Acer Aspire iDEA 500 Aspire iDea 500/510 User Guide EN - Page 51

Copying to disks, Creating an incremental backup

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English 43 1 Click the Backup button at the bottom of the window, then click Create. 2 Select Full backup (slow), then click Next. 3 Enter a description of the backup image, then click Next. 4 When prompted, close all running applications, select Yes, then click Next. The backup process starts. A message appears when the backup process is finished, or when it fails. Creating an incremental backup Instead of a full system backup, you can create an incremental backup image of the current system configuration to save space. Regular incremental backups are recommended to protect your system and data, especially before installing a new hardware component or software application. You can create multiple incremental backup points on top of one another. 1 Click the Backup button at the bottom of the window, then click Create. 2 Select Incremental backup (fast), then click Next. 3 Follow steps 3 to 4 of the previous section. Deleting a user-created backup point You can delete a previously created backup image to free some HDD space. A confirmation message appears when you select this option. Click Yes to delete the backup image. Copying to disks The Burn Disk function allows you to copy factory default settings images, backup images, current system configuration or application backups to a CD/ DVD. To use the Burn Disk utility: 1 Click the Burn Disk button. 2 Select an option from the Burn Disk window. Burn a backup disk using factory default The utility creates a backup disk containing the factory default settings. Select this option if you disabled copying the factory default settings image when you first launch the Acer eRecovery Management. Burn a backup disk using user's backup The utility copies the user's backup image to the optical disk. You can restore the system to the desired backup point using this disk.

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English
1
Click the
Backup
button at the bottom of the window, then click
Create
.
2
Select
Full backup (slow)
, then click
Next
.
3
Enter a description of the backup image, then click
Next
.
4
When prompted, close all running applications, select
Yes
, then click
Next
.
The backup process starts.
A message appears when the backup process is finished, or when it fails.
Creating an incremental backup
Instead of a full system backup, you can create an incremental backup image of
the current system configuration to save space. Regular incremental backups
are recommended to protect your system and data, especially before installing
a new hardware component or software application. You can create multiple
incremental backup points on top of one another.
1
Click the
Backup
button at the bottom of the window, then click
Create
.
2
Select
Incremental backup (fast)
, then click
Next
.
3
Follow steps 3 to 4 of the previous section.
Deleting a user-created backup point
You can delete a previously created backup image to free some HDD space. A
confirmation message appears when you select this option. Click
Yes
to delete
the backup image.
Copying to disks
The Burn Disk function allows you to copy factory default settings images,
backup images, current system configuration or application backups to a CD/
DVD.
To use the Burn Disk utility:
1
Click the
Burn Disk
button.
2
Select an option from the
Burn Disk
window.
Burn a backup disk using factory default
The utility creates a backup disk containing the factory default settings. Select
this option if you disabled copying the factory default settings image when you
first launch the Acer eRecovery Management.
Burn a backup disk using user's backup
The utility copies the user's backup image to the optical disk. You can restore
the system to the desired backup point using this disk.