Maxtor FireWire 800 User's Guide download pdf (Page 36)

The OneTouch button may not function when Retrospect Express

is already running. To correct the problem, go to the

File

menu in

Retrospect, and choose

Quit

Only the current versions of your ﬁles are saved. Backup

copies made with the default Maxtor OneTouch feature do

not include earlier versions of ﬁles you have deleted since

the last time you pressed the Maxtor OneTouch button.

Any ﬁles that are currently open are not saved, so close any

ﬁles you wish to be copied.

You may customize Retrospect Express to create backup

copies of your ﬁles which will include revisions made on a

daily basis. See the Express User’s Guide, included on the

install CD.

Using Retrospect Express HD

Windows

Understanding Restore Points

The ﬁrst step to backing your ﬁles is to create a restore point. A

restore point is simply a snapshot of your ﬁles based on a speciﬁc

date in time. It contains all the ﬁles and folders you select to back

up, as they exist at the time that you back up.

A restore point can be anything from a few ﬁles and folders to

every ﬁle on your computer. Each time you back up, Retrospect

Express HD adds a new restore point to your backup drive; thereby

preserving copies of backed-up ﬁles and folders from multiple

points in time. If there is not enough free disk space to add a new

restore point, Retrospect Express HD automatically deletes older

restore points to make room for new ones.

You can restore individual ﬁles and folders from any restore point

back to your computer. You can also restore your entire computer

to its state at the time a restore point was created.

Once you set up a backup, you can start it at any time by pressing

the button on your Maxtor OneTouch II FireWire 800 drive. You can

also schedule backups to take place automatically on speciﬁc days

of the week.

In the “Restoring your computer” section, later in this chapter, we

will show you how to restore all the ﬁles on your computer in the

event that your system is damaged or completely erased.

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