ensure this feature is on, make sure that the checkbox

Every time that you connect Clickfree to your computer it automatically checks for updated software and, if an update is available, prompts you to download and install it.

Automatically check for software updates is checked on the Tools screen:

.

♦ To stop checking automatically for updates:

Make sure that the checkbox Automatically check for software updates is unchecked on

Tools screen: .

the

♦ To check manually for updates:

1. On the Tools screen click Update. Clickfree checks for available updates.

If the software in your Clickfree Transformer SE and your computer is up to date,

OK on the dialog that pops up.

click

If an update is available, Clickfree shows you what progress is being made in downloading the update and updating your software:

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Warning: While a software update is taking place it is very important for you not to

remove the Clickfree Transformer SE from your computer and not to turn off or restart the computer until the update is complete.

2. When the software update is complete, you need to unplug the Clickfree Transformer SE and plug it in again for the update to take effect.

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NTERFACE LANGUAGE

♦ To choose which language is used in the Clickfree screens:

When you start Clickfree, it automatically uses the language that Windows is set for.

If you want to change the language that Clickfree uses, click the arrow at the right of the language box and choose the language you prefer.

REMINDER AND THE CLICKFREE ICON

Clickfree can remind you to back up your files by installing a reminder program for

you. Installing the reminder puts a handy icon in the bottom right corner of your screen.

From this icon you can decide how often to be reminded to back up, can start a backup, and can display or hide a mini status window that shows when the last backup was done.

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REMINDERS

♦ To install reminders:

1. Connect Clickfree to your computer as described in “How do I start using my Clickfree Transformer SE?” on page 14.

2. When you see the countdown screen, click zero:

3. Click the

Reminder tab.

Options before the countdown reaches

4. Click

Install Reminder.

The Clickfree icon

is installed in the bottom right corner of your computer

screen, and allows you to set, disable, or uninstall the reminder.

The icon may be one of three colors:

• Green –

Clickfree Transformer SE and an external hard drive are

attached to your computer

• Red –

You have exceeded the number of days set in the backup

reminder, it is time to back up

• Grey –

Clickfree Transformer SE is not attached to your computer

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♦ To set the number of days before Clickfree reminds you to back up:

1. Look for the Clickfree icon in the bottom right corner of your computer screen, and right-click it to show a menu:

2. Click

Set Reminder:

3. Enter the number of days after which you want to be reminded to back up, and click

OK.

♦ To temporarily disable reminders:

1. Right-click the Clickfree icon in the bottom right corner of your computer screen:

2. Click

Exit:

The icon disappears, and reminders are disabled until you next start up your computer.

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♦ To stop getting reminders:

1. Right-click the Clickfree icon in the bottom right corner of your computer screen:

2. Click Uninstall.

The icon disappears, and reminders are permanently disabled.

If you want to see reminders in the future, you can install them again.

HOW DO I ADD/REMOVE/EDIT FILETYPES?

In addition to allowing you to choose to back up pre-defined file types within the predefined categories, Clickfree has a category called Custom Extensions to which you can add file types that are not included in the pre-defined categories.

You can add, remove, and change file types using the

Choose File Types screen:

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♦ To add a file type:

1. Click Add File Type:

2. Type the extension for the new file type, and click

The new file type is added to

Custom Extensions:

Save.

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♦ To remove a file type:

1. Click a file type in Custom Extensions, and click Remove File Type:

2. Click

Yes.

The file type is removed from

Custom Extensions:

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♦ To change a file type:

1. Click a file type in Custom Extensions, and click Edit File Type:

2. Type the new extension for the file type, and click

The file type in

3. When you are finished working with custom extensions, click with choosing locations to be searched.

Custom Extensions is modified.

Save.

HOW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILE TYPES FOR BACKUP?

You already saw how to choose file categories for backup in “Choosing categories of content to be backed up – required” on page 19.

You can also expand each category and select or unselect individual file types that make up that category.

Note: When a category is selected or unselected by checking or unchecking its checkbox, all

of the file types that make up that category are also selected or unselected.

Next > and continue

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♦ To select one or more file types in a category:

1. Click the + to the left of the checkbox. This expands the category list to show the file types that make up that category, and changes the + to a -:

2. You can now choose the individual types of file you want to include in the backup by adding and removing checkmarks in the checkboxes.

You collapse the category again by clicking the - .

3. If you need to back up file types that are not in any category, see “How do I Add/Remove/Edit filetypes?” on page 59 for details of how to add a new file type.

4. When you are finished selecting file categories and file types, click continue with choosing locations to be searched.

CAN I EXCLUDE A FILE FROM BACKUP?

After you have completed a backup, you can review the backed-up files and not only delete individual files from the backup, but ensure that these files are never backed up again.

For details, see “To work with the file(s) you have selected” on page 47.

Next > and

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HOW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILES FOR RESTORE?

