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Backing up an Entire Hard Drive (on HP Media Vault Pro models only)

Your HP Media Vault Pro is bundled with NTI DriveBackup!. NTI DriveBackup! is an easy-to-use application that lets you backup an entire disk drive or drive partition on your computer to ensure that all your data and programs are protected against disaster.

Note
 

You can also use DriveBackup! to restore a previous drive backup to your disk drive.

For more information, see Restoring a Drive Backup (on HP Media Vault Pro models only).

This help topic describes:

Creating a Drive Backup

  1. At the computer, click Start, All Programs, HP Media Vault, and then Control Center.
  2. On the Backup tab, click Back up Entire Hard Drive.
  3. Select Drive to Backup from the drop-down list.
    4. Note
     

    Note the amount of used space shown in this step and make sure that your media vault has enough storage capacity for the backup.

  4. Browse or type the destination for your backup.
  5. Type a backup name.
  6. NTI DriveBackup! automatically names the backup file using the computer name, date, and time. You can rename the backup if desired. You should use a unique name to identify the backup.
  7. Click Options and select the desired backup options:
    • General Tab
      • Compression
      • Selecting this option enables NTI DriveBackup! to reduce the size of the backup. The size reduction depends on the kind of data being compressed. Some kinds of audio and a video files are already compressed; subsequently, further compression is negligible.
      • Verify
      • If you select this option, NTI DriveBackup! performs a verification step to ensure that the correct files exist on the backup.
      • Play a sound when the backup completes.
    • Password Tab
      • Check Enable Password Protection to turn on this feature.
      • Type and confirm the password.
    • Click OK to return to the HP Media Vault - NTI Drive Backup dialog.
  8. Click Schedule to schedule your backup for a specific time.
    9. Note
     

    When selecting a schedule, to ensure optimum performance, choose a different time for each computer to back up its files. This avoids multiple backups to the media vault at the same time.

    1. In the Scheduler Setup dialog, select the frequency of the backup: Once, Weekly, Monthly, or Daily.
    2. If you select Daily, you can specify the particular days of the week you want the backup to occur.
      • Click Which Days.
      • Select one or more days of the week, and then click OK.
    3. The Start at group changes according to the frequency you previously selected. Select the time for the backup as follows:
      • Once
      • Select the time, month, day, and year. For example: 12:00 AM, January, 20, 2007.
      • Weekly
      • Select the time and day of the week. For example: 15:15, Sunday.
      • Monthly
      • Select the time and day of the month. For example: 10:30 PM, 1. Because not every month has 31 days, we suggest that you use the first day of the month for monthly backups.
      • Daily
      • Select the time of day. For example: 21:33.
        • Note
         

        To set the hour and minute of the time option, you can select each column (Hours, Minutes, and AM or PM (for the 12-hour clock format), and then either enter the time or use the Up and Down arrows.

    4. Click OK to return to the HP Media Vault - NTI Drive Backup dialog.
  9. Click Start to immediately begin the backup.
  10. The Create Drive Image Backup screen appears. This screen shows the details and progress of the backup process.
  11. After the backup finishes, you can do the following:
    • To view a report of the backup, click View Report.
    • To close the Create Drive Image Backup screen, click Close.

DriveBackup! Menus

The DriveBackup! menus provide additional functionality for backing up your drive or drive partition.

  • Job Menu
  • Provides the following standard file capabilities: New, Open, Save, Save As, Exit.
  • Options Menu
  • Sets password protection as described in Password button above.
  • Reports Menu
  • Allows you to view or delete reports of all backup and restore operations. Every time a backup is created or restored, DriveBackup! creates a report file that contains information to help you to trace and diagnose problems that might occur. DriveBackup! will report all errors that have occurred in backup or restore process in these files.
    • View Backup Reports
    • Opens the Backup Report dialog box where you can View or Remove reports by highlighting the report and selecting the appropriate button.
    • View Restore Reports
    • Opens the Restore Report dialog box where you can View or Remove reports by highlighting the report and selecting the appropriate button.
  • Help Menu
  • Provides the built-in NTI help and support.

NTI Schedule Viewer

The NTI Schedule Viewer is a backup monitoring program that you can use to delete, suspend, or resume already scheduled NTI DriveBackup! jobs.

To access the NTI Schedule Viewer:

Click Start, All Programs, NTI DriveBackup! 4, and NTI Schedule Viewer.

All scheduled backup jobs can be viewed from the NTI Schedule Viewer window.

To delete a scheduled backup job:
  1. In the NTI Schedule Viewer window, right-click the job you wish to delete, then click the Delete job.
  2. In the confirmation dialog box, click Yes.
To suspend or resume a job:
  1. In the NTI Schedule Viewer window, right-click the backup job you wish to suspend or resume. A context window appears.
  2. Within the context window, a check mark next to Suspend job indicates that the job is suspended. If no check mark is visible, the job will be processed normally.
  3. Click Suspend job to suspend or resume a job.
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