FAB'S AUTOBACKUP 4 TECH

USER'S MANUAL

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction ............................................................................................................... p 3

Installation instructions .......................................................................................... p 5

How to use Backup data from local system drive From current user profile (Windows 2000 to 7/2008 x64) ..................... p 6 From more than one user profile (Windows 2000 to XP/2003) ........... p 12 From more than one user profile (Windows VISTA/7/2008) ............... p 15

Backup data from another system drive From one or more users profiles (Windows 2000 to XP/2003) ........... p 18 From one or more users profiles (Windows VISTA/7/2008) ................p 21

Restore data ........................................................................................................ p 24

Ho to make a PE Builder / UBCD4WIN plugin .....................................................p 26

INTRODUCTION
Fab's AutoBackup 4 Tech is a backup tool that runs on Microsoft Windows (from Windows 2000 to Windows 7). It is portable and does not need installation. It also can be used as a plugin for Bart PE / UBCD4WIN (Windows XP-2003 "live CD" created with PE Builder). Features included : Backup and restoration of the following items from local drives and non booting drives mounted as second hard drive or using Bart PE for up to 20 users at once : User's Windows desktop (files, folders, shortcuts). Desktop's wallpaper (picture and settings). Quick launch toolbar (backup and restoration do not work on Window 7 because this feature does not exist anymore). "My documents" folder. "My pictures" folder. "My music" folder. "My videos" folder. Windows Internet Explorer favorites and homepage.. Google Chrome profile. Chromium browser profile. Opera Web browser profile. Apple Safari profile. Mozilla Firefox profiles (cache, bookmarks, customizations, extensions ). Microsoft Outlook Express (emails, settings and accounts except passwords). Windows address book (used by outlook Express, Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail). Microsoft Office Outlook personal data files (.pst and .ost files). Windows Messaging Subsystem (MAPI) profiles (contains MS Outlook Accounts and configuration). Feature designed for experts. Microsoft Office Outlook typed addresses history (.nk2 file). Microsoft Windows Mail / Live Mail (emails, settings and accounts except passwords). Mozilla Thunderbird profiles (emails, accounts, customizations, extensions ). 3

 Opera Mail (messaging part of Opera Web Browser). IncrediMail identities (emails, settings and accounts except passwords). Microsoft Windows Vista's Calendar (Vista only : can not be restored on another Windows version). Windows Live Messenger stuff (settings, installed emoticons...). Skype settings. Windows Sidebar's gadgets (for Windows Vista/7). Downloads folder "Shared documents" folder. Microsoft Office Activation files (from Office XP to Office 2007). Modem (RAS) settings Installed fonts User defined additional files User defined additional folders

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
Unpack Fab's AutoBackup 4 Tech to any drive (local, network, USB...). Local or USB are advised. Run AutoBackup4Tech.exe within AutoBackup4Tech folder. Select the language you want to use. That is it! You can now start to use the program.

HOW TO USE
BACKUP FROM LOCAL USER PROFILE ON LOCAL HARD DRIVE Launch AutoBackup4Tech.exe with double click.

Leave the "Backup data" radio button checked Type the backup location's path in the matching text field or use the browse button to select it. Check the box "backup in sub-folder..." if you want your data stored in a separated folder. That may be useful if you do not want to overwrite a previous backup. Click the "Next" button.

 Select the items you want to be backed-up. They are splited into tabs (user's files and common files) and sorted by categories. Here are the available tabs and their items : User's files :

Personal Folders :

Desktop Desktop Wallpaper Quick Launch toolbar shortcuts My Documents My Pictures My Music My Videos Internet Explorer favorites Main start page (Internet Explorer's home page) Google Chrome profile Chromium browser profile Opera Web browser profile Apple Safari profile Mozilla Firefox profile(s) Outlook Express Identities Outlook Personal Data Files Outlook signatures files Outlook.nk2 (Outlook typed addresses history) Windows Mail / Live Mail Windows address book Mozilla Thunderbird Profile(s) Opera mail Incredimail identities Windows Calendar Windows Live Messenger
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WEB Browsers :

