Samsung AUTO BACKUP User Manual

Samsung Auto

Backup User

Manual

[Rev. 06 06/05/2009 Samsung Auto Backup User Manual First edition October 2008 This revision - 05] Copyright © 2008 Clarus, Inc. All Rights Reserved. No part of this document may be communicated, distributed, reproduced, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Clarus, Inc., except as allowed under the copyright laws. All brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. Samsung and Clarus, Inc. is a registered trademark of Samsung Electronics Co. and Clarus, Inc. Samsung Auto Backup is a trademark of Samsung Electronics Co. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States, other countries, or both. Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. Microsoft® Microsoft, Encarta, MSN, Windows, Microsoft Word, and Windows Vista™ are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. IBM®, PC-DOS, PC are register trademark of International Machine Corporation. IBM, the IBM logo and ibm.com are trademarks of International Business Machines Corp., registered in many jurisdictions worldwide. Other product and service names might be trademarks of IBM or other companies. Intel, Intel logo, Intel Inside, Intel Inside logo, Intel Centrino, Intel Centrino logo, Celeron, Intel Xeon, Intel SpeedStep, Itanium, and Pentium® are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.

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Chapter 1 Introduction ..................................... 5

Chapter 2 Handling Precautions ...................... 7

Regular Virus Scanning ............................ 7

Safely Remove Hardware ......................... 7

Always Backup your important Data .......... 7

Chapter 3 Terms and Concepts of Backup ....... 8

Chapter 4 Installing the Software .................. 12

Before Installation ....................................... 13

Preparing your Computer .............................. 14

System Requirements ........................... 14

Connecting the Drive to Your Computer .......... 15

Installing the Software ................................. 16

Startup Screen ..................................... 17

Choose your Language .......................... 17

Welcome message ................................ 18

License Agreement ................................ 19

Choose the Destination Folder ................ 20

Chapter 5 Setting up the Auto Backup............ 23

Getting Started ........................................... 24

Setting up your Preferences .......................... 25

Creating a Folder .................................. 26

Creating a Password .............................. 27

Setting the Task Log Options .................. 29

File Filter ............................................. 31

Backup Groups of Files .......................... 32

Backup Types of Files by Extension ......... 33

Setting the Backup Schedule .................. 34

Chapter 6 Managing Data ............................... 36

Starting Data Management ........................... 37

First Backup ......................................... 38

Disk Space Information ......................... 39

Samsung Auto Backup Main Screen ......... 39

Menu Bar ............................................. 40

Task Menu ........................................... 41

3 4

View Menu ........................................... 41

Tools Menu .......................................... 42

Tools Menu Help ................................... 42

Icon Bar .............................................. 43

Quick Backup ....................................... 44

Viewing Backup Results ......................... 45

Check the Backup from Windows Explorer 46

Chapter 7 Advanced ....................................... 47

Changing Options ........................................ 48

Set Task Options .................................. 48

File Filter ............................................. 50

Schedule ............................................. 50

Backup Mode ....................................... 52

Deleting Backed up Data .............................. 54

Restoring Data ............................................ 57

Settings Information ............................. 59

Task Log.............................................. 60

Tools Menu ................................................. 64

Setting the Backup Device ..................... 64

Changing the Backup Device .................. 65

Replicating the Backup Device ................ 66

Restoring the Backup Information ........... 68

Using Migration .................................... 68

Connecting to a Network Folder ..................... 73

Disconnecting a Network Drive ............... 75

Checking the Integrity of Backed up Data ....... 76

About Samsung Auto Backup ........................ 78

Introduction

Chapter 1 Introduction

Congratulations on becoming an owner of the Samsung Auto Backup Program. You made an excellent choice and we hope you will enjoy all its capabilities.

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Introduction

Samsung Auto Backup is the ultimate backup solution for creating reserve copies of data. You can make full, custom, and scheduled backups. With Samsung Auto Backup, you will get encryption, compression, scheduled backups, and extracting tool. Here is what you get:

• Two ways to backup: Scheduled or in real-time

• SafetyKey™ for protecting your precious contents

• Capacity Gauge through tray icon (Windows O/S)

NOTE: PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE

COMPLETE CONTENTS OF THIS MANUAL. THE

CONTENTS OF THIS MANUAL MAY BE MODIFIED

WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.

