Clickfree c2 portable backup 250gb User Guide
Clickfree C2 Portable Backup Drive User Guide
Restoring my content (DVD)
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Restoring my content (DVD)
W
HAT IF MY COMPUTER
’
S INTERNAL HARD DRIVE STOPS WORKING
,
OR
I
WOULD LIKE TO TRANSFER MY CONTENT TO A NEW COMPUTER
?
All computer hard drives fail eventually, sometimes without warning. Occasionally,
computers suffer damage that affects the hard drive. Sometimes, laptop computers get lost
or stolen. Sometimes, also, you may delete content by mistake. When these things happen,
other computer users may lose valuable, sometimes irreplaceable, data.
computers suffer damage that affects the hard drive. Sometimes, laptop computers get lost
or stolen. Sometimes, also, you may delete content by mistake. When these things happen,
other computer users may lose valuable, sometimes irreplaceable, data.
But if you lose content you’ll be really happy that you bought and used
Clickfree
. Your
backed-up content is safe on your
Clickfree
backup, and can be restored when you have a
working computer again.
A
Clickfree
backup is also ideal for transferring your content from an old computer to a
new one. For details, see “How do I restore from multiple computers? And how can I undo
a restore?” on page 101.
a restore?” on page 101.
W
HAT DO
I
NEED BEFORE
I
CAN USE
C
LICKFREE TO RESTORE OR TRANSFER MY
CONTENT
?
Before you can restore your content, your computer needs to be working – at the very least
it needs to be able to start up and display the desktop.
it needs to be able to start up and display the desktop.
You need the CDs or DVDs that were used to back up your computer. In addition you
should have the C2 Portable Backup Drive you used to back up your content. You can
restore files without the C2 Portable Backup Drive, but it is more difficult to restore all of
your files without the C2 Portable Backup Drive. See “How do I restore my files using only
the backup disks?” on page 114 in the Advanced topics (DVD) chapter.
should have the C2 Portable Backup Drive you used to back up your content. You can
restore files without the C2 Portable Backup Drive, but it is more difficult to restore all of
your files without the C2 Portable Backup Drive. See “How do I restore my files using only
the backup disks?” on page 114 in the Advanced topics (DVD) chapter.
Of course, you can ‘restore’ your content to any computer that meets the system
requirements (see “What do I need before I start?” on page 78), not just to the computer
whose content you backed up.
requirements (see “What do I need before I start?” on page 78), not just to the computer
whose content you backed up.
The easiest way to copy content between computers is to have your backup disks handy
and plug the C2 Portable Backup Drive in to your new computer. When the
and plug the C2 Portable Backup Drive in to your new computer. When the
Clickfree
application launches, just click the
Restore
button at the bottom of the countdown screen
and follow the procedure to restore content in “How do I let Clickfree restore decide what
to restore and where?” on page 94.
to restore and where?” on page 94.