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Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide for Microsoft Windows users.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Table of Contents Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 2 Contents I NTRODUCING C LICKFREE P ORT ABLE B ACKUP D RIVE 5 Main Features 5 Package con.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Table of Contents Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 3 R ESTORING MY CONTENT 22 W HA T IF MY COMPUTER ’ S INTERNAL HARD DRIVE ST OPS WORKING .
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Table of Contents Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 4 A DV ANCED TOPICS 44 W HA T IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE USER ON MY COMPUTER ? 44 W HA T IF.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Introducing Clickfree Portable Backup Drive Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 5 Introducing Clickfree Portable Backup Drive Thank you for buying the Clickfree Portable Backup Drive – the easiest way to keep the valuable information on your computer safe.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Introducing Clickfree Portable Backup Drive Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 6 Photo Viewer • Conveniently view backed-up photos in thumbna.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Introducing Clickfree Portable Backup Drive Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 7 photos, letters, emails, tax information etc. In this guide we refer to this data as content . File Information used by your computer and stored in a specific place on your har d drive.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Basics Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 8 Basics H OW DOES C LICKFREE WORK ? All you need to do to keep your projects, photos, videos, music etc. safe is to plug Clickfr ee in to your computer and let it work! No need to install software or to configur e anything.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Basics Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 9 D OES C LICKFREE BACK UP ALL OF MY CONTENT EVERY TIME ? The first time you back up your computer Clickfree backs up all of the content it finds, which might take some time – it just depends on how much you have.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Backing up my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 10 Backing up my content H OW DO I ST ART USING MY C LICKFREE P OR T ABLE B ACKUP D RIVE ? ♦ To start using your Clickfree Portable Backup Drive: 1.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Backing up my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 11 When Clickfree starts to r un, a Welcome window appears and sho ws the number of se.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Backing up my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 12 The Backup Summary screen shows you how many files in each category wer e backed up this time ( New column) and from all backups, including this one ( T otal column).
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Backing up my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 13 W HA T IF C LICKFREE DOESN ’ T ST ART UP AUTOMA TICALL Y ? There could be a coupl.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Backing up my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 14 W HA T IF THE V IST A A UT OPLA Y W INDOW A PPEARS ? In W indows V ista, if the AutoPlay window appears: 1. Check Always do this for softw are and games .
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Backing up my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 15 ♦ To review or change what gets backed up: 1. Follow steps 1 to 4 of the procedur e “How do I start using my Clickfree Portable Backup Drive ?” on page 10.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Backing up my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 16 C HOOSING CA TEGORIES OF CONTENT TO BE BACKED UP – REQUIRED 4. All of the categories are selected by default. Choose the categories of content to be backed up, for example, T ext Documents, Photos, and V ideos.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Backing up my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 17 ♦ To look only in certain folders: • Choose Search selected folders only then select folders from My Documents . and My Computer .
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Backing up my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 18 7. When you have made your choices, click Next > . C HOOSING COMPLETE FOLDERS TO BE BACKED UP – OPTIONAL 8. Choose complete folders to be backed up in addition to categories and locations.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Backing up my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 19 • Do the same for My Computer . 9. When you have made your choices, click Next > . 10. Click Done then Close to continue with the countdown.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Backing up my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 20 Clickfree backs up your content If there is enough space on your Portable Backup Dr.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Backing up my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 21 W HA T IF THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SP ACE ON MY C LICKFREE P ORT ABLE B ACKUP D RIVE ? W.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Restoring my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 22 Restoring my content W HA T IF MY COMPUTER ’ S INTERNAL HARD DRIVE STOPS WORKING , OR I WOULD LIKE TO TRANSFER MY CONTENT TO A NEW COMPUTER ? All computer hard drives fail eventually , sometimes without warning.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Restoring my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 23 computer’s hard drive wher e they will not replace the files you alr eady have.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Restoring my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 24 5. Before the countdown gets to zer o, click Restore .
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Restoring my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 25 9. Since you are going to r estore all of your content, simply click R estore All . Note that all of the categories that have backed-up content are checked of f in the Select Category column.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Restoring my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 26 12. Now just click Start R estore . As Clickfree r estores your content, it shows you what is happening and how far it has gotten in the process.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Restoring my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 27 If two files have the same size (KB) and same date modified, it is likely safe to skip. If you skip any files, Clickfree completes “with exceptions”.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Restoring my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 28 R ESTORING CONTENT ♦ To change how Clickfree restores content: 1. Follow steps 1 to 5 of the previous section “How do I let Clickfr ee restor e decide what to restor e and where?” on page 23.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Restoring my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 29 C HOOSING CA TEGORIES OF CONTENT TO BE RESTORED 6.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Restoring my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 30 • If you want to restor e your files to a location where they will not overwrite existing files on your hard drive, click Select the locations to restore m y files , and continue with step 9.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Restoring my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 31 11. Click Start R estore . As Clickfree r estores your content, it shows you what is happening and how far it has gotten in the process.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Restoring my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 32 If two files have the same size (KB) and same date modified, it is likely to be safe to skip. If you skip any files, Clickfree completes “with exceptions”.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Restoring my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 33 look at the computer name in the Restore From box: .
