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As you can see here, all you have to do is select where you want your data backed. up. It will use a series of default options to back up your data, and it couldn't get any easier. All you have to do is press start.
For the one-button restore, there is another screen. You need to choose where the backup you are restoring comes from, and what you are restoring. After that, just press start and the restore process starts. I was very interested in the Disaster Recovery process, which creates bootable disks that can be used to restore a computer in the event of a hard drive failure. However, with Windows XP, there is no automated way to do it, and it has to be done in 2 steps. I e-mailed Stomp Inc. and got instructions to complete this process in Windows XP. Note: You will need your installation CD for Windows for this procedure. 1. Perform a full backup including "System State". To do this, click on the "Options" button located near the lower right hand corner of your screen and select the "Advanced" Tab and check the box that reads, "Back up the system state."
2. Once you have completed the backup. Place the media aside for safe keeping. 3. Create a new Backup Job called "Your file name" which will contain the new and changed files on your system only. Again, you will need to click on the "Options" button, this time select the "Type" Tab , then select the radial button that reads, "New and changed file only" and finally select the radial button that indicates, "Differential Backup Type."
4. Once you have completed this backup. Place the media aside for safe keeping. 5. You will keep updating your "Differential" backup at whatever increment you desire. 6. Finally, in the event your computer were to crash or you experience hardware failure, simply reinstall your operating system from your original Microsoft Windows CD or Recovery CD shipped with your computer. Then reinstall "Backup MyPC" and restore your data using the media that you have created. This will take you right back to where you left off and you are back up and running. While this procedure is more complicated than the standard procedure used in other versions of Windows, it still achieves the same end -- you can easily restore your system to the state it was in before it crashed (at your last backup). In addition, I was told that there would most likely be an update in May that would make it so the standard Disaster Recovery feature could be used in Windows XP. (Update has now been released: http://www.stompinc.com)
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