Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide for Microsoft Windows users
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Table of Contents Contents USING THE CLICKFREE TRANSFORMER SE 8 Package contents 8 Definitions 8 INTRODUCING CLICKFREE TRANSFORMER SE (HD) Main Features BASICS (HD) 10 10 12 HOW DOES CLICKFREE WORK? 12 WHAT GETS BACKED UP? 12 Clickfree backs up content 12 Does Clickfree back up all of my content every time? 13 What content categories does Clickfree back up? 13 WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I START? 13 BACKING UP MY CONTENT (HD) 14 HOW DO I START USING MY
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Table of Contents RESTORING MY CONTENT (HD) 26 WHAT IF MY COMPUTER’S INTERNAL HARD DRIVE STOPS WORKING, OR I WOULD LIKE TO TRANSFER 26 MY CONTENT TO A NEW COMPUTER? WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I CAN USE CLICKFREE TO RESTORE MY CONTENT? 26 HOW DO I GET MY CONTENT BACK? 26 What gets restored, and to where? 27 HOW DO I LET CLICKFREE RESTORE DECIDE WHAT TO RESTORE AND WHERE? 27 HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE RESTORES CONTENT? 32 Restoring content 33 Choosing the comp
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ADVANCED TOPICS (HD) Table of Contents 49 WHAT IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE USER ON MY COMPUTER? 49 WHAT IF I HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER? 49 How is backup different when I have more than one computer? WHAT IF I USE MORE THAN ONE EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE? How do I make multiple backups? 49 51 52 WHAT ARE ‘FACTORY SETTINGS’ AND HOW DO I USE THEM? 52 WHAT ARE THE CLICKFREE TOOLS, AND HOW DO I USE THEM? 53 Master Reset 54 Updating Clickfree software 55 Interface la
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide INTRODUCING CLICKFREE TRANSFORMER SE (IPOD) Main Features BASICS (IPOD) Table of Contents 70 70 72 HOW DOES CLICKFREE WORK? 72 WHAT GETS BACKED UP? 72 Clickfree backs up content 72 Does Clickfree back up all of my content every time? 73 What content categories does Clickfree back up? 73 WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I START? 73 BACKING UP MY CONTENT (IPOD) 74 HOW DO I START USING MY CLICKFREE TRANSFORMER SE? 74 ZERO EFFORT BACKUP – REALLY 75 WHAT IF CLICKF
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Table of Contents RESTORING MY CONTENT (IPOD) 88 WHAT IF MY COMPUTER’S INTERNAL HARD DRIVE STOPS WORKING, OR I WOULD LIKE TO TRANSFER 88 MY CONTENT TO A NEW COMPUTER? WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I CAN USE CLICKFREE TO RESTORE MY CONTENT? 88 HOW DO I GET MY CONTENT BACK? 88 What gets restored, and to where? 89 HOW DO I LET CLICKFREE RESTORE DECIDE WHAT TO RESTORE AND WHERE? 89 HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE RESTORES CONTENT? 94 Restoring content 95 Choosing the co
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ADVANCED TOPICS (IPOD) Table of Contents 110 HOW DO I IMPORT MUSIC FROM MY IPOD TO MY COMPUTER? 110 WHAT IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE USER ON MY COMPUTER? 111 WHAT IF I HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER? 112 How is backup different when I have more than one computer? 112 WHAT ARE ‘FACTORY SETTINGS’ AND HOW DO I USE THEM? 114 WHAT ARE THE CLICKFREE TOOLS, AND HOW DO I USE THEM? 115 Delete Clickfree Data 116 Updating Clickfree software 117 Interface language 119
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Using the Clickfree Transformer SE Using the Clickfree Transformer SE The the Clickfree Transformer SE has dual personalities: • • use it with an external hard drive and it acts just like the Clickfree Transformer. use it with an iPod or iPhone and it acts just like the Clickfree iPod Transformer.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Using the Clickfree Transformer SE Important: Clickfree never erases or replaces content on your computer’s hard drive, unless you ask it to replace a file during restore. Clickfree never erases anything other than the backups it has performed. Any other data stored on your external hard drive is left untouched and is never erased. And unless you ask it to remove backed-up content, Clickfree never erases or replaces content on your external hard drive/iPod/iPhone.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Introducing Clickfree Transformer SE (HD) Introducing Clickfree Transformer SE (HD) Thank you for buying the Clickfree Transformer SE – the easiest way to keep the valuable information on your computer safe. Clickfree is an easy-to-use computer backup system that automatically searches for and backs up content stored on your computer. No hardware configuration or software installation is required.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Introducing Clickfree Transformer SE (HD) How it backs up • • The first time you connect a Clickfree Backup Drive to your computer it searches for, finds, backs up and organizes all of your important content Each subsequent time you connect Clickfree to your computer, it just does an update: • Any new files since your last backup are added to the backup • Any files that were changed since your last backup are updated on the backup • Any files that were deleted from you
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Basics (HD) Basics (HD) HOW DOES CLICKFREE WORK? All you need to do to keep your projects, photos, videos, music etc. safe is to plug Clickfree in to your computer and let it work! No need to install software or to configure anything. Your computer knows when Clickfree has been plugged in, and it runs the backup program automatically each time it is connected. You can back up as many computers as you like with the Clickfree Transformer SE.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Basics (HD) Unless you explicitly ask it to do so, Clickfree does not back up the programs or the operating system. This means that your backup won’t need nearly as much space as the size of your computer’s hard drive since your content may only take up a small portion of your hard drive’s capacity, and we only look for the content.