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  • Page 2 Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved. ―Acronis‖, "Acronis Compute with Confidence" and the Acronis logo are trademarks of Acronis, Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Windows and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

  • Page 3: End User License Agreement

    CD or other media that accompanies that Product. Except as expressly stated herein, this EULA does not grant you any intellectual property rights in the Product. Seagate and its suppliers reserve all rights not expressly granted to you. There are no implied rights.
  • Page 4 EULA. If you receive an Update, you may continue to use the previous version(s) of the Software in your possession, custody or control. Seagate shall have no obligation support the previous versions of the Software upon availability of an Update. Seagate has no obligation to provide support, maintenance, Updates, or modifications under this EULA.
  • Page 5 Product and governs your use of the Product, superseding any prior agreement between you and Seagate relating to the subject matter hereof. If any provision of this EULA is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, such provision will be changed...
  • Page 6 EULA and the Software agrees to all the EULA terms. Any attempted assignment in violation of this Section is void. Seagate, the Seagate logo, and other Seagate names and logos are the trademarks of Seagate. The open source software is licensed to you under the terms of the applicable open source license agreements, not this EULA.

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    1.3.2 Supported operating systems ..................12 1.3.3 Supported file systems ....................13 1.4 License policy ........................13 1.5 Technical support ......................14 Chapter 2. Seagate BlackArmor Backup installation and startup ......15 2.1 Installing Seagate BlackArmor Backup .................15 2.1.1 Installing boxed version ....................15 2.2 Extracting Seagate BlackArmor Backup................15 2.3 Running Seagate BlackArmor Backup ..................16...
  • Page 8 11.2 Operation results notification ....................76 11.2.1 Email notification .......................76 11.2.2 WinPopup notification ....................77 11.3 Viewing Tasks and Logs....................78 11.4 Consolidating backups ......................81 11.5 Removing backup archives....................83 Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 9 BIOS ..........................121 B.2.1 Setup utility ......................121 B.2.2 Standard CMOS setup menu ..................122 B.2.3 Arranging boot sequence, advanced CMOS setup menu ..........123 Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 10 Steps for installing a new internal SATA drive............125 Appendix C. Hard Disk Wiping methods ............127 Information wiping methods’ functioning principles ............127 Information wiping methods used by Seagate BlackArmor Backup........128 Appendix D. Startup Parameters ............... 129 Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved.

  • Page 11: Chapter 1. Introduction

    (full, incremental, differential) in accordance with the backup policy set by the user. If you are going to install a new hard disk drive, Seagate BlackArmor Backup will help you to transfer information from the old one in minutes, including operating systems, applications, documents, and personal settings.

  • Page 12: System Requirements And Supported Media

    In case any of the preset limits are exceeded, Seagate BlackArmor Backup will combine the first full backup with the next incremental one into one full backup which will be dated the later backup date.

  • Page 13: Supported File Systems

    Ext2/Ext3 ReiserFS Linux SWAP If a file system is not supported or is corrupted, Seagate BlackArmor Backup can copy data using a sector-by-sector approach. The Ext2/Ext3, ReiserFS, and Linux SWAP file systems are supported only for disk or partition backup/restore operations. You cannot use Seagate BlackArmor Backup for file-...

  • Page 14: Technical Support

    In order to open a support trouble ticket, please fill out the Web form on the Seagate site; support will only open a trouble ticket if it is initiated from this form. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved.

  • Page 15: Chapter 2. Seagate Blackarmor Backup Installation And Startup

    (see and mounting images 2.2 Extracting Seagate BlackArmor Backup When installing Seagate BlackArmor Backup, you can save the setup (.msi) file on a local or network drive. This will help when modifying or recovering the existing component installation.

  • Page 16: Running Seagate Blackarmor Backup

    2.3 Running Seagate BlackArmor Backup You can run Seagate BlackArmor Backup in Windows by selecting Start -> Programs -> Seagate -> BlackArmor Backup-> BlackArmor Backup or by clicking on the appropriate shortcut on the desktop.

