Farstone DRIVECLONE 2.0 User Manual

DriveClone

TM

Version 2.0

User’s Guide

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Contents

CHAPTER 1 GLOSSARY............................................................5

CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION TO DRIVECLONE..........6

2.1 ABOUT DRIVECLONE ................................................................6

2.2 FEATURES AND BENEFITS.........................................................6

CHAPTER 3 INSTALLING/UNINSTALLING

DRIVECLONE.................................................................................8

3.1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ..........................................................8

3.2 INSTALLING DRIVECLONE ........................................................8

3.3 UNINSTALLING DRIVECLONE .................................................10

CHAPTER 4 GETTING AROUND IN DRIVECLONE...11

4.1 LAUNCH DRIVECLONE ............................................................11

4.2 BACKUP AND RESTORE...........................................................11

4.2.1 Backup Drives............................................................................11

4.2.2 Restore Drives..........................................................................15

4.2.3 Recover CD/DVD...................................................................... 19

4.3 CLONE ......................................................................................22

4.3.1 Clone partition.......................................................................... 22

4.3.2 Clone Disk .................................................................................. 24

4.4 DRIVECLONE UTILITIES .........................................................28

4.4.1 Bootable Disc ............................................................................ 28

4.4.2 Erase Disc...................................................................................28

4.4.3 Image Integrity Check........................................................... 28

4.5 SETTINGS ................................................................................29

4.5.1 Set USB Standard.................................................................... 29

4.5.2 Network Settings..................................................................... 30

4.6 CREATE BOOTABLE DISC........................................................31

4.7 RESTORE FILE OR FOLDER .....................................................32

CHAPTER 5 APPENDIX..........................................................36

5.1 FAQ .........................................................................................36

5.2 LICENSE AGREEMENT .............................................................40

Chapter 1 Glossary

 DriveClone Image

A DriveClone image is the file that contains the contents of a computer’s hard
drive or partition(s). Using this image, you can copy the entire contents of
a hard drive to a portable medium such as a recordable CD/DVD, USB drive
or to another hard drive.

 Recover CD/DVD

The Recover CD/DVD allows end users to start their systems by inserting this
disc into their CD-ROM drive. Once the system is booted up, the Recover
CD/DVD will restore the system automatically based on the content
contained on the Recover CD/DVD.

 Restorable Image

When the size of the image is greater than the available space on the
external medium, the image will be divided into several volumes. Only the
first image of a series of images has the ability to restore the partition/disk
because it contains the initial data of the source partition/disk. We refer to
the first image as the restorable image.

 Clone (Copy)

The term "cloning" refers to copying the exact information from one place to
another.

Chapter 2 Introduction to DriveClone

2.1 About DriveClone

DriveClone is a hard drive utility that is used to backup or clone hard drives
or partitions. It creates a compressed archive file that contains all files,
partition information and security information stored on a hard drive or
CD/DVD. DriveClone can be used for many different purposes. PC users
can use DriveClone as a quick and easy way to back up and restore their
data in the event of a system crash. System administrators can use it to
dramatically reduce the time they spend restoring, reconfiguring or copying
data onto the hard drives of many computers. So, whether you need to back
up, recover, protect or upgrade PCs, DriveClone is an all-in-one solution.

2.2 Features and Benefits

• Copies the entire hard drive: Enables users to quickly back up,

replace or upgrade their hard drives.

• Auto-recover CD: Burn image files to a CD-RW to create a

startup/auto-recover CD. Just insert the CD into the CD drive and
the entire PC will be automatically restored to its previous condition.

• Saves time: Eases the time-consuming process of reinstalling

operating systems, programs and hardware drivers.

• Backup flexibility: Clone hard drives that are different in size,

format or brand. Copy a single partition or the entire hard drive.

• Easy to use: A Windows-similar interface loads prior to your

operating system, making DriveClone simple to use

• Optimizes operating speed: Supports UDMA1-5 to restore data in

sectors.

• Supports various partition formats: FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, Linux

and RestoreIT.

• Stores the image file to USB storage devices: Images can be

saved to USB storage devices such as a Removable USB hard drive
or burned on a CD/DVD disc through a USB recorder.

• Stores the image file on the network: Images can be saved to

a location on your LAN.

