Backing up LivePCs - LivePC Engine User Guide - Windows

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Backing Up and Restoring your LivePCs

Backing up your LivePCs
Automatic Backups
Restoring your LivePCs

Backing up your LivePCs

The moka5 LivePC Engine™ on a removable storage device can be set to backup to your host machine. Every time you connect to your 'main' PC a complete backup will be made of your LivePCs and your user files . The LivePC Engine does this seamlessly in the background as you work. A single machine can be the 'home base' for multiple portable devices. You can label each portable device (the default is the device's existing label, like 'John's iPod'), and on restore you can choose which backup to restore from using those labels.

You set your backup preferences by clicking on 'Configure Backup' in the LivePC Engine window.

A backup configuration window will open:

Clicking on 'I want to start a new backup' will open a window for you to name the backup file. The backup will be saved in 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\moka5\Engine\backup\backupname' where 'backupname' is the name you enter here:

Should you choose to later disable the backup feature, your image backup will remain unless you choose to delete it.

During the initial backup you will see the 'Backup Status' window. The top bar represents how much of an individual file has been backed up. The bottom line represents the total number of files to be backed up.

If you remove an external device before the backup is completed, you will see the message 'Backup is not complete'. If you plug your external device back in the back-up will resume at the spot where it left off.

If you select 'Change Backup Settings' for a removable device which has already been configured for backups to a particular PC the settings window will display the name of that PC and you will have the option of changing the backup host PC by deleting the existing backup configuration.

Automatic backups

After configuring backups they will occur automatically each time the removable device is connected to the host PC where the backups are set to be stored. 'Configure Backups' will change to reflect the current backup status to either show the backup is completed or that the backup is continuing.

Restoring your LivePCs™

You may wish to restore a LivePC from a backup when if you lose your removable device. Alternatively you may simply wish to move your data to a new device.

If you are moving your data to a new device be sure to first follow the instructions on configuring a backup. If you are replacing a lost device you will start by plugging the new storage device into the PC you have used for your backups.

In replacing the device you can use a different kind of removable storage. You can restore a backup made from a USB thumb drive to an SD card or a video iPod. You should be sure the new device is as large or larger than the one lost or being replaced. Do not try to restore to a 1 GB SD card if you lost a 2 GB thumb drive.

Install the moka5 LivePC Engine which you can download if needed. After installation run the LivePC Engine and click on 'Configure backup'.

Select 'I want to restore from an existing backup'.

If you have multiple backups select the appropriate one. There will be a a confirmation window. Restoring from a backup will delete all the LivePCs and files on the device.

During the restore the following window will be open. The top blue bar represents the progress of restoring individual files. The bottom bar depicts the total volume of files to be restored.

After the LivePCs are listed in your LivePC Engine again click on the bar to the left of a LivePC icon to download that LivePC into the cache of your device.