User manual FARSTONE SNAPSHOT 7 QUICK GUIDE

[. . . ] FarStone SnapshotTM 7 Quick Guide Copyright Notice No part of this publication may be copied, transmitted, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means without the expressed written permission of FarStone Technology, Inc. FarStone grants you the right to use one copy of the enclosed software program ("SOFTWARE") on a single computer. If the SOFTWARE is installed on a network, or more than one user can run the SOFTWARE at the same time, you must purchase an additional license for each additional user or computer. Trademark FarStone® is a trademark of FarStone Technology, Inc. Microsoft, Windows® and MS-DOS® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] Allocate the space for Secure Area(at least 1200MB), click Secure Area to set the size manually, or select the paitition(just for system partition ) manually. You are required to restart your computer to launch Snapshot. 11 2. 3 Uninstalling Snapshot 1. From the Windows Start menu, select Start ->Settings->Control Panel. Double-click Add/Remove Programs, and select Change or Remove Programs. Select Snapshot, and click Remove to begin uninstalling the associated component. 12 Chapter 3: Snapshot Specific Terminology 3. 1 Snapshot Secure Area Snapshot's Secure Area is a virtual partition which is created onto the hard drive's free space. The secure area is used to store the system snapshots and the Snapshot Pre-OS. It will not be influenced by most computer disasters, so it ensures the protection of your data and the efficiency of Snapshot. 13 Chapter 4: Start Using Snapshot To launch Snapshot, double-click the Snapshot icon on your desktop or select Start ­> All Programs ­>FarStone Snapshot ->Snapshot. 4. 1 Activation and Deactivation 4. 1. 1 Activation If you don't purchase a serial number when installing the product, you will see the following dialog box: If you select I have a serial number for this product, please enter your personal information and serial number, then click Next to continue. If you select I want to try FarStone Snapshot for 14 day(s), you can use the product within 13 days. Note Activation Times Count Exceeded, please log on to http://www. farstone. com/support/user-profile/support-ticket. php for more assistances. 14 If you input a serial number when installing the product, you will see the following dialog box: If you click Activate Now, you will activate the product successfully, then click Next, a dialog box will pop up, click Yes to enter a web site to register the product. If you click Other activation options, you will activate the product via email. Click Copy to clipboard button to copy the serial number and Mac address to send to the activation address: Activation@farstone. com. Our technical support engineer will send you a Activation Code via e-mail, just input the activation code to the specified frame. Click Activate Now. 4. 1. 1 Deactivation Deactivation steps: 1. Click Help on the main console, select Deactivation, you will see the following dialog box: 2. Click Deactivation, a dialog box will pop up: 16 3. Click Yes to deactivate successfully, then click Quit, you will see the following dialog box: You can choose whether to uninstall the product from this computer. Note If you select Erase my serial number from this computer after deactivation completes, and continue using the product, the product will be a trial version. Tip If you want to run the activated program on other computers with the same serial number, please run the deactivation program from this computer. 4. 2 Main Console 4. 2. 1 Quick Start This displays a shortcut menu for Create a System Snapshot (Undo) and Return to a System Snapshot. Create a System Snapshot ­ Click here to start creating a system snapshot. Return to a System Snapshot­ Click here to restore the system from a specified system snapshot. . 17 4. 2. 2 Jobs · View existing Snapshot jobs. [. . . ] This area is hidden in Windows and protected and accessible only by Snapshot Pro. System Snapshot System Snapshots are incremental points-in-time of a computer system's state at a given moment. Snapshot Pro monitors all sector-level changes from the last Snapshot and writes any changes to a new Snapshot. Snapshots offer the quickest way to restore a damaged Windows system to a working state. [. . . ]