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Backing up my content (HD) Backing up my content (HD) HOW DO I START USING MY CLICKFREE TRANSFORMER SE? ♦ To start using your Clickfree Transformer SE: 1. Make sure that your computer is switched on and has finished starting up. 2. Log in, if that is what you normally do. 3. Connect the Clickfree Transformer SE to your computer by plugging it in to a USB port on your computer. and frequently has a symbol beside it.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Backing up my content (HD) When Clickfree starts to run, a second Welcome window appears and shows the number of seconds left before the backup starts automatically: Note: The View Files and Restore buttons do not appear until you have backed up content on your external hard drive. ZERO EFFORT BACKUP – REALLY Unless you stop the countdown by clicking a button, at the end of the countdown period Clickfree starts the backup.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Backing up my content (HD) The Backup Summary screen shows you how many files in each category were backed up this time (New column) and from all backups, including this one (Total column). The Space Used column shows the amount of space that files from all backups take up on the external hard drive. When you see the Backup Summary screen, simply unplug the Clickfree Transformer SE and external hard drive and store them in a safe place.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide • Backing up my content (HD) If you see a message telling you that ”Clickfree™ Backup cannot start because you do not have the required permissions. Please re-login to this computer as the Administrator.”: 1. Log out. 2. Unplug the Clickfree Transformer SE. 3. Log in again as Administrator. 4. Plug the Clickfree Transformer SE in again. The backup then starts automatically.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Backing up my content (HD) HOW DO I CHANGE HOW CLICKFREE DOES BACKUPS? You can change: • • • The categories of content Clickfree backs up The file types/extensions that Clickfree searches for – see “How do I choose individual file types for backup?” on page 62 in the “Advanced topics (HD)” chapter. Where Clickfree looks for this content. You can also tell Clickfree to back up all of the files in a folder, regardless of what category or file type they are.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Backing up my content (HD) The Manage Settings and PCs screen is displayed: 3. Now click Change Backup Settings. CHOOSING CATEGORIES OF CONTENT TO BE BACKED UP – REQUIRED 4. All of the categories are selected by default. Choose the categories of content to be backed up, for example, Text Documents, Photos, and Videos. • • To include a category, for example, Photos, in the backup, make sure that the box to .
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Backing up my content (HD) 5. When you are finished choosing content categories, click Next >. Note: You must choose at least one file type or category – you cannot leave all file types and categories unchecked. CHOOSING LOCATIONS TO SEARCH FOR CONTENT – REQUIRED 6.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Backing up my content (HD) Each folder with a + beside it can also be expanded. Note: • You can now choose the individual folders you want to be searched by adding and removing checkmarks in the checkboxes. For example, to search only the folder with the Help and Manual projects, uncheck the My Documents checkbox, then check only My HelpAndManual Projects: • Do the same for My Computer. You must choose a location – you cannot leave all locations unchecked. 7.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Backing up my content (HD) CHOOSING COMPLETE FOLDERS TO BE BACKED UP – OPTIONAL 8. Choose complete folders to be backed up in addition to categories and locations. The folders you choose here are completely copied -, all of their files are backed up regardless of file type. Complete folders are backed up in addition to the file types in the locations you already chose. • • To add the entire My Documents folder to the backup, make sure that the checkbox is checked .
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Backing up my content (HD) 9. When you have made your choices, click Next >. 10. Click Done then Close to continue with the countdown. You can click Start at this time to go to the backup right away without waiting for the rest of the countdown.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Backing up my content (HD) Clickfree backs up your content If there is enough space on your external hard drive, Clickfree then backs up the content and complete folders you chose to your external hard drive: At the end of the backup, a Backup Summary screen is displayed: The Backup Summary screen shows you how many files in each category were backed up this time (New column) and from all backups, including this one (Total column).
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Backing up my content (HD) WHAT IF THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SPACE ON MY EXTERNAL HARD DISK? While Clickfree is searching for content to back up, it adds up the amount of disk space needed and compares that with the free space on the external hard drive. If there is not enough free space for your content, Clickfree prompts you to go to the backup options screen and adjust your settings: For example, you might want to reduce the number of file categories being backed up.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (HD) Restoring my content (HD) WHAT 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.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (HD) WHAT GETS RESTORED, AND TO WHERE? When Clickfree restore runs without you changing any options, it restores all of the content that was backed up, and puts it in the same folders on your computer that it was backed up from. This is the best choice if you have a new computer, or if you have repaired your old computer and all of the content was erased.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (HD) Because you have backed-up content on your external hard drive, the countdown screen now shows buttons at the bottom to allow you to View Files and Restore files: 7. Before the countdown gets to zero, click Restore. The Restore Summary screen appears. 8. Before you click Restore All to restore all of your content, or select categories to be restored, look at the computer name in the Restore From box: .