  • Page 17: Chapter 3. General Information

    A disk image includes images of all disk partitions as well as the zero track with master boot record (MBR). By default, files in all Seagate BlackArmor Backup archives have a ―.tib‖ extension. Do not change this file extension. It is important to note that you can restore files and folders not only from file archives, but Chapter 12.

  • Page 18: Blackarmor Backup Secure Zone

    3.3 BlackArmor Backup Secure Zone™ The BlackArmor Backup Secure Zone is a special, hidden partition on the computer system. Ordinary applications cannot access it. In the Seagate BlackArmor Backup wizards’ windows, the zone is listed along with all partitions available for storing archives.

  • Page 19: Try&Decide

    Decide 3.7 BlackArmor DriveCleanser, File Shredder, and System Clean-up Seagate BlackArmor Backup contains utilities for secure destruction of data on an entire hard disk drive, individual partitions, as well as for erasing individual files and eliminating user system activity traces. When replacing your old hard drive with a new, higher-capacity one, you may unwittingly leave on the old disk lots of personal and confidential information that can be recovered, even if you have reformatted it.
  • Page 20 The Zip format is available when backing up files and/or folders as well as when making reserve copies of your backups. Seagate BlackArmor Backup provides for the zip format most of the functionality available for the tib format, except password protection and encryption –...

  • Page 21: Chapter 4. Getting To Know Seagate Blackarmor Backup

    BlackArmor One-Click Protection tool allows you to begin protecting your computer as soon as you install Seagate BlackArmor Backup. During the first start of the just installed Seagate BlackArmor Backup, the program will offer you to protect your computer by immediately backing up its system volume and Master Boot Record (MBR) as well as scheduling subsequent full backups.
  • Page 22 – freeing space for the backup in progress. If there is not enough free space on your Seagate NAS device, the program will notify you that it cannot back up the system volume and will suggest that you specify a destination for backup yourself.

  • Page 23: Program Workspace

    4.2 Program workspace Starting Seagate BlackArmor Backup takes you to the Welcome screen. This screen provides quick access to practically all the program's functionality. Clicking the items in the right pane takes you to the corresponding wizard or screen where you can either start the selected task or function right away or make further selections.
  • Page 24 This icon doesn’t depend on the main program window being open. It is present for background execution of scheduled tasks as well. Seagate BlackArmor Backup uses wizards, which guide you through many operations. Like the main program window, wizards also have the sidebar listing all the steps (both required and optional) needed for completing the operation.
  • Page 25 Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 26 By the way, you can also select all the features through the main program menu, which is always at your disposal on the toolbar. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 27: Chapter 5. Creating Backup Archives

    In our opinion creating your system volume image backup is vital for protecting your computer system from a disaster, so now Seagate BlackArmor Backup offers to back up the system volume and Master Boot Record during the 4.1 BlackArmor One-...

  • Page 28: Performing Backup

    3. Select what type of data you want to back up. Seagate BlackArmor Backup offers you the following backup types: My Computer (image backup of any set of disks/partitions) My Data (file-level backup of any set of files, folders, or an entire file category) System State (file-level backup of system files, drivers, etc.)
  • Page 29 The list of supported applications will be expanded gradually. Updates will be available with new program builds or via the Internet. My E-mail - Seagate BlackArmor Backup offers a straightforward way to back up messages, accounts and settings for Microsoft Outlook 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, Microsoft Outlook Express, and Windows Mail.

  • Page 30: Selecting The Target Archive Location

    Mail Folders Address Book (select Windows Address Book). Seagate BlackArmor Backup provides backup of IMAP (Internet Messages Access Protocol) mail folders for Microsoft Outlook. This means that you can back up folders stored on a mail server. For Microsoft Outlook Express and Windows Mail only local e-mail folders backup is available.

  • Page 31: Scheduling

    Proceed on the Summary page. However, you may wish to schedule the task being configured by choosing one of the scheduling options. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 32: Backup Method

    ) will be disabled. If you are adding a backup to the existing backup archive, the Full method will be unselectable. You can set a backup policy for the backup task. Seagate BlackArmor Backup offers three types of backup policies:...

