Farstone TOTAL BACKUP RECOVERY 7 WORKSTATION User Manual
FarStone Total Backup Recovery
7 Workstation
User’s Guide
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FARSTONE TECHNOLOGY, INC. (FARSTONE) END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR TOTAL
BACKUP RECOVERY , HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE “SOFTWARE”
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use of the Software:
A. You may use the So ftware on one Device to clone, or apply an image of a hard drive on that
Device, or to another hard drive on the same Device, a replacement Device, secondary media,
or network drive.
B. You may use the Software on a Device to create an image file of a hard drive on that Device
and store the image file on fixed or removable media for disaster recovery purposes.
C. You may use the Software as a boot disk to re-apply the hard drive image that was created
for disaster recovery purposes to the hard drive on the Device from which the disas ter recovery
image was made or on a replacement Device provided that the software has been removed
from the original Device.
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the manner described in the Software documentation and to use the Software on the
replacement Device provided that the Software has been removed from the original Device.
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an image on multiple Devices or hard drives, except for multiple hard drives installed in or
attached directly to the original Device.
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physical device.
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restrictions apply to the Software:
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Microsoft Corporation has no liability to You for the Component. Any support for the
Component will be provided by FarStone in accordance with FarStone’s then-current support
guidelines.
(ii) THE RECOVERY MANAGER CONTAINS A TIME-OUT FEATURE THAT WILL AUTOMATICALLY
RE-BOOT THE DEVICE AFTER SEVENTY-TWO HOURS OF CONTINUOUS USE. THIS TIME-OUT
FEATURE WILL RESET EACH TIME THE COMPONENT IS RE-LAUNCHED.
(iii) The Recovery Manager may be used as a boot, diagnostic, disaster recovery, setup,
restoration, emergency service, installation, test, and configuration utility program. Use of
the Component as a general purpose operating system or as a substitute for a fully functional
version of any operating system product is strictly prohibit ed.
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Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction..........................................................................................................11
1.1 Product Overview ................................................................................................................. 11
1.2 Powerful Backup Features................................................................................................. 11
1.3 Other Features and Benefits............................................................................................ 12
1.4 Newly-added Features........................................................................................................ 12
Chapter 2: Installing and Uninstalling Total Backup Recovery...........................14
2.1 System Requirements......................................................................................................... 14
2.2 Start Total Backup Recovery Installation.................................................................... 14
2.2.1 Installing FarStone Total Backup Recovery 7 Workstation.............................. 14
2.3 Uninstalling Total Backup Recovery............................................................................... 15
Chapter 3: Total Backup Recovery Specific Terminology.....................................16
3.1 File Backup.............................................................................................................................. 16
3.2 System Snapshot.................................................................................................................. 16
3.3 Hard Drive Imaging............................................................................................................. 16
3.4 Full and Incremental Backups......................................................................................... 16
3.5 Total Backup Recovery Universal Restore................................................................... 16
3.6 Total Backup Recovery Secure Area.............................................................................. 17
Chapter 4: Start Using Total Backup Recovery ...........................................................18
4.1ActivationandDeactivation .......................................................................................................... 18
4.1.1Activation ................................................................................................................................... 18
4.1.2Deactivation............................................................................................................................... 20
4.1 Main Console.......................................................................................................................... 23
4.2.1 Quick Start.......................................................................................................................... 23
4.2.2 Jobs ....................................................................................................................................... 24
4.2.3 View Logs............................................................................................................................ 27
4.2.4 Settings............................................................................................................................... .28
4.3 Backup Console..................................................................................................................... 29
4.3.1 Create a System Snapshot........................................................................................... 29
4.3.2 File Backup ......................................................................................................................... 30
4.3.3 Back Up My Computer.................................................................................................... 34
4.4 Restore Console.................................................................................................................... 36
4.4.1 Return to a System Snapshot..................................................................................... 36
4.4.2 Restore Files....................................................................................................................... 36
4.4.3 Restore Your Computer.................................................................................................. 38
4.4.4 Perform Universal Restore............................................................................................ 39
4.5 Clone Console ........................................................................................................................ 40
4.5.1 Clone Drive......................................................................................................................... 40
4.5.2 Clone Partition................................................................................................................... 41
4.6 Tools Tab............................................................................................................................. 42
4.6.1 Create a Bootable Rescue Disk ................................................................................... 42
4.6.2 Preview Backup Image................................................................................................... 43
4.6.3 Check Image Integrity ................................................................................................... 44
4.6.4 Convert Backup to Virtual Disk................................................................................... 44
Chapter 5: Recovery Manager .............................................................................................46
5.1 Enter Recovery Manager.................................................................................................... 46
5.1.1 Boot from Bootable Rescue Disk................................................................................ 46
5.1.2 Boot into Windows via a USB Drive or USB Key.................................................. 46
5.2 Recovery Manager Main Console.................................................................................... 46
5.2.1 Quick Start.......................................................................................................................... 47
5.2.2 Backup (Computers)....................................................................................................... 47
5.2.3 Return to a System Snapshot..................................................................................... 48
5.2.4 Restore Your Computer ................................................................................................. 49
5.2.5 Clone Tab ............................................................................................................................ 50
5.2.6 Data Shredding................................................................................................................. 52
5.2.7 Analyze Tab........................................................................................................................ 53
5.2.8 Network Tab....................................................................................................................... 54
5.2.9 Tools Tab............................................................................................................................. 56
Chapter 6: Glossary..................................................................................................................59
Chapter 7: Appendix ................................................................................................................61
7.1 Frequently Asked Questions............................................................................................. 61
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Product Overview
FarStone Total Backup Recovery 7 Workstation’s hard drive imaging and cloning features let
you quickly recover, replace, or upgrade your hard drive in case of any data disaster. Your
operating system, files and settings will appear exactly as they were when you cloned or
imaged your hard drive.
