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1. a Whether the archive will be protected by password a Whether the selected partition will be copied in the sector to sector mode including unused sectors as well a Whether the OS auxiliary files pagefile sys hyberfil sys will be included in the backup image a Recording speed when the user wants to burn the backup image onto CD DVDs Results After the backup operation is completed you will receive an image of the selected partition This image will be placed into the specified destination a local or network disk CD DVD etc its features defined by the wizard Available operation scenarios a Backup to a Local Partition a Backup to a Network Drive a Backup to External Media CD DVD Restoring System and Data Actually it 1s the reverse of the backup operation thus without having a previously made backup image you will not be able to use it However it is the most efficient and easy to use way to recover your system and data Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X 10 User Manual Starting Launch the recovery environment and then click the Simple Restore Wizard item of the boot menu After the mentioned action the welcome page of the wizard will be displayed This wiz ard helps you restore your partition or hard disk data that was previously backed up To begin click Mext Settings The Simple Restore Wizard enables to configure the s2. UFSD disk HFS a Object s of operation Choose files directories you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the left arrow button To delete a file directory from the Clipboard select it in the Clipboard pane and press the right arrow button Y ou can also irreversibly delete or rename files directories of the right pane by pressing the Delete or Rename buttons Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X 13 User Manual Clipboard 7 HFS Private Data mntudisk hda3 i I Trashes System Volume Information 5 Trashes Bi img 0 C 001 image c pbf h 5 imaget pim Total daia size n a Q Destination to store the object s You are free to copy data to local or mapped network drives to physical partitions without drive letters assigned to removable media USB FireWire Flash etc or burn it to CD DVDs Choose the way the data will be stored Please select how would you like to save the data Save data to local drives or physical partitions Choose this option if you want to save your data locally You will be prompted to choose a location you want Yo save the data to Burn data to CD DVD Choose this option if you want the Wizard to burn the data to CD or DVD You will be prompted choose a CD or DVD RW drive a Revision of changes The Operation Summary page provides structurally divided information on all the act
3. and FDISK utility In fact the hard disk s Serial Number is not important for most operating systems and software It is known that Windows NT 2000 and XP store hard disks Serial Number values 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 In fact the partition s Serial Number does not play an important role for most operating systems and software UFSD Universal File System Driver technology developed by Paragon Software provides full read write access to the so called popular file systems NTFS FAT16 32 Ext2 Ex3KS etc under operating systems that cannot do it by default e g NTFS for Linux Ext2 Ex3FS for Windows etc This technology is based on the direct access to physical drives and buffered Input Output access that is why it makes it possible to process unsupported partitions browse contents read and modify files copy and create new files and folders etc while keeping an acceptable level of performance Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved
4. the archive name if necessary Click the Next button 7 Add comments to your backup describing its contents and click the Next button to start the backup process Backup to External Media CD DVD Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X 18 User Manual To store backup images on CD DVD with the Backup Wizard please do the following 1 Launch the recovery environment and then click the Backup Wizard item of the boot menu 2 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 On the What to back up page select a partition you need to back up Click the Next button 4 On the Backup Destination page select the Burn data to CD DVD option Click the Next button 5 Select a recordable device on the list and edit the archive name if necessary Click the Next button 6 Add comments to your backup describing its contents and click the Next button to start the backup process Recovery Scenarios Restoring from a Local Partition To restore a partition from the backup image situated on a local mounted drive letter assigned partition please do the following 1 Launch the recovery environment and then click the Restore Wizard item of the boot menu Click the Next button on the Welcome page 3 On the What to Restore page either type the full path to the backup image of the disk which you are going to restore or click the standard browse button to find
5. MBR and GPT hard disks up to 1 5 TB tested IDE SCSI and SATA hard disks CD R CD RW DVD R DVD R DVD RW DVD RW and also DVD R DVD R double layer discs FireWire i e IEEE1394 USB 1 0 USB 2 0 hard disks ZIP and Jazz disks PC card storage devices MBR and GPT flash memory etc Oo Oo Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X 5 User Manual Getting Started In this chapter you will find all the information necessary to get the product ready to use System Requirements To use Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X on your computer it doesn t matter what operating system is installed make sure that 1t meets the following minimum system requirements X86 compatible processor 256 MB of RAM SVGA compatible monitor Mouse recommended 0DOD O There may be additional requirements 1f you want to use advanced features a Network card is required to transfer data on the net a Recordable CD DVD drive is needed to burn data to compact disks a Removable media can also be used to save data Launching the Recovery Environment You can launch the recovery environment i e actually a Linux based bootable CD DVD by taking the following steps Insert the disk into a CD DVD drive Reboot the computer Press and hold the A t button until the Apple boot menu starts Select a CD DVD device to boot from De Wu As a result of the above mentioned actions you s
6. Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X User Manual Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X 2 User Manual CONTENTS Introduce We a E IER EEEHIn PER I EE IE CI ESI EIE TT TITO dS 3 Pleatures OVOEVIGW osssisstieeeee eei nere es EE Dee eei eee EE EEREREERE NER OREES S NR ES EFE EUER ERAT REF UE DR RE RE EIER ERE T IS CE ES 4 IMP e M 4 Supported Pile Sy NER LS 4 SUP POLLCE IVICU IA casio rr E E AAR 4 rund uiia lc P RN 5 System Reqiiremelfs ades iei eina I Eandem UN UG T E d Ne 5 Launching the Recovery Environment iiss ses iet eeeeeees eye Let eee E aaa Fe eEn EE ESAE Ro eccceascessuvsiass cosencvesausescaccisacecsevsectess 5 Creatina Backup Images socicdesececevssececedevevecaveivesctdenwcacevauveacccauncecesesveusstenececeuuesvauedsancccsuesenscsgensceccensuvussessecscevars 7 Restorinse System and Data ice tii nr a REED ERE IR OB D OIM IW OD IIO i 9 Transferrin Prin EL 11 Linux Network C OnHseurati h oid oe o o Gi rp e hid i a pF antenna hid ese FD Veios i ev 14 Typical Scenarios eT 17 Backup uoiPIUr e D R 17 Recovery SCOMALIOS o iieiciecteni etie esee i ee ine tesi o nie e ee in t n DU TD 18 Network Conhlieurati n SCenarloS o eon ia ioo ea aede Vv aee o aa Eoo CHE Pu NEN ER RYE Ea VEL RETE EE HERE NER ERE Loa g vk E Renee PUR VUE 20 GIULIA M aN 22 Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Parag
7. ary file system for Macintosh computers Unlike HFS it supports much larger files block addresses are 32 bit length instead of 16 bit and uses Unicode instead of Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X 23 User Manual Mac OS Roman for naming the items files folders Besides it permits filenames up to 255 UTF 16 characters in length and n forked files similar to NTFS though almost no software takes advantage of forks other than the data fork and resource fork One of the crucial improvements of this file system is of course the possibility to use a full 32 bit allocation mapping table that resulted in much less wasted space and more files Hidden partitions The concept of hidden partitions was introduced in the IBM OS 2 Boot Manager Operating systems do not mount hidden partitions which prevents access to their contents A method of hiding partitions consists in changing the Partition ID value that is saved in an appropriate entry of the Partition Table This is achieved by XOR ing the Partition ID with the 0x10 hexadecimal value This method only works when the set of usable Partition ID values is very limited since large sets of usable Partition Ds can lead to confusing file system types for example Ext2 partitions are marked with the 0x83 Partition ID value A hidden Ext2 partition would be marked with the 0x93 Partition ID value which 1s identical with the Amoeba F
8. d here useful recommendations and descriptions of operations Backup Scenarios Backup to a Local Partition To save a backup archive on a local mounted drive letter assigned partition with the Backup Wizard please do the following 1 Launch the recovery environment and then click the Backup Wizard item of the boot menu 2 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 On the What to back up page select a partition you need to back up Click the Next button 4 On the Backup Destination page select the Save data to local drives or physical partitions option Click the Next button 5 Select a local mounted drive letter assigned disk as a backup destination 6 Edit the archive name if necessary Click the Next button 7 Add comments to your backup describing its contents and click the Next button to start the backup process Backup to a Network Drive To save a backup archive on a network drive with the Backup Wizard please do the following 1 Launch the recovery environment and then click the Backup Wizard item of the boot menu 2 On the Wizard s Welcome page click the Next button 3 On the What to back up page select a partition you need to back up Click the Next button 4 On the Backup Destination page select the Save data to local drives or physical partitions option Click the Next button 5 Select a network disk it must be mounted and be available in the system by a drive letter 6 Edit
9. e reinstalling the system or replace damaged files by using a previously made backup image Starting Launch the recovery environment and then click the File Transfer Wizard item of the boot menu After the mentioned action the welcome page of the wizard will be displayed Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X 12 User Manual Welcome to the Paragon File Transfer Wizard Welcome to the Paragon File Transfer Wizard This wizard helps you easily copy files and save your data You can save data stored on local drive or stored within drive archive previously created by Backup lmage software To begin click Next Settings The File Transfer Wizard enables to configure the settings and then start the operation in accordance with the entered parameters Here you can set the following parameters a Place to look for files directories Select a source disk from the pull down list in the right pane of the window The program enables to process both mounted and unmounted without drive letter assigned partitions of any file system Besides it 1s possible to use a mapped network drive or any removable media USB FireWire Flash etc B Roo dir Bl MyCompuer D mnt Mounted resources E imnudisk Local disks I m dia Removable disks E IDE CD DVD HECVMWwa VMware IDE CDR Bl c3 FAT32 0 on Disk 0 EFD B C3 NTFS 3 on Disk 0 NTFS oO DA HFS lon Disk Q
