If you use this method, you will have to follow this procedure every time you use the Clickfree C2 Backup Drive. Wait for two minutes after you connect your Clickfree C2 Backup Drive to your computer: 2. Right-click and select Explore. Double-click StartClickfree Backup. What if the Vista Autoplay Window appears? In Windows Vista, if the AutoPlay window appears: 1. Check Always do this for software and games.
Click Start Clickfree Backup. What do the Cancel, Next, and Back buttons do? Cancel abandons the changes you have made and returns you to the Manage Settings and PCs screen.
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. Before the countdown reaches zero, click Options. Now click Change Backup Settings. All of the categories are selected by default.
Choose the categories of content to be backed up, for example, Text Documents, Photos, and Videos. 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.
You can make a finer selection by choosing file types within each category. If you use Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express for your email, and you want to back up files that are attached to email messages, check the Extract email attachments … checkbox.
Note: You must choose at least one file type or category — you cannot leave all file types and categories unchecked. Check or uncheck Skip Windows System folders to skip or not skip folders that Windows uses for its own files.
Click the — when you want to collapse the folder again. You must choose a location — you cannot leave all locations unchecked. Choose complete folders to be backed up in addition to categories and locations. Complete folders are backed up in addition to the file types in the locations you already chose. Click 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.
Clickfree backs up your content If there is enough space on your Clickfree C2 Backup Drive, Clickfree then backs up the content and complete folders you chose to your Clickfree C2 Backup Drive: At the end of the backup, a Backup Summary screen is displayed: The Backup Summary screen shows you how many files in each category were backed up this time New column and from all backups for this computer, including this one Total column.
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 Clickfree C2 Backup Drive. 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. Your backed-up content is safe on your Clickfree backup, and can be restored when you have a working computer again.
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. The easiest way to copy content between computers is to plug the Clickfree C2 Backup Drive in to your new computer. When the Clickfree application launches, just click the Restore button at the bottom of the countdown screen.
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. 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.
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. Clickfree starts up just as it did when you used it to back up your content. Wait for the Clickfree window to appear — this may take up to 60 seconds. The Clickfree Welcome window appears with the countdown, just as it did when you used it to back up your content.
But this time you are not going to allow Clickfree to start the backup. The Restore screen appears. Note that all of the categories that have backed-up content are checked off in the Select Category column.
Before you click Start Restore to restore all of your content, or select categories to be restored, look at the computer name in the Restore From box:.
If your Clickfree C2 Backup 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.
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 Clickfree C2 Backup Drive. Select the name of the computer whose content you want to restore. Since you are going to restore all of your content, simply click Start Restore.
Clickfree confirms how many files will be restored, and where they are going to be restored to. As Clickfree restores your content, it shows you what is happening and how far it has gotten in the process. Warning: During restore, Clickfree overwrites any files it finds with the same name and from the same location as those that were backed up. Click Close. Note: After a restore, Clickfree gives you the chance to undo the restore. Note: Your content has not been deleted from your Clickfree backup: it is still safe on the Clickfree C2 Backup Drive.
Now, simply unplug the Clickfree C2 Backup Drive and store it in a safe place. By making choices at several steps in the restore process you can affect which content is restored and where it is restored to.
Cancel completely stops the restore, and returns you to the countdown screen. Until you click Restore Now or Cancel there is no limit to how often you can go back and make changes. The Restore screen appears: If your Clickfree C2 Backup Drive contains backed-up content from 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 that will be restored will be from this computer.
Click the arrow at the right of the Restore From box: and select the name of the computer whose content you want to restore. To restore content from more than one computer simply repeat the restore process choosing a different computer each time in step 2. Choose Advanced Restore. What you do next depends on whether you want to restore all or only some of your files.
If you want to restore all of your files, click Start Restore and go to step 7. Note that all of the categories that contain files with the number of files in parentheses after the category name have checkboxes that you can check off in the Select Category column. For each category whose content you want to restore, click the checkbox to select the category.
You can also choose to restore content of individual file types within each category. What you do next depends on whether you want to restore your content to its original locations or to somewhere else.
Click Start Restore. When all of your content has been restored, Clickfree tells you that it is done: To restore files from more than one computer, simply repeat the restore process choosing a different computer each time.
Click the link to see a list of the files that were not restored. You can now use Explorer to move the files to a more convenient folder. Note: Some programs, especially those like Outlook in which you do not open files from a file open dialog, expect to find their files in a particular folder. If you restore files to a folder other than the original location, your program may not be able to find them.
