Maxtor OneTouch 3 User Manual page 48

MAXTOR ONETOUCH III TURBO EDITION WINDOWS INSTALLATION
Comprehensive Backups vs. Duplicates
Retrospect Express HD can perform both backups and
duplicates. Select "Comprehensive Backup" to set up or
modify your backup settings. Select "Duplicate" to set up or
modify your duplicate settings.
– Comprehensive Backup: Backing up your computer on a
regular basis is the best way to protect your files. When
you back up, Retrospect Express HD creates a restore
point and saves it on your Maxtor drive. A restore point
contains all the files and folders you selected to back up,
as they existed at the time of the backup.
Each time you back up, Retrospect Express HD adds a new
restore point to the drive; thereby preserving copies of backed
up files and folders from multiple points in time. If there is
not enough free disk space to add a new restore point,
Retrospect Express HD automatically deletes older restore
points to make room for the new one.
You can restore individual files and folders from any restore
point back to your computer. You can also restore your entire
computer to its state at the time a restore point was created.
Once you set up a backup, you can initiate it at any time by
pressing the OneTouch button on your Maxtor drive. You can
also schedule backups to run automatically on specified days
of the week.
– Duplicate: When you duplicate, Retrospect Express HD
copies the selected files and folders from your computer to
the "Retrospect Duplicates" folder on your Maxtor drive.
Each time you duplicate, Retrospect Express HD replaces the
entire contents of "Retrospect Duplicates". The only files and
folders available are those from the most recent duplicate. If
you modified a file since the last duplicate, the older version
will be lost. If you deleted a file from your computer, it will be
deleted from your Maxtor drive when you duplicate.
Duplicates are saved in the standard Windows file format, so
you can view and interact with them just like any other file
(using Windows Explorer, for example).
Once you set up a duplicate, you can initiate it at any time by
pressing the OneTouch button on your Maxtor drive. You
cannot schedule duplicates to run automatically.
Comprehensive Backups
There are three (3) types of comprehensive backups:
– My Entire Computer
– Let me choose specific files and folders
– Let me choose files by type.
Comprehensive Backups - My Entire Computer
This option provides you with the capability to backup your
entire PC to a Restore Point. This is the default
comprehensive backup setting. In the future, after using
other Comprehensive Backup/Duplicate options, you may
return to using this option. Here is its setup procedure:
1. Launch Retrospect Express HD.
2. The main menu opens.
Click Setup.
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