• Supports IDE and SATA Hard Drives: Can store to and restore

from both IDE, and SATA HDD port disk,

• Supports SCSI Hard Drives: Can store data to, restore from or

clone a SCSI hard drive.

• Supports RAID 0/1: Can store to, restore from or clone a RAID

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0/1 array.

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Chapter 3 Installing/Uninstalling DriveClone

3.1 System Requirements

 Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003
 Intel 486 (or compatible) processor or higher
 VBE2.0 Display Card or higher
 256 MB of RAM
 130 MB free hard drive space for installing DriveClone2.0
 IE5.0 or later

3.2 Installing DriveClone

To install DriveClone on your computer, please do the following:

Step 1 Insert the DriveClone setup CD into your CD drive. The Setup
program should start automatically. If it does not, run the file called
DClone.EXE directly from the CD.

Step 2 When the DriveClone install screen appears, select Next to go to the
next step.

Step 3 Carefully read the software license agreement. If you accept the
terms of the agreement, select I Accept the License Agreement, and
then click Next to continue.

Step 4 Enter your personal information and serial number. If you have not
purchased a serial number yet, simply click Next without entering the serial
number for a limited-time trial of DriveClone.
Note: Trial version of DriveClone does not support creating a Bootable Disc
or Recover CD/DVD.

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Step 5 Choose a location for installing DriveClone. DriveClone will be
installed in the path displayed by default. If you would like to store the
program files in a different location, click Browse to select a new installation
path.

Step 6 Click Next to start the installation.

Step 7 Click Finish to restart your computer and complete the installation.

If you want to restart later, uncheck the box and click Finish.

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Note

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If you choose to restart the computer later, DriveClone is
functionally limited and you cannot perform the Mount Image
function until the computer is restarted.

3.3 Uninstalling DriveClone

If you would like to uninstall DriveClone, please follow the
steps below:

Step 1 Click Start from the Windows taskbar and then select Programs

->DriveClone ->Uninstall DriveClone.

Step 2 Click Yes to start uninstalling DriveClone from your computer.

Step 3 Click Yes to complete the removal of DriveClone.

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Chapter 4 Getting Around in DriveClone

4.1 Launch DriveClone

To launch DriveClone, double-click on the DriveClone icon on your desktop,
or select Start Æ All Programs Æ DriveClone Æ DriveClone. The
program will ask if you would like to restart the system to run DriveClone in
a Pre-Operating System environment. Select OK and your system will
restart and run DriveClone automatically.

4.2 Backup and Restore

DriveClone provides a flexible way to back up partitions or the entire hard
drive as an image file, which can be used to restore your system later. The
image file can be saved on a hard drive or it can be burned onto a blank
CD/DVD and made into a recover CD/DVD. It supports backing up various
file systems such as FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, Linux EXT2/3 and RestoreIT. The
DriveClone image also supports data compression (ripping at up to a 60%
compression rate).

4.2.1 Backup Drives

To back up data from a partition or the hard drive to an image file, please do
the following:

Step 1 Start the DriveClone program. Select Backup/Restore and then

click Backup Drives (shown below).

Step 2 Select the Source Hard Drive, and then select Source Partition(s) to
be backed up.

Note

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1. Normally there is only one hard drive installed in a computer,
and you can skip to selecting the partition(s) you would like to
protect.

2. If there is more than one hard drive, you can choose only one
drive at a time.

3. You can select one or more partitions from a hard drive to back
up at the same time. If you want to back up an entire hard drive,
select all of the partitions on the drive.

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Step 3 Click Browse to select a location on a hard drive, USB storage
medium, or a network location, and enter a name for the image file.
Note: If you want to store the image on a network location, you can select
the location through Windows, My Network Places, directly enter the full
path and the file name (fig. a), or click Browse to select thefile(fig. b) (LAN
path eg: \\192.168.0.111\ShareDir\Image.sco
You can add comments in the Image File Description box below. Then click
Next to continue.

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Fig. a

Fig. b

Note

1. If you have a CD writer (USB recorders are supported),
you can also select to burn the image onto a blank CD/DVD.
The CD/DVD burned by DriveClone can be used as a
start-up disc. It is also known as a Recover CD/DVD.

2. If you select a network location on the LAN, you may be
prompted to provide the correct username and password to
access the network resource.

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