Simple enough for a home user, FarStone Total Backup Rec overy 7 Workstation still has plenty
of features for the system administrator, who can copy a single disk image onto multiple
computer systems, dramatically reducing the time needed to install new software, configure
settings, and load data. FarStone Total Backup Recovery 7 Workstation offers incremental
backup, which could allow you to perform most imaging and recovery tasks without ever
leaving the Windows environment.
FarStone Total Backup Recovery 7 Workstation backs up onto a network place, which is not
available in the personal edition of Total Backup Recovery. With this feature, yo ur data security
cannot be influenced by disasters like, earthquake, fire or flood, any more. The whole process
of all functionalities is very easy for everyone only by clickin g buttons. So the FarStone Total
Backup Recovery 7 Workstation is the best choice for backup and recovery.
With a special recovery environment (Recovery Manager), you can run Total Backup
Recovery to back up and restore damaged partitions even if Windows won't start for some
reason. Also some other features of Total Backup Recovery are still available in this recovery
environment.
1.2 Powerful Backup Features
Total Backup Recovery’s Suite of backup features includes:
• Hard Drive Imaging: Backs up and restores a system with a complete copy of all files,
installed software, partition information, and system settings.
• Incremental Backup: Manually or automatically updates save disk images without
ever leaving Windows. Incremental backup points log only the changes that have
occurred since the last Complete Backup.
• System Snapshots: Backs up an entire computer system automatically to the Secure
Area. The system snapshots also provide a fast method to recover from
software-related data disasters.
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• File Backup: Manually or automatically backs up selected file/folder, file extension,
etc.
• Universal Restore: Restores a complete system image of a particular configuration
to a different hardware configuration system or a Virtual Machine.
1.3 Other Features and Benefits
• Complete External Backup: Store a complete system image on a USB hard drive, or
on a network share.
• Easy Disk Image Updates: Incremental Backup lets you quickly update your saved
disk image without ever leaving Windows.
• Flexible Backup: Back up your client’s hard drive to another local hard dri ve, network
drive, or a USB device.
• Rapid, Controlled Recovery: Rebuild system via Complete Restore or System
Snapshot in minutes, not hours or days.
• Partition Support: Supports FAT，FAT32, NTFS and other unknown partitions.
• Hardware Support: Supports IDE, EIDE, SATA, and SCSI/RAID hard drives.
• 100% Protection: Restore an operating system damaged by corrupt software,
human error, a virus attack, or a software bug.
• Quick and Safe Try: You have the choice to return your computer to its original state
in seconds as long as a System Snapshot is created before a new application is
installed.
• Unlimited System Snapshots: Total Backup Recovery has no limit for multiple
system snapshots as long as adequate space is allocated in the hard drive for Total
Backup Recovery’s Secure Area.
• FTP Support: Save another data copy onto a remote FTP server to enhance the
protection of files and even the whole computer.
• Virtual Machine Support: Convert the backup image into a VMware file image
format to run it on a virtual machine.
1.4 Newly-added Features
• Set Password: Enable users to set a password to prevent other unauthorized users from
changing program settings.
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• Resize Secure Area: Secure area is a hidden, secure area on the primary hard drive,
used to store Total Backup Recovery Server backup data. By using the
Area
feature, users can allocate more backup space.
Resize Secure
• Simplified Quota Mangement: One base backups one folder when backuping , and users
can choose to maintain several base backups.
• Google Desktop Search: Enable search engine support if you want to use Google
Desktop to locate and recover files and folders contained in Backup Images.
• Customized File Backup Search: Users can restore file(s) by customized searching of
backup file(s).
• Windows 2008 Local Account Authentication: If the console i s CBP Schedul e backup
of 2008 system, a dialog box containing user name and password is displayed to let users
input a local account. Then CBP will call the corresponding interface according to the
account.
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Chapter 2: Installing and Uninstalling Total Backup Recovery
2.1 System Requirements
• CPU: Pentium or higher
• RAM: 512 MB or more (1 GB or more for Vista)
• Hard Drive: 250 MB free space
• Supported Desktop Operating Systems: Windows® XP (32-bit & x64), Windows®
Vista (32-bit & 64-bit), Windows ® 7 (32-bit & x64)
2.2 Start Total Backup Recovery Installation
If you purchased a CD:
Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. The setup program should start automatically. If it
doesn’t, browse the CD and double-click on the Autorun.exe. Follow the prompts displayed
to finish your installation.