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Chapter 2 Handling Precautions

The following are precautions that must be followed to enjoy a long Samsung External Hard Disk Drive life.

NOTE: PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL THE

FOLLOWING PRECAUTIONS BEFORE

PROCEEDING TO USE YOUR SAMSUNG EXTERNAL

HARD DISK DRIVE

Regular Virus Scanning

Frequently scan the device for viruses and protect the device from virus infection.

Safely Remove Hardware

Always use the Safely Remove Hardware feature before shutting down the Samsung External Hard Disk Drive or disconnecting the USB cable.

Always Backup your important Data

The Samsung External Hard Disk Drive manufacturer does not guarantee data stored in the Samsung External Hard Disk Drive and will not assume responsibility for any mental or material damage incurred during data recovery.

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Chapter 3 Terms and Concepts

of Backup

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Terms of Concepts of Backup

This chapter explains the concepts and terms you need to know before using Samsung Auto Backup.

•

What is Backing Up ?

Backup means storing data safely on storage devices such as hard disks.

• Backup Source

Backup source is the files or folders that you want to backup.

• Backup Device

Backup device is the device (local hard disks, NAS, DVDRAM, etc.) onto which you want to store the backup data. In the case of the Samsung Auto Backup program, the backup device is the Samsung External Hard Disk Drive.

• Scheduled Backup

In the scheduled backup, the software program runs the backup procedure according to a schedule yo u set in advance.

• Manual Backup

In the manual backup, you perform the backup procedure yourself using the software.

• Full Backup

All the files and folders in a backup source you specify are backed up.

• Incremental Backup

When you back up data from the same source repeatedly, only data that has changed or been added since the last backup is backed up.

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Terms of Concepts of Backup

• Real-Time Backup

This backup procedure is performed in real time. That is, the backup source is monitored continuously, and when a folder or file is changed or added to it, the corresponding folder or file is backed up in real time.

• Backup Log

This log contains detailed information on the backup process, including the start time, completion time, number of files backed up, etc.

• What is Backup Information?

Backup Information’ is actually a database of important information on your backups, such as which data Sam s un g Auto Backup backed up and the result of the process. Based on this database, the program performs its tasks such as backing up, restoring, and deleting.

• What is ‘compression of Backup Information?

When a user deletes data such as a backup file and task log in Samsung Auto Backup, the actual files are deleted. However, the information related to the deleted files is only flagged as ‘deleted’ but actually still remains hidden within the backup information. Therefore, if there are too many deleted files, the program has to check through lots of information when performing the next backup, and the backup process is slowed down. Also, the size of the backup information file is itself limited. When the backup information file reaches a certain size, backups cannot be performed. To resolve these prob lems, the compression function removes useless data from the backup information and optimizes the remaining data.

• Defrag

In a disk drive, there is a ‘platter’ or disk that spins to read data and write data. The data that is read, is usually the program files. The data that is written is usually the information that you create

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Terms of Concepts of Backup

with the program. For instance, if you are using Microsoft Word to create a letter, the letter is the data that is written to the disk. Remember that the disk is spinning when you are on your computer. When you save your data (letter), it is saved on various places on the disk. When you defrag your disk, you are putting all the pieces of your data (letter) in one place. When all the pieces of the files are put together, your drive is ‘optimized’.

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Chapter 4 Installing the

Software

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Installing the Software

Before Installation

Samsung Auto Backup is a backup solution that allows you to back up important data locally, or through a network. This solution provides various options that allow you to perform manual backups, as well as scheduled backups, and compress the data during the process.

When you back up data using Samsung Auto Backup, you first should perform a full backup on all your data. After that however, you can perform real-time backups that monitor the source and back up only the data that has changed. In addition, this solution uses a disk-based backup method, minimizing the time required to restore the backup data significantly. Using incremental backups, you only backup the data that has changed or added since the last backup. This option is much faster than a full backup, as it is only updating some files and not backing up all the files.

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Preparing your Computer

We recommend that you check the current condition of your system and take any necessary measures to optimize or defragment it before using this software.