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (HD) 10. Select the name of the computer whose content you want to restore. Warning: If you choose Restore my files to their original location to restore content backed up on a different computer, you may inadvertently overwrite files that by chance have the same name on both computers. Be very careful before proceeding with restore under these conditions. 11. Since you are going to restore all of your content, simply click Restore All.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (HD) 13. Since you are letting Clickfree restore files to their original locations, simply click Next >. Clickfree confirms how many files will be restored, and where they are going to be restored to. 14. Now just click Start Restore. As Clickfree restores your content, it shows you what is happening and how far it has gotten in the process. Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (HD) 15. Before it overwrites an existing file on your computer with one of the same name from the backed-up files, Clickfree asks if you want to replace the existing file with the one from the backup: 16. You can choose to: • • • • • • Keep both copies of this one file – click Keep Both. Clickfree renames the backedup file by adding ‘ (2)’ to the end of the file name, then restores the renamed file.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (HD) 17. When all of your content has been restored, Clickfree tells you that it is done, and, if it has replaced files on your computer, gives you a chance to undo the restore. If you want to undo, see “How do I undo a restore?” on page 39. Warning: There is no way to undo after you close this dialog. 18. If you do not want to undo the restore, click Close.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (HD) RESTORING CONTENT ♦ To change how Clickfree restores content: 1. Follow steps 1 to 6 of the previous section “How do I let Clickfree restore decide what to restore and where?” on page 27. The Restore Summary screen appears: 2. Before you click Restore All to restore all of your content, or select categories to be restored, look at the computer name in the Restore From box: .
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (HD) CHOOSING CATEGORIES OF CONTENT TO BE RESTORED 6. Note that all of the categories that contain files (with the number of files in parentheses after the category name) have checkboxes that you can check off in the Select Category column. For each category whose content you want to restore, click the checkbox to select the category. 7. Click Next >. You can also choose to restore content of individual file types within each category.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide • Restoring my content (HD) If you want to restore your files to a location where they will not overwrite existing files on your hard drive, click Select the locations to restore my files , and continue with step 9. 9. Click Next >. 10. Assuming that there is enough space on your C: drive (as shown here), click Next >.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (HD) 11. Click Start Restore. As Clickfree restores your content, it shows you what is happening and how far it has gotten in the process. Before it overwrites an existing file on your computer with one of the same name from the backed-up files, Clickfree asks if you want to replace the existing file with the samename file from the backup: 12. You can choose to: • • • • • • Keep both copies of this one file – click Keep Both.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (HD) If two files have the same size (KB) and same date modified, it is likely to be safe to skip. If you skip any files, Clickfree completes “with exceptions”. For details see Restore completed with exceptions” on page 38. When all of your content has been restored, Clickfree tells you that it is done, and, if it has replaced files on your computer, gives you a chance to undo the restore.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (HD) Before you click Restore All to restore all of your files, or select categories to be restored, look at the computer name in the Restore From box: . If your external hard drive contains backed-up files from the computer that you are using, the Restore From box contains the name of this computer, and the files that will be restored come from this computer. ♦ To restore files that were backed up on another computer: 1.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide • Restoring my content (HD) Click the link to see what files were not restored: HOW DO I UNDO A RESTORE? Whenever you restore files to their original locations, Clickfree gives you a chance to undo the restore, in case you have mistakenly overwritten a file. ♦ To undo the effects of a restore: 1. Click Click here to undo …. The restored files are replaced on your computer by the files that were there before the restore.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (HD) HOW DO I FIND FILES THAT WERE RESTORED If Clickfree restored your files to a folder that was not their original location, Clickfree puts an icon on your desktop so that you can quickly and easily get to the restored content: ♦ To find files that were restored: Double-click the icon to open a Windows Explorer at the folder where your content was restored. You can now use Explorer to move the files to a more convenient folder.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Browsing, Searching & Viewing my files (HD) Browsing, Searching & Viewing my files (HD) From the Backup Summary screen you can: • • • Browse your backup(s) for files Search your backup(s) for files View backed-up files STARTING FROM THE WELCOME SCREEN ♦ To browse and search for files, or view photos: Before the countdown gets to zero, click View Files. The Backup Summary screen is displayed.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Browsing, Searching & Viewing my files (HD) To browse and search for files, or view photos: 1. In the Current PC box select the name of the computer whose files you want to search for/browse for/view. 2.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Browsing, Searching & Viewing my files (HD) To use a photo as wallpaper: 1. Click the photo. Make sure that only one photo is selected. 2. Click Wallpaper. The chosen photo becomes your computer Wallpaper: ♦ To print photos: 1. Select the photos. 2. Click Print @ Home and select the Print Style: 3. Set the Printer Options, and click Print. Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Browsing, Searching & Viewing my files (HD) To share photos: 1. Select the photos. 2. Click Share Photos: 3. Click facebook or myspace.com and log in. ♦ To email photos: 1. Select the photos. 2. Click Email: If you use Outlook or Outlook Express for your email, the email program opens a new blank message with the photos included as attachments. 3. Address and send the message as you would normally do. ♦ To open a photo: Double-click the photo.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Browsing, Searching & Viewing my files (HD) HOW DO I BROWSE MY BACKED-UP FILES? ♦ To browse for files that you have backed up: Expand and collapse the folders on the left side of the screen: • • • • Click the + to expand the view Click ‘+’ to the left of a collapsed folder to expand it Click ‘-’ to the left of an expanded folder to collapse it Click a folder or the folder name to view the list of contents To find out more about what you can do with the files that ar
