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HorizonDataSys Drive Cloner Rx v6.0 User Manual ©Horizon DataSys. Copyright 2015. All Rights Reserved Last Updated on November 9, 2015 1 Table of Contents Introduction ...........................................................................................................................3 Chapter 1: Installation and Setup ................................................................................................8 Minimum System Requirements ………………………………………............................................................8 Product Activation ............................................................................................................................9 Chapter 2: Backup Partitions, Disks, Files and Folders ….............................................................................11 Backing Up Partitions and Disks ........................................................................................................11 Backing Up Files and Folders .............................................................................................................13 Clone Hard Disk ................................................................................................................................14 Chapter 3: Restoration …........................................................................................................15 Restoring Partitions or Disks .............................................................................................................15 Restoring Files and Folders ................................................................................................................16 Chapter 4: Exploring Backup Images ……....................................................................................18 Open Backup Image …………...............................................................................................................18 Validating Backup Images ..................................................................................................................20 Chapter 5: Create Recovery Media ..……….................................................................................21 Bootable CD/DVD …………..................................................................................................................21 ISO File ………….................................................................................................................................23 Bootable USB Flash Drive ………….......................................................................................................24 Chapter 6: Uninstalling ……........................................................................................................25 Chapter 7: Product Limitations …..…...........................................................................................26 Terms and Conditions .................................................................................................................26 Limitations ...................................................................................................................................27 Chapter 8: Support Resources ……..............................................................................................28 2 Introduction Thank you for choosing Drive Cloner Rx. This User Guide is provided to give you a quick overview of the basic features of Drive Cloner. If you’re still unable to find the information you’re looking for, you can find additional resources and contact methods at the end of this document. Drive Cloner Rx is an affordable and reliable computer disk imaging utility designed to protect your computer from important data losses, providing the ability to backup files, folders or the entire contents of your hard disks to image files which can later be used for file recovery or system recovery. Drive Cloner Rx is an ideal solution for computer disaster recovery. If your computer is no longer accessible due to corruption of the computer's file system or system files, and you have previously created a disk image file, you will be able to use the image file to restore the entire computer. If the hard disk is physically damaged, you can use the image file to restore the entire system to a new hard disk. Drive Cloner Rx is a simple and effective file recovery solution. If you lose a file and don't have a dedicated file backup, you can use Drive Cloner Rx to explorer a backup image to extract the desired file from the image file. Drive Cloner Rx can also be used to transfer a computer's entire operating system, with programs and data files intact, to a new computer or to a new hard disk. Drive Cloner Rx Product Highlights: Supports Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8.1 Supports backup to and restore from USB Drives. Supports restore from CD ROM. Backup entire disk while system is online – no interruption to the users while work is in progress. Full, differential and incremental backup selections. Automatic backup with scheduled jobs. File backup only. Disk cloning. Backup image validation. Bootable recovery media builder. Mount backup image files as virtual drives. Move or resize target partition before restoring an image. 3 Program Functions Drive Cloner Rx 6.0 has four main functions: Backup Disks/Partitions/Files/Folders: This is the most common task for Drive Cloner Rx. This allows the user to create full, partial and/or incremental backups of the disks, partitions, or specific files and folders. 4 Clone Disk: Choosing to clone the disk drive will capture all the files and folders as is on the selected disk, allowing the user to create a carbon copy of the selected drive at the time the clone was made. 5 Create Bootable Recovery Media: Create a bootable CD/DVD, ISO File, or Recovery USB Flash Drive to restore the computer in case the system fails to start up. 6 Open Backup Image: Open any backup image you have stored as a virtual drive. Drag and Drop files as you need them. 7 Chapter 1: Installation and Setup Minimum System Requirements Verify that the system meets the following minimum requirements before attempting to install Drive Cloner Rx. • 1.0 gigahertz (GHz) processor. • Microsoft® Windows® XP, Windows Vista™, Windows 7, or Windows 8 & 8.1 • 1 gigabytes (GB) of RAM. • 10 gigabytes (GB) of free hard disk space. • CD/DVD-ROM drive if you need to setup from the installation CD. • Additionally, you must have an Internet Service Provider (ISP) if you wish to activate the program over an Internet connection. Drive Cloner Rx is designed strictly for Windows-based PCs. Do NOT install it on servers or other operating systems such as Linux or Mac! 8 Installing Drive Cloner Rx Before installing Drive Cloner Rx close any applications that you may have running. To install Drive Cloner Rx insert the installation disk or run the downloaded DriveClonerRx.exe. A Language Selection screen will appear at the start of the installation process. Click Ok and follow the prompts. Next you will be greeted with a Welcome Screen. Click Next. Read and accept the End User License Agreement. Then click Next, and choose a destination folder to install the program to (default is C:\Program Files\Drive Cloner Rx). The software will now install. Once it has completed, click Finish. Product Activation Drive Cloner Rx contains software-based product activation technology, which means you must activate your Drive Cloner Rx installation in order to authenticate its license. You will have 30 days to do so before the software locks down its trial period. Activate Drive Cloner Rx Over an Internet Connection If the computer on which Drive Cloner Rx is installed can connect to the Internet, you can easily activate Drive Cloner Rx by selecting the Activate option and then clicking the Activate Drive Cloner Rx over Internet connection option. Upon purchasing Drive Cloner Rx, you will be issued a Licensed Product ID from Horizon DataSys. You can install Drive Cloner Rx with this Licensed Product ID. Copy and paste the Licensed Product ID that you received from Horizon DataSys into the License key field then click Activate. 9 * The number of installations of Drive Cloner Rx that you can activate is limited by the number of licenses defined by the Licensed Product ID Activate Drive Cloner Rx Without an Internet Connection If the computer where Drive Cloner Rx is installed doesn’t have an Internet connection, you will need to do an offline activation of Drive Cloner Rx using a registration code. To complete the process follow these steps. 1. To manually activate Drive Cloner Rx, click on the Activate button. Then select Activate Drive Cloner Rx without Internet connection. Click on Next. 2. In the new window you will see an Activation ID. Write down or copy-and-paste the Activation ID as well as your Product ID/License key and send them to Horizon DataSys tech support by fax, phone, or email at the contact information given at the end of this User Guide. 3. Horizon DataSys tech support will reply to you with an Activation Code based on the Product ID and Activation ID you provided. 4. Type this Activation Code into the Activation code field and click Activate. 10 Chapter 2: Backup Partitions, Disks, Files and Folders Backing Up Partitions and Disks Creating a backup of Partitions and Disks is the primary purpose of Drive Cloner Rx. The goal is to take whatever data you want saved and store it onto an external device, keeping it safe in case something happens to the drive it was copied from. Drive Cloner Rx performs hot backups without interrupting your