On the Restore Summary screen you can click checkboxes to select the category whose

files you want to restore.

You can also:

• Select backed-up files within a category

• Browse through folders that contain backup files

• Search for backed-up files by file type, file date, and file name

Files selected by each of these means are included in the restore.

♦ To select files within a category:

1. Click the category name.

All files in that category are shown in the

2. Select the files to be restored, and click

You are returned to the selections.

Restore Summary screen where you can make more

Search Files screen.

Next >.

3. If you are finished selecting files, click

Next >.

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♦ To select files by browsing:

1. Click the Browse Files tab then click the + to expand the view.

2. Select the files to be restored, and click

You are returned to the

Restore Summary screen where you can make more

selections.

3. If you are finished selecting files, click

♦ To select files by searching:

1. Click the Search Files tab.

Next >.

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2. Select the combination of File Type, File Date, and File Name that should find the

files you want to restore:

These selections are combined so that only files that match all of them are found – in this case only files in the category Photos, and created/last changed within the last year, and with names starting with ‘inuk’.

•

File Type – select a category File Date – select the time period within which the files were created or changed

•

File Name – type a “mask” to select files:

•

Type whatever you can remember of the file names you want to find, and substitute:

• ? for one character, meaning that character can be anything at all

• * for any number of characters, meaning these characters can be anything

at all

• For example, assume that the File Type and File Date selections would include

them:

• To find all files whose names begin with ‘08Dec’, type ‘08Dec*’ – this will find

08Dec_LetterToMary.doc, but not 2008DecemberExpenses.xls

• To find all files with ‘Dec’ anywhere in the name, type ‘*Dec*’ – this will find

08Dec_LetterToMary.doc, 2008DecemberExpenses.xls, etc

• To find all files with ‘n’ as the second character of the name, type ‘?n*’ – this will

find IndiaSlides.ppt, inukshuk5.jpg, but not 5inukshuk.jpg

• To find all files of type ‘doc’ or ‘docx’, type ‘*.doc*’ – of course, this will also find

any files that have type ‘doczzz’ as well

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3. Click Search.

Files that match all of your search criteria are displayed.

4. Select the files to be restored, and click

You are returned to the selections.

5. If you are finished selecting files, click

Restore Summary screen where you can make more

Next >.

HOW DO I CHOOSE ANOTHER DRIVE AND/OR FOLDER TO RESTORE TO?

On the Select Location to Restore Files screen you can choose:

• the disk drive to restore content to (if you have more than one)

• the folder on that drive to use

If any drive does not have enough space for the content to be restored, the drive letter and free space are ‘greyed’:

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♦ To select another drive and/or folder to restore to:

1. Select the drive to restore to.

The folder that will be used is shown below the drives.

2. To change the folder, click

Change Folder and select the folder you want.

As usual, click + to expand a folder, - to collapse the folder again.

3. To create a new subfolder, click

4. Click

Next >, and continue with “Choosing categories of content to be restored” on

New Folder, type the folder name, and click OK.

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DELAYED WRITE FAILED

Note: Sometimes when you unplug the Transformer SE you will see a window that

tells you that there was a delayed write failure:

This is nothing to be concerned about – the message can safely be closed and ignored.

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Introducing Clickfree Transformer SE (iPod)

Thank you for buying the Clickfree Transformer SE – the easiest way to keep the valuable information on your computer safe.

Note: Throughout this guide we talk about the iPod and its music files, but everything

applies equally to the iPhone and any non-Clickfree files stored on your iPhone.

Clickfree is an easy-to-use computer backup system that automatically searches for and

backs up content stored on your computer. No hardware configuration or software installation is required. The backup procedure begins once the Transformer SE has been attached to your computer and your iPod has been attached to the Transformer SE.

The Transformer SE uses free space on your iPod or iPhone to store your backed-up files. This makes it a very convenient way to carry files with you – for example, to and from work or school.

Caution: Please remember that a backup is meant to be a second copy of your computer

data, not the only copy of your data. Having two copies (redundancy) is what keeps your important data safe. Please use your iPod and Clickfree Transformer SE to keep a safe copy of your data.

MAIN FEATURES

Clickfree backup technology

• Automatically starts when connected to your computer

• Does not require any software installation or setup

• Automatically searches for and backs up the important data from your computer –

hundreds of types of data used by many thousands of computer programs

• For most users the automatic search finds and backs up everything that matters

Customizable backup options

• Includes options for custom file types and full folder backup

• Still runs as Clickfree, even after customizing settings

• Remembers your customized settings for each computer you use it with

Multi-PC backup

• Can hold the backups for any number of computers, depending on available space

on your iPod

Easy restore to same or other computer

• Backed-up content can quickly and easily be restored

• You can just as easily ‘restore’ content to a different computer as to the original one

This makes Clickfree a great way to move your content from your old computer to a new one

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How it backs up

• The first time you connect your iPod and Clickfree Transformer SE to your

computer it searches for, finds, backs up and organizes all of your important content

• Each subsequent time you connect the iPod and Transformer SE to your computer,

it just does an update:

• Any new files since your last backup are added to the backup

• Any files that were changed since your last backup are updated on the

backup

• Any files that were deleted from your computer since the last backup are left on the backup

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Basics (iPod)

HOW DOES CLICKFREE WORK?