10. ettings and then start the operation in accordance with the entered parameters Here you can set the following parameters a A backup image to be restored On the What to Restore page press the Browse button to look for a backup image you need or type in a full path to it Please select the file with partition or hard disk image Select Image a A place to restore the archive to Choosing the destination please note all contents on the disk selected for restoring purposes will be deleted during the operation Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X 11 User Manual Select the destination to restore chosen partition or hard disk GPT Disk 0 VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive 80Gb HFS HES EE 212 3 NIFS File System Primary Primary To help the user get a clear cut picture of the operation outcome the program allows inspecting the resulted disk layout Partition preview HFS HFS Results The wizard will restore a partition that has been archived and make it available to use in the operating system Available operation scenarios Q Restoring from a Local Partition Q Restoring from a Network Drive QO Restoring from External Media CD DVD Transferring Data With the File Transfer Wizard you can retrieve important data from a failed hard disk and copy it to another hard disk or burn it to CD DVD befor
11. hard disks are allowed to back up at the moment so select a hard disk from the popup menu at the top left corner of the window and then choose a partition you need to back up Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X 8 User Manual What to back up EPT Disko Model VMware Virtual IDE Hard Drive Size 80 Gb iN volume Tyee File Sysem pe Used weismeisbei cive T GPT Disk 0 Size 80 Gb First track MBR PLayout Primary Primary i Primary a Backup destination You are free to save backup archives to local or network drives to physical partitions without drive letters assigned to any removable media USB FireWire Flash etc or burn them to CD DVD So select a destination you need by taking the estimated archive size and available space on the backup destination into account Please select how would you like to save the archive 9 Save data to local drives or physical partitions Choose this option if you want io save your data locally You will be prompted io choose a location you want to save the archive to C Burn data to CD DVD Choose this option f you want the Wiz ard to burn the archive t CD or DVD You will be prompted to choose a CD or DVD RW drive a Name and location of the resulted image Provide a file name for the new image and its exact location The program automat
12. have up to four primary partitions or three primary partitions one extended partition and multiple logical drives File system metadata The servicing structures of a file system which contain information about allocating files and directories security information etc are named file system metadata File system metadata are invisible for users and ordinary applications because accidental modifications of the metadata usually make a partition unusable Hard disk geometry Traditionally the usable space of a hard disk 1s logically divided into Cylinders Cylinders are divided into Tracks or Heads and Tracks are divided into Sectors The triad of values Sectors per Track Tracks per Cylinder Amount of Cylinders is usually named Hard Disk Geometry or C H S geometry Tracks and Cylinders are enumerated from 0 while Sectors are enumerated beginning with 1 These disk parameters play an essential role in the DOS Partitioning scheme The alignment of partitions takes the parameters of the hard disk geometry into consideration Modern hardware uses an advanced scheme for the inear addressing of Sectors which assumes that all on disk sectors are continuously enumerated from 0 To allow backward compatibility with older standards modern hard disks can additionally emulate C H S geometry HFS Plus File System HFS or Mac OS Extended is an updated version of HFS Hierarchical File System and is applied nowadays as the prim
13. hould see a boot menu of the recovery environment on the screen Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X 6 User Manual Provides Backup for partitions All drives Backup Wiz ard including NTFS are already mounted as c id e et It s possible to ejectyour CDROM Simple Restore Wizard File T ransfer Wizard Metwork C onfigurator Log Saver View the mounted partitions Heboot the computer Power off On the left there is a list of all available operations the bulk of which are wizard driven To minimize the possibility of making any mistake you can get on the right an easy to catch description on any operation from the list just by selecting it So the boot menu contains the following commands a Backup Wizard to make a backup image of a system or data partition and then place it to the required destination a Simple Restore Wizard to restore a system or data partition with a previously made backup image a File Transfer Wizard retrieve data from a local disk of any file system a network share removable media CD DVD USB FireWire Flash etc or even backup images and then copy it to the required destination a Network Configurator to establish a network connection under Linux thus allowing transmission of data on the net a Log Saver to collect and send the necessary log files to the Technical Support Team a View the mounted partitions to d