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Browsing, Searching & Viewing my files (HD) To search for files: 1. Use the combination of File Type, File Date, and File Name that you think should match the file(s) you want to find: These selections are combined so that only files that match all of them are found – in this case only files in the category Photos, and created/last changed within the last year, and with names starting with ‘inuk’.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Browsing, Searching & Viewing my files (HD) 2. Click Search. Files that match all of your search factors are displayed. For information about what you can do with the files that are displayed, see “What can I do with files from browse, search and view photos” on page 47.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide • Browsing, Searching & Viewing my files (HD) Delete selected files from the backup – to delete files from the backup and optionally exclude them from all later backups: • Print this picture (only for photos in the View Photos screen) – takes you to the same Print Style screen as you see when you click Print @ Home, but this time to print only one photo. Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (HD) Advanced topics (HD) WHAT IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE USER ON MY COMPUTER? This matters only if each user has a separate user login name for the computer. If every user logs in with the same user name, all of their content is backed up and restored at the same time regardless of who is logged in. When Clickfree runs, it can only back up the content that you can access from your login, and restore content to locations you have access to.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Advanced topics (HD) To find the name of a computer: 1. Follow steps 1 to 6 of “How do I start using my Clickfree Transformer SE?” on page 14. 2. When you see the countdown, click Options. All of the computers that Clickfree has backed up on your external hard drive are shown at the left side of the screen, with the computer name underneath.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Advanced topics (HD) To remove a computer: If you no longer want to keep content backed up from a computer (for example, you may no longer have that computer, and have already restored its content to another computer), you can free up space on your external hard drive by removing the old computer from Clickfree.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (HD) HOW DO I MAKE MULTIPLE BACKUPS? If you want to keep multiple backups of a computer, use multiple external hard drives for that computer. But unless you want to keep multiple backups of a computer you are needlessly duplicating your content if you use more that one external hard drive to back up one computer. The first time you back up a computer onto any external hard drive, Clickfree makes a full backup.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (HD) WHAT ARE THE CLICKFREE TOOLS, AND HOW DO I USE THEM? Several tools are available for working with Clickfree: ♦ • Master Reset - removes all backed-up content from your external hard drive, • • and erases any changes you have made to the backup settings. Software Update – upgrades the Clickfree software Language – changes the language used in the Clickfree screens To use these tools: 1.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (HD) MASTER RESET ♦ To apply Master Reset: Master Reset is used to remove all backed-up content from all computers that have been backed up on your external hard drive, and to apply factory settings – see “What are ‘factory settings’ and how do I use them?” on page 52. After you perform a Master Reset you can no longer restore any previously backed-up content. However, your external hard drive can still be used for new backups.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (HD) UPDATING CLICKFREE SOFTWARE From time to time Clickfree software is upgraded to provide new or enhanced features. You can: • • Have Clickfree check for updates each time you connect it to your computer – this is the default action, you don’t need to do anything Manually check for updates In both cases your computer needs to be connected to the internet for updated software to be found and installed.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (HD) Warning: While a software update is taking place it is very important for you not to remove the Clickfree Transformer SE from your computer and not to turn off or restart the computer until the update is complete. 2. When the software update is complete, you need to unplug the Clickfree Transformer SE and plug it in again for the update to take effect.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (HD) REMINDERS ♦ To install reminders: 1. Connect Clickfree to your computer as described in “How do I start using my Clickfree Transformer SE?” on page 14. 2. When you see the countdown screen, click Options before the countdown reaches zero: 3. Click the Reminder tab. 4. Click Install Reminder. is installed in the bottom right corner of your computer The Clickfree icon screen, and allows you to set, disable, or uninstall the reminder.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Advanced topics (HD) To set the number of days before Clickfree reminds you to back up: 1. Look for the Clickfree icon in the bottom right corner of your computer screen, and right-click it to show a menu: 2. 3. Click Set Reminder: Enter the number of days after which you want to be reminded to back up, and click OK. ♦ To temporarily disable reminders: 1. Right-click the Clickfree icon 2.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Advanced topics (HD) To stop getting reminders: 1. Right-click the Clickfree icon 2. in the bottom right corner of your computer screen: Click Uninstall. The icon disappears, and reminders are permanently disabled. If you want to see reminders in the future, you can install them again.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Advanced topics (HD) To add a file type: 1. Click Add File Type: 2. Type the extension for the new file type, and click Save. The new file type is added to Custom Extensions: Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Advanced topics (HD) To remove a file type: 1. Click a file type in Custom Extensions, and click Remove File Type: 2. Click Yes. The file type is removed from Custom Extensions: Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Advanced topics (HD) To change a file type: 1. Click a file type in Custom Extensions, and click Edit File Type: 2. Type the new extension for the file type, and click Save. The file type in Custom Extensions is modified. 3. When you are finished working with custom extensions, click Next > and continue with choosing locations to be searched.