Summary of the content on the page No. 1
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide
for Microsoft Windows users
Summary of the content on the page No. 2
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Table of Contents Contents INTRODUCING CLICKFREE PORTABLE BACKUP DRIVE 5 Main Features 5 Package contents 6 Definitions 6 BASICS 8 HOW DOES CLICKFREE WORK? 8 WHAT GETS BACKED UP? 8 Clickfree backs up content 8 Does Clickfree back up all of my content every time? 9 What content categories does Clickfree back up? 9 WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I START? 9 BACKING UP MY CONTENT 10 HOW DO I START USING MY CLICKFREE PORTABLE BACKUP DRIVE? 10 ZERO EFFO
Summary of the content on the page No. 3
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Table of Contents RESTORING MY CONTENT 22 WHAT IF MY COMPUTER’S INTERNAL HARD DRIVE STOPS WORKING, OR I WOULD LIKE TO TRANSFER MY CONTENT TO A NEW COMPUTER? 22 WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I CAN USE CLICKFREE TO RESTORE MY CONTENT? 22 HOW DO I GET MY CONTENT BACK? 22 What gets restored, and to where? 22 HOW DO I LET CLICKFREE RESTORE DECIDE WHAT TO RESTORE AND WHERE? 23 HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE RESTORES CONTENT? 27 Restoring content 28 Choosing
Summary of the content on the page No. 4
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Table of Contents ADVANCED TOPICS 44 WHAT IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE USER ON MY COMPUTER? 44 WHAT IF I HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER? 44 How is backup different when I have more than one computer? 44 WHAT IF I USE MORE THAN ONE PORTABLE BACKUP DRIVE? 46 How do I make multiple backups? 47 WHAT ARE ‘FACTORY SETTINGS’ AND HOW DO I USE THEM? 47 CLICKFREE TOOLS 47 Master Reset 48 Updating Clickfree software 49 Interface language 50 REMINDER AND THE
Summary of the content on the page No. 5
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Introducing Clickfree Portable Backup Drive 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 is an easy-to-use computer backup system that automatically searches for and backs up content stored on your computer. No hardware configuration or software installation is required. The backup procedure begins once the P
Summary of the content on the page No. 6
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Introducing Clickfree Portable Backup Drive Photo Viewer • Conveniently view backed-up photos in thumbnail and expanded view PACKAGE CONTENTS Your Clickfree backup package contains: • one Clickfree Portable Backup Drive • one USB cable to attach the Portable Backup Drive to your computer • one quick start guide DEFINITIONS Just to make sure that the user guide is clear, we’re going to define a couple of terms that are used throughout the guid
Summary of the content on the page No. 7
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Introducing Clickfree Portable Backup Drive 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 hard drive. A file may be content, a program or part of a program, or information a program uses in some way. Sometimes the relationship between content and file is clear: a photo or a letter is usually a single file. On the other han
Summary of the content on the page No. 8
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Basics Basics HOW DOES CLICKFREE WORK? All you need to do to keep your projects, photos, videos, music etc. safe is to plug Clickfree in to your computer and let it work! No need to install software or to configure anything. Your computer knows when Clickfree has been plugged in, and it runs the backup program automatically each time it is connected. You can back up as many computers as you like with the Clickfree Portable Backup Drive. The sa
Summary of the content on the page No. 9
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Basics DOES CLICKFREE 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. Each time you use Clickfree after that, it only backs up the new or changed content, so it will be much quicker. WHAT CONTENT CATEGORIES DOES CLICKFREE BACK UP? Clickfree backs up content in these categories: • Photos – including com
Summary of the content on the page No. 10
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Backing up my content Backing up my content HOW DO I START USING MY CLICKFREE PORTABLE BACKUP DRIVE? ♦ To start using your Clickfree Portable Backup Drive: 1. Make sure that your computer is switched on and has finished starting up. 2. Log in, if that is what you normally do. 3. Attach the Clickfree Portable Backup Drive to your computer by connecting one end of the USB cable to the drive and the other end to a USB port on your computer. A USB p
Summary of the content on the page No. 11
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Backing up my content When Clickfree starts to run, a Welcome window appears and shows the number of seconds left before the backup starts automatically: Note: The View Files and Restore buttons do not appear until you have backed up content on your Portable Backup Drive. ZERO EFFORT BACKUP – REALLY! Unless you stop the countdown by clicking a button, at the end of the countdown period Clickfree starts the backup. • If you want to let Clickfr
Summary of the content on the page No. 12
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Backing up my content The Backup Summary screen shows you how many files in each category were backed up this time (New column) and from all backups, including this one (Total column). The Space Used column shows the amount of space that files from all backups take up on the Portable Backup Drive. When you see the Backup Summary screen, simply unplug the Clickfree Portable Backup Drive and store it in a safe place. Copyright © 2009 Storage A
Summary of the content on the page No. 13
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Backing up my content WHAT IF CLICKFREE DOESN’T START UP AUTOMATICALLY? There could be a couple of reasons why Clickfree does not run when you plug in the Clickfree Portable Backup Drive: • If you are connecting the Portable Backup Drive to a USB hub (which could be in your monitor or keyboard), the hub may not provide enough power for a Portable Backup Drive. Try connecting to a USB port on the computer itself, or connect the second USB plug (ma
Summary of the content on the page No. 14
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Backing up my content WHAT IF THE VISTA AUTOPLAY WINDOW APPEARS? In Windows Vista, if the AutoPlay window appears: 1. Check Always do this for software and games. 2. Click Start ClickFree Backup. You only need to do this once, not every time you use Clickfree. HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE DOES BACKUPS? You can change: • The categories of content Clickfree backs up • The file types/extensions that Clickfree searches for – see “How do I choos
Summary of the content on the page No. 15
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Backing up my content ♦ To review or change what gets backed up: 1. Follow steps 1 to 4 of the procedure “How do I start using my Clickfree Portable Backup Drive?” on page 10. 2. Before the countdown reaches zero, click Options. The Manage Settings and PCs screen is displayed: 3. Now click Change Backup Settings. Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation. 15
Summary of the content on the page No. 16
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Backing up my content CHOOSING CATEGORIES 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, Text Documents, Photos, and Videos. • To include a category, for example, Photos, in the backup, make sure that the box to the left of the category name is checked . If it isn’t, click the box to check it. You can add and remove the checkmark by clicking in
Summary of the content on the page No. 17
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Backing up my content ♦ To look only in certain folders: • Choose Search selected folders only then select folders from My Documents. and My Computer. • To search the entire My Documents folder, make sure that the checkbox is checked . • To see details of a folder under My Documents, click the + to the left of the checkbox. This expands My Documents to show the folders that it contains, and changes the + to a -. Click the – when you want to co
Summary of the content on the page No. 18
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Backing up my content 7. When you have made your choices, click Next >. CHOOSING COMPLETE FOLDERS TO BE BACKED UP – OPTIONAL 8. Choose complete folders to be backed up in addition to categories and locations. The folders you choose here are completely copied - all of their files, are backed up regardless of file type. Complete folders are backed up in addition to the file types in the locations you already chose. • To add the entire My Documen
Summary of the content on the page No. 19
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Backing up my content • 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. You can click Start at this time to go to the backup right away without waiting for the rest of the countdown. Clickfree searches for content to back up Before actually backing up any content, Clickfree searches the locations you chose for your chosen categories of content: It adds
Summary of the content on the page No. 20
Clickfree Portable Backup Drive User Guide Backing up my content Clickfree backs up your content If there is enough space on your Portable Backup Drive, Clickfree then backs up the content and complete folders you chose to your Portable 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, including this one (Total column). The Space U
