Clickfree Transformer SE User Guide Basics (HD)
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Unless you explicitly ask it to do so, Clickfree does not back up the programs or the
operating system. This means that your backup won’t need nearly as much space as the
size of your computer’s hard drive since your content may only take up a small portion of
your hard drive’s capacity, and we only look for the content.
D
OES CLICKFREE BACK UP ALL OF MY CONTENT EVERY TIME?
The first time you back up your computer Clickfree backs up all of the content it finds,
which might take some time – it just depends on how much you have. Each time you use
Clickfree after that, it only backs up the new or changed content, so it will be much
quicker.
W
HAT CONTENT CATEGORIES DOES CLICKFREE BACK UP?
Clickfree backs up content in these categories:
• Photos – including common graphic formats such as JPEG and RAW
• Music – including CD audio, MP3, MIDI
• Emails – including Thunderbird, Eudora, and those from Microsoft Office
• Text Documents – usually from word-processing programs such as Microsoft Word,
Open Office, and WordPerfect
• Spreadsheets – for example, Microsoft Excel, Open Office, and Lotus 123
• Presentations – for example, Microsoft Powerpoint and Corel Show
• Artwork and Drawings – such as Corel Draw, Visio and Paintshop images
• Video – for example, AVI, MPEG, Shockwave Flash
• Favorite Websites – internet shortcuts and address books
• Other – including zip and RAR files, XML, and comma-separated values files
• Financial – such as those from QuickBooks and tax programs
Want to know more? You can look at the details by following the steps in “How do I
Change how Clickfree does backups?” on page 18 without making any changes.
WHAT DO I NEED BEFORE I START?
All you need to start your backup is the Clickfree Transformer SE, a USB external hard
drive and its USB cable (and power supply if it uses one). Before you start your first
Restore, you should read through the “Restoring my content (HD)” chapter of this manual.
For Clickfree to work, your computer needs to be running one of these operating systems:
• Microsoft Windows® Vista® (any edition)
• Microsoft Windows® XP (any edition)
• Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard running on an Intel processor
In addition you need:
• One free USB port on your computer
• At least 100 MB of free space on your computer
