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Full System Backup
Making a copy of your computer's entire hard drive is easy with HP Simple Backup.
1.Start HP Simple Backup.
2.Click on Full System Backup from the main screen.
HP Simple Backup's Wizard walks you through the rest of the necessary steps.
Custom Backup
HP Simple Backup's Custom Backup feature allows you to pick and choose which files you want to backup. To create a Custom Backup, perform the following steps:
1.Start HP Simple Backup.
2.Click on Custom Backup from the main screen.
HP Simple Backup's Wizard walks you through the rest of the necessary steps.
Complete System Restore
HP Simple Backup's Wizard walks you through the rest of the necessary steps.
NOTE: If HP Simple Backup does not start automatically, click on the Windows Start button and then select the Run... option. Browse to your CD reader's drive, double click the Setup.exe command and then click OK.
Automatically Excluded Files
Because of the constantly changing characteristics of some types of files, HP Simple Backup automatically excludes them. Following is a list of some of these types of files:
■Backup application files
■Index files for caches (internet files, history files, etc.)
■Windows swap files
■Drivespace or Doublespace files
■Temporary directories (i.e., .tmp files)
HP Simple Backup's Complete System Restore option allows you to take the backup files you created using the Full System Backup option and put those files back onto any computer equipped with a CD reader (yours or anyone else's).
1.Insert the first CD of your backup set into your CD reader.
2.Click Complete System Restore from the automatically displayed screen. HP Simple Backup's Wizard walks you through the rest of the necessary steps.
NOTE: If HP Simple Backup does not start automatically, click on the Windows Start button and then select the Run... option. Browse to your CD reader's drive, double click the Setup.exe command and then click OK.
Custom Restore
The Custom Restore option is much like the Complete System Restore option in that it allows you to restore files to any computer equipped with a CD reader (yours or anybody else's).
1.Insert the disc you created using HP Simple Backup's Custom Backup option into your computer's CD reader.
2.Click Custom Restore from the automatically displayed screen.
Errors and Warnings Report
The following is a list of errors and warnings that may appear in the Report file after a backup or restore operation. Look below for a description of the error that was reported.
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File/directory busy or in | An application was running at the time of backup, | |
use by another application, | or a data file was in use. Close all applications, or | |
it will be skipped | those running from your system tray (i.e. Anti- | |
| virus, Scheduler,...), prior to backing up. | |
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Error opening file/directory | • | File or directory may be corrupted. Recommend |
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| running ScanDisk on that drive prior to backup. |
| • | You may not have proper read access to that file |
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| or directory (i.e. Windows NT security |
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| permission). |
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