14. ically offers an easy to understand name which can anyway be modified Your data will be stored on the partition you specify Select a bolder where archive should be placed and specify archive names Backup destination Archive rame mmdiskmdaumo 0 Cob JL Space available on destination 200 Mb Approximate archive size 2 4 Mb a Archive Comment The user can add some additional description to the archive that will later help to distinguish it from the others Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X 9 User Manual On this page you can enter a comment and choose the backup mode Archive text comment Please enter backup comments 30 describe the arhive Archive img O0 C pbf created 200802 28 06 24 51 Please select how to perform the backup 9 Back up now Choose this option if you want to back up the data immediately In addition you can activate an advance mode by marking the appropriate checkbox at the foot of the second page of the wizard 1 e the What to back up page When it 1s marked the next page allows you to define a Whether the archive integrity will be controlled a Whether image file names will be set automatically in complex archives a Compression level for the backup image including the No compression variant a Whether the archive will be split if this is the case the user can set the maximum size for the archive files
15. ile system Partition ID Master File Table MFT is a relational database that consists of rows of file records and columns of file attributes It contains at least one entry for every file on an NTFS volume including the MFT itself MFT is similar to a FAT table in a FAT file system MBR amp Ist track of the hard disk is the Oth sector of the disk MBR Master Boot Record contains important information about the disk layout The 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 Oth sector 1s used for similar purposes in all existing partitioning schemes The capacity of the MBR is not sufficient to place sophisticated boot programs This means that the on boot software uses the entire Oth track of the hard disk in addition to the Oth sector because it 1s not included in any partition For example boot managing utilities such as LILO GRUB and Paragon Boot Manager are located in the Oth track NTFS File System is an advanced file system that provides performance security reliability and advanced features that are not found in any version of FAT For example NTFS guarantees volume consistency by using standard transaction logging and recovery techniques If a system fails NTFS uses its log file and checkpoint information to restore consistency of the file system In its later versions NTFS also p
16. ions made in the wizard Check the changes and come back to any of the steps of the wizard to correct them 1f necessary by clicking the Back button Transfer summary On this page you can review transfer settings Total data size b Data save destination Save the data locally Settings Destination path HDDO Part Results Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X 14 User Manual The wizard will transfer files folders to the specified destination a local or network disk or removable media Available operation scenarios a Copying of data from the corrupted system disk to another hard disk a Burning of data from the corrupted system disk to CD DVD a Copying of data from a backup to the corrupted system partition Linux Network Configuration With the Network Configuration Wizard you can easily set up available network devices and establish a network connection to work with shared resources of the net under Linux Starting Launch the recovery environment and then click the Network Configurator item of the boot menu After the mentioned action the welcome page of the wizard will be displayed Welcome to the Network Configurator Mili Welcome to the Network Configurator This wizard helps you setup your network devices IP settings and configure your network connections To continue click Next Configure network connections Settings The Network C
17. isplay a list of all mounted partitions a Reboot the computer a Power off the computer To move within the menu please use the mouse or the arrow keys of the computer keyboard Select the required command and then press Enter or double click on it to launch Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X 7 User Manual Creating Backup Images The most reliable way of data protection for the hard disk is the ability to create archive duplications A modern backup archive uses the so called image a snapshot of the whole disk system or its separate partitions It not only includes the contents of all user made files but additionally contains the exact structure of directories information about file allocation file attributes and other related data Thus it enables to recover not only the on disk data but an operating system as well Starting Launch the recovery environment and then click the Backup Wizard item of the boot menu After the mentioned action the welcome page of the wizard will be displayed Welcome to the Paragon Backup Wizard Welcome to the Paragon Backup Wizard This wizard helps you back up your hard disk data Settings The Backup Wizard enables to configure the settings and then start the operation in accordance with the entered parameters Here you can set the following parameters a Theobject to back up Only separate partitions of MBR and GPT
18. it Click the Next button 4 On the Image Properties page make sure that you select the correct image viewing the provided information about the archive When the archive has been chosen click the Next button 5 On the disk layout map select a disk to be restored Click the Next button 6 Click the Finish button to initiate the restoring process 7 After completing the operation reboot the computer Restoring from a Network Drive To restore a partition from the backup image located on a network drive please do the following Launch the recovery environment Set up a network connection by selecting the Network Configurator item of the boot menu Complete Network Configurator and then click the Restore Wizard item of the boot menu Click the Next button on the Welcome page On the What to Restore page either type the full path to the backup image of the disk which you are going to restore or click the standard browse button to find it Click the Next button On the Image Properties page make sure that you select the correct image viewing the provided information about the archive When the archive has been chosen click the Next button 7 On the disk layout map select a disk to be restored Click the Next button 8 Click the Finish button to initiate the restoring process 9 After completing the operation reboot the computer eS LS p Restoring from External Media CD DVD Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Softwa
