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User Manual User Manual ST-2221 Series Model No.: ST-2221SUSRI (SATA to USB2.0 + SATA) ST-2221SUSRE (SATA to USB2.0 + SATA) ST-2221SATA (SATA to SATA) Note: ST-2221SUSRI is with internal use packaging and ST-2221SUSRE is with external use packaging) Description and specs: The ST-2221SUSR is a complete RAID solution through the use of two 2.5"...
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User Manual Description: *Two ways Raid mode for Internal & External purposes. Support Raid modes including JBOD(Single), Big(Span), Fast(Strip), Safe(Mirror), Safe33, Safe50 and GUI only * The dimensions match exactly as a standard 3.5" bay * Simultaneously support two 2.5" SATA I or II hard drives in a 3.5" form factor(Raid 1) * Maximum transfer rate up to 480Mbps for USB2.0 &...
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User Manual support external RAID modes including JBOD(Single), Big(Span), Fast(Strip), Safe(Mirror), Safe33, Safe50 or GUI only. * Hardware DIP Switch Raid Setting * HDD Auto Eject when you open the cover * With hot-plug function, no driver needed * Aluminum material, best heat sink. * Dimension: 101.7x 25.8 x 146mm * Weight: 0.23 kg NOTE:...
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User Manual Front Panel Picture A A1) HDD 0 Access & Failure LED (Green: HDD-0 working. Red: HDD-0 failed) A2) OTB Switch & System ready/Backup LED A3) HDD 1 Access & Failure LED (Green: HDD-1 working. Red: HDD-1 failed) A4) Upper cover & HDD extractor A5) Lower cover &...
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User Manual Picture B B1) SATA 15pin power connector B2) SATA 7pin data connector B3) Mini USB Port B4) RAID mode configuration DIP switch ( see page 9 for details ) B5) Change mode button B6) SATA 7pin data connector - 5 -...
User Manual Safety Lock Upper HDD Safety Lock & Lower HDD Safety Lock. (Push right to open & push left to lock). See Picture C. Picture C Install HDD: Open the upper & lower cover and put the HDD inside the cage. Picture D - 6 -...
User Manual Hardware Installation Procedures Please follow the following procedures to complete the hardware installation: 1) Open the package and take out the product and make sure the product is brand new and all the necessary parts are included. If damage or shortage occurred, please contact your distributor or where you bought.
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User Manual -- Picture E-2) Mount ST-2221 inside the case Picture E-1 Picture E-2 6) See the drawing of the two ways to mount ST-2221 on the device (See Picture F) - 8 -...
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User Manual Set the RAID mode on the DIP SW: RAID Config Display RAID Status BIG (span) JBOD (single) FAST (strip) SAFE (mirror) SAFE33 SAFE50 RESERVED GUI ONLY DIP Switch Table 1 - 9 -...
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User Manual When you want to set any Raid mode from the table1, follow the following steps: 1) Connect USB or SATA data and power cable to your system, then, turn on the power and wait both hard disks are recognized. 2) After you set the Raid mode you need, then, press the RAID Change Mode Switch one time (Picture B, B5) to finish the RAID Mode setting.
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User Manual RAID Mode DIP Switch Setting: 1. BIG(Span) Mode ( Set DIP SW-1: OFF, SW-2: OFF, SW-4: OFF ) RAID Mode is BIG (Span), the HDD capacity is HDD1 + HDD2, It has big capacity feature but without safety consideration. 2.
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User Manual second BIG(Span) HDD. In this mode, System will recognize two physical drives, one is SAFE(mirror) and the other is BIG(Span). 6. SAFE50 Mode (Set DIP SW-1: ON, SW-2: OFF, SW-4: ON) The RAID Mode is SAFE50. It will take 50% of both HDD to build a SAFE(mirror) Raid and the rest of the HDD capacity to build a BIG(span) Raid.
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User Manual How to use the OTB( One button backup) There is an OTB software together with this product. The following pictures are the samples of the procedure reference. Please refer to the enclosing software for all the installation details. admin - 13 -...
