<p>Paragon Drive <A class="glossterm" href="javascript:kadovTextPopup(this)" id="HotSpot51213">Backup</A><span class=glosstext style="display: 'none';" id=POPUP51213 > 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> 9.0 is distributed in two ways:</p>
<p>Drive Backup 9.0 purchased over the Internet will be in form of an MSI
package. After installing the product you can launch the <A class="glossterm" href="javascript:kadovTextPopup(this)" id="HotSpot29337">Recovery Media</A><span class=glosstext style="display: 'none';" id=POPUP29337 > 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 to burn the Linux/DOS Recovery CD.</p>
<h3>Registration</h3>
<p>Paragon Technology GmbH provides a wide range of online services through
<p><b style="font-weight: bold;">The most important field in the form is
an E-mail address, as it serves as a login to enter the system. Besides
your access password will be sent to this address as well.</b></td></tr>
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<p> </p>
<h4 class="whs6">To Register a New Product</h4>
<p> </p>
<p>If you are a registered user and would like to register Drive Backup
9.0, simply do the following:</p>
<p> </p>
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<li class=kadov-p><p>Click <b>Login</b> in the menu;</p></li>
<li class=kadov-p><p>On the <i>Login</i> page, in the <i>User Name</i>
field, <b>enter an E-mail</b>, which you have used for registration; </p></li>
<li class=kadov-p><p>In the <i>Password</i> field <b>enter the password</b>
you received with registration confirmation. Click the <i>Submit</i> button;</p></li>
<li class=kadov-p><p><span>If the user name and password are valid,
you will enter the system;</span></p></li>
<li class=kadov-p><p><span>In the opened menu click the </span><b>Product</b><b><span>
</span>Registration</b> item<span> to see a list of all registered products
with a new registration form;</span></p></li>
<li class=kadov-p><p><span>Select <b>Paragon Drive Backup 9.0</b> from
the list of </span>products;</p></li>
<li class=kadov-p><p><b style="font-weight: bold;">Type in </b><b><span>your
product <A class="glossterm" href="javascript:kadovTextPopup(this)" id="HotSpot42800">serial number</A><span class=glosstext style="display: 'none';" id=POPUP42800 > In the DOS partitioning scheme, every hard disk and every partition has a 32-bit serial number represented by an 8-figure hexadecimal value. It is stored in the MBR and its value is assigned when the MBR sector is initialized by Microsoft standard disk managing tools, such as Windows Disk Administrator and the FDISK utility. In fact, a hard disk's serial number is not important for most operating systems and software. It is known that Windows NT, 2000 and XP store its value in the database of assigned drive letters. A partition's serial number is stored in its boot sector (in FAT16, FAT32 and NFTS file systems). Its value is assigned when the partition is formatted. It does not play an important role for most operating systems and software as well.</span></span></b><span> in the </span><i>Serial Number</i><span>
field. Click the </span><i>Submit</i> <span>button.</span></p></li>
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<p>That is all. You will receive a confirmation by E-mail.</p>
<h3>How to Download Updates/Upgrades</h3>
<p>Downloading of updates/upgrades can be fulfilled in the following way:</p>
<p> </p>
<ol start="1" type="1" class="whs7">
<li class=kadov-p><p><b style="font-weight: bold;">Enter the Paragon
Software web-service</b>;</p></li>
<li class=kadov-p><p>In the menu click the <b>Download Update</b> to
see what updates are available for you;</p></li>
<li class=kadov-p><p><b style="font-weight: bold;">Select the desired
update</b> and click the <i>Download</i> button.</p></li>