19. k where the files you need are stored from the pull down list in the right pane of the page 4 Choose files you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the left arrow button 5 Choose the way the data will be stored Select the Save data to local drives or physical partitions item Click the Next button to continue 6 On the Select Destination Path page select a hard disk to copy the data to by pressing the Browse button Click the Next button to accomplish the operation 7 After the operation is completed exit the wizard by pressing the appropriate button 8 Turn off the computer Burning of data from the corrupted system disk to CD DVD To retrieve valuable information from your hard disk and burn it to CD DVD when the system fails to boot simply do the following 1 Launch the recovery environment and then click the File Transfer Wizard item of the boot menu Click the Next button to continue 2 Select a disk where the files you need are stored from the pull down list in the right pane of the page 3 Choose files you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the left arrow button 4 Estimate the resulted data size by pressing the Calc button Click the Next button to continue 5 Choose the way the data will be stored Select the Burn data to CD DVD item Click the Next button to continue Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X 20 User Ma
20. n off the computer e Network Configuration Scenarios Setting up a Network Device 1 Launch the recovery environment and then click the Network Configurator item of the boot menu 2 Onthe Welcome page of the wizard click the Next button 3 The second page provides the possibility to select a file with network configuration settings by default netconf ini Click the Next button to continue 4 The program performs auto detection of installed network devices and then displays a list of available devices 1f any You can add a network device if it 1s not present on the list by clicking the Add device button 5 Select the required device from the list and click the Configure selected button to configure it 6 Onthe Settings for Interface page set an IP address automatically defined by the DHCP Server or a static one a network mask a gateway and a DNS server address 7 Restart the network to apply the entered parameters by clicking the Restart network button 8 Click the Next button to complete the operation Setting up a Network Connection In order to establish a network connection and mount available shared resources simply do the following Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X 21 User Manual 1 Launch the recovery environment and then click the Network Configurator item of the boot menu 2 Onthe Welcome page of the wizard select the Configure Netwo
21. nual 6 On the Choose a recorder page select a recorder from the list and then set a volume label by typing it in the appropriate field Click the Next button to continue 7 Insert a blank CD DVD In case the inserted disc is not empty the program suggests the user erasing its contents Click the Next button to accomplish the operation 8 After the operation is completed exit the wizard by pressing the appropriate button 9 Turn off the computer Copying of data from a backup to the corrupted system partition The system fails to boot since some files are damaged If you have a backup of the system partition you can recopy these files to make the system be operable again 1 Launch the recovery environment and then click the File Transfer Wizard item of the boot menu Click the Next button to continue 2 Select a disk where the system backup is stored from the pull down list in the right pane of the page 3 Open the required backup choose files you want to copy and place them to Clipboard by pressing the left arrow button 4 Choose the way the data will be stored Select the Save data to local drives or physical partitions item Click the Next button to continue 5 Onthe Select Destination Path page select the required system disk to copy the data to by pressing the Browse button Click the Next button to accomplish the operation After the operation is completed exit the wizard by pressing the appropriate button 7 Tur
22. on Rescue Kit for Mac OS X 3 User Manual Introduction Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X is a Linux based bootable recovery environment that gives you an opportunity to get access to the hard disk for maintenance or recovery purposes in case of its malfunction a virus attack or a system failure Its primary objective is to avoid possible data loss by transferring valuable information from a failed hard disk to some other destination like a removable CD DVD USB FireWire etc drive or a network share Besides it can be used as a real alternative to the Mac OS X native disk imaging tools With its help you can make a backup of your system or data partition thus providing the ability to restore it at any time you need A highly intelligent program engine together with handy comprehensive wizards for major operations make the job with Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X easy and efficient This guide will help you use Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X at full and tackle many of the technical issues that might arise in the process Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X 4 User Manual Features Overview This chapter dwells upon key benefits and technical highlights of the product Key Features Well let us list some of the product key features a Installation free recovery environment Linux based bootable CD DVD to get access to the hard disk for maintenance or recovery p
