Full system backup, Custom backup, Complete system restore – HP DVD100I User Manual

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HP Simple Backup

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Full System Backup

Making a copy of your computer's entire hard drive is easy with HP Simple Backup.

1.1.

Start HP Simple Backup.

Click on

Full System Backup

from the main screen.

HP Simple Backup's Wizard walks you through the rest of the necessary steps.

Custom Backup

HP Simple Backup's Custom Backup feature allows you to pick and choose which
files you want to backup. To create a Custom Backup, perform the following steps:

1.1.

Start HP Simple Backup.

Click on

Custom Backup

from the main screen.

HP Simple Backup's Wizard walks you through the rest of the necessary steps.

Complete System Restore

HP Simple Backup's Complete System Restore option allows you to take the backup
files you created using the Full System Backup option and put those files back onto
any computer equipped with a CD reader (yours or anyone else's).

1.1.

Insert the first CD of your backup set into your CD reader.

Click

Complete System Restore

from the automatically displayed screen.

HP Simple Backup's Wizard walks you through the rest of the necessary steps.

NOTE:

If HP Simple Backup does not start automatically, click on the Windows

Start

button and then select the

Run...

option. Browse to your CD reader's

drive, double click the

Setup.exe

command and then click

Custom Restore

The Custom Restore option is much like the Complete System Restore option in that
it allows you to restore files to any computer equipped with a CD reader (yours or
anybody else's).

1.1.

Insert the disc you created using HP Simple Backup's Custom Backup option into
your computer's CD reader.

Click

Custom Restore

from the automatically displayed screen.

HP Simple Backup's Wizard walks you through the rest of the necessary steps.

NOTE:

If HP Simple Backup does not start automatically, click on the Windows

Start

button and then select the Run... option. Browse to your CD reader's

drive, double click the Setup.exe command and then click OK.

Automatically Excluded Files

Because of the constantly changing characteristics of some types of files, HP Simple
Backup automatically excludes them. Following is a list of some of these types of
files:

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Backup application files

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Index files for caches (internet files, history files, etc.)

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Windows swap files

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Drivespace or Doublespace files

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Temporary directories (i.e., .tmp files)

Errors and Warnings Report

The following is a list of errors and warnings that may appear in the

Report

file after

a backup or restore operation. Look below for a description of the error that was
reported.

Error/Warning

Description

File/directory busy or in
use by another application,
it will be skipped

An application was running at the time of backup,
or a data file was in use. Close all applications, or
those running from your system tray (i.e. Anti-
virus, Scheduler,...), prior to backing up.

Error opening file/directory

• File or directory may be corrupted. Recommend

running ScanDisk on that drive prior to backup.

• You may not have proper read access to that file

or directory (i.e. Windows NT security
permission).

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