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4-6 SMART Recovery With SMART Recovery, users can quickly create backups of changed data files (Note 1) or copy files from a specific backup on PATA and SATA hard drives (partitioned on NTFS file system) in Windows 7/Vista. Instructions: In the main menu, click the Config button to open the Smart Recovery Preference dialog box. The Smart Recovery Preference dialog box: Button Enable Capacity Function Enables automatic daily backup (Note 2) Sets the percentage of hard drive space used for saving backups (Note 3) • The hard drive must have more than 1 GB of capacity. • Each partition can accommodate up to 64 backups (the actual limit depends on the size of each partition). When this limit is reached, the oldest backup will be ovewritten. Instructions for copying files/folders from a backup: To browse through your backups made at different time, select a backup time using the time scroll bar on the right or at the bottom of the screen. If you want to copy back a file/folder, select the file/folder you wish to copy and click the Copy button. The files/folders listed on the screen are read-only so you cannot edit their contents. (Note 1) (Note 2) (Note 3) The changed data refers to the data that has been modified, deleted, or newly added since the last backup. The system will make an automatic backup on changed data only once everyday. If the computer is turned on for a long time, the backup will be performed at the scheduled backup time. If the computer is turned off before the scheduled backup time, the backup will be performed on the next boot. We recommend that you preserve at least 25 percent of the hard drive space to optimize the storage space for the backups. The backups of the changed data will be stored in the original partition of the data. Unique Features - 72 -

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Unique Features
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4-6
SMART Recovery
With SMART Recovery, users can quickly create backups of changed data files
(Note 1)
or copy files from a spe
-
cific backup on PATA and SATA hard drives (partitioned on NTFS file system) in Windows 7/Vista.
Instructions for copying files/folders from a backup:
To browse through your backups made at different time, select a
backup time using the time scroll bar on the right or at the bottom of
the screen. If you want to copy back a file/folder, select the file/folder
you wish to copy and click the
Copy
button.
Button
Function
Enable
Enables automatic daily backup
(Note 2)
Capacity
Sets the percentage of hard drive space used for
saving backups
(Note 3)
•
The hard drive must have more than 1 GB of capacity.
•
Each partition can accommodate up to 64 backups (the actual
limit depends on the size of each partition). When this limit is
reached, the oldest backup will be ovewritten.
The files/folders listed on the screen are read-only so you cannot edit
their contents.
Instructions:
In the main menu, click the
Config
button to open the
Smart Recov-
ery Preference
dialog box.
The
Smart Recovery Preference
dialog box:
(Note 1)
The changed data refers to the data that has been modified, deleted, or newly added since the last backup.
(Note 2)
The system will make an automatic backup on changed data only once everyday. If the computer is turned on for
a long time, the backup will be performed at the scheduled backup time. If the computer is turned off before the
scheduled backup time, the backup will be performed on the next boot.
(Note 3)
We recommend that you preserve at least 25 percent of the hard drive space to optimize the storage space for
the backups. The backups of the changed data will be stored in the original partition of the data.