Comodo Time Machine 2.4.125818.154

Comodo Time Machine 2.4.125818.154

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With Comodo Time Machine, you can quickly create a backup point when the system is at its best state or before making a major change in Windows, so that it is easy to later restore the system to a safe time. all in seconds. It is worth mentioning that Comodo Time Machine allows you to backup and restore the system even when the computer is booting (not on Windows).

Requires at least 900 MB of free Comodo Time Machine installation disk to create the first system backup point.

+ If the computer only installs a Windows, in the Protected partiton selections dialog box appears during the installation, you just need to keep the drive you want to be protected or create a recovery time (such as the drive to install Windows) and deselect other drives as you like.

+ If the computer is installed in parallel with two Windows, when the Multi Operating System Deteted dialog box appears, select the This is single boot option and click Next . The Protected partiton selections dialog box will appear next to you to select the drive you want to protect, or deselect the drive that does not need protection. However, when I tried to install Comodo Time Machine on Windows XP on a computer installed side by side with Windows XP and Windows Vista, I found that there was an error in Windows XP after that, and even made Windows Vista unable to start. Therefore, it is best to install Comodo Time Machine on computers using only one Windows.

After installation, the dialog box asking to restart the computer will appear, click Yes to accept.

At startup, Comodo Time Machine's command menu installation (called by the Home key) will continue so that you can back up and restore the system even if you can't access Windows.

Use Comodo Time Machine in Windows

After logging in to Windows, double-click the Comodo Time Machine icon in the system tray. In the window that appears, you will see three icons:

- Take Snapshot : Quickly create a system backup (or snapshot). Enter a name for the snapshot and an optional description to remind the time of the backup in the two Snapshot Name and Description (Optional) boxes, check the Lock the new snapshot box to prevent it from deletetion if you want to lock the snapshot or prevent it from being deleted and then click Take a snapshot button to create. A dialog box indicating that the system backup was successful will appear very quickly after that (only from one to a few seconds, depending on the machine configuration); Click OK to confirm.

- Restore System : Restore the system to the time of snapshot creation. In addition to Baseline (automatically generated snapshots when installing Comodo Time Machine), you also see the snapshots you created, along with specific times. If Windows has a problem, hover over the name of one of the created snapshots, then click Next> Restore to restore the system to a 'healthy' state. In the dialog box that opens, click Yes to restart the computer for the recovery to take effect.

- Advanced : Open a window containing the advanced features of Comodo Time Machine with 6 main cards:

+ View Snapshots : View snapshots in the form of trees (Tree View) or timeline (Timeline View), where You are here is the system status at the present time. In the Tree View tab, if you want to set the snapshot deletion feature, hover over the snapshot and click the Lock button below. You can mount a snapshot as a drive in My Computer to track content or edit internal data by right-clicking the snapshot and selecting Mount Snapshot , then choosing between Mount with read-only access (only read data) and Mount with full access (full data processing rights), then click OK to perform. When you no longer want to mount the snapshot, right-click on the snapshot and select Dismount .

Switch to the Timeline View tab, you can delete any locked snapshot by marking its name and clicking the Delete button. The Delete all button is unlocked to remove the anti-delete feature for all snapshots.

+ Take a Snapshot : Create a new system backup with the same implementation on.

+ Scheduled Tasks : Schedule automatic backup or restore of the system every hour, every day, every week, once a month, at a specific time of the day, or when running any software installation file, via the Add a Scheduled Snapshots Task button or the Add a Scheduled Restore Tasks button below.

When restoring a system according to the schedule, besides the option to allow system restore at startup, you need to choose between Restore system to current system snapshot. current) or Restore system to (specify the snapshot to restore the system); choose whether to keep all other snapshots after restoring the system (Keep all the other snapshots after restoring), delete all other unopened snapshots after restoring the system (Remove all the other unlocked snapshots after restoring) or Delete all other snapshots after restoring the system (Remove all the other snapshots after restoring).

+ Restore System: Select snapshot and click Next> Reboot> Yes for the computer to reboot to restore the system.

+ Recover Files: Recover privately some important folders / files accidentally deleted or damaged files, instead of restoring the whole system to the time of creating snapshot. Select the snapshot under the Lookin box, enter the name of the lost / corrupted directory / file in the All or part of the file name box and click the Next button to find it.

When the search is complete, hover over the folder / file you want to recover, and then click the Copy to button. In the dialog box that appears, browse to the original location of the lost / damaged directory / file, and then click OK to restore or overwrite.

+ Reset baseline : Create a system backup at the current time and set up a new baseline, and delete all previous snapshots. You press Reboot button > Yes to do this at reboot.

* Note: The Comodo Time Machine configuration dialog box will appear when you press the Settings button above, which has the User settings tab so you can prevent others from handling Comodo Time Machine by checking Enable access control , marking Administator account below, click the Properties button on the right to set the administrator password, click Save twice and click OK to confirm.

Backing up, restoring systems outside of Windows

This feature is essential if you ever encounter a situation where you cannot boot into Windows. After turning on the computer, press the Home key a few times to invoke Comodo Time Machine's command menu. On this menu there are icons: Restore system (select the snapshot created earlier to restore the system to the time it was booted into Windows normally), Take Snapshot (create a new system backup), Compact (yes can choose to delete snapshots before Comodo Time Machine defragments the hard drive), Uninstall (remove Comodo Time Machine from the computer) and Exit (exit the command menu to boot into Windows).

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