Simply back up, burn, and recover files for safe keeping

Reviewer’s Guide
Simply back up, burn, and