All you need to do to keep your projects, photos, videos, music etc. safe is to plug your iPod and Transformer SE in to your computer and let it work!

No need to install software or to configure anything. Your computer knows when

Clickfree has been plugged in, and it runs the backup program automatically each time it

is connected.

You can back up as many computers as you like with the Clickfree Transformer SE. The same thing happens each time you plug it into a new computer. And each of your backedup computers is kept separate on your iPod.

When Clickfree has finished backing up each computer, just unplug the iPod and Transformer SE and store them in a safe place.

If your data is lost for any reason (hard disk crash, laptop lost or stolen, content accidentally deleted), you’ll be really happy that you bought and used Clickfree. Your backed-up content is safe on your Clickfree backup, waiting to be restored when you have a working computer again.

A Clickfree backup is also ideal for transferring your content from an old computer to a new one.

Sometimes, for a variety of reasons, the program may not run by itself – it may need a little help. If this happens to you, don’t worry – it’s easy to get things going. We’ll show you how a little later. For details, see “What if Clickfree doesn’t start up automatically?” on page 78.

WHAT GETS BACKED UP?

CLICKFREE BACKS UP CONTENT

At Clickfree we want to protect our customers from losing things that are irreplaceable. That’s why Clickfree finds and backs up all of the content from wherever it is on your computer.

When it runs automatically, Clickfree searches your computer for all of the content that you have either created or placed in your computer. This includes photos, music, video, office documents, financial data, email, and so much more - over 400 types of files. To see a list of the categories of content that Clickfree backs up automatically, see “What content categories does Clickfree back up?” on page 73. Most likely, this means that it will back up everything that matters to you right out of the box without you having to do anything but plug it in.

Unless you explicitly ask it to do so, Clickfree does not back up your programs or the operating system. This means that your backup won’t need nearly as much space as the size of your computer’s hard drive since your content may take up only a small portion of your hard drive’s capacity, and we look only for the content.

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DOES CLICKFREE BACK UP ALL OF MY CONTENT EVERY TIME?

The first time you back up your computer Clickfree backs up all of the content it finds, which might take some time – it just depends on how much you have. Each time you use

Clickfree after that, it backs up only the new or changed content, so it will be much

quicker.

HAT CONTENT CATEGORIES DOES CLICKFREE BACK UP?

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Clickfree backs up content in these categories:

• Photos – including common graphic formats such as JPEG and RAW

• Music – including CD audio, MP3, MIDI

• Emails – including Thunderbird, Eudora, and those from Microsoft Office

• Text Documents – usually from word-processing programs such as Microsoft Word,

Open Office, and WordPerfect

• Spreadsheets – for example, Microsoft Excel, Open Office, and Lotus 123

• Presentations – for example, Microsoft Powerpoint and Corel Show

• Artwork and Drawings – such as Corel Draw, Visio and Paintshop images

• Video – for example, AVI, MPEG, Shockwave Flash

• Favorite Websites – internet shortcuts and address books

• Other – including zip and RAR files, XML, and comma-separated values files

• Financial – such as those from QuickBooks and tax programs

Want to know more? You can look at the details by following the steps in “How do I change how Clickfree does backups” on page 79 without making any changes.

WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I START?

All you need to start your backup is your iPod and the Clickfree Transformer SE. Before you start your first Restore, you should read through the “Restoring my content (iPod)” chapter of this manual.

For Clickfree to work, your computer needs to be running one of these operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows® Vista® (any editions)

• Microsoft Windows® XP (any editions)

• Microsoft Windows® 2000 (with SP4)

• Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard running on an Intel processor (products manufactured after

Jan 1, 2009)

In addition you need:

• iTunes to be installed on your computer. Most likely it is already installed. If not, Clickfree prompts you to download and install iTunes – just follow the directions on your screen.

• Microsoft .NET to be installed on your computer. If it is not already installed, Clickfree prompts you to download and install .NET – just follow the directions on your screen.

• One free USB port on your computer

• At least 100 MB of free disk space on your computer

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HOW DO I START USING MY CLICKFREE TRANSFORMER SE?

♦ To start using your Clickfree Transformer SE:

1. Make sure that your computer is switched on and has finished starting up.

2. Log in, if that is what you normally do.

3. Connect the Clickfree Transformer SE to your computer by plugging it in to a USB port on your computer.

A USB port usually looks like this: it. USB ports are usually found at the back and front of a desktop computer, often in pairs. On a laptop computer they may be at the back, front or side.

