Clickfree Wireless - Manual (Page 5)

Clickfree Wireless Backup (Windows) Introducing the Clickfree Wireless
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Backup and Restore
A backup is a copy of data on your computer. Backups can be used to restore data after loss
of or damage to your computer’s hard disk, to restore files that have been accidentally
deleted or corrupted, or to move or copy data from one computer to another.
Making a backup of your content only copies it from your computer to your Clickfree
Wireless, and does not delete it from the computer’s hard disk. Similarly, when you restore
content, it only copies it from your Clickfree Wireless to your computer, and does not delete
it from the Clickfree Wireless.
A backup is meant to be a second copy of your computer data,
NOT the only copy of your data.
Content
Normally you don’t use Clickfree to back up your programs or operating system, only the
data that you have created, such as music, photos, letters, emails, tax information etc. In this
guide we refer to this data as content.
W
HAT GETS BACKED UP
?
When it runs automatically, Clickfree searches your computer for over 500 types of files:
• Photos – including common graphic formats such as JPEG and RAW
• Music – including CD audio, MP3, MIDI
• Emails – including Thunderbird, Eudora, and those from Microsoft Office
• Text Documents – e.g. from Microsoft Word, Open Office, and WordPerfect
• Spreadsheets – e.g. Microsoft Excel, Open Office, and Lotus 123
• Presentations – e.g. Microsoft Powerpoint and Corel Show
• Artwork and Drawings – such as Corel Draw, Visio and Paintshop images
• Video – e.g. AVI, MPEG, Shockwave Flash
• Favorite Websites – internet shortcuts and address books
• Other – including zip and RAR files, XML, and CSV files
• Financial – such as those from QuickBooks and tax programs
The first time you back up your computer, usually when you physically connect the
Clickfree Wireless to the computer via the USB cable, Clickfree Wireless backs up all of the
content it finds, which might take several hours, depending on how much content you need
to back up. Each time you use Clickfree after that, it only backs up the new or changed
content, so it will be much quicker. Any files that were deleted from your computer since the
last backup are not deleted from the Clickfree Wireless.
Clickfree does not back up programs or the operating system.
F
EATURES
• Customizable backup options for custom file types and full folder backup; remembers