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Advanced topics (HD) To select one or more file types in a category: 1. Click the + to the left of the checkbox. This expands the category list to show the file types that make up that category, and changes the + to a -: 2. You can now choose the individual types of file you want to include in the backup by adding and removing checkmarks in the checkboxes. You collapse the category again by clicking the - . 3.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (HD) HOW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILES FOR RESTORE? On the Restore Summary screen you can click checkboxes to select the category whose files you want to restore. You can also: • • • Select backed-up files within a category Browse through folders that contain backup files Search for backed-up files by file type, file date, and file name Files selected by each of these means are included in the restore. ♦ To select files within a category: 1.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Advanced topics (HD) To select files by browsing: 1. Click the Browse Files tab then click the + to expand the view. 2. Select the files to be restored, and click Next >. You are returned to the Restore Summary screen where you can make more selections. 3. If you are finished selecting files, click Next >. ♦ To select files by searching: 1. Click the Search Files tab. Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (HD) 2. Select the combination of File Type, File Date, and File Name that should find the files you want to restore: These selections are combined so that only files that match all of them are found – in this case only files in the category Photos, and created/last changed within the last year, and with names starting with ‘inuk’.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (HD) 3. Click Search. Files that match all of your search criteria are displayed. 4. Select the files to be restored, and click Next >. You are returned to the Restore Summary screen where you can make more selections. 5. If you are finished selecting files, click Next >.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Advanced topics (HD) To select another drive and/or folder to restore to: 1. Select the drive to restore to. The folder that will be used is shown below the drives. 2. To change the folder, click Change Folder and select the folder you want. As usual, click + to expand a folder, - to collapse the folder again. 3. To create a new subfolder, click New Folder, type the folder name, and click OK. 4.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (HD) DELAYED WRITE FAILED Note: Sometimes when you unplug the Transformer SE you will see a window that tells you that there was a delayed write failure: This is nothing to be concerned about – the message can safely be closed and ignored. Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Introducing Clickfree Transformer SE (iPod) Introducing Clickfree Transformer SE (iPod) Thank you for buying the Clickfree Transformer SE – the easiest way to keep the valuable information on your computer safe. Note: Throughout this guide we talk about the iPod and its music files, but everything applies equally to the iPhone and any non-Clickfree files stored on your iPhone.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Introducing Clickfree Transformer SE (iPod) How it backs up • • The first time you connect your iPod and Clickfree Transformer SE to your computer it searches for, finds, backs up and organizes all of your important content Each subsequent time you connect the iPod and Transformer SE to your computer, it just does an update: • Any new files since your last backup are added to the backup • Any files that were changed since your last backup are updated on the backup • A
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Basics (iPod) Basics (iPod) HOW DOES CLICKFREE WORK? All you need to do to keep your projects, photos, videos, music etc. safe is to plug your iPod and Transformer SE in to your computer and let it work! No need to install software or to configure anything. Your computer knows when Clickfree has been plugged in, and it runs the backup program automatically each time it is connected. You can back up as many computers as you like with the Clickfree Transformer SE.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Basics (iPod) DOES CLICKFREE BACK UP ALL OF MY CONTENT EVERY TIME? The first time you back up your computer Clickfree backs up all of the content it finds, which might take some time – it just depends on how much you have. Each time you use Clickfree after that, it backs up only the new or changed content, so it will be much quicker.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Backing up my content (iPod) Backing up my content (iPod) HOW DO I START USING MY CLICKFREE TRANSFORMER SE? ♦ To start using your Clickfree Transformer SE: 1. Make sure that your computer is switched on and has finished starting up. 2. Log in, if that is what you normally do. 3. Connect the Clickfree Transformer SE to your computer by plugging it in to a USB port on your computer. and frequently has a symbol beside A USB port usually looks like this: it.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Backing up my content (iPod) When Clickfree starts to run, a second Welcome window appears and shows the number of seconds left before the backup starts automatically: Note: View Files and Restore buttons appear after you have backed up content on your iPod. ZERO EFFORT BACKUP – REALLY Unless you stop the countdown by clicking a button, at the end of the countdown period Clickfree starts the backup.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Backing up my content (iPod) When you see the Search Summary screen, every category for which files were found (that is, for which the number after the category name is not zero) is set to be included in the backup – its Include checkbox is checked. Note: By default the Photos, Music, and Video categories is left unchecked. In most cases these files are already on your iPhone/iPod. You can: • Note: Choose to include the category in the backup or exclude the category.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Backing up my content (iPod) Clickfree displays some screens to show progress: The Backup Summary screen shows you how many files in each category were backed up this time (New column) and from all backups, including this one (Total column). The Space Used column shows the amount of space that files from all backups take up on your iPod. Note: The numbers shown relate to backups on the Current PC only.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Backing up my content (iPod) WHAT IF CLICKFREE DOESN’T START UP AUTOMATICALLY? There could be a couple of reasons why Clickfree does not run when you plug in the Clickfree Transformer SE: • If you see a message telling you that ”Clickfree™ Backup cannot start because you do not have the required permissions. Please re-login to this computer as the Administrator.”: 1. Log out. 2. Unplug the Clickfree Transformer SE. 3. Log in again as Administrator. 4.