23. onfiguration Wizard enables to configure the settings and then start the operation in accordance with the entered parameters Here you can set the following parameters a Config file destination By default the wizard saves all network settings in the netconf ini file located on the Linux RAM drive thus it will only be available until you restart the computer However you can just once configure your network device and then save this file to some other destination for instance a local drive and this way avoid constant re configuration just by providing a path to it Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X 15 User Manual Please select the file with network configuration settings A Select config file i a Network device detection The wizard automatically attempts to detect all available network devices and then displays them if any in form of a list On every found device there s information about its interface and used driver as well as a brief description You can manually add a network device in case it hasn t been found automatically by clicking the Add a device button and selecting a device you need from the list Do not forget to check it by clicking the Probe button Autodetection of network devices All network devices found during autodetection are listed below If someone device is not present you can manually add it from device s list Device de
24. re Group All rights reserved Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X 19 User Manual To restore a partition from the backup image located on CD DVD please do the following 1 Insert a CD DVD disk containing the previously prepared backup image into a CD DVD drive the BIOS must be enabled to boot the system from the CD DVD device 2 Restart the computer 3 The Simple Restore Wizard will be started automatically Click the Next button on the Welcome page 4 On the What to Restore page either type the full path to the backup image of the disk which you are going to restore or click the standard browse button to find it Click the Next button 5 On the Image Properties page make sure that you select the correct image viewing the provided information about the archive When the archive has been chosen click the Next button 6 On the disk layout map select a disk to be restored Click the Next button 7 Click the Finish button to initiate the restoring process 8 After completing the operation reboot the computer Copying of data from the corrupted system disk to another hard disk To retrieve valuable information from your hard disk and copy it to another hard disk when the system fails to boot please do the following 1 Connect the second hard disk to the computer 2 Launch the recovery environment and then click the File Transfer Wizard item of the boot menu Click the Next button to continue 3 Select a dis
25. rk Connections option Click the Next button 3 On the Configure Network Connections page click the Add button to set up and mount a new network resource 4 In the opened Mount Setting dialog please define the following parameters for a new connection and available shared resources Network path to a shared resource on the net Browse for it by clicking the appropriate button or manually enter the required path Mount point It is a local directory where files from a shared network resource will be exported to Browse for it by clicking the appropriate button or manually enter the required path Username and Password that will be given by a network administrator to connect to the shared resource 5 Click the Ok button to confirm the entered parameters This connection will be added to the list of available network resources Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X 22 User Manual Glossary Active partition is a partition from which an x86 based computer starts up The active partition must be a primary partition on a basic disk If you use Windows exclusively the active partition can be the same as the system volume In the DOS partitioning scheme only Primary Partitions can be active due to limitations of the standard bootstrap Backup Image is an archive of the disk which includes all the on disk files and service information on the disk layout To restore disks f
26. rom such an archive means retrieving all informational components of the disk e g a hard disk 1mage consists of its partitions the Partition Table and even bootstrap code Bootable Archives are created by adding a special bootable section when the user is backing up the data to CD DVDs The user 1s able to restore the data from these archives without having to run the program but by simply booting from these CD DVDs Cluster is the smallest amount of disk space that can be allocated to hold a file All file systems used by Windows organize hard disks based on clusters which consist of one or more contiguous sectors The smaller the cluster size the more efficiently a disk stores information If no cluster size 1s specified during formatting Windows picks defaults based on the size of the volume These defaults are selected to reduce the amount of space that is lost and the amount of fragmentation on the volume A cluster is also called an allocation unit Extended Partition is a type of partition that you can create only on basic master boot record MBR disks Extended partitions are useful if you want to create more than four volumes on a basic MBR disk Unlike primary partitions you do not format an extended partition with a file system and then assign a drive letter to it Instead you create one or more logical drives within the extended partition After you create a logical drive you format it and assign it a drive letter An MBR disk can
