Clickfree C6 User Manual
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Clickfree C6 Easy Imaging
Introducing the Clickfree C6
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EFINITIONS
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 C6, and does
not delete it from the computer’s hard disk.
Similarly, when you restore content, it only copies it from your C6 to your computer, and
does not delete it from the C6.
A backup is meant to be a second copy of your computer data,
not the only copy of your data.
Content
Clickfree C6 backs up your Windows operating system and software applications (system
files), as well as data that you have created, such as music, photos, letters, emails, tax
information etc. In this guide we refer to the data that you created as content. This is an
important distinction because the normal Restore function (described on page 10) only
restores your content. If you need to “restore” your operating system and software
applications, you must use the EASY Fix function (see page 14).
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When it runs automatically, Clickfree backs up everything on your computer:
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Photos – including common graphic formats such as JPEG and RAW
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Music – including CD audio, MP3, MIDI
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Video – e.g. AVI, MPEG, Shockwave Flash
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Emails – including Microsoft Outlook, Windows Live Mail, Thunderbird, Eudora
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Documents – e.g. from Microsoft Word, Open Office, and WordPerfect
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Spreadsheets – e.g. Microsoft Excel, Open Office, and Lotus 123
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Presentations – e.g. Microsoft Powerpoint and Corel Show
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Illustrations – such as Corel Draw, Visio, Photoshop and Paintshop images
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Financial – such as those from Quicken, QuickBooks and tax programs
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Windows and Programs – operating system and software applications
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All Others – including, but not limited to, zip and RAR files, XML, and CSV files
The first time you back up your computer, C6 backs up all of the content it finds, as well as
the operating system and software applications, which might take several hours. Each time
you use Clickfree after that, it only backs up the new or changed files, so it will be much
faster. Any files that were deleted from your computer since the last backup are not
deleted from the C6
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