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User Manual Press “Apply” first, then ‘OK” - 14 -...
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User Manual Appendix A File System Expansion for Windows Overview This appendix describes the procedures needed with Microsoft Windows for expanding file systems that have been created on volumes that have increased in size, while preserving all of your existing data. After you have added more hard disk drives to increase the storage capacity of a BIG volume, you must use the supplemental procedure described below to allow the expanded capacity to be recognized by the Windows file system.
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User Manual but those products are very sophisticated and are not included in this manual. Procedure Before you can use DiskPart.exe commands on a hard drive disk partition/volume, you must first list and then select the partition/volume to extend their capacity to match the virtual hard drives created in the DIP SW.
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User Manual 3. Type list volume to display the existing volumes on the computer. e select volume <volume_number> where “<volume_number>” is number of the volume that you want to extend. In this case that will be “2”. 5. Type extend 6.
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User Manual The result of extending the hard disk partition/volume is illustrated below. Before extend: After extend: Note: Before the hard drive partition/volume has been extended the “152.67GB Unallocated” was not accessible for data usage. After using the diskpart utility to extend the hard drive partition/volume capacity, the Windows host side matches the virtual hard drive partition/volume created in the DIP SW.
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User Manual Appendix B File System Expansion for Macintosh Overview This appendix describes the procedures needed with Apple Mac OS X for expanding file systems that have been created on volumes that have increased in size, while preserving all of your existing data. After you have added more hard disk drives to increase the storage capacity of a BIG volume, you must use the supplemental procedure described below to allow the expanded capacity to be recognized by...
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User Manual There are other third-party products are available to perform similar volume management activities, but those products are very sophisticated and are not described in this manual. Procedure Growing partition/volume with VolumeWorks: Limitations of Resize/Move VolumeWorks can only resize HFS+ partitions ...
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User Manual To extend a volume, follow these steps: 1. Start Volume Works 2. Click on the volume that you want to extend, then click on Repartition button on the bottom. - 21 -...
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User Manual 3. Now click on the Resize button on the bottom 4. Now move the slider all the way to the right within the Resize dialog box.(Maximum resize) Once you click on Start, it will execute the volume resize request. - 22 -...
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User Manual The new storage capacity will be added to the existing drive while maintaining the data on the volume. Appendix C File System Expansion for Linux Overview This appendix describes the procedures needed with Linux for expanding file systems that have been created on volumes that have increased in size, while preserving all of your existing data.
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User Manual copying your partitions on a Linux system. There are other third-party products are available to perform similar volume management activities, but those products are very sophisticated and are not included in this manual. Procedure Growing partition/volume with GNU Parted: To extend a volume, follow these steps: 1.
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User Manual Type Filesystem Flags 0.063 400000.000 primary ext2 3. Use the resize command extend the size of volume 1 listed above. (parted) resize 1 0.063 400000 4. Type print to verify the resize of volume 1. (parted) print Disk geometry for /dev/hdc: 0.000-800000.000 megabytes Disk label type: msdos Minor Start...
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User Manual Filesystem Flags 0.063 800000.000 primary ext2 The new space should be added to the existing drive while maintaining the data on the volume. Before resize: (parted) print Disk geometry for /dev/hdc: 0.000-800000.000 megabytes Disk label type: msdos Minor Start Type Filesystem...
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User Manual 0.063 400000.000 primary ext2 After resize: (parted) print Disk geometry for /dev/hdc: 0.000-800000.000 megabytes Disk label type: msdos Minor Start Type Filesystem Flags 0.063 800000.000 primary ext2 - 27 -...
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User Manual DriveClone 3 Personal User’s Guide ® for Windows 2000, XP &Vista - 28 -...
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User Manual certain rights to use the Software after your acceptance of this license. Except as may be modified by a license addendum which accompanies this license, your rights and obligations with respect to the use of this Software are as follows: A.