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Backing up my content (iPod) WHAT IF THE VISTA AUTOPLAY WINDOW APPEARS? In Windows Vista, if the AutoPlay window appears: 1. Check Always do this for software and games. 2. Click Start ClickFree Backup. You only need to do this once, not every time you use Clickfree.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Backing up my content (iPod) To review or change what gets backed up: 1. Follow steps 1 to 6 of the procedure “How do I start using my Clickfree Transformer SE?” on page 74. 2. Before the countdown reaches zero, click Options. The Manage Settings and PCs screen is displayed: 3. Now click Change Backup Settings. Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Backing up my content (iPod) CHOOSING CATEGORIES OF CONTENT TO BE BACKED UP – REQUIRED 4. All of the categories are selected by default. Choose the categories of content to be backed up, for example, Text Documents, Photos, and Videos. • • To include a category, for example, Photos, in the backup, make sure that the box to . If it isn’t, click the box to check the left of the category name is checked it. You can add and remove the checkmark by clicking in the box.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Backing up my content (iPod) To look only in certain folders: • Choose Search selected folders only then select folders from My Documents. and My Computer. • To search the entire My Documents folder, make sure that the checkbox is . checked • To see details of a folder under My Documents, click the + to the left of the checkbox. This expands My Documents to show the folders that it contains, and changes the + to a -.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Backing up my content (iPod) 7. When you have made your choices, click Next >. CHOOSING COMPLETE FOLDERS TO BE COPIED – OPTIONAL 8. Choose complete folders to be copied in addition to categories and locations. The folders you choose here are copied, except that files whose file types were unchecked in “Choosing categories of content to be backed up – required” on page 81. For other exceptions see “Can I exclude a file from backup?” on page 125.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Backing up my content (iPod) • You can now choose the individual folders you want to include in the backup by adding and removing checkmarks in the checkboxes. For example, within My Documents if you want to include only the folder with the photos of your hike, uncheck the My Documents checkbox, then check only HikePhotos: • Do the same for My Computer. 9. When you have made your choices, click Next >. 10. Click Done then Close to continue with the countdown.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Backing up my content (iPod) It adds up the sizes of all of the content it finds, then adds the sizes of the files in the complete folders you also chose. At the bottom of the Backup Summary screen you can see the total size of the files to be backed up and the amount of free space on your iPod. If there is not enough space on your iPod, the Start Backup button cannot be clicked. See “What if there is not enough space on my iPod?” on page 86.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Backing up my content (iPod) At the end of the backup, a Backup Summary/Complete screen is displayed: The Backup Summary/Complete screen shows you how many files in each category were backed up this time (New column) and from all backups, including this one (Total column). The Space Used column shows the amount of space that files from all backups take up on your iPod. Note: The numbers shown relate to backups on the Current PC only.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide • Backing up my content (iPod) Click one of the categories (for example, Text Documents) , then a. Use the Search screen to deselect one or more files by unchecking the checkbox to the left of the file name. b. Click Next. Repeat these actions until the Start Backup button can be clicked (turns bright green). 12. Click Start Backup.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (iPod) Restoring my content (iPod) WHAT 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.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (iPod) WHAT GETS RESTORED, AND TO WHERE? When Clickfree restore runs without you changing any options, it restores all of the content that was backed up, and puts it in the same folders on your computer that it was backed up from. This is the best choice if you have a new computer, or if you have repaired your old computer and all of the content was erased.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (iPod) Because you have backed-up content on your iPod, the countdown screen now shows buttons at the bottom to allow you to View Files and Restore/Transfer files: 6. Before the countdown gets to zero, click Restore/Transfer. The Restore From screen appears. 7. Before you click Next to restore all of your content, or select categories to be restored, look at the computer name in the Restore From box: .
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (iPod) 8. To restore content from another computer: a. Click the arrow at the right of the Restore From box: The drop-down list contains the names of all of the computers that have been backed up on your iPod. b. Select the name of the computer whose content you want to restore.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (iPod) 10. Since you are letting Clickfree restore files to their original locations, simply click Next >. Clickfree confirms how many files will be restored, and where they are going to be restored to. 11. Now just click Restore. As Clickfree restores your content, it shows you what is happening and how far it has gotten in the process: Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (iPod) 12. Before it overwrites an existing file on your computer with one of the same name from the backed-up files, Clickfree asks if you want to replace the existing file with the one from the backup: 13. You can choose to: • • • • Not replace this one file – click Skip Not replace any same-name files – check Do this for all duplicate files and click Skip. Clickfree skips all remaining same-name files without asking you.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (iPod) 14. If you want to undo, see “How can I undo a restore?” on page 101. Warning: There is no way to undo after you close this dialog. 15. If you do not want to undo the restore, click Close. Note: Your content has not been deleted from your Clickfree backup: it is still safe on your iPod. 16. When you see the Restore Summary screen, simply unplug the Clickfree Transformer SE and your iPod and store them in a safe place.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (iPod) RESTORING CONTENT ♦ To change how Clickfree restores content: 1. Follow steps 1 to 6 of the previous section “How do I let Clickfree restore decide what to restore and where?” on page 89. The Restore From screen appears: 2. Before you click Next to restore all of your content, or select categories to be restored, look at the computer name in the Restore From box: .
