HP COLORADO 5 GB TAPE BACKUP
1) Insert a 5 Gigabyte tape into the tape drive. (Push it in until you hear a click.)
FULL SYSTEM BACKUP:
2) To back up your entire hard disk (the C: Drive), double-click on the Full System Backup icon on the desktop. Then skip to step 13 below.
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CHANGED & MODIFIED FILE ONLY BACKUP:
2a) To back up just the files that have been added to your hard disk (and/or modified) since the last time you did a backup, double-click on the Colorado Backup icon on the desktop.
3) Click on Settings, then on Options.
4) Click on the Backup tab.
5) Be sure that ¤ Modified: backup of selected files … is selected.
6) Be sure that ¤ Verify backup data by automatically comparing files after the backup is finished is checked. (This will take twice as long, but will insure an error-free backup of your files.)
7) Be sure that ü Use data compression is checked.
8) Click on OK.
9) Click into the white box next to the C: Drive to put a checkmark into it.
10) Click on Next >>.
11) Click on HP Colorado 5 GBe on the screen that says, "Click on the Destination for the backup…".
12) Click on Finish.
13) The backup could take as long as 2-6 hours or more depending on how much data you have to back up. Remove the tape when the computer says that it has finished the backup job. Put a label on the tape and write the date on it and indicate whether this is a COMPLETE C: DRIVE backup or just a NEW & MODIFIED FILES ONLY backup.
14) Each tape holds 2.5 Gigabytes (2,500 Megabytes) of uncompressed data, or 5.0 Gigabytes (5,000 Megabytes) of compressed data. If you want to back up more data than this, or if the tape is nearly full, you will need more than one tape to back up your hard drive. The computer will tell you when to insert the second tape (and third, etc.).
15) To erase the tape before beginning the back up, click on Options, then on Quick Erase, which will erase only the index at the beginning of the tape, but for all intents and purposes, is like erasing the whole tape (to the computer). You could do a Security Erase instead, but this will take much longer because it will erase every single inch of the tape.
16) If you buy an unformatted tape (or if you wish to completely erase the tape another way), you will have to format the tape. Click on Options, then on Format Tape.
17) Occasionally you should "retension" the tape to reduce the slack in it and reduce the number of
errors when backing up your files. To do so, click on Options, then on Retension Tape.
TO RESTORE YOUR FILES FROM THE TAPE (in the event, for example, your hard disk permanently crashes and has to be replaced):
1) Double-click on the Colorado Backup icon on the desktop, then click on the Restore tab.
2) Click on "HP Colorado 5 GBe". Click on the C: Drive, then click into the white box next to any files and folders that you want to restore to the hard disk from the tape. (You can also click on the C: Drive to restore the whole hard disk’s contents.)
3) Click on the Options tab. Click on the Restore tab.
4) Click to put a checkmark into the box next to either Never overwrite files or Overwrite all files, depending on whether you want to overwrite any existing files on the hard drive or not. (Usually you want to Overwrite all files. If you are restoring to a new blank hard disk, it doesn’t matter which you select.).
5) Click to put a checkmark into the box next to ü Prompt before overwriting files if you want to be asked whether to overwrite any of the files.
6) Click to put a checkmark into the box next to ü Verify restored data by automatically comparing files after the restore has finished.
7) Click on OK.
8) Click on Next > >. Click on Finish . The restore operations could take about 2-4 hours
or more depending on how many files you are restoring.
[Note: If you created a set of Recovery Disks plus a Full System Backup Tape, you can put the first Recovery Disk into the floppy disk drive and the tape in the Tape Drive and restart the computer (in the event that you had a permanent hard disk crash and had to replace your hard disk). You can then easily restore the entire contents of your hard disk back to the way it was before the hard disk crashed. If you are doing this, you should have at least two Backup Tapes: one with the Full System Backup and one with Modified and Changed Files only.
Be sure to create a new Recovery Disk set (click on Tools, then on Create Recovery Disks) each time you radically change your system configuration or update your Operating System.]