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User Manual Chapter 1: Product Overview DriveClone creates a complete disk image of a hard drive or a single hard drive partition. The image can be used for backup and recovery, to quickly transfer all information from a computer’s hard drive to a new hard drive.
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User Manual software, or restoring multiple systems to an original image. 1.1 Features and Benefits Hard Drive Imaging: Quickly back up or restore a system, or transfer a system image to a new hard drive. Complete External Backup: Store a complete system image on a USB hard drive, network share, or use the built-in CD/DVD burner to create an exact copy of your hard drive on...
User Manual Partition Support: Support FAT32, NTFS, Linux EXT2/3 and other unknown partitions. Hardware Support: Support IDE, EIDE, SATA, and SCSI hard drives and hardware RAID 0/1 . 100% protection: Restore an operating system damaged by corrupt software, human error, a virus attack, or a software bug.
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User Manual 2.2 Installing DriveClone Step 1 Insert the DriveClone setup CD into your CD drive. The Setup program should start automatically. If it does not, run the file called Setup.EXE directly from the CD. And user can also download the program to set up.
User Manual restart the computer. Note You cannot launch DriveClone until your computer has restarted 2.3 Uninstalling DriveClone ® Step 1 From the Windows taskbar, select Programs DriveClone Uninstall DriveClone. Step 2 Click OK to begin uninstalling DriveClone. Note All of the backup files you created will not be deleted after you uninstall DriveClone.
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User Manual 3.1 DriveClone Main Console 3.1.1 Quick Start Files Backup - Start automatically or manually save copies of select files or folders on your hard drive. Back Up My Computer - Back up your entire system. Clone Drive - Create a 1:1 copy of your hard drive. More than one hard drive will need to exist in the system for this functionality to work.
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User Manual Close Preview Drives – Close all the previewed drives with Complete Backup image. 3.1.2Schedule Schedule of Back Up My Computer - You must first create a complete backup of your system prior to see the following functionalities. Detail - View detailed information about the backup jobs you have created, including its description, source, destination and schedule setting.
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User Manual schedule. 2 If the system is busy, DriveClone will not able to run the scheduled backup job. DriveClone will try it again automatically. 3 If you turn off your computer before reaching the scheduled backup time and you have selected Execute Schedule Job while starting system after miss schedule, DriveClone will start the backup process as soon as you turn on your computer.
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User Manual Edit Schedule - Specify your preferred Schedule Settings of the backup job you have created. Add Files - Add files, folders or file types to your file backup list. Refer File Backup for more details. Back Up Now - Backup the selected job immediately Delete - Delete the selected job.
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User Manual a. Files in Recycle Bin b. Files in System Volume Information directory, pagefile.sys and files in _$temp directory c. Hiberfil.sys d. Files with the extension named with rit and tmp e. Temporary files of Word f. Files in DriveClone 3 Pro’s Setup folder g.
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User Manual Files Backup. Step 2 You can create a new full file backup and you can also select Incremental File Backup box to select a former job and create incremental file backup. If you have selected Incremental File Backup, you can choose to examine the detail information of all created backup jobs, modify the time and date to run scheduled Incremental File Backup, click Back Up Now to run Incremental File Backup immediately, or delete the job...
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User Manual Add File Types: Click this to enter Select File Types interface, shown as below. a. Add New File Type: Click this to add new file type(s) into the file type group you select. You will also need to enter the File Type Extension and File type description.
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User Manual b. Remove File Type: Click this to delete the file type you don’t want to back up. Step 5 Select a location on a hard drive, USB storage medium, or a network location to store the backup file. Click Next to continue. Calculate Space: Click Calculate Space to calculate the space required to store the backup file in the destination location.
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User Manual backup process is in operation(*see Pic-7) as you have set. - 53 -...
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User Manual Step 8 Click Schedule Incremental Backup to specify your preferred Schedule Settings. By doing so, you can choose to repeat the backup operation at a certain time of the day. The shortest time interval is 1 day. The longest time interval is 7 days. You can also view details of your backup, run System Snapshot, or delete a backup (Refer to Schedule of File Backup for details).
