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

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

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

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

re than one computer? 49

How do I make multiple backups?

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

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

CAN I EXCLUDE A FILE FROM BACKUP?

OW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILES FOR RESTORE? 64

HOW DO I CHOOSE ANOTHER DRIVE AND/OR F

OLDER TO RESTORE TO? 67

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

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

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

HO 101

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

Backup Assistant The Clickfree tray icon 120

HOW DO I ADD/REMOVE/EDIT FILETYPES?

OW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILE TYPES FOR BACKUP? 125

112

I USE THEM? 114

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120

123

CAN I EXCLUDE A FILE FROM BACKUP?

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

125

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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

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.

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?

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).

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.

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.

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.

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)

• 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 >.

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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

Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (HD)

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

Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (HD)

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.

Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (HD)

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

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?