Mail :

Misc :

Skype Windows Sidebar's Gadgets Downloads folder

Common files :

Shared documents Fonts Microsoft Office Activation files Rasphone.pbk file (modem settings file) Additional files Additional folders

You can change the path for most of the items. In example, if you want to backup another folder for "My Videos", you can browse you computer and select it. It will be used instead. Note that it will be copied at the default location if you restore it later. You may use the "additional folder" backup feature if you want it to be restore elsewhere you want. Once completed your selections, you can launch the backup process by clicking the "Launch" button within the last tab. During the backup process, a log is shown, displaying the current status. If there were errors on some files, you could track them reading the log file within your backup folder. This file is written at the end of backup process. Usually, the errors are caused by files locked during the process, file paths too longs (over 255 characters, Windows cannot handle them) or illegal characters in the path. In the first case, close all the running applications and backup your data again. In the second, try to rename the file or/and the folders tree in order to make the path shorter. In the last case, try to find where is the illegal characters and replace them with others more usual. At the end of the process, the log will show a message saying that backup is finished. Your backup is done!

BACKUP FROM CURRENT USER PROFILE ON LOCAL HARD DRIVE Launch AutoBackup4Tech.exe with double click.

Leave the "Backup data" radio button checked Check you user name in the "Select Users" box Type the backup location's path in the matching text field or use the browse button to select it. Check the box "backup in sub-folder..." if you want your data stored in a separated folder. That may be useful if you do not want to overwrite a previous backup. Click the "Next" button.

 Select the items you want to be backed-up. They are divided into tabs (user's files and common files) and sorted by categories. Here are the available tabs and their items : User's files :

Personal Folders :

Desktop Desktop Wallpaper Quick Launch toolbar shortcuts My Documents My Pictures My Music My Videos Internet Explorer favorites Main start page (Internet Explorer's home page) Google Chrome profile Chromium browser profile Opera Web browser profile Apple Safari profile Mozilla Firefox profile(s) Outlook Express Identities Outlook Personal Data Files Outlook signatures files Outlook.nk2 (Outlook typed addresses history) Windows Mail / Live Mail Windows address book Mozilla Thunderbird Profile(s) Opera mail IncrediMail identities Windows Calendar Windows Live Messenger
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WEB Browsers :

Mail :

Misc :

Skype Windows Sidebar's Gadgets Downloads folder

Common files :

Shared documents Fonts Microsoft Office Activation files Windows calendar Rasphone.pbk file (modem settings file) Additional files Additional folders

You can change the path for most of the items. In example, if you want to backup another folder for "My Videos", you can browse you computer and select it. It will be used instead. Note that it will be copied at the default location if you restore it later. You may use the "additional folder" backup feature if you want it to be restore elsewhere you want. Once completed your selections, you can launch the backup process by clicking the "Launch" button within the last tab. During the backup process, a log is shown, displaying the current status. If there were errors on some files, you could track them reading the log file within your backup folder. This file is written at the end of backup process. Usually, the errors are caused by files locked during the process, file paths too longs (over 255 characters, Windows cannot handle them) or illegal characters in the path. In the first case, close all the running applications and backup your data again. In the second, try to rename the file or/and the folders tree in order to make the path shorter. In the last case, try to find where is the illegal characters and replace them with others more usual. At the end of the process, the log will show a message saying that backup is finished. Your backup is done!

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BACKUP FROM MORE THAN ONE USER PROFILE ON LOCAL HARD DRIVE (UNDER WINDOWS 2000 / XP / 2003) First : you need to be logged in as local administrator Launch AutoBackup4Tech.exe with double click.

Leave the "Backup data" radio button checked Check the users names in the "Select Users" box Type the backup location's path in the matching text field or use the browse button to select it. The checkbox "backup in sub-folder..." is auto-checked if there are more than one user profile selected. Click the "Next" button.