If you purchased an electronic download:
Save the executable file to your hard drive. Double-click on the file to launch the Total
Backup Recovery installer. Follow the prompts displayed to finish your installation.
2.2.1 Installing FarStone Total Backup Recovery 7 Workstation
1. Select Setup, and click Next.
2. Select th e language preference of the application, and click Next.
3. Carefully read the software license agreement. If you accept the terms of the agreement,
select I accept the terms in the license agreement, and click Next.
4. Enter your personal information and serial number, and click Next.
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Note
Installation without purchasing a serial number will activate a time-limited
evaluation version of Total Backup Recovery.
5. Click Next to install to the default folder, or Change to select another location.
6. Click Install to launch the installation process.
7. Click Finish to complete the installation. You are required to restart your computer to launch
FarStone Total Backup Recovery 7 Workstation.
2.3 Uninstalling Total Backup Recovery
1. From the Windows Start menu, select Start ->Settings->Control Panel.
2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs, and select Change or Remove Programs.
3. Select FarStone Total Backup Recovery 7 Workstation, and click Remove to begin
uninstalling the associated component.
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Chapter 3: Total Backup Recovery Specific Terminology
3.1 File Backup
Total Backup Recovery File Backup monitors file changes. When a change is detected, Total
Backup Recovery will record it and back it up according to your schedule. File backups can be
stored locally or externally.
3.2 System Snapshot
System Snapshot and Hard Drive Imaging are both sector level backup functions. System
Snapshot stores only the changed data sectors into the Total Backup Recovery Secure Area.
The amount of storage capacity required for each snapshot is substantially less tha n the entire
amount of data on the hard drive. As a result, snapshots offer a significant savings of hard drive
space and an increased restoration speed when compared with hard drive imaging or complete
disk cloning methods.
3.3 Hard Drive Imaging
Hard Drive Imaging can be used for bare-metal disaster recovery when hard drive failure
occurs.
3.4 Full and Incremental Backups
Full and incremental backup solutions aim to make storing several copies of the source data
more feasible. To accomplish this, a complete backup is taken initially and then incremental
backups can be scheduled or run manually (Inc remental backup only stores the files or sectors
that have changed since the previous full or incremental backu p ). Restoring a system to a
certain point involves locating the complete backup and the incremental backups executed
between the time of the complete backup and the time of the restore.
3.5 Total Backup Recovery Universal Restore
With Total Backup Recovery Universal Restore, there is no need to reinstall the operating
system, applications, configuration files, individual files, and folders into the new system with
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different hardware configuration, or to a virtual machine. With Universal Restore, you can
restore your system onto a similar or a different (than original) hardware co nfiguration with a
few mouse-clicks.
3.6 Total Backup Recovery Secure Area
Total Backup Recovery’s Secure Area is a virtual partition which is created onto the hard
drive’s free space. This location is hidden, protected, and accessible only by Total Backup
Recovery. The secure area is used to store the system snapshots and the Recovery Manager.
It will not be influenced by most computer di sast ers, so it ensures the protection of your data
and the efficiency of Total Backup Recovery recovery.
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Chapter 4: Start Using Total Backup Recovery
To launch Total Backup Recovery, double-click the FarStone Total Backup Recovery 7
Workstation icon on your desktop or select Start–> All Programs –>FarStone->FarStone
Total Backup Recovery 7 Workstation.
4.1 Activation and Deactivation
4.1.1 Activation
Ifyoudon’tpurchaseaserialnumberwheninstallingtheproduct,youwillseethefollowingdialogbox:
IfyouselectIhaveaserialnumberforthisproduct,pleaseenteryourpersonalinformationandserial
number,thenclickNexttocontinue.
IfyouselectIwanttotryFarStoneTotalBackupRecovery7SmallBusinessServerfor14day(s),you
canusetheproductwithin13days.ThenclickNexttocontinue.
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Note
ActivationTimesCountExceeded,pleaselog on to
http://www.farstone.com/support/user-profile/support-ticket.php
for more
assistances.
Ifyouinputaserialnumberwheninstallingtheproduct,youwillseethefollowingdialogbox:
IfyouclickActivateNow,youwillactivatetheproductsuccessfully,thenclickNext,adialogboxwillpop
up,clickYestoenterawebsitetoregistertheproduct.Thenyouwillenterthemainconsole.
IfyouclickOtheractivationoptions,youwillactivatetheproductviae‐mail.Adialogboxwillpopup:
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1. Click Copy to clipboard button to copy the serial number and Mac address to send to the
activation address:
2. Our technical support engineer will send you a Activation Code via e-mail, just input the
activation code to the specified frame.
3. Click Activate Now.
Activation@farstone.com.
4.1.2 Deactivation
Deactivationsteps:
1. ClickHelponthemainconsole,selectDeactivation,youwillseethefollowingdialogbox:
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