User manual

General Copy and Backup Options

This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during copy and backup operations:

• HDD raw processing. Mark the checkbox to copy/back up a hard disk in the sector-by-sector mode, thus

ignoring its information structure (e.g. unallocated space or unused sectors of existing partitions will be

processed as well). This can help to avoid problems with hidden data created by certain applications or the

system administrator. However, it will take more time to accomplish the operation.

• Partition raw processing. Mark the checkbox to copy a partition in the sector-by-sector mode to successfully

process unknown file systems. However it is not recommended to enable this option when working with

supported file systems as it takes more time to accomplish the operation.

• Perform incremental copy. Mark the checkbox to only copy changes on the hard disk from the moment of the

last copy operation. The program will perform comparison between a previous copy of the hard disk and its

current state. Only sectors that are different will be updated, thus considerably decreasing the amount of data

to write.

• Skip OS auxiliary files. Mark the checkbox to skip OS auxiliary files (like pagefile.sys, hiberfil.sys, etc.), thus

reducing the operation time and the resulted size of the backup image.

• Skip archive files stored in archive library. Mark the checkbox to skip backup images registered in the archive

database, thus reducing the operation time and the resulted size of the backup image.

By clicking the link at the bottom of the window you can jump to the

Copy/Backup Exclude

Options.