4. Wait for the Clickfree window to appear. You may have to wait up to a full minute for your computer to recognize the Clickfree Transformer SE.

5. Connect your iPod to the Clickfree Transformer SE using your iPod’s USB cable.

6. You may have to wait up to a full minute again for your computer to start to run the

ClickFree program – please be patient!

The first time you attach Clickfree to your computer, some messages appear on the screen telling you that your computer has found new hardware. The messages may mention ClickFree, Disk drive, and/or CD-ROM drive. You don’t need to do anything about these messages. Most likely you will not see them when you attach Clickfree the next time.

and frequently has a symbol beside

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When Clickfree starts to run, a second Welcome window appears and shows the

number of seconds left before the backup starts automatically:

Note:

View Files and Restore buttons appear after you have backed up content on your

iPod.

ZERO EFFORT BACKUP – REALLY

Unless you stop the countdown by clicking a button, at the end of the countdown period

Clickfree starts the backup.

• If you want to let Clickfree decide what needs to be backed up from where, then

you’re done: just relax and let Clickfree work.

Without any effort on your part, Clickfree is safeguarding your valuable content!

For details, see “What gets backed up?” on page 72.

• If you want to make changes to how backup is done, click

I change how Clickfree does backups” on page 79

Clickfree displays some screens to show progress:

Options and see “How do

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When you see the Search Summary screen, every category for which files were found (that is, for which the number after the category name is not zero) is set to be included in the backup – its

Note: By default the Photos, Music, and Video categories is left unchecked. In most cases

these files are already on your iPhone/iPod.

You can:

Include checkbox is checked.

• Choose to include the category in the backup or exclude the category. In the example above: the Photos category has been excluded – its

unchecked: the Spreadsheets category has been included – its

Include checkbox has been

Include checkbox has

been left as checked:

Note: The categories that are included and excluded in this first backup are ‘sticky’ – that

is, they are used for future backups unless you change the way that Clickfree does backups – see “How do I change how Clickfree does backups? On page 79.

• Choose to exclude specific individual files from this backup. For information on how to exclude a file permanently from backup, see “Can I exclude a file from backup?” on page 125.

When you have made your choices of categories and files, and assuming that there is enough space free on your iPod, click Start Backup to begin.

Note: If the total size of the

iPhone/iPod, the Start Backup button is not able to be clicked, and you need to

Items to Backup is more than the Space Available on this

exclude categories or individual files until there is enough space. At that time the button becomes clickable. See “What if there is not enough space on my iPod?” on page 86.

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Clickfree displays some screens to show progress:

The

Backup Summary screen shows you how many files in each category were

backed up this time ( column). The

Space Used column shows the amount of space that files from all

New column) and from all backups, including this one (Total

backups take up on your iPod.

Note: The numbers shown relate to backups on the

When you see the Backup Summary screen, simply unplug the Clickfree

Transformer SE and your iPod and store them in a safe place.

Current PC only.

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WHAT IF CLICKFREE DOESN’T START UP AUTOMATICALLY?

There could be a couple of reasons why Clickfree does not run when you plug in the

Clickfree Transformer SE:

• If you see a message telling

you that ”Clickfree™ Backup cannot start because you do not have the required permissions. Please re-login to this computer as the Administrator.”:

1. Log out.

2. Unplug the Clickfree Transformer SE.

3. Log in again as Administrator.

4. Plug the Clickfree Transformer SE in again.

The backup then starts automatically.

• Your computer settings may prevent Clickfree from running automatically because “Autorun” is turned off.

To fix this problem, follow these steps. You only need to do this once, not every time you use Clickfree.

♦ To turn on Autorun – Windows XP:

1. Download the “autoplay repair wizard” from the Microsoft website.

2. Run the program.

♦ To turn on Autorun – Windows Vista:

1. Click the Start button on your computer, then click Control Panel.

2. In the window that appears, click

3. Scroll to the bottom of the

4. Click

Save.

Autoplay window and select Restore all defaults.

Autoplay.

As an alternative, you can temporarily bypass autorun. If you use this method, you will have to follow this procedure every time you use the Clickfree Transformer SE.

♦ To temporarily bypass Autorun – Windows XP/Vista:

With your iPod and Transformer SE connected to your computer:

1. Click the or

Computer (Vista).

2. In the window that appears, find

3. Right-click and select

4. Open the

5. Double-click

Start button on your computer, then click My Computer (WindowsXP/2000)

Clickfree_System.

Explore.

Mentor folder.

USBMentor.exe, and follow the on-screen instructions.

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WHAT IF THE VISTA AUTOPLAY WINDOW APPEA RS?

In Windows Vista, if the AutoPlay window appears:

1. Check

2. Click

Always do this for software and games.

Start ClickFree Backup.

