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ExBoot User Guide
Copyright © 2005 AXIOMTEK CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.
Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective owners.
For more product information, please visit www.exboot.com.
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  • Page 1 ExBoot ExBoot User Guide Copyright © 2005 AXIOMTEK CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. For more product information, please visit www.exboot.com.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ExBoot Contents ExBoot INTRODUCTION ........................3 SPECIAL BENEFITS OF THE EXBOOT .................4 EXBOOT CONSOLE ........................5 BEFORE GETTING STARTED ....................6 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .....................6 REMOVE THE USB HARD DISK FROM YOUR PC ..............7 BACK UP A DRIVE ........................8 RESCAN DISKS........................16 RESTORE A DRIVE .......................16...

  • Page 3: Exboot

    USB drive and restore the entire drive to the new hard drive. In addition, ExBoot provides protection against damage to files on your hard drive caused by virus infection or hacker attack. Using Windows Explorer, you can access the external USB drive to restore individual data files or directories as needed.

  • Page 4: Special Benefits Of The Exboot

    ◆ Minimal Downtime: In just a few simple steps, and without the time-consuming installation and configuration of the operating system, you can always boot directly from the external ExBoot USB Drive, and promptly get back to work. ◆ Backup Verification: Unlike other backup software, which require a great deal of effort in order to verify, you can no do so by booting from the ExBoot USB Drive.

  • Page 5: Exboot Console

    ExBoot ExBoot Console ExBoot features an easy-to-use console. ExBoot User Guide 5...

  • Page 6: Before Getting Started

    1. Please use the USB cable and the hard disk case included in the package for the optimal performance. 2. Please operate the ExBoot carefully to avoid damage of the hard drive. When you move the hard disk or when the hard disk is not in use, please locate the hard disk in the secured position.

  • Page 7: Remove The Usb Hard Disk From Your Pc

    1. Click on Safely Remove Hardware icon in the system toolbar. 2. Click on the USB Mass Storage Device icon to remove. 3. If your ExBoot is EXB-0131, power off the EXB-0131 USB hard disk 4. Unplug the USB cable.

  • Page 8: Back Up A Drive

    ExBoot Back up a Drive When you perform a backup, ExBoot copies files from your hard drive to your external USB drive. When you perform a full backup, your entire hard drive is copied to your external USB drive. With ExBoot’s built-in synchronization feature, after the backup is complete, you will have the same files on your hard drive and your external drive.
  • Page 9 ExBoot 3. Select the source drive(s) that you want to back up. ExBoot User Guide 9...
  • Page 10 4. (First time drive use) Select how the external USB drive should be partitioned. ExBoot needs more partitions if you choose to back up more than one disk. In most cases, you should select Re-arrange Partition Table so that the appropriate partitions can be created for you.
  • Page 11 ExBoot 5. (First time drive use) If you chose to re-arrange the partition table, specify the size and format type for your partition(s). ExBoot User Guide 11...
  • Page 12 6. (First time drive use) Click Start button to begin preparing your disk. ExBoot User Guide 12...
  • Page 13 ExBoot You can watch the progress of the preparation on the screen. ExBoot User Guide 13...
  • Page 14 During an incremental backup, only files changed since the last backup are backed up. Therefore, incremental backups require a full backup as a foundation before the incremental method can be used. 8. Click Next button to view the backup tasks. ExBoot User Guide 14...
  • Page 15 ExBoot 9. Click Start button to begin the backup. ExBoot User Guide 15...

  • Page 16: Rescan Disks

    Restore a Drive The ability to quickly restore a drive after failure is crucial. With ExBoot, instead of needing to install the operating system and all of your applications on your replacement hard drive, you can rapidly boot your system from the external USB drive and restore the new hard drive to match the original one.
  • Page 17 Limited Virtual Memory: Your system has no paging file, or the paging file is too small. Ignore the message and the system will re-create the pagefile. 3. Load the ExBoot console and click the Restore Drive button ( ) to restore the drive.
  • Page 18 ExBoot 4. Select which version of backup image you want to restore for each partition. ExBoot User Guide 18...
  • Page 19 ExBoot 5. Click Next button to view the restore tasks. ExBoot User Guide 19...
  • Page 20 ExBoot 6. Click Start button to begin the restore. ExBoot User Guide 20...

  • Page 21: Restore Individual Files And Directories

    On Friday you discover that you accidentally deleted some information from the proposal file while you were working on it on Thursday. With ExBoot, you can restore a copy of the file that was backed up on Wednesday and access the missing information.

  • Page 22: Point-In-Time Recovery

    Point-In-Time Recovery will remove the incremental backup data which has been successfully restored to the system from the disk. 1. Click on Point-in-time button, and then click Next in the screen below. 2. Point-In-Time Recovery wizard displays the available tasks in a wizard page as follows. ExBoot User Guide 22...
  • Page 23 ExBoot 3. Please check a task and select the time you want the system to restore to. ExBoot User Guide 23...
  • Page 24 ExBoot 4. Click Next button to see the Point-In-Time Recovery tasks you have just selected. ExBoot User Guide 24...
  • Page 25 6. You can watch the restoring progress on the wizard page. When the complete message pops up, please click OK button to continue. 7. Click Finish button and then the wizard will be closed. ExBoot User Guide 25...
  • Page 26 ExBoot 8. Because the Point-In-Time Recovery wizard has modified some system files and registries, ExBoot will ask you to restart the computer. Please click OK button to reboot the system. ExBoot User Guide 26...

  • Page 27: One-Touch Button Backup

    ExBoot One-Touch Button Backup After you perform a full backup with the ExBoot, you can simply perform any incremental backup by push the button on the ExBoot hard drive enclosure. Just press the button and your files are backed up on one simple step.
  • Page 28 ExBoot A new screen will appear on your computer. The incremental backup will be performed immediately. Simply wait until it finishes and the backup is done. ExBoot User Guide 28...

  • Page 29: Troubleshooting

    USB hard drive from the system. caused by a failure of your computer hardware network connection. You should not unplug the USB hard drive without Please try to save this file elsewhere. properly ejecting the USB connection from the system. ExBoot User Guide 29...

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