Smart Recovery - Gigabyte GA-G41M-ES2L User Manual

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SMART Recovery

With SMART Recovery, users can quickly create backups of changed data files
a specific backup on PATA and SATA hard drives (partitioned on NTFS file system) in Windows Vista.
(Note 1) The changed data refers to the data that has been modified, deleted, or newly added since
the last backup.
(Note 2) The system will make an automatic backup on changed data only once everyday. If the
computer is turned on for a long time, the backup will be performed at the scheduled backup
time. If the computer is turned off before the scheduled backup time, the backup will be
performed on the next boot.
(Note 3) We recommend that you preserve at least 25 percent of the hard drive space to optimize the
storage space for the backups. The backups of the changed data will be stored in the original
partition of the data.
Unique Features
Instructions:
In the main menu, click the Config button to open the Smart
Recovery Preference dialog box.
The Smart Recovery Preference dialog box:
Button Function
Enable Enables automatic daily backup
Schedule Sets a daily backup schedule
Capacity Sets the percentage of hard drive space
used for saving backups
• The hard drive must have more than 1 GB of
capacity.
• Each partition can accommodate up to 64 backups
(the actual limit depends on the size of each partition).
When this limit is reached, the oldest backup will be
ovewritten.
Instructions for copying files/folders from a backup:
To browse through your backups made at different time, se-
lect a backup time using the time scroll bar on the right or at the
bottom of the screen. If you want to copy back a file/folder,
select the file/folder you wish to copy and click the Copy
button.
The files/folders listed on the screen are read-only so
you cannot edit their contents.
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