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User Manual incremental back up immediately, or delete the selected job. (Refer to Schedule of Back Up My Computer for details). Step 3 Enter a name (1-50 characters) for your new Complete backup file. Click Get Started> to continue. Step 4 Select the hard drive and partition(s) you want to Note If there is only one hard drive installed in a computer, you can skip selecting the partition(s) you would like to protect.
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User Manual burn the image onto a blank CD/DVD. The CD/DVD burned by DriveClone can be used as a Recovery CD/DVD. If you select a location on the network, you may be prompted to provide a username and password. If your system does not respond when you try to save disk image to a network location, please contact your network administrator to check your connection status or access privileges.
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User Manual the image according to the file system type of the destination partition. (Optional) If you want to verify whether the backup file is usable, you can select the box “Check the data integrity of the image file when backup is complete”.
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User Manual Step 1 Click Start-up Disc to start creating the start-up disc Step 2 Insert a blank CD into your CD/DVD Drive and click Get Started to continue Step 3 Click Finish to return to Main Console 3.2.6 Use Start-up Disc Step 1 Insert the Start-up Disc and restart your computer, and then enter BIOS to set the CD/DVD ROM as the first boot device.
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User Manual DriveClone can restore from a network location. To use this feature, you should first configure your network settings. Modify Network Settings Network Settings There are two tabs in the Network Settings window: General: You can setup your network adaptor, IP address, Subnet mask and Default gateway from here.
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User Manual IP Settings: Obtain an IP address automatically: If your network supports DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), choose this option to obtain an IP address automatically from a DHCP server or a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) dial-up network access server. DriveClone uses DHCP as the default option and will obtain the IP address of your computer automatically.
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User Manual If your computer is on a Local Area Network (LAN), you can set the LAN settings so that you can back up images to or restore from a network location. DNS settings: Obtaining DNS server address automatically: DNS (Domain Name System) is an internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses.
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User Manual Use the following DNS server addresses: Choose this to manually specify the DNS server addresses if needed. WINS: Specify an IP address for a WINS server. Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) is a system that determines the IP address associated with a particular network computer.
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User Manual restoration. Image Integrity Check In this section, you can check if the backup data in your Complete backup image file is valid. Step 1 Click Image Integrity Check icon on Pre-OS Main Console. Step 2 Click Browse to select the image file you want to check. Click Step 3 Click Next to begin checking process.
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User Manual Step 1 Start DriveClone and select Restore and then click Restore My Computer. Step 2 Select a Complete backup job from the list or click Browse to select a Complete backup job that is not listed in the dropdown choice. Click Next to continue.
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User Manual Step 6 Click OK to begin the restoration process. If you don’t want to start the restoration process, click Cancel to return to Main Console. Step 7 Click Finish to complete the restoration process. 3.3.2Restore Files To restore file(s), please do the following: Step 1 Select Restore and then click Restore Files.
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User Manual saved in a new folder on your desktop, with the original folder hierarchy preserved as it was backed up previously. ◊ If Original location is selected, the restored files will be saved in their original locations. The files in this location will be replaced by the back up files.
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User Manual Restore. Step 2 Select an image you want to preview and click Next or click Browse to select an image that is not listed in the dropdown choice. Click Next to continue. Step 3 Select a complete backup point or an incremental backup point and click Next.
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User Manual 3.4.1 Clone Drive Clone Drive duplicates one hard drive to another. It eliminates the need to re-install the operating system, drivers and applications, and enables you to upgrade a new hard drive with only a few mouse clicks. Note To use this function, you will need to have at least two hard drives on your computer The target hard drive should have enough space to...
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User Manual best result, please select Keep the partition size of Destination Hard Drive the same as the Source Hard Drive. Step 3 You can alter the Destination Partition size by double-clicking the entry of Destination Partition and change the size in a popup dialog box.