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Restoring my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 34 • Click the link to see what files were not r estored: ^TPHD_RST_Change09 H OW DO .
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Restoring my content Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 35 H OW DO I FIND FILES THA T WERE RESTORED If Clickfree r estored your files to a fold.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Browsing, Searching & Viewing Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 36 Browsing, Searching & V iewing my files From the Backup Summary scr.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Browsing, Searching & Viewing Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 37 ♦ To browse and search for files, or view photos: 1. In the Current PC box select the name of the computer whose files you want to sear ch for/browse for/view .
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Browsing, Searching & Viewing Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 38 ♦ To use a photo as wallpaper: 1. Click the photo. Make sure that only one photo is selected. 2. Click W allpaper . The chosen photo becomes your computer W allpaper: ♦ To print photos: 1.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Browsing, Searching & Viewing Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 39 ♦ To share photos: 1. Select the photos. 2. Click Share Photos : 3. Click facebook or myspace.com and log in. ♦ To email photos: 1.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Browsing, Searching & Viewing Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 40 T o find out more about what you can do with the files that are displayed, see “What can I do with files from br owse, search and view photos” on page 42.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Browsing, Searching & Viewing Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 41 ♦ To search for files: 1.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Browsing, Searching & Viewing Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 42 2. Click Search . Files that match all of your search factors ar e displayed.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Browsing, Searching & Viewing Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 43 • Delete selected files from the backup – to delete files from the .
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Advanced topics Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 44 Advanced topics W HA T IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE USER ON MY COMPUTER ? This matters only if each user has a separate user login name for the computer .
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Advanced topics Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 45 on page 10. 2. When you see the countdown, click Options . All of the computers that Clickfree has backed up on your Portable Backup Drive are shown at the left side of the scr een, with the computer name underneath.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Advanced topics Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 46 ♦ To remove a computer: If you no longer want to keep content backed up from a computer.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Advanced topics Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 47 H OW DO I MAKE MUL TIPLE BACKUPS ? If you want to keep multiple backups of a computer , use multiple Portable Backup Drives for that computer .
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Advanced topics Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 48 ♦ To use these tools: 1. Connect Clickfree to your computer as described in “How do I start using my Clickfree Portable Backup Drive ?” on page 10.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Advanced topics Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 49 If you want to remove only the content that was backed up fr om one computer , see “T o remove a computer” on page 46. 1. On the T ools screen click Master R eset .
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Advanced topics Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 50 ♦ To check manually for updates: 1. On the T ools screen click Update .
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Advanced topics Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 51 R EMINDER AND THE C LICKFREE ICON Clickfree can r emind you to back up your files by installing a reminder pr ogram for you. Installing the reminder puts a handy icon in the bottom right corner of your scr een.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Advanced topics Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 52 4. Click Install Reminder . The Clickfree icon is installed in the bottom right corner of your computer screen, and allows you to set, disable, or uninstall the reminder .
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Advanced topics Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 53 ♦ To temporarily disable reminders: 1. Right-click the Clickfree icon in the bottom right corner of your computer screen: 2. Click Exit : The icon disappears, and reminders ar e disabled until you next start your computer .
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Advanced topics Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 54 ♦ To add a file type: 1. Click Add File T ype : 2. T ype the extension for the new file type, and click Save . The new file type is added to Custom Extensions : ♦ To remove a file type: 1.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Advanced topics Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 55 2. Click Y es . The file type is removed fr om Custom Extensions : ♦ To change a file type: 1. Click a file type in Custom Extensions , and click Edit File T ype : 2.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Advanced topics Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 56 H OW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILE TYPES FOR BACKUP ? Y ou already saw how to choose file categories for backup in “Choosing categories of content to be backed up – requir ed” on page 16.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Advanced topics Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 57 H OW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILES FOR REST ORE ? On the Restore Summary screen you can click checkboxes to select the category whose files you want to restor e.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Advanced topics Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 58 ♦ To select files by browsing: 1. Click the Browse Files tab then click the + to expand the view . 2. Select the files to be restor ed, and click Next > .
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Advanced topics Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 59 2. Select the combination of File T ype , File Date , and File Name that should find the .
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Advanced topics Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 60 3. Click Search . Files that match all of your search criteria ar e displayed. 4. Select the files to be restor ed, and click Next > . Y ou are returned to the R estore Summary screen wher e you can make more selections.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Advanced topics Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 61 2. T o change the folder , click Change Folder and select the folder you want. As usual, click + to expand a folder , - to collapse the folder again.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Advanced topics Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 62 H OW DO I ENABLE P ASSWORD PROTECTION ? Y ou can enable password protection fr om the Backup Summary screen. ♦ To enable password protection: 1.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Advanced topics Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 63 re memb er it u sin g th e h int the re i s n o wa y t o re cov er a ny back ed- up c ont ent fr om t he Port abl e Ba cku p Dr ive .
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Advanced topics Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 64 W HA T IF I FORGET MY P ASSWORD ? If you have forgotten your passwor d, and cannot rememb.
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Legal stuff Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 65 Legal stuff Clickfree and the Clickfr ee logo are trademarks or r egistered trademarks of Storage Appliance Corporation. Other product names used in this guide ar e recognized as trademarks or r egistered trademarks of their owners.
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