You only need to do this once, not every time you use Clickfree.

HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE DOES BACKUPS?

You can change:

• The categories of content Clickfree backs up

• The file types/extensions that Clickfree searches for – see “How do I choose

individual file types for backup” on page 125 in the “Advanced topics” chapter.

• Where Clickfree looks for this content.

You can also tell Clickfree to back up all of the files in a folder.

Note: Changes you make to how Clickfree does backups are “sticky”: they are stored

and applied again to later backups on this computer, unless you modify them or apply factory settings – see “What are ‘factory settings’ and how do I use them?” on page 114 in the “Advanced topics” chapter.

What do the Cancel, Next, and Back buttons do?

As you go from one step to the next to back up content, the screens you see usually have buttons for

Cancel abandons the changes you have made and returns you to the Manage Settings and PCs

screen.

Next > accepts the decisions you have made so far, then moves on to the next step and the

Cancel, Next >, and Back>.

next decision.

Back > sends you back to the previous step so that you can change a decision you already

made. Until you click

Start or Cancel there is no limit to how often you can go back and

make changes.

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♦ To review or change what gets backed up:

1. Follow steps 1 to 6 of the procedure “How do I start using my Clickfree Transformer SE?” on page 74.

2. Before the countdown reaches zero, click

The

Manage Settings and PCs screen is displayed:

Options.

3. Now click

Change Backup Settings.

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CHOOSING CATEGORIES OF CONTENT TO BE BACKED UP – REQUIRED

4. All of the categories are selected by default. Choose the categories of content to be backed up, for example, Text Documents, Photos, and Videos.

• To include a category, for example, Photos, in the backup, make sure that the box to

the left of the category name is checked it. You can add and remove the checkmark by clicking in the box.

• To exclude a category, for example, Music, from the backup, make sure that the box

to the left of the category name is unchecked box to uncheck it.

Note: You can make a finer selection by choosing file types within each category. For

details, see “How do I choose individual file types for backup” on page 125 in th“e

Advanced topics” chapter.

5. When you are finished choosing content categories, click Next >.

Note: You must choose at least one file type or category – you cannot leave all file types

and categories unchecked.

. If it isn’t, click the box to check

. If it is checked, click the

HOOSING LOCATIONS TO SEARCH FOR CONTENT – REQUIRED

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6. Choose where you want Clickfree to search for the categories you chose earlier –

Clickfree can either:

• look through your entire computer (the default setting)

or

• look only in certain folders

♦ To look through the entire computer:

• Choose Search the entire computer .

Clickfree can optionally skip temporary folders and/or folders that Windows uses

for its own files:

• Check or uncheck

Skip TEMP directories to skip or not skip temporary

folders.

• Check or uncheck

Skip Windows System folders to skip or not skip folders

that Windows uses for its own files.

Normally you will want to skip both.

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♦ To look only in certain folders:

• Choose Search selected folders only then select folders

from

My Documents. and My Computer.

• To search the entire checked

• To see details of a folder under checkbox. This expands and changes the + to a -. Click the – when you want to collapse the folder again.

My Documents folder, make sure that the checkbox is

.

My Documents, click the + to the left of the

My Documents to show the folders that it contains,

Each folder with a

+ beside it can be expanded.

• You can now choose the individual folders you want to be searched, by adding and removing checkmarks in the checkboxes. For example, to search only the folder with the Help and Manual projects, uncheck the

Documents checkbox, then check only My HelpAndManual Projects:

• Do the same for

My Computer.

Note: You must choose a location – you cannot leave all locations unchecked.

My

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7. When you have made your choices, click Next >.

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HOOSING COMPLETE FOLDERS TO BE COPIED – OPTIONAL

8. Choose complete folders to be copied in addition to categories and locations.

The folders you choose here are copied, except that files whose file types were unchecked in “Choosing categories of content to be backed up – required” on page 81. For other exceptions see “

. Can I exclude a file from backup?” on page 125

• To add the entire is checked

• To see details of a folder under

My Documents folder to the backup, make sure that the checkbox

.

My Documents, click the + to the left of the

checkbox. This expands My Documents to show the folders that it contains, and changes the + to a -. Click the

– when you want to collapse the folder again.

Each folder with a

+ beside it can be expanded.

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• You can now choose the individual folders you want to include in the backup by adding and removing checkmarks in the checkboxes. For example, within My Documents if you want to include only the folder with the photos of your hike, uncheck the My Documents checkbox, then check only

• Do the same for My Computer.

HikePhotos:

9. When you have made your choices, click

Next >.

10. Click

Done then Close to continue with the countdown. You can click Start at this time

to go to the backup right away without waiting for the rest of the countdown.

Clickfree searches for content to back up

Before actually backing up any content, Clickfree searches the locations you chose for your chosen categories of content:

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It adds up the sizes of all of the content it finds, then adds the sizes of the files in the complete folders you also chose. At the bottom of the the total size of the files to be backed up and the amount of free space on your iPod.