  • Page 33: Source Files Exclusion

    You can also specify the path to a folder to be excluded, for example, C:\Program Files\Common Files\. Note that the path must end with the "\" symbol, otherwise the folder will not be excluded. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 34: Selecting The Backup Options

    Select the backup options (that is, backup file-splitting, compression level, password protection, etc.). The settings of the options will be applied only to the current backup task. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 35: Setting Automatic Consolidation

    Similarly, if you pre-set a backups storage period, for example, 30 days, the program will start consolidation when the oldest backup is stored for 31 days. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 36: Providing A Comment

    Suppose you have some files with sensitive information, for example, your tax return, which you need to back up. Seagate BlackArmor Backup can help you protect your sensitive information from getting into the wrong hands. The simplest (and the least secure) way is protecting your backup with a password.

  • Page 37: Source Files Exclusion

    If you try to restore data from a password-protected archive, or append an incremental/differential backup to such an archive, Seagate BlackArmor Backup will ask for the password in a special window, allowing access only to those who know the password.

  • Page 38: Backup Performance

    Secure Zone) may slow other programs’ performance because of the large amounts of data transferred to the disk. You can limit the hard disk usage by Seagate BlackArmor Backup to a desired level. To set the desired HDD writing speed for data being backed up, drag the slider or enter the writing speed in kilobytes per second.

  • Page 39: Archive Splitting

    2. Do not show messages and dialogs while processing (silent mode) The preset is disabled. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 40: Additional Settings

    5.3.10 Backup reserve copy settings The preset is disabled. You may want Seagate BlackArmor Backup to make reserve copies of your backups in a certain location each time when you choose the My Data backup type for backing up selected files and folders. To enable creation of reserve copies, select the Reserve my backups checkbox and then choose the method for making reserve copies.

  • Page 41: Creating A Custom Data Category For Backups

    5.4 Making reserve copies of your backups When you choose the My Data backup type for backing up selected files and folders, you can create reserve copies of your backups and save them on the Seagate NAS or Seagate DAS devices.
  • Page 42 Please, be aware that built-in support of zip files in Windows does not cover operations with multivolume zip archives, and zip archives exceeding 4GB in size or which contain files of more than 4GB each. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 43: Chapter 6. Restoring Backup Data

    The boot CD, from which you started the program, does not keep you from using other CDs or DVDs with backup archives. Seagate BlackArmor Backup is loaded entirely into RAM so you can remove the bootable CD to insert the archive disc.
  • Page 44 > Switch Identity in Outlook Express and then double-clicking on your identity in the list of the dialog box. 3. If you are to restore files from an archive containing incremental backups, Seagate BlackArmor Backup will enable selecting one of the successive incremental backups by its creation date/time.
  • Page 45 By default, the program will not overwrite any files and folders, thus giving the files on the hard disk unconditional priority over the archived files. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 46 The options you set on this page will be applied only to the current restore task. If you want to use the default restoration options, omit this step and click Summary. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 47: Restoring Disks/Partitions Or Files From Images

    6.3.2 Archive selection 1. Select the archive. Seagate BlackArmor Backup will show the list of backup archives whose locations it knows from the information stored in its database. If the program has not found the backup you need (for example, when the backup was made some time ago by a...

  • Page 48: Restoration Method Selection

    If the archive was protected with a password, Seagate BlackArmor Backup will ask for it. The partitions layout and the Next button will be unavailable until you enter the correct password. 2. If you are going to restore data from an archive containing incremental backups, Seagate BlackArmor Backup will enable selecting one of the successive incremental backups by its creation date/time.

  • Page 49: Selecting A Disk/Partition To Restore

    Disk and partition images contain a copy of track 0 along with the MBR (master boot record). It appears in this window in a separate line. You can choose whether to restore MBR and Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 50: Selecting A Target Disk/Partition

    4) In addition, restoring disk signature allows to restore VSS snapshots used by Windows Vista's "Previous Versions" feature. If the box is unselected, Seagate BlackArmor Backup generates a new disk signature for the restored drive. This may be needed when you use an image backup not for disaster recovery but for cloning your Windows Vista hard drive to another one.

  • Page 51: Changing The Restored Partition Type

    If you are restoring a system partition to the new (or the same) disk and want to load the operating system from it, you will select Active. Seagate BlackArmor Backup automatically corrects boot information during restore of the system partition to make it bootable even if it was not restored to the original partition (or disk).