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (iPod) 5. What you do next depends on whether you want to restore all or only some of your files. • • If you want to restore only some of your files, continue with step 6. If you want to restore all of your files, go to step 7. CHOOSING CATEGORIES OF CONTENT TO BE RESTORED 6.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (iPod) CHOOSING WHERE TO RESTORE CONTENT TO 8. What you do next depends on whether you want to restore your content to its original locations or to somewhere else. • If you want to restore your content to its original locations, leave Restore my files to their original location selected , and click Next>. A summary screen shows you how many files will be restored and where they will be restored to. Click Restore, and continue with step 11.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (iPod) 9. Click Next >. 10. Assuming that there is enough space on the drive you chose (as shown here), click Next>. A summary screen shows you how many files will be restored and where they will be restored to. 11. Click Restore. As Clickfree restores your content, it shows you what is happening and how far it has gotten in the process. Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (iPod) Before it overwrites an existing file on your computer with one of the same name from the backed-up files, Clickfree asks if you want to replace the existing file with the samename file from the backup: 12. You can choose to: • • Note: • • • • Keep both copies of this one file – click Keep Both. Clickfree renames the backedup file by adding ‘ (2)’ to the end of the file name, then restores the renamed file.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (iPod) When all of your content has been restored, Clickfree tells you that it is done, and, if it has replaced files on your computer, gives you a chance to undo the restore. 13. If you want to undo, see “How can I undo a restore?” on page 101. Warning: There is no way to undo after you close this dialog. 14. If you do not want to undo the restore, click Close.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide • Restoring my content (iPod) Click the link to see what files were not restored: HOW CAN I UNDO A RESTORE? Whenever you restore files to their original locations, Clickfree gives you a chance to undo the restore, in case you have mistakenly overwritten a file. ♦ To undo the effects of a restore: 1. Click Click here to undo …: Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (iPod) 2. Click Start: The restored files are replaced on your computer by the files that were there before the restore. 3. To see a list of the files that were replaced, click Click here to view undo log: Note: The backed-up content is still safe on your iPod. 4. Click Close. 5. When you see the Restore Complete screen, simply unplug the Clickfree Transformer SE and your iPod and store them in a safe place.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Restoring my content (iPod) HOW DO I FIND FILES THAT WERE RESTORED If Clickfree restored your files to a folder that was not their original location, it puts an icon on your desktop so that you can quickly and easily get to the restored content: ♦ To find files that were restored: Double-click the desktop icon to open a Windows Explorer at the folder where your content was restored. You can now use Explorer to move the files to a more convenient folder.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Browsing, searching & viewing my files (iPod) Browsing, searching & viewing my files (iPod) From the Backup Summary screen you can: • • • Browse your backup(s) for files Search your backup(s) for files View backed-up files STARTING FROM THE WELCOME SCREEN ♦ To browse and search for files: Before the countdown gets to zero, click View Files. The Backup Summary screen is displayed. FROM THE BACKUP SUMMARY SCREEN Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Browsing, searching & viewing my files (iPod) To browse and search for files: 1. In the Current PC box select the name of the computer whose files you want to search for/browse for/view. 2.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Browsing, searching & viewing my files (iPod) HOW DO I SEARCH FOR MY BACKED-UP FILES? If you clicked the Search Files tab, the Search screen looks like this: You can enter search factors to find the files you want. If you clicked a category name, the File Type is already filled in, and all files of that category, regardless of File Date or File Name, are displayed. ♦ To search for files: 1.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Browsing, searching & viewing my files (iPod) Type whatever you can remember of the file names you want to find, and substitute: • • ? for one character, meaning that character can be anything at all * for any number of characters, meaning these characters can be anything at all For example (assuming that the File Type and File Date selections you made would include them): • • • • To find all files whose names begin with ‘08Dec’, type ‘08Dec*’ – this will find 08Dec_
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Browsing, searching & viewing my files (iPod) To work with the file(s) you have selected: 1. Right-click the file (or one of the files) to bring up a menu. Note: There is a similar Search screen as a tab of the Restore Summary screen. The right-click menu options you see depend on which screen you are looking at, and may vary with file type. 2.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Browsing, searching & viewing my files (iPod) a. To exclude the file(s) from future backups, check the checkbox. b. Click Yes. Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (iPod) Advanced topics (iPod) HOW DO I IMPORT MUSIC FROM MY IPOD TO MY COMPUTER? You can use Clickfree to copy music from your iPod to your computer. 1. Follow steps 1 to 6 of “How do I start using my Clickfree Transformer SE?” on page 74. 2. When you see the countdown screen, click Import Music before the countdown reaches zero: 3.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (iPod) WHAT IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE USER ON MY COMPUTER? This matters only if each user has a separate user login name for the computer. If every user logs in with the same user name, all of their content is backed up and restored at the same time regardless of who is logged in. When Clickfree runs, it can only back up the content that you can access from your login, and restore content to locations you have access to.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (iPod) WHAT IF I HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER? Clickfree Transformer SE can back up as many computers as you like: you are limited only by the amount of space on your iPod. Clickfree creates a unique identifier for each computer that it is used with, regardless of the computer’s name. This allows Clickfree to back up content for more than one computer without the files getting mixed up with each other, even if all of the computers have the same name.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Advanced topics (iPod) To rename a computer: On the Options screen: 1. Click the computer whose name you want to change. 