User manual FARSTONE TOTALRECOVERY PRO

[. . . ] TotalRecoveryTM Pro User 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. [. . . ] You can also click Preview System Snapshot to view its content prior to restoration. Then if you want to close the Preview Drives, click Unmount Preview Drive in the Tools tab or in the menu to close the Preview Drives. Choose to restore the Entire Hard Drive or C : Drive Only and then click Next to begin the restoration. 31 Tip If the user chooses to restore the C Drive only, TotalRecoverytm Pro only restores the files of the active partition. All of the System Snapshots created before the restoration point can only be used to restore the C: drive. Your computer will restart automatically to start the restoration process. 4. 3. 2 Restore Files To restore file(s), please do the following: 1. Click Next to continue. *Select backup image from network share 32 3. Select Files from the most recent backup or Files from a previous backup and click Next. If you select Files from a previous backup, please select the backup point you want to restore from the list. If you select "Please select common restoration or special restoration", then click Next, skip to step 6; if you select "Search special files for the restoration", then click Next, skip to step 5. Input the file name you want to restore, then click Search or click Search directly to choose the file(s). If New Desktop Folder is selected, the restored files will be saved in a new folder on the client's desktop, with the folder hierarchy preserved exactly as it was backed up. If Original Location is selected, the restored files will be saved to their original folder and will overwrite existing files in that folder with the same name. If Another Folder is selected, click Select a folder to browse a folder on the network. Click Next to start the restore after confirming the source and the destination. Click Finish to return to the main console. 4. 3. 3 Restore Your Computer To restore a partition or the entire hard drive, please do the following: 1. Select a backup image from the list, or click here to select an image file stored on a network share. Select a Complete Backup point or any Incremental Backup point to restore from, and click Next. If you want to restore your entire physical disk drive, click One-Click Restore, then click Restore to begin the restoration process; or click No to exit. 33 5. Select to restore a single partition or the entire hard drive, and click Next. Click OK to return to the original location, or click Cancel to select another location. Select a destination partition or a destination hard drive to be restored from the image file, and click Next. Select the checkbox if you would like to modify the destination partition size. b. [. . . ] Therefore, it's recommended to run Windows Check Disk command to detect and repair hard drive errors, or use utilities provided by your hard drive manufacturer, when attempting to resolve this type of problem. Q. Can TotalRecoverytm Pro fix my system after my hard drive has been accidentally formatted or repartitioned?A: Yes -- if TotalRecoverytm Pro was installed prior to the incident. Q. Can I use disk tools such as Fdisk, PartitionMagic and Norton Speed Disk after installing TotalRecoverytm Pro on my computer? [. . . ]