  • Page 52: Assigning A Letter To The Restored Partition

    6.3.8 Assigning a letter to the restored partition Seagate BlackArmor Backup will assign an unused letter to a restored partition. You can select the desired letter from a drop-down list or let the program assign a letter automatically by selecting the Auto setting.

  • Page 53: Restoration Priority

    By default the current date and time will be assigned. 2. Before data is restored from the archive, Seagate BlackArmor Backup can check its integrity. If you suspect that the archive might have been corrupted, select Validate backup archive before restoration.
  • Page 54 The file system will not be checked if a reboot is required during restoration, for example, when restoring the system partition to its original place. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 55: Chapter 7. Try&Decide

    Try&Decide mode and then proceed to install the updates. If you encounter any sort of problem, discard the changes and leave your real operating system and applications untouched. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 56 On the other hand, if you reboot, for example, after installing an application, you can continue working in the Try&Decide mode after starting Windows. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 57 Try&Decide mode for virtual operations with partitions such as resizing partitions or changing their layout. In addition, you must not use the Try&Decide mode and Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 58: Using Try&Decide

    Seagate BlackArmor Backup will track changes until the BlackArmor Backup Secure Zone is almost full. Then the program will alert you that the time has come to make a decision on whether to apply or discard the changes made so far.
  • Page 59 This may come in handy not only for those who, for example, like to play a lot of games but for professional software testers as well – to use on their testing machines. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 60: Chapter 8. Scheduling Tasks

    Scheduling step. It is also possible to create a scheduled task by clicking Create Backup Task or Create Validation Task on the toolbar of the Manage Tasks and Log screen. If the backup archive you want to validate is protected with a password, Seagate BlackArmor Backup will ask for it.

  • Page 61: Setting Up Once Only Execution

    If you choose once only execution, set the start time. Then set the date on which to execute the task using the provided calendar: Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 62: Setting Up Upon Event Execution

    If you want to run a task only at the first occurrence of the event on the current day, select the Once a day only box. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 63: Setting Up Daily Execution

    If you want the task to be repeated several times per day, select Run the task every x hour(s) until the end of the day box and specify the interval in hours. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 64: Setting Up Weekly Execution

    On the <specify a day> – on the specified day (e.g. on second Tuesday or fourth Friday); select this from the drop-down lists. On every x day of the month – on the specified date Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 65: Managing Scheduled Tasks

    If while editing an unscheduled task you set up any of the scheduling options, that task moves from the Unscheduled tasks tab to the Scheduled tasks tab. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 66: Chapter 9. Managing Blackarmor Backup Secure Zone

    2. If there are several disks installed, select one on which to create BlackArmor Backup Secure Zone. 3. Select the partitions from whose space the zone will be created. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 67 When creating the zone, the program will first use the unallocated space. If there is not enough unallocated space, the selected partitions will be decreased. Partition resizing may require a reboot. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 68: Resizing Blackarmor Backup Secure Zone

    Seagate BlackArmor Backup repair or update will not affect the password. However, if the program is removed and then installed again while keeping the BlackArmor Backup Secure Zone on the disk, the password to the zone will be reset.

  • Page 69: Changing Password For Blackarmor Backup Secure Zone

    5. Next you will see a list of briefly described operations to be performed on partitions (disks). After you click Proceed, Seagate BlackArmor Backup will start resizing the zone. Progress will be reflected in a special window. If necessary, you can stop the procedure by clicking Cancel.

  • Page 70: Deleting Blackarmor Backup Secure Zone

    3. Next, you will see a list of briefly described operations to be performed on partitions (disks). After you click Proceed, Seagate BlackArmor Backup will start deleting the zone. Progress will be reflected in the opened window. If necessary, you can stop the procedure by clicking Cancel.