Backup Summary screen you can see

If there is not enough space on your iPod, the

Start Backup button cannot be clicked. See

“What if there is not enough space on my iPod?” on page 86.

Clickfree backs up your content

If there is enough space on your iPod, the

11. Click

Start Backup.

Start Backup button can be clicked.

Clickfree then backs up the content and complete folders you chose to your iPod:

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At the end of the backup, a Backup Summary/Complete screen is displayed:

The

Backup Summary/Complete screen shows you how many files in each category were

backed up this time ( The

Space Used column shows the amount of space that files from all backups take up on

your iPod.

New column) and from all backups, including this one (Total column).

Note: The numbers shown relate to backups on the

When you see the Backup Summary/Complete screen, simply unplug the Clickfree

Transformer SE and your iPod and store them in a safe place.

WHAT IF THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SPACE ON MY IPOD?

While Clickfree is searching for content to back up, it adds up the amount of disk space needed and compares that with the free space on your iPod. If there is not enough free space for your content, the

Start Backup button cannot be clicked:

Current PC only.

You need to reduce the total space requirements of the backup.

♦ To reduce the space requirements of your backup

Do one of the following actions:

• Deselect one or more categories of file by unchecking the

Include box(es), or

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• Click one of the categories (for example, Text Documents) , then

a. Use the

Search screen to deselect one or more files by unchecking the checkbox to

the left of the file name.

b. Click

Next.

Repeat these actions until the

Start Backup button can be clicked (turns bright green).

12. Click

Start Backup.

As an alternative, if you have backups from an old computer or user that you don’t need to keep any more, you could remove the old computer or user. For details, see “To remove a computer” on page 113.

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Restoring my content (iPod)

WHAT IF MY COMPUTER’S INTERNAL HARD DRIVE STOPS WORKING,

OR I WOULD LIKE TO TRANSFER MY CONTENT TO A NEW COMPUTER?

All computer hard drives fail eventually, sometimes without warning. Occasionally, computers suffer damage that affects the hard drive. Sometimes, laptop computers get lost or stolen. Sometimes, also, you may delete content by mistake. When these things happen, other computer users may lose valuable, sometimes irreplaceable, data.

But if you lose content you’ll be really happy that you bought and used Clickfree. Your backed-up content is safe on your Clickfree backup, and can be restored when you have a working computer again.

A Clickfree backup is also ideal for transferring your content from an old computer to a new one.

WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I CAN USE CLICKFREE TO RESTORE MY CONTENT?

Before you can restore your content, your computer needs to be working – at the very least it needs to be able to start up and display the desktop.

In addition you need the Transformer SE and the iPod you used to back up your content.

Of course, you can ‘restore’ your content to any computer that meets the system requirements (see “What do I need before I start?” on page 73), not just to the computer whose content you backed up.

The easiest way to copy content between computers is to plug your iPod and Transformer SE in to your new computer. When the Clickfree application launches, just follow the restore procedures described in the rest of this chapter.

HOW DO I GET MY CONTENT BACK?

To get your content back you don’t need to do much more than you did to back the content up – it just takes a couple of clicks.

As with Clickfree backup, you can make some choices – whether to restore all, or just selected content, and where the content is restored to – or you can allow Clickfree to make the choices for you.

Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (iPod)

WHAT GETS RESTORED, AND TO WHERE?

When Clickfree restore runs without you changing any options, it restores all of the content that was backed up, and puts it in the same folders on your computer that it was backed up from. This is the best choice if you have a new computer, or if you have repaired your old computer and all of the content was erased.

For details, see:

• “How do I let Clickfree restore decide what to restore and where?” on page 89

On the other hand, if you have files on the computer you are restoring to, the restored files replace files of the same name in the same location, but only after asking your permission.

If you prefer, you can easily tell Clickfree to restore your files to a place on your computer’s hard drive where they will not replace the files you already have.

For details, see:

• “How do I change how Clickfree restores content?” on page 94.

HOW DO I LET CLICKFREE RESTORE DECIDE WHAT TO RESTORE AND WHERE?

You can allow Clickfree to make the decisions about what to restore and to where, but you need to confirm what Clickfree plans to do.

♦ To let Clickfree decide what to restore and to where:

1. Make sure that your computer is switched on and has finished starting up.

2. Log in, if that is what you normally do.

3. Connect the Clickfree Transformer SE to your computer by plugging it in to a USB port.

Clickfree starts up just as it did when you used it to back up your content.

4. Wait for the Clickfree window to appear – this may take up to 60 seconds.

5. Connect your iPod to the Clickfree Transformer SE.

The Clickfree used it to back up your content.

But this time you are not going to allow Clickfree to start the backup.

