User Guide Replica™ Automatic Backup System © 2009 Seagate Technology
Contents 1 Getting Started with the Seagate Replica Automatic Backup System.........................................................4 Replica’s First Steps.............................................................................................................................................. 4 Safely Disconnect................................................................................................................................................. 4 Using Replica..................................
5 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)................................................................................................................13 Can I use Replica on a different computer?................................................................................................... 13 Can I back up more than one computer with Replica?................................................................................... 13 Can I use Replica to transfer data to another computer?.........................
1 Getting Started with the Seagate Replica Automatic Backup System Welcome to the Seagate Replica automatic backup system! Below are some useful concepts you may want to know right away. Replica’s First Steps Replica begins by making a one-time catalog of your PC’s entire disk drive. This process can take several hours, so be patient and let it run to completion. You can use your PC as usual during this time. To speed up the cataloging process, temporarily disable your anti-virus software.
2 Replica and Your Computer The following topics describe how Replica interacts with your computer. Initial Cataloging Replica begins by making a one-time catalog of your PC’s entire disk drive. This process can take several hours. The amount of time required depends on several factors: • The type of USB port on your computer. A USB 2.0 port is up to 40 times faster than a USB 1.1 port. • How busy your computer is on other tasks while Replica is making the initial backup.
Automatic Updates If your PC is connected to the Internet and access is permitted by your firewall software, Replica periodically checks with a secure Seagate server to see if updated software is available. No information is sent from your computer. Whenever an update to Replica becomes available, you are prompted to accept or decline the update. If you accept, the software is downloaded and automatically installed.
3 Using Replica The Replica software backs up your entire PC to the Replica device. Replica must be connected to your computer in order to back up your data or to allow you to access archived files. You can unplug Replica for extended periods of time, but your computer will not be backed up during this time. See “Safely Disconnect”. The more changes and additions you make to files on your computer while Replica remains disconnected, the longer it will take Replica to catch up when it is reconnected.
Finding and Restoring Files and Folders using Windows Explorer If the file or folder you are interested in is located on your computer, you can use Windows Explorer to restore older versions of it. Follow these steps: 1. Navigate to the file on your computer using Windows Explorer. 2. Right-click on the source file. 3. One of the options is Seagate Replica, which has a cascading menu. • Browse in Seagate Replica opens a Replica browser session on the Replica at the location of the backup file.
3. You can right-click on the item you want to recover. The resulting menu lets you perform these actions: • Explore: view all the versions of the file that are available. When viewing a list of versions, you can use any of the remaining commands in this list to restore a version. • Open: open the item in its native application. Use that application to save a copy elsewhere. • Copy: copy the file to the clipboard. You can then paste it into your preferred destination folder.
2. Visit http://support.seagate.com/ and navigate to Replica Support. Download the hard disk recovery image file (file type: .iso) to your desktop or another folder of your choice. You will use this image file to create a new CD-ROM. 3. Double-click on the icon for the downloaded image file. This launches the application where you can create CDs. 4. Follow the procedures in the application that lets you burn the downloaded image to the CD.
4 Managing your Seagate Replica Product Replica normally works in the background with little, if any, need for your attention. However, sometimes you’ll want to change which hard drives or PCs your Replica backs up. For example, if you acquire a new external hard drive, you can add it to your Replica backups, providing Replica has sufficient capacity. Similarly, if Replica is backing up several PCs, you may want to add a new computer or remove one that you no longer want to back up.
Replica Properties To access the Replica information features, right-click on the Replica icon in the system tray and click Properties. This brings up a dialog box with two tabs: • General Tab Right-click on the Replica icon for menu • Seagate Replica Tab General Tab Replica’s details are displayed in the General tab: Type: information about this Seagate Replica type. Data Protected: the amount of data on the hard disk drives backed up to Replica.
5 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) This section covers questions frequently asked by Replica users. Can I use Replica on a different computer? Replica is licensed for use on multiple computers at once. You can use Replica to back up as many computers as needed. See “Adding and Removing Drives for Backup” for details on how to remove a PC from the Replica automatic backup system. Can I back up more than one computer with Replica? Yes. A Replica can back up multiple computers, one at a time.
What is the date and time of a file version? To see date and time of a particular backup version: 1. Use the Replica browser to find the file. (See “Launching the Replica Browser” for details.) 2. Double-click on the file. A window showing all the file versions (one or more) displays. Each version is shown with a time-stamp indicating when the backup version was created.
6 Index Automatic and continuous backup......................................................................................................................... 5 Data, transferring.................................................................................................................................................... 9 Deleted file recovery...............................................................................................................................................
© 2009 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Seagate, Seagate Technology, the Wave logo, and Replica are trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC, or one of its affiliates. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. When referring to hard drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one thousand billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity.