  • Page 71: Chapter 10. Creating Bootable Media

    If you purchased the boxed product, you already have a bootable CD, because the installation CD itself is bootable in addition to serving as the program installation disk. Seagate BlackArmor Backup also provides the ability to create an ISO image of a bootable disc on the hard disk.
  • Page 72 You can also choose to create a bootable disk ISO image. When using 3.5‖ diskettes, you will only be able to write one component at a time (for example, the full version of Seagate BlackArmor Backup) on a set of diskettes. To write another component, start Bootable Media Builder again.
  • Page 73 Seagate BlackArmor Backup encryption feature can be recovered. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 74: Chapter 11. Other Operations

    2. Select the archive to validate. Click Next to continue. If the selected archive is protected with a password, Seagate BlackArmor Backup will ask for the password in a dialog box. The Next button will be disabled until you enter the correct password.
  • Page 75 To check archive data integrity you must have all incremental and differential backups belonging to the archive and the initial full backup. If any of the successive backups are missing, validation is not possible. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 76: Operation Results Notification

    11.2 Operation results notification Sometimes a backup or restore procedure can last for 30 minutes or more. Seagate BlackArmor Backup can notify you when it is finished using the WinPopup service or via e- mail. The program can also duplicate messages issued during the operation or send you the full operation log after operation completion.

  • Page 77: Winpopup Notification

    After setting up e-mail notifications, you can send a test mail message by clicking the appropriate button. 11.2.2 WinPopup notification To set up WinPopup notification, select Tools -> Options -> Notifications -> Windows Messenger (WinPopup): Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 78: Viewing Tasks And Logs

    11.3 Viewing Tasks and Logs Seagate BlackArmor Backup has a Tasks and Log screen that allows you to view its working logs and scheduled tasks. The logs can provide information about scheduled backup or validation task results, including reasons for failure, if any.
  • Page 79 To view logs, you can just click on the Log tab. When the Log tab is selected, the upper pane shows the calendar, while the lower one shows logs’ contents. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 80 Clicking a day marked with a scheduled task takes you to the Scheduled tasks tab with the task details shown. Clicking any day in the future also takes you to the Scheduled tasks tab. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 81: Consolidating Backups

    11.4 Consolidating backups There are two kinds of backup consolidation procedures in Seagate BlackArmor Backup: automatic consolidation and file name-based consolidation. In the case of automatic consolidation, the program uses the rules set for backup archives. After creating a backup,...
  • Page 82 Delete original archive box. This requires more disk space, but ensures security of the archive in case the consolidation fails because of power failure or lack of disk space. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 83: Removing Backup Archives

    11.5 Removing backup archives You may want to remove backups and backup archives you no longer need. Because Seagate BlackArmor Backup stores information on the backup archives in a metadata information database, deleting unneeded archive files using Windows Explorer will not delete information about these archives from the database and Seagate BlackArmor Backup will Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis.
  • Page 84 So you must only remove obsolete backups and backup archives using the tool provided by Seagate BlackArmor Backup. To remove the entire backup archive, select it and click Remove on the toolbar or right-click on the full backup of the backup archive and choose Remove in the shortcut menu.

  • Page 85: Chapter 12. Exploring Archives And Mounting Images

    BlackArmor Backup and for restoring files from your backup archives. Here's how you can search the data you need. 1. Enter a search string into the Search field at the top right of the Seagate BlackArmor Backup window and then click the magnifying glass icon. You will be taken to the Search Results window.
  • Page 86 2. By default the search is performed in all the sources where Seagate BlackArmor Backup can search information. You can select an information source of interest by choosing the appropriate tab among Backups and Backup content. The Backups tab shows the results of the search for tib and zip archives by archive filename.

  • Page 87: Google Desktop And Windows Search Integration

    Search in the Help topics is performed after opening the Help by pressing the F1 key or clicking the help icon in any Seagate BlackArmor Backup window and entering a search string in the Search field. Clicking on a found help topic title opens the corresponding Help topic.
  • Page 88 Suppose you have Google Desktop installed and want to use it for searching files in tib archives. To get such an ability: 1. During the first start of Seagate BlackArmor Backup, Google Desktop will display a confirmation window. Click OK to install the plug-in.
  • Page 89 If you want to see all the search results, click the "See all N results in a browser" and you will see something like the screen shot below. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 90 View and Restore. Choosing View starts the application associated with this file type and opens the file. Choosing Restore starts Seagate BlackArmor Backup and you can then restore the file to a desired location. Google Desktop also provides for searching files in zip backup archives, created by Seagate BlackArmor Backup, though you cannot open or restore files from zip archives by clicking on a line with a filename in the browser window.
  • Page 91 To include the disks, click Modify and select them in the window that appears. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 92 Desktop Search will be able to search files in tib backup archives. The search engines in WDS and Windows Vista have similar functionalities, though search results are presented somewhat differently: Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 93: Mounting An Image