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 Select the items you want to be backed-up. They are divided into tabs (user's files and common files) and sorted by categories. Here are the available tabs and their items : User's files (this items are available on each user tab):

Personal Folders :

Desktop Desktop Wallpaper Quick Launch toolbar shortcuts My Documents My Pictures My Music My Videos WEB Browsers : Internet Explorer favorites Main start page (Internet Explorer's home page) Google Chrome profile Chromium browser profile Opera Web browser profile Apple Safari profile Mozilla Firefox profile(s) Mail : Outlook Express Identities Outlook Personal Data Files Outlook signatures files Outlook.nk2 (Outlook typed addresses history) Windows Mail / Live Mail Windows address book Mozilla Thunderbird Profile(s) Opera mail Incredimail identities Misc : Windows Live Messenger Skype
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Windows Sidebar's Gadgets Downloads folder

Common files :

Shared documents Fonts Microsoft Office Activation files Rasphone.pbk file (modem settings file) Additional files Additional folders

You can change the path for most of the items. In example, if you want to backup another folder for "My Videos", you can browse you computer and select it. It will be used instead. Note that it will be copied at the default location if you restore it later. You may use the "additional folder" backup feature if you want it to be restore elsewhere you want. Once completed your selections, you can launch the backup process by clicking the "Launch" button within the last tab. During the backup process, a log is shown, displaying the current status. If there were errors on some files, you could track them reading the log file within your backup folder. This file is written at the end of backup process. Usually, the errors are caused by files locked during the process, file paths too longs (over 255 characters, Windows cannot handle them) or illegal characters in the path. In the first case, close all the running applications and backup your data again. In the second, try to rename the file or/and the folders tree in order to make the path shorter. In the last case, try to find where is the illegal characters and replace them with others more usual. At the end of the process, the log will show a message saying that backup is finished. Your backup is done!

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BACKUP FROM MORE THAN ONE USER PROFILE ON LOCAL HARD DRIVE (UNDER WINDOWS VISTA / 7 / 2008) First : you need to be logged in as local administrator. Launch AutoBackup4Tech.exe with right click and select "Run as administrator.

Grant the privileges elevation prompt Leave the "Backup data" radio button checked Check the users names in the "Select Users" box Type the backup location's path in the matching text field or use the browse button to select it. The checkbox "backup in sub-folder..." is auto-checked if there are more than one user profile selected. Click the "Next" button.

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 Select the items you want to be backed-up. They are divided into tabs (user's files and common files) and sorted by categories. Here are the available tabs and their items : User's files (this items are available on each user tab):

Personal Folders :

Desktop Desktop Wallpaper Quick Launch toolbar shortcuts My Documents My Pictures My Music My Videos Internet Explorer favorites Main start page (Internet Explorer's home page) Google Chrome profile Chromium browser profile Opera Web browser profile Apple Safari profile Mozilla Firefox profile(s) Outlook Express Identities Outlook Personal Data Files Outlook signatures files Outlook.nk2 (Outlook typed addresses history) Windows Mail / Live Mail Windows address book Mozilla Thunderbird Profile(s) Opera mail Incredimail identities Windows Calendar Windows Live Messenger
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WEB Browsers :

Mail :

Misc :

Skype Windows Sidebar's Gadgets Downloads folder

Common files :

Shared documents Fonts Microsoft Office Activation files Rasphone.pbk file (modem settings file) Additional files Additional folders

You can change the path for most of the items. In example, if you want to backup another folder for "My Videos", you can browse you computer and select it. It will be used instead. Note that it will be copied at the default location if you restore it later. You may use the "additional folder" backup feature if you want it to be restore elsewhere you want. Once completed your selections, you can launch the backup process by clicking the "Launch" button within the last tab. During the backup process, a log is shown, displaying the current status. If there were errors on some files, you could track them reading the log file within your backup folder. This file is written at the end of backup process. Usually, the errors are caused by files locked during the process, file paths too longs (over 255 characters, Windows cannot handle them) or illegal characters in the path. In the first case, close all the running applications and backup your data again. In the second, try to rename the file or/and the folders tree in order to make the path shorter. In the last case, try to find where is the illegal characters and replace them with others more usual. At the end of the process, the log will show a message saying that backup is finished. Your backup is done!