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User Manual You can only choose one partition at a time. The Source Partition and the Destination Partition cannot be the same. Step 3 Select the Destination Hard Drive, and then select Destination Partition (bottom pane). Click Next to continue. Note The selected destination partition must have enough space to hold the data of the source partition.
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User Manual Step 2 Enter a name (1-50 characters) for your Backup file. Click Get Started to continue. Step 3 Select the Source Hard Drive, and then select the Source Partition(s) to be backed up. Click Next to continue. Note If there is only one hard drive installed in a computer, you can skip selecting the partition(s) you would like to protect.
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User Manual password to access your image files. Once a password is set, you will be prompt for password when you attempt to use the image file. In the Image Splitting option, select a file size for a single volume of the split image.
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User Manual needed. If there are some data on the disc, you will be asked whether you wish to erase the disc. If you want to continue, click Erase. Click Change to insert another blank CD/DVD, or click Cancel to stop burning. 3.5.2 Restoring from a Recovery CD/DVD Step 1 Insert the Recovery CD/DVD and select Restore and then click Restore My Computer.
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User Manual Step 1 Restart your computer and enter BIOS. Set CD/DVD ROM to be the first bootable device. Step 2 Insert the Recovery CD/DVD and start up the computer. The system will enter the Pre-OS mode. Step 3 Click OK to continue. Click Cancel to exit and restart your computer.
User Manual Chapter 4 Glossary DriveClone Image A DriveClone image is the file that contains the contents of a computer’s hard drive or partition(s). Using this image, you can copy the contents of a hard drive to a portable medium such as a recordable CD/DVD, USB drive or to another hard drive.
User Manual Chapter 5 Appendix 5.1 FAQ Q1. How long does it take to backup/restore a system using DriveClone? A: The time to backup/restore the system depends on the amount of data on your system. However, DriveClone’s unique technology minimizes the amount of time it takes to backup/restore the system. Q2.
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User Manual Q4. If the source partition is a bootable partition (e.g. C:\) but the target partition is not, can the target partition be used to boot the system after restoration? A: Yes, however please follow the instruction shown below. 1.
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User Manual If your system is Windows® XP, it should be Windows. Description is for adding comments for the options listed on the splash screen at system startup. Q5. I installed DriveClone on two different operating systems ® (Windows 2000 and XP) on my computer. After I removed ®...
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User Manual please insert your USB drive and then restart your computer and try again. (2) Disable the USB 2.0 Controller in BIOS or set USB to “Hi Speed” in the BIOS USB settings. Q8. I created an image for Drive C: on two CD-R discs. Why can’t the disc be mounted as a temporary partition? A: Mounting a partition requires all the backup data of the drive.
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User Manual A: DriveClone can restore an image file size below 2GB when restoring from a network location. When backing up an image to a network location, DriveClone can automatically split the file into several volumes with a maximum size of 2GB each. You can select the first volume of the image to be restored.
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User Manual command prompt or by using the DriveClone, Pre-Installation Checklist tool. Note: Running Checkdisk from either location will require a system restart for the operation to be completed. Q13. Can DriveClone fix the system after my hard drive has been mistakenly formatted or repartitioned? A: DriveClone can fix the system only if it was installed prior to the data lost.
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User Manual ® Windows® only. DriveClone can protect multiple Windows operating systems but it cannot protect a Linux system. ® Q17. Does DriveClone work in Windows Safe Mode? ® A: No. DriveClone does not work in Windows Safe Mode. Q18. Can I use Norton Ghost to copy a hard drive on which DriveClone is installed? A: Yes.
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User Manual applications, MS Word documents, you can use DriveClone to revert your system back to the day before the virus infection. All of the files on your hard drive will be free of viruses after restoration. ® Q21. Does DriveClone Provide support for Windows advanced power management? ®...
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User Manual access the network computer’s share folder after I have entered the correct user name and password? If you can’t back up the data to a network location, you may need to modify the Local Security Settings of the network computer. ®...
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