27. rovides advanced features such as file and folder permissions encryption disk quotas and compression Partition ID or File system ID is the identifier of a file system that is placed in the partition The partition ID is used to quickly detect partitions of supported types Some of the operating systems rely completely on the Partition ID when distinguishing supported partitions while others again do not The partition ID is saved in appropriate entries of the Partition Table It takes up only 1 byte of space Partition Label sometimes also referred to as Volume Label is a small textual field up to 11 characters that is located in the partition s boot sector This value is used for notification purposes only It 1s detectable by any partitioning tool including DOS FDISK utility Modern operating systems use other methods to save the Volume Label within the file system e g as a special hidden file The Volume Label is able to contain a relatively large amount of text in multiple languages In general the Volume Label and the Partition Label are rather different Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X 24 User Manual Partitioning scheme is a set of rules constraints and the format of on disk structures that keep information of the partitions that are located on the hard disk There are several partitioning schemes which can be used The most popular partitioning scheme i
28. s the so called DOS partitioning scheme It was introduced by IBM and Microsoft to use multiple partitions in the disk subsystems on IBM PC compatible computers Another popular partitioning scheme is the so called LDM Logical Disks Model that originates from UNIX mainframe systems The Veritas Executive accommodates the simplified version of LDM to the Windows 2000 operating system Windows 2000 and XP support two quite different partitioning schemes the old DOS partitioning scheme and the new Dynamic Disk Management DDM The problem is that older versions of Windows do not support DDM In addition most hard disk utilities do not support it as well Recovery Media is a CD or DVD or even a floppy disk from which the user can boot and recover the system Root Directory is the top level directory of a formatted logical drive The Root Directory includes other files and directories In modern file systems e g Ext2 Ext3 FNTFS and even FAT32 the Root Directory does not differ from other directories in properties This is not the case for old FAT12 and FAT16 file systems Serial Number In the DOS partitioning scheme every hard disk and every partition has a Serial Number which consists of 32 bits and 1s represented by an 8 figure hexadecimal value The hard disk s Serial Number is stored in the MBR Its value is assigned when the MBR sector is initialized by standard disk managing tools from Microsoft such as Windows Disk Administrator
29. scription Advanced Micro Devices AMD 79c970 PCnet32 LANCE rev 10 Change device Q Interface configuration After choosing the required network device you need to properly set it up If your local network has a DHCP Server you can just leave everything as is otherwise manually type in an IP address a network mask default gateway etc General e Obtain an IP address automatically Use the following IP address IP address Network mask Default gateway DNS servers Network will be restarted on this check select a Network connection setup Click the Add button and provide all the necessary information to map a network share in the opened dialog Click the Unmount button to delete an existing network connection Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X 16 User Manual Mount settings nevon need dS Mount point jmnt seis Password Results The wizard will set up a network device and make network resources available to use Available operation scenarios Q Setting up a Network Device Q Setting up a Network Connection Copyright 1994 2008 Paragon Software Group All rights reserved Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X 17 User Manual Typical Scenarios This chapter lists a number of the most frequently used scenarios that may be accomplished with the product You can fin
30. urposes in case of its malfunction a virus attack or a system failure a Comprehensive wizards to simplify even the most complex operations a Simple backup restore facilities to establish a reliable data protection system a Support of major present day techniques to store backup images Backup to local mounted unmounted without drive letter assigned partitions Backup to a network drive to stand a better chance of success in case of a hard disk failure Backup to external media CD DVD to guarantee a high level of data protection as long as the backup media 1s kept secure a Data transfer facilities to retrieve information you need from a local disk of any file system a network share removable media CD DVD USB FireWire Flash etc or even backup images and then copy it to the required destination as easy and convenient as possible a Network configuration facilities to establish a network connection under Linux thus allowing transmission of data on the net Supported File Systems Paragon Rescue Kit for Mac OS X provides support of major file systems presented on the market today a Full read write access to FAT16 FAT32 partitions Q Full read write access to NTFS Basic and all five types of Dynamic Disks Compressed NTFS files are also supported Q Full read write access to Ext2FS Ext3FS and Linux Swap partitions a Limited read write access to Apple HFS partitions Supported Media E Support of both
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