    3. Select a partition to mount as a virtual disk. (Note that you cannot mount an image of the entire disk except in the case when the disk consists of one partition.) Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 94 If you added a comment to the archive, it will be displayed in the Description column. If the archive was protected with a password, Seagate BlackArmor Backup will ask for the password in a dialog box. Neither the partitions layout will be shown, nor will the Next button be enabled until you enter the correct password.

  • Page 95: Unmounting An Image

    To disconnect the virtual disk, choose Operations -> Unmount Image, select the disk to unmount and click OK. You can also do this in Windows Explorer by right-clicking on the disk icon and choosing Unmount. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 96: Chapter 13. Transferring The System To A New Disk

    On program screens, damaged partitions are marked with a red circle and a white cross inside in the upper left corner. Before you start cloning, you should check such disks for errors using the appropriate operating system tools. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 97: Security

    13.3.2 Selecting source disk If the program finds several partitioned disks, it will ask you which one is the source (i.e. the older data disk). Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 98: Selecting Destination Disk

    The previously selected source becomes grayed-out and disabled for selection. If any disk is unpartitioned, the program will automatically recognize it as the destination and bypass this step. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 99: Partitioned Destination Disk

    If you selected the automatic mode, the program will not ask you anything else and will take you to the cloning summary window. 13.3.5 Selecting partition transfer method When you select the manual cloning mode, Seagate BlackArmor Backup will offer you the following data move methods: As is Proportional –...

  • Page 100: Cloning With Manual Partitioning

    As a rule, "as is" transfers are not recommended as they leave a lot of unallocated space on the new disk. Using the "as is" method, Seagate BlackArmor Backup transfers unsupported and damaged file systems.
  • Page 101 Having provided the new location and size, click Accept. You will be taken back to the Change disk layout window. You might have to perform some more resizing and relocation before you get the layout you need. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 102: Cloning Summary

    Cloning a non-system disk or a disk containing an operating system, but one that is not currently active, will proceed without the need to reboot. After you click Proceed, Seagate BlackArmor Backup will start cloning the old disk to the new disk, indicating the progress in a special window.

  • Page 103: Chapter 14. Adding A New Hard Disk

    Select a file system for the new partition. You may select a partition letter of your choice (or leave the default one) and input a label for the new partition in the corresponding field. Finally, select a partition type. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 104: Disk Add Summary

    Clicking Next after creating a desired partition layout takes you to the disk add summary. The disk add summary contains a list of operations to be performed on disks. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 105 After you click Proceed, Seagate BlackArmor Backup will start creating new partition(s), indicating the progress in a special window. You can stop this procedure by clicking Cancel. You will then have to repartition and format the new disk or repeat the disk add procedure.

  • Page 106: Chapter 15. Security And Privacy Tools

    Chapter 15. Security and Privacy Tools Seagate BlackArmor Backup includes tools for secure destruction of data on an entire hard disk drive, individual partitions, as well as for erasing individual files and eliminating user system activity traces. These tools ensure the security of your confidential information, as well as maintain your privacy when you work with a PC, because they clean-up the evidence showing your actions (records in various system files) that you don’t even know about.