For help with optimizing and defragmenting your computer, please see the manufacturer's recommendations. If your system is unstable, for example if it displays blue screens, you encounter an error message while booting the system, or crashes frequently in everyday use, you must resolve these problems before using this software. If you think your system is stable, optimize it anyway by running the recommended optimizing software before using this software.

System Requirements

The following is a list of the minimum system specifications for Samsung Auto Backup:

TABLE 1. Minimum System Requirements

Component Minimum Specification

CPU Intel® Pentium® equivalent 1GHz

MEMORY 512 MB

HDD 500 MB

Operating System

Web Browser Microsoft Windows® Internet Explorer®

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Microsoft Windows® XP SP2 or Windows Vista™ or Windows 7

5.5

Installing the Software

Connecting the Drive to Your Computer

Contained in the packaging is a USB cable. The small end of the cable plugs into the Samsung External Hard Disk Drive and the large end plugs into your Computer. This is keyed so you can only plug it in on e way.

Figure 4-1 Connecting your External drive to your Computer

LED

Connect to

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Connect to Samsung External Hard Disk Drive

Installing the Software

When you connect the Samsung External Hard Disk Drive to your computer, there will be a short pause. After the pause, the Welcome screen appears.

NOTE: IF YOU SEE A MICROSOFT SCREEN APPEAR,

CLICK ‘OK’

NOTE: WHEN YOU INSTALL THE AUTO BACKUP

PROGRAM ON THE WINDOWS 7,

YOU SHOULD RUN THE "APPINST.EXE"

MANUALLY IN SAMSUNG EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE.

THE WINDOWS 7 DOES NOT SUPPORT THE

AUTORUN FUNCTION.

Figure 4-2 Click OK if the Microsoft Install Wizard appears

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Startup Screen

From the Samsung External Hard Disk Drive:

Click Install Samsung Auto Backup

Figure 4-3 Samsung External Hard Disk Drive Setup Screen

Choose your Language

From the Pull-Down, choose your desired language.

Click the Pull-Down Arrow

Choose your language Click OK

Figure 4-4 Choosing the Language

2.Click on your desired language

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3.Click OK when you are done

1.Click this arrow for the pull-down menu

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Welcome message

The Welcome Screen appears to indicate that the Install Wizard is ready to start installing your Auto Backup software. From the Samsung Auto Backup Install Wizard:

Click Next >>

Figure 4-5 Samsung Auto Backup Install Wizard

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License Agreement

The next screen is the end user license agreement. If you agree to the license agreement:

Click Yes

Figure 4-6 End User License Agreement

NOTE: PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE

AGREEMENT.

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Choose the Destination Folder

The following screen will determine where to install the software. The default folder is C:\Program Files\Clarus\Samsung Auto Backup.

You may click Browse and choose a different

6. folder or click

Figure 4-7 Choose the backup destination

Next>> to use the default destination

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Installing the Software

Choose the Program Folder from the Existing Folders: where you would like to add the program icon. The default folder is the Windows Accessories.

Click Next>>

Figure 4-8 Choose the folder for the program icon

The installations progress bar appears.

Figure 4-9 Progress bar

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When the installation is complete, you may choose to reboot the system now or later.

After making a selection, click Finish to complete the

8. installation.

NOTE: IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU

CHOOSE TO REBOOT YOUR COMPUTER SO THE

PROGRAM CAN COMPLETE THE INSTALLATION,

PLACING ICONS ON THE DESKTOP AND IN THE

TASK BAR.

You have successfully installed the software for your Samsung External Hard Disk Drive.

The next step is to configure the software to your exacting specifications.

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Chapter 5 Setting up the Auto

Backup

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Setting up the Auto Backup

Getting Started

Examples are used in this section to better explore the many options available.

The program starts by setting up what is backed up, when it is backed up, and to what folder it is backed up. The first screen displays the version, serial number, and the program.

Figure 5-1 Samsung’s Auto Backup Splash Screen

If the software does not automatically start, you may launch the program by clicking:

Start -> Programs-> Samsung -> Samsung Auto

Backup -> Samsung Auto Backup

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