Welcome window appears with the countdown, just as it did when you

Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (iPod)

Because you have backed-up content on your iPod, the countdown screen now shows buttons at the bottom to allow you to

View Files and Restore/Transfer files:

6. Before the countdown gets to zero, click

Restore/Transfer. The Restore From screen

appears.

7. Before you click look at the computer name in the

Next to restore all of your content, or select categories to be restored,

Restore From box:

.

If your iPod contains backups created on the computer that you are using, the

From

box by default contains the name of this computer, and, unless you change it, the

content to be restored will come from this computer.

Restore

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8. To restore content from another computer:

a. Click the arrow at the right of the

Restore From box:

The drop-down list contains the names of all of the computers that have been backed up on your iPod.

b. Select the name of the computer whose content you want to restore.

Warning: If you choose

Restore my files to their original location to restore content backed

up on a different computer, you may inadvertently overwrite files that by chance have the same name on both computers. Be very careful before proceeding with restore under these conditions.

Note that all of the categories that have backed-up content are checked off in the Select

HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE RESTORES CONTENT?

By making choices at several steps in the restore process you can affect which content is restored and where it is restored to.

What do the

Cancel, Next, and Back buttons do?

As you go from one step to the next to restore content, the screens you see usually have buttons for

Cancel completely stops the restore, and returns you to the countdown screen. Next > accepts the decisions you have made so far, then moves on to the next step and the

Cancel, Next >, and Back>.

next decision.

Back > sends you back to the previous step so that you can change a decision you already

made. Until you click

Restore Now or Cancel there is no limit to how often you can go back

and make changes.

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RESTORING CONTENT

♦ To change how Clickfree restores content:

1. Follow steps 1 to 6 of the previous section “How do I let Clickfree restore decide what to restore and where?” on page 89.

Restore From screen appears:

The

2. Before you click look at the computer name in the

Next to restore all of your content, or select categories to be restored,

Restore From box:

.

If your iPod contains backed-up content from the computer that you are using, the

Restore From box by default contains the name of this computer, and, unless you

change it, the content that will be restored will be from this computer.

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3. Click the arrow at the right of the

Restore From box:

and select the name of the computer whose content you want to restore.

Warning: If you choose

Restore my files to their original location to restore content backed

up on a different computer, you may inadvertently overwrite files that by chance have the same name on both computers. Be very careful before proceeding with restore under these conditions.

4. To restore content from more than one computer simply repeat the restore process choosing a different computer each time in step 3.

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5. What you do next depends on whether you want to restore all or only some of your files.

• If you want to restore only some of your files, continue with step 6.

• If you want to restore all of your files, go to step 7.

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6. Note that all of the categories that contain files (with the number of files in parentheses after the category name) have checkboxes that you can check off in the Select Category column.

For each category whose content you want to restore, check the checkbox to select the category.

You can also choose to restore content of individual file types within each category. For details see “How do I choose individual files for restore” on page 126 in the “Advanced topics ” chapter.

7. Click

Next >.

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CHOOSING WHERE TO RESTORE CONTENT TO

8. What you do next depends on whether you want to restore your content to its original locations or to somewhere else.

• If you want to restore your content to its original locations, leave

to their original location Next>.

selected , and click

Restore my files

A summary screen shows you how many files will be restored and where they will be restored to.

Click

Restore, and continue with step 11.

• If you want to restore your files to a location where they will not overwrite existing

files on your hard drive:

a. Click

Select the locations to restore my files

b. Choose another drive or folder to restore to, see “How do I choose another drive

and/or folder to restore to” on page 129 in the “Advanced topics” chapter.

c. Continue with step 9.

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9. Click Next >.

10. Assuming that there is enough space on the drive you chose (as shown here), click

Next>.

A summary screen shows you how many files will be restored and where they will be restored to.

11. Click

Restore.

As Clickfree restores your content, it shows you what is happening and how far it has gotten in the process.

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Before it overwrites an existing file on your computer with one of the same name from the backed-up files, Clickfree asks if you want to replace the existing file with the samename file from the backup:

12. You can choose to:

• Keep both copies of this one file – click

Keep Both. Clickfree renames the backed-

up file by adding ‘ (2)’ to the end of the file name, then restores the renamed file.

• Keep both copies of all same-name files – check

click

Keep Both. Clickfree, without asking you , renames the remaining backed-up

Do this for all duplicate files and

files by adding ‘ (2)’ to the ends of the file names, then restores the renamed files.

Note: The option to keep both copies is not available if you are restoring to the original

location.

• Not replace this one file – click Skip

• Not replace any same-name files – check

Skip. Clickfree skips all remaining same-name files without asking you.

• Replace just this file – click

Replace

• Replace all same-name files – check

Do this for all duplicate files and click

Do this for all duplicate files and click Replace.

Clickfree replaces all remaining same-name files without asking you.

If two files have the same size (KB) and same date modified, it is likely to be safe to skip.