  • Page 107: Blackarmor Drivecleanser

    You can select an entire hard disk or several disks for data destruction. To do this, click the rectangle corresponding to the hard disk (with a device icon, disk number and capacity). Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 108 If you want 15.3 Creating to create a custom data destruction algorithm, choose Custom… and go to custom algorithms of data destruction Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 109 After this is done, you will see a message indicating the successful data destruction. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 110: Creating Custom Algorithms Of Data Destruction

    To save your algorithm, you need to give it a filename and show the path to the folder you want to store it in by selecting the folder from the tree shown in the left pane. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 111: System Clean-Up

    Windows. When the search is finished, its results will be available at the top of the wizard window. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 112: System Clean-Up Wizard Settings

    15.5.2 "Files" setting The "Files" setting defines the names of files to clean with System Clean-up Wizard and can be used with a search string. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 113: Computers" Setting

    After entering the "Computers" setting value, you can browse the search strings found by the System Clean-up Wizard in the registry. To do so, click Show Computers. You will see Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 114: Drive Free Space" Setting

    *help; cmd; reg* This will result in removing commands with names corresponding to or containing any of the names or parts of names you entered. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 115: Network Places Filter" Setting

    To clean up individual components, select them in the System Components section in the System Clean-up window and run the System Clean-up Wizard. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 116: Appendix A. Partitions And File Systems

    FAT (there are usually two of them) on a single disk. A cluster is a minimum data storage unit in the FAT16 file system. One cluster contains a fixed Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 117: Fat32

    Officially introduced with its version 7.2 of the Linux operating system, Ext3 is the Red Hat Linux journaling file system. It is forward and backward compatible with Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 118: Linux Reiserfs

    ReiserFS was officially introduced to Linux in 2001. ReiserFS overcomes many Ext2 disadvantages. It is a 64-bit journaling file system that dynamically allocates space for data substructures. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 119: Appendix B. Hard Disks And Bios Setup

    Set the boot sequence to A:, C:, CD-ROM or some other, depending on where your copy of Seagate BlackArmor Backup is located. If you have a boot diskette, set the diskette to be the first; if it is on a CD, make the boot sequence start with CD- ROM.

  • Page 120: Motherboard Sockets, Ide Cable, Power Cable

    There is usually a sticker on the drive that explains the markings. Typical markings are DS, SP, CS and PK. Each jumper position corresponds to one hard disk(s) installation mode: DS – master/factory default Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 121: Bios

    Pressing this combination takes you to the menu of the setup utility that is included in your BIOS. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 122: Standard Cmos Setup Menu

    Method of translation of sector addresses. (Translation LBA/ Method) Large/Auto For example, to demonstrate the main features of Seagate BlackArmor Backup, we used a Quantum Fireball TM1700A hard disk as one of the disks in our examples. Its parameters have the following values:...

  • Page 123: Arranging Boot Sequence, Advanced Cmos Setup Menu

    At present, BIOS allows booting operating systems not only from diskettes or hard disks, but also from CD-ROMs, DVDs, and other devices. If there are several hard Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 124: Hard Disk Initialization Errors

    However, it is still not enough for an operating system to work with the hard disk. In addition, you have to create partitions on the new disk Chapter 14. and format the partitions using Seagate BlackArmor Backup. See Adding a new hard disk B.2.4 Hard disk initialization errors Devices are usually initialized successfully, but sometimes errors can happen.

  • Page 125: Installing A Sata Hard Drive

    7. Ensure that the SATA controller and the connected SATA hard drive are correctly detected by the operating system. To do this, go to the Device Manager. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 126 Seagate BlackArmor Backup. See . Then configure your BIOS to boot from the SATA controller and boot from the SATA hard drive to ensure it works. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 127: Appendix C. Hard Disk Wiping Methods

    This knowledge speaks of the necessity of complex multipass methods to guarantee information wiping. The detailed theory of guaranteed information wiping is described in an article by Peter Gutmann. Please see: http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/secure_del.html. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 128: Information Wiping Methods Used By Seagate Blackarmor Backup

    Information wiping methods used by Seagate BlackArmor Backup The table below briefly describes information wiping methods used by Seagate. Each description features the number of hard disk sector passes along with the number(s) written to each sector byte. The description of built-in information wiping methods...

  • Page 129: Appendix D. Startup Parameters

    Disables DMA for all IDE disk drives. Prevents kernel from freezing on some hardware. nofw Disables FireWire (IEEE1394) support. nopcmcia Disables PCMCIA hardware detection. nomouse Disables mouse support. [module name]=off Disables the module (e.g. sata_sis=off). Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 130 Try this option, if the kernel is unable to allocate IRQs or discover secondary PCI buses on your motherboard. Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Acronis. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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