If your program displays an error message telling you that it cannot find its files, or if the program starts up but your data is missing, you will need to move the files to the proper folder. The Backup Summary screen is displayed. Now follow instructions given in Section 6. As you continue to click photos, they are added to the selection. To use a photo as wallpaper: 1. Click the photo. Make sure that only one photo is selected.
Click Wallpaper. The chosen photo becomes your computer Wallpaper: To print photos: 1. Select the photos. Click Print Home and select the Print Style: 3.
Set the Printer Options, then click Print. Click Share Photos: 3. Click facebook or myspace. To email photos: If you use Outlook or Outlook Express for your email, you can create a blank email message and attach your photos. Click Email: Your email program opens a new blank message with the photos included as attachments: 3.
Address and send the message as you would normally do. It opens in your usual program for working with photos: 6. To browse for files that you have backed up: 1. Click the Browse Files tab. Enter search factors to find the files you want. To search for files: 1. A blank file name matches all files. Click Search. Files that match all of your search factors are displayed. To work with the file s you have selected: 1.
Right-click the file or one of the files to bring up a menu. Restore file to original location — to restore that file to its original location. To start a DVD backup or restore 1. How do I start using my Clickfree C2 Backup 2. The Manage Settings and PCs screen is displayed: 3. Now click DVD Backup. The DVD backup screen is displayed. A separate DVD backup program is launched. If your Clickfree C2 Backup Drive is password protected, a non-administrator user cannot backup or restore files.
A non-administrator user can back up only those files that are visible to the user. Normally that means only files that belong to that user, or that are shared by all users.
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The My Book comes formatted for Windows but can be reformatted for Macs. The portables have the advantage of being powered through the USB port, so there's no need for a power adapter. You can restore selected files to social networks, too. It comes in 1 TB to 4TB capacities. USB 3. The Seagate Dashboard software lets you choose either scheduled or continuous backups.
Both desktop and portable versions are available. The blue model holds GB while the red one holds 1 TB. The menu-driven interface is easily configured, and after the initial configuration, backups proceed automatically whenever the drive is plugged into your PC.
Both USB 2. Once configured, backups are made continuously without user aid. Using an external backup drive to safeguard all your files is a smart move. If you want to take it a step further, I encourage you to read my ebook Everything You Need to Know About BACKUPS , where you'll learn about strategies that include online backup, backing up your email, your social media content, and your smartphone data.
What hardware, software and strategy do you use for backups? Post a comment or question below This article was posted by Bob Rankin on 20 Jun Posted by: duane 20 Jun I've been backing up for about a year and my external drive is full.
Now what? Buy another drive or erase the one I have? Backup software can be configured to solve this problem. You could, for example, keep three rolling backups, each a week or a month older than the previous one. The oldest ones get deleted. Posted by: Butch 20 Jun Once again, Bob Rankin comes to the rescue. I wholeheartedly agree with him on the backups listed--with the exception of Western Digital.
Scenario: problem with newly purchased drive; called for help but was told I'd have to pay for assistance; wouldn't even talk with me about the problem; when the drive "died", their attitude was "tough; buy another" Had to get the state attorney general involved to rectify situation!!! Posted by: Harold P. Morgan 20 Jun Connected this way it serves as backup and safety valve for our entire home network of PC's Paranoid as I am I still don't trust the supposed "security" of Cloud storage.
Our way suffers from the danger of all-on-site storage. But the stuff I really want to protect Thought about bank safety deposit box but that does not necessarily mean we would always have access. Banks DO go belly up and close.
Posted by: Doclocke 20 Jun I've been using ReBit www. It couldn't be easier to use the program, because once you've installed and set it up, all you have to do is plug in a dedicated external USB drive, and Rebit will do the rest.
I've lost count of the number of times Rebit has saved my bacon by restoring a known-good disk image to a misbehaving computer. The most-recent time I did that was after we returned from a cross-country trip in our motorhome, a couple weeks ago. During the trip, my laptop computer picked up a nasty bit of malware that resulted in a "non-genuine OS" error message every time I booted the computer. I contacted Dell's Technical Support several times through e-mail, and although the technician tried and tried, none of her suggestions did anything to resolve the problem.
When we got back home, I re-installed the disk image I'd made before we left on our trip, and that was all that was needed. I've also used Macrium Reflect, as well as Image for Windows in the past, and they also worked for me; however, Rebit has proved to be so simple and effective that I see no reason to use anything else. Posted by: Bonnie 20 Jun Any wisdom for us? What specific problem have you had restoring data, and what backup software do you have? Posted by: Jim 20 Jun Although not a shipping product yet - Space Monkey is an interesting concept possibly available this summer.
A network attached drive that also stores a copy of your data in the cloud. Posted by: Mary 20 Jun
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