<p>In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to establish
a reliable data protection system.</p>
<h3>Creating Backup Images</h3>
<p>We have already mentioned that the most prevalent way to protect valuable
data is to create <A class="glossterm" href="javascript:kadovTextPopup(this)" id="HotSpot41479">backup</A><span class=glosstext style="display: 'none';" id=POPUP41479 > The term backup originates from the time when the best way to protect valuable information was to store it in form of archives on external media. It's become now a general notion to mean making duplications of data for protection purposes.</span> copies (<i>backup images</i> in terms of the
program) of it. Depending on a type of information you need to protect
and the way this information should be processed, the program offers a
number of handy backup wizards.</p>
<h4><a name=_Wizard_Work_Algorithm></a>Wizard Work Algorithm</h4>
<p>To make your job with the program as easy and convenient as possible,
all backup wizards share similar work algorithm. So let us just take as
an example the <i>Sector Backup Wizard</i> to describe it in detail.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>By going through steps of the wizard, you configure all the necessary
settings to launch the backup operation. To minimize the possibility of
making any mistake, the wizard provides auxiliary information on every
single option. Moreover you can get an in-depth description to any setting,
control, or field of the wizard just by clicking the hint button and then
the object you need.</p>
<p> </p>
<h5>Startup</h5>
<p>There are several ways to start the <i>Sector Backup Wizard</i>:</p>
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</font></span><b>The object to back up</b>. You can back up either an entire
disk or separate partitions of the disk (primary, extended or logical).
In case of backing up an entire disk, youÆve got the possibility to include
into the image such disk elements as the Master Boot Record (<A class="glossterm" href="javascript:kadovTextPopup(this)" id="HotSpot41521">MBR</A><span class=glosstext style="display: 'none';" id=POPUP41521 > is the 0th sector of the disk. MBR (Master Boot Record) contains important information about the disk layout: - The used partitioning scheme; - The starting records of the Partition Table; - The standard bootstrap code (or the initial code of boot managers, disk overlay software or boot viruses). Generally, the 0th sector is used for similar purposes in all existing partitioning schemes. The MBR capacity is not sufficient to contain sophisticated boot programs. That's why the on-boot software is allowed to use the entire 0th track of the disk. For example, boot managing utilities such as LILO, GRUB and Paragon Boot Manager are located in the 0th track.</span>) and
the first track of the hard disk. This can be very helpful for serious
<h3><a name=Building_Recovery_Media></a>Building Recovery Media </h3>
<p>The <i><A class="glossterm" href="javascript:kadovTextPopup(this)" id="HotSpot31239">Recovery Media</A><span class=glosstext style="display: 'none';" id=POPUP31239 > is a CD/DVD disc, a USB flash card or even a floppy disk from which you can boot for maintenance or recovery purposes.</span> Builder</i> provides the possibility to prepare
the Linux/DOS recovery environment on external media (CD, DVD, flash memory
or floppy disks) to boot and run utilities under Linux or PTS DOS, and
that way to get access to your hard disk for maintenance or recovery purposes.
Besides it enables to save data from partitions of your hard disk directly
to compact discs or just burn ISO-images.</p>
<h5>Startup</h5>
<p>There are several ways to start the <i>Recovery Media Builder</i>:</p>