Settings Overview

The Settings dialog is available from the Main Menu: Tools > Settings. All the settings are grouped into several sections, which functions are described in the following paragraphs. The list of sections is placed on the left side of the dialog. By selecting a section from the list, you can open a set of options.

General Options

This section contains a set of general options that will be taken into account during any operation carried out with the program:

q       Enable data loss protection. Mark the checkbox to make the program work in the fail-safe mode (also referred to as the data-loss protection mode), which ensures reliability for operations by maintaining a special journal. In case of a hardware malfunction, power outage or an OS failure happened in the middle of a data-sensitive operation (resize, move, merge, redistribute, change cluster size, etc.), the program will ask to insert the bootable Recovery CD and automatically complete the interrupted operation, thus reviving the corrupted partition.

q    Try to access non-BIOS disk cylinders. While working under Windows 9x you've noticed that your hard disk capacity is limited to 8GB, mark the checkbox to perform a special procedure of detecting its real capacity, but not using the value returned by the BIOS of your motherboard.

q       Enable Initial Backup reminders. If this option is marked, the program will automatically offer to make a backup before accomplishing any critical partitioning operation, thus minimizing the risk of data loss.

Backup Image Options

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

q       Control archive integrity. Mark the checkbox to guarantee that all backup images created with the program are 100 percent flawless. If you decided not to control the archive integrity, the backup operation would take about 3-5% less time.

q       Set image file names automatically. Mark the checkbox to make the program automatically set a file name for every volume of a complex backup image. Otherwise you will need to do it manually during the backup operation.

q       Compression level. From the pull-down list you can select the desired compression level for backup images that will be used by default.

q       Enable image splitting. Mark the checkbox to automatically split every backup image to volumes of a particular size.

q       Maximum split size. With the spinner control you can specify a maximum size for backup volumes.

Partitioning Options

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

q       Enable 64 KB cluster size for FAT16. Mark the checkbox to enable 64KB clusters for FAT16 partitions. Thus you will be able to create FAT16 partitions up to 4GB in size

q       Request confirmation before partition deletion. Mark the checkbox to activate an additional security mechanism. Thus when going to delete a partition you will be automatically requested to enter its label.

q       Request confirmation when converting FAT16 to FAT32. Mark the checkbox to automatically request confirmation before converting FAT16 to FAT32. There are a number of situations when this kind of conversion is the only way out to accomplish the operation. For instance, you are going to migrate your system to a larger hard disk with the proportional resize of existing partitions, what is very convenient. As a result you can get original FAT16 partitions go beyond the 4GB limit. Thus without conversion to FAT32, this operation will in no way be possible to accomplish. The same goes for any copy hard disk/partition or restore hard disk/partition operation involving an extra upsizing.

q       Surface test level. Here you can define the surface check level to make the program find bad and non-stable sectors before any write operation and mark them unusable in the file system metadata.

General Copy and Backup Options

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

q       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.

q       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.

q       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.

CD/DVD Recording Options

This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during CD/DVD burn operations:

q       Burn every CD/DVD to the end. By default, the program does not create ISO 9660 compliant burning sessions, as it processes data on-the-fly and can only estimate the resulted session size. ThatÆs why no third party tool will get access to the recorded data. To tackle the issue, mark the checkbox to make the program create a standard Disk-at-Once session. It may slow down the burning process, as every CD/DVD will be recorded up to the end, no matter how much actual information to contain.

q       Recording speed. The user may define how fast a CD/DVD will be recorded (minimum, normal and maximum). Besides there is an automatic mode when the program will set the most appropriate speed for every CD/DVD.

q       Bootable ISO image. ThatÆs the image to be placed together with the backup data. By default, the program offers its own bootable ISO image, which contains a Linux/DOS recovery environment. However, the user is free to use any bootable ISO image.

q       CD/DVD boot capability. The program enables to choose whether any recorded CD/DVD will be bootable, or only the first one for a session, or without that function at all.

q       Folder where the ISO image is to be placed. When the user decides not to physically burn a CD/DVD, but create an ISO image file, this very folder will be used to contain these images.

Hot Processing Options

In this section you may configure the hot processing mode:

q       Enable hot processing. Mark the checkbox to enable the so called hot data processing mode that is specially designed to process data without restarting your operating system.

q       Hot processing technology. From the pull-down list you can select the required hot processing technology.

q       Always use hot processing. Select the option to process partitions without making them locked. Thus you will be able to keep working with them as usual.

q       Use hot processing only when partition is locked. Select the option to use the hot processing only when partitions are locked and cannot be processed without restarting the computer. Please keep in mind, that once you start any operation on a partition in this mode, it will automatically be locked by the program, thus you won't be able to keep working with it as usual.

q       Hot processing temporary drive. Here you can select a disk drive that will be used to store the temporary hot backup data (by default û C:).

E-Mail Options

This section contains a set of options that will be taken into account during the Send log files operation:

q       Outgoing mail server (SMTP). To send messages by using the built-in mail client, it is necessary to have access to a computer running an SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server. All outgoing messages are first sent to the SMTP server, which in its turn delivers them to the required recipients. The address may be represented as a traditional Internet host name (e.g.: mail.com) or as an IP numeric address (e.g. xxx.xxx.xxx.xx).

q       User e-mail address. Specify an e-mail address that has been assigned by the Internet Service Provider or organization's e-mail administrator.

q       My outgoing server requires authentication. Activate the option to allow the program to make authentication on the server before sending messages.

- User name. Enter the name that will be used to log in to the e-mail account.

- Password. Enter the password that will be used to access the mail server.

Virtual Mode Options

In this section you may configure the virtual mode:

q       Allow virtual mode. Mark the checkbox to enable the virtual mode. It is an effective way of protection from any troubles, since no operation will be executed until confirmation, thus giving you a second chance to weigh all pros and cons of this or that particular operation.

q       Close progress dialog automatically. Mark the checkbox to automatically close the progress dialog after accomplishing operations.

Copy/Backup Exclude Options

In this section the program enables to specify what data should be automatically ignored during copy and sector-based backup operations. You can filter certain files or folders either by the manual selection or by creating masks, what is more preferable. Thus you will be able to effectively manage contents of your backup images or partition/hard disk copies.

By default, there are no available filters. To create a filter, please click the Add Categoryà button.

In the opened dialog the program allows the user to define the following parameters:

q       Name. Give to the filter any name you like, but try to use an informative one;

q       Filter. Press the Browse button to select files or folders you would like to be excluded or specify a filter mask by using * or ? wildcards;

q       Description. Add a short description to the filter not to miss it up later.

Click the OK button and you will get a new item on the list of filters. By marking/unmarking a checkbox opposite its name you can choose whether to use it or not.