If you skip any files, Clickfree completes “with exceptions”. For details see “What about ‘exceptions’ during restore?” on page 100.

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When all of your content has been restored, Clickfree tells you that it is done, and, if it has replaced files on your computer, gives you a chance to undo the restore.

13. If you want to undo, see “How can I undo a restore?” on page 101.

Warning: There is no way to undo after you close this dialog.

14. If you do not want to undo the restore, click Close.

Note: Your content has not been deleted from your Clickfree backup: it is still safe on

your iPod.

When you see the Restore Complete screen, simply unplug the Clickfree Transformer SE

and your iPod and store them in a safe place.

WHA T ABOUT ‘EXCEPTIONS’ DURING RESTORE?

If you skip any files during a restore, the Restore Complete screen has an Exceptions link

at the bottom left:

Clickfree Transformer SE User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Using the Clickfree Transformer SE

DEFINITIONS

Introducing Clickfree Transformer SE (HD)

MAIN FEATURES

Basics (HD)

HOW DOES CLICKFREE WORK?

WHAT GETS BACKED UP?

CLICKFREE BACKS UP CONTENT

WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I START?

Backing up my content (HD)

HOW DO I START USING MY CLICKFREE TRANSFORMER SE?

ZERO EFFORT BACKUP – REALLY

WHAT IF CLICKFREE DOESN’T START UP AUTOMATICALLY?

HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE DOES BACKUPS?

CHOOSING COMPLETE FOLDERS TO BE BACKED UP – OPTIONAL

WHAT IF THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SPACE ON MY EXTERNAL HARD DISK?

Restoring my content (HD)

WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I CAN USE CLICKFREE TO RESTORE MY CONTENT?

HOW DO I GET MY CONTENT BACK?

WHAT GETS RESTORED, AND TO WHERE?

HOW DO I LET CLICKFREE RESTORE DECIDE WHAT TO RESTORE AND WHERE?

HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE RESTORES CONTENT?

RESTORING CONTENT

CHOOSING CATEGORIES OF CONTENT TO BE RESTORED

HOW DO I RESTORE FROM MULTIPLE COMPUTERS? AND HOW CAN I UNDO A RESTORE?

HOW DO I FIND FILES THAT WERE RESTORED

Browsing, Searching & Viewing my files (HD)

HOW DO I VIEW AND USE PHOTOS?

HOW DO I BROWSE MY BACKED-UP FILES?

HOW DO I SEARCH FOR MY BACKED-UP FILES?

WHAT CAN I DO WITH FILES FROM BROWSE, SEARCH AND VIEW PHOTOS

Advanced topics (HD)

WHAT IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE USER ON MY COMPUTER?

WHAT IF I HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER?

WHAT IF I USE MORE THAN ONE EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE?

HOW DO I MAKE MULTIPLE BACKUPS?

WHA T ARE ‘FACTORY SETTINGS’ AND HOW DO I USE THEM?

WHA T ARE THE CLICKFREE TOOLS, AND HOW DO I USE THEM?

Master Reset

UPDATING CLICKFREE SOFTWARE

REMINDER AND THE CLICKFREE ICON

REMINDERS

HOW DO I ADD/REMOVE/EDIT FILETYPES?

HOW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILE TYPES FOR BACKUP?

CAN I EXCLUDE A FILE FROM BACKUP?

HOW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILES FOR RESTORE?

HOW DO I CHOOSE ANOTHER DRIVE AND/OR FOLDER TO RESTORE TO?

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Introducing Clickfree Transformer SE (iPod)

MAIN FEATURES

Basics (iPod)

HOW DOES CLICKFREE WORK?

WHAT GETS BACKED UP?

CLICKFREE BACKS UP CONTENT

DOES CLICKFREE BACK UP ALL OF MY CONTENT EVERY TIME?

WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I START?

Backing up my content (iPod)

HOW DO I START USING MY CLICKFREE TRANSFORMER SE?

ZERO EFFORT BACKUP – REALLY

WHAT IF CLICKFREE DOESN’T START UP AUTOMATICALLY?

WHAT IF THE VISTA AUTOPLAY WINDOW APPEA RS?

HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE DOES BACKUPS?

CHOOSING CATEGORIES OF CONTENT TO BE BACKED UP – REQUIRED

WHAT IF THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SPACE ON MY IPOD?

Restoring my content (iPod)

WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I CAN USE CLICKFREE TO RESTORE MY CONTENT?

HOW DO I GET MY CONTENT BACK?

WHAT GETS RESTORED, AND TO WHERE?

HOW DO I LET CLICKFREE RESTORE DECIDE WHAT TO RESTORE AND WHERE?

HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE RESTORES CONTENT?

RESTORING CONTENT

CHOOSING WHERE TO RESTORE CONTENT TO

WHA T ABOUT ‘EXCEPTIONS’ DURING RESTORE?