2. Click Rename PC. 3. Type the new name for the computer and click Save. Note: ♦ Use only letters, numbers and hyphens for the computer name.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (iPod) WHAT ARE ‘FACTORY SETTINGS’ AND HOW DO I USE THEM? When you reset your Transformer SE to factory settings, for the selected computer: • • • Note: ♦ Custom extensions are removed File search locations and file-type selections are ‘forgotten’ Files you have asked to be excluded from future backups are once again eligible for backup None of your backed-up files are removed – all backups remain intact. To reset a computer to factory settings: 1.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (iPod) WHAT ARE THE CLICKFREE TOOLS, AND HOW DO I USE THEM? Several tools are available for working with Clickfree: • • • • ♦ Delete Clickfree Data - removes all backed-up content from your iPod, and erases any changes you have made to the backup settings.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (iPod) and the More Tools tab to show the description of the Backup Assistant: DELETE CLICKFREE DATA Delete Clickfree Data is used to remove all backed-up content from all computers that have been backed up on your iPod.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Advanced topics (iPod) To delete all backups from your iPod: 1. On the Tools screen click Delete Clickfree Data. 2. If you really want to remove all backed-up content from your iPod, check the checkbox and click OK. Warning: Once you have deleted your Clickfree data there is no way to recover any backed-up content from your iPod. Clickfree may take several minutes to erase all of the content, depending on the amount of content backed up on your iPod.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Advanced topics (iPod) To check manually for updates: 1. On the Tools screen click Update. Clickfree checks for available updates. If the software in your Clickfree Transformer SE and your computer is up to date, click OK on the dialog that pops up.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (iPod) 2. To see details of enhancements and fixes included in this update, click Details: 3. When the software update is complete, unplug the Clickfree Transformer SE and plug it in again for the update to take effect. INTERFACE LANGUAGE ♦ To choose which language is used in the Clickfree screens: When you start Clickfree, it automatically uses the language that Windows is set for.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (iPod) BACKUP ASSISTANT ♦ To install the Backup Assistant: • On the More Tools window, click Install Backup Assistant: The Clickfree icon screen.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Advanced topics (iPod) To set a schedule for back ups: 1. Click the Clickfree icon in the bottom right corner of your computer screen to show the Backup Assistant: 2. Click Click here to schedule unattended backups. 3. Check Enable Schedule, and set the start time and frequency of the backups. 4. Click OK. 5. Ensure that your Transformer SE and iPod are connected to your computer at the time and on the days that unattended backup is to take place.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Advanced topics (iPod) To set the number of days before Clickfree reminds you to back up: 1. Click the Clickfree icon in the bottom right corner of your computer screen to show the Backup Assistant: 2. In the Set Reminder pane, choose how often you want to be reminded. 3. Click OK.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (iPod) HOW DO I ADD/REMOVE/EDIT FILETYPES? In addition to allowing you to choose to back up pre-defined file types within the predefined categories, Clickfree has a category called Custom Extensions to which you can add file types that are not included in the pre-defined categories. You can add, remove, and change file types using the Choose File Types screen: ♦ To add a file type: 1. Click Add File Type: 2.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Advanced topics (iPod) To remove a file type: 1. Click a file type in Custom Extensions, and click Remove File Type: 2. Click Yes. The file type is removed from Custom Extensions: ♦ To change a file type: 1. Click a file type in Custom Extensions, and click Edit File Type: 2. Type the new extension for the file type, and click Save. The file type in Custom Extensions is modified. 3.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (iPod) HOW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILE TYPES FOR BACKUP? You already saw how to choose file categories for backup in “Choosing categories of content to be backed up – required” on page 81. You can also expand each category and select or unselect individual file types that make up that category.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (iPod) HOW DO I CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FILES FOR RESTORE? On the Restore From screen you can click checkboxes to select the category whose files you want to restore. You can also: • • • Select backed-up files within a category Browse through folders that contain backup files Search for backed-up files by file type, file date, and file name Files selected by each of these means are included in the restore. ♦ To select files within a category: 1.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Advanced topics (iPod) To select files by browsing: 1. Click Advanced then click the Browse Files tab then click the + expand the view. to 2. Select the files to be restored, and click Next >. You are returned to the Restore Summary screen where you can make more selections. 3. If you are finished selecting files, click Next >. ♦ To select files by searching: 1. Click Advanced then click the Search Files tab. Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (iPod) 2. Select the combination of File Type, File Date, and File Name that should find the files you want to restore: These selections are combined so that only files that match all of them are found – in this case only files in the category Photos, and created/last changed within the last year, and with names starting with ‘inuk’.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (iPod) 3. Click Search. Files that match all of your search criteria are displayed. 4. Select the files to be restored, and click Next >. You are returned to the Restore Summary screen where you can make more selections. 5. If you are finished selecting files, click Next >.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide ♦ Advanced topics (iPod) To select another drive and/or folder to restore to: 1. Select the drive to restore to. The folder that will be used is shown below the drives. 2. To change the folder, click Change Folder and select the folder you want. As usual, click + to expand a folder, - to collapse the folder again. 3. To create a new subfolder, click New Folder, type the folder name, and click OK. 4.
Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Advanced topics (iPod) DELAYED WRITE FAILED, OR UNSAFE REMOVAL OF DEVICE Note: Sometimes when you unplug the Transformer SE you will see a window that tells you that there was a delayed write failure: This is nothing to be concerned about – the message can safely be closed and ignored. Copyright © 2009 Storage Appliance Corporation.
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