Maxtor FireWire 800 - Manual (Page 39)

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If you manually cancel a backup, it is considered to be a
fatal error.
If the restore point has a yellow or red icon, you can right-click the
restore point to show the operation log, which will show you more
information about the error.
Locking Restore Points
Retrospect Express HD's Grooming Technology manages your
restore points by automatically adding the latest restore points and
removing the oldest. However, there may be times that you do not
want certain restore points removed from your system. In order to
prevent restore points from being deleted, you must lock them.
1. Open Retrospect Express.
2. Click Restore .
3. Highlight a restore point that you wish to use to lock
your data and click
Lock located in the upper right corner
of the restore point screen.
4. To unlock a restore point, simply repeat this procedure
and the restore point will be unlocked when you click
Lock again.
Viewing Restore Point Logs
There may be times that you want to see what may be causing
problems with various restore points. You can accomplish this
through viewing a restore point log.
1. Open Retrospect Express HD.
2. Click Restore.
3. Highlight a restore point that you wish to use to view
and click on the View Log button located in the upper
right corner of the restore point screen.
Deleting Restore Points
Retrospect Express HD provides you with the ability to manually
delete restore points. To manually delete a restore to point.
1. Open Retrospect Express
2. Click Restore.
3. Highlight a restore point that you wish to remove and
click on the delete button (the Red X) located in the
upper right corner of the Restore.
When a restore point is deleted, Retrospect Express HD will
reclaim the disk space. This process can take a long time.
Do not turn off your computer until the process is complete.