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BACKUP FROM ONE OR MORE USERS PROFILES ON ANOTHER SYSTEM DRIVE (UNDER WINDOWS 2000 / XP / 2003) First : you need to be logged in as local administrator Launch AutoBackup4Tech.exe with double click.

Leave the "Backup data" radio button checked Select the source hard drive or select the path to "Windows" folder on it. Check the users names in the "Select Users" box Type the backup location's path in the matching text field or use the browse button to select it. The checkbox "backup in sub-folder..." is auto-checked if there are more than one user profile selected. Click the "Next" button.

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 Select the items you want to be backed-up. They are divided into tabs (user's files and common files) and sorted by categories. Here are the available tabs and their items : User's files (this items are available on each user tab):

Personal Folders :

Desktop Desktop Wallpaper Quick Launch toolbar shortcuts My Documents My Pictures My Music My Videos Internet Explorer favorites Main start page (Internet Explorer's home page) Google Chrome profile Chromium browser profile Opera Web browser profile Apple Safari profile Mozilla Firefox profile(s) Outlook Express Identities Outlook Personal Data Files Outlook signatures files Outlook.nk2 (Outlook typed addresses history) Windows Mail / Live Mail Windows address book Mozilla Thunderbird Profile(s) Opera mail Incredimail identities Windows Calendar Windows Live Messenger
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WEB Browsers :

Mail :

Misc :

Skype Windows Sidebar's Gadgets Downloads folder

Common files :

Shared documents Fonts Microsoft Office Activation files Rasphone.pbk file (modem settings file) Additional files Additional folders

You can change the path for most of the items. In example, if you want to backup another folder for "My Videos", you can browse you computer and select it. It will be used instead. Note that it will be copied at the default location if you restore it later. You may use the "additional folder" backup feature if you want it to be restore elsewhere you want. Once completed your selections, you can launch the backup process by clicking the "Launch" button within the last tab. During the backup process, a log is shown, displaying the current status. If there were errors on some files, you could track them reading the log file within your backup folder. This file is written at the end of backup process. Usually, the errors are caused by files locked during the process, file paths too longs (over 255 characters, Windows cannot handle them) or illegal characters in the path. In the first case, close all the running applications and backup your data again. In the second, try to rename the file or/and the folders tree in order to make the path shorter. In the last case, try to find where is the illegal characters and replace them with others more usual. At the end of the process, the log will show a message saying that backup is finished. Your backup is done!

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BACKUP FROM ONE OR MORE USERS PROFILES ON ANOTHER SYSTEM DRIVE (UNDER WINDOWS VISTA / 7 / 2008) First : you need to be logged in as local administrator Launch AutoBackup4Tech.exe with right click and select "Run as administrator".

Grant the elevation privileges prompt Leave the "Backup data" radio button checked Select the source hard drive or select the path to "Windows" folder on it. Check the users names in the "Select Users" box Type the backup location's path in the matching text field or use the browse button to select it. The checkbox "backup in sub-folder..." is auto-checked if there are more than one user profile selected. Click the "Next" button.

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 Select the items you want to be backed-up. They are divided into tabs (user's files and common files) and sorted by categories. Here are the available tabs and their items : User's files (this items are available on each user tab):

Personal Folders :

Desktop Desktop Wallpaper Quick Launch toolbar shortcuts My Documents My Pictures My Music My Videos Internet Explorer favorites Main start page (Internet Explorer's home page) Google Chrome profile Chromium browser profile Opera Web browser profile Apple Safari profile Mozilla Firefox profile(s) Outlook Express Identities Outlook Personal Data Files Outlook signatures files Outlook.nk2 (Outlook typed addresses history) Windows Mail / Live Mail Windows address book Mozilla Thunderbird Profile(s) Opera mail Incredimail identities Windows Calendar Windows Live Messenger
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WEB Browsers :

Mail :

Misc :

Skype Windows Sidebar's Gadgets Downloads folder

Common files :

Shared documents Fonts Microsoft Office Activation files Rasphone.pbk file (modem settings file) Additional files Additional folders

You can change the path for most of the items. In example, if you want to backup another folder for "My Videos", you can browse you computer and select it. It will be used instead. Note that it will be copied at the default location if you restore it later. You may use the "additional folder" backup feature if you want it to be restore elsewhere you want. Once completed your selections, you can launch the backup process by clicking the "Launch" button within the last tab. During the backup process, a log is shown, displaying the current status. If there were errors on some files, you could track them reading the log file within your backup folder. This file is written at the end of backup process. Usually, the errors are caused by files locked during the process, file paths too longs (over 255 characters, Windows cannot handle them) or illegal characters in the path. In the first case, close all the running applications and backup your data again. In the second, try to rename the file or/and the folders tree in order to make the path shorter. In the last case, try to find where is the illegal characters and replace them with others more usual. At the end of the process, the log will show a message saying that backup is finished. Your backup is done!

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RESTORE DATA This feature only works for one user profile at once and only for local system drive. Start Fab's AutoBackup 4 Tech. Check the "Restore data" radio button :

Type the path to your backup folder or use the browse button to select it :

Click the "Next" button.

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 Select on each tab the items you want to restore. Note : there are some items with restoration options : Mozilla Firefox profile(s), Mozilla Thunderbird profile(s), additional files and additional folders. Here are them : Mozilla Firefox profiles can be restored at their original locations (if the profile has not been stored in the default directory). If the source Firefox version is not the same as the destination's, there is a compatibility mode that restores only the profile, without the add-ons (they may be incompatibles and cause Firefox crashes). Mozilla Thunderbird profiles restoration feature works exactly the same way as the Mozilla Firefox restoration feature. Additional files and folders can be restored at their original locations or you can choose another one.

Be careful : if you choose to restore to the original location, be sure that the original path is available from your computer. Otherwise, restore your files using other options.
Once completed your selections, you can launch the backup process by clicking the "Launch" button within the "Custom / Launch" tab. During the restoration process, there may be some copy errors. Be sure that no application is running and lock the target files, then try to restore again. At the end of the restore process, the log will show a message saying that restoration job is finished. The restoration log file is stored on your desktop. You can check it if there were errors. Your restoration is done! Note : if the restored data are from a backup job with several users account involved, you will have to restore common files like separately. Just start the program again and select the backup folder named like "YYYY-MM-DD-COMMON" and start the restoration process.

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MAKE FAB'S AUTOBACKUP 4 TECH PE BUILDER / UBCD4WIN PLUGIN Run Fab's AutoBackup 4 Tech at least once (to accept the license agreement and set the language). Download the Fab's AutoBackup 4 Tech plugin from the website, under the "PE Builder\ Utilities" section. Save it to your hard drive. Run PE Builder or UBCD4WIN Click the "Plugins" button :

Click the "Add" button

Select the "AutoBackup4Tech.cab " file and click "Open" button Click OK for the plugin name folder dialog box. Close the plugins Open the "autobackup4tech" within your plugin directory using Windows Explorer.

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 Create a "Files" folder inside. Copy the "language" folder and files "AutoBackup4Tech.exe" and "AutoBackup.ini" files inside the "plugin\autobackup4tech\Files" folder from your program directory. You can build your PE Builder / UBCD4WIN boot CD, you will be able to use Fab's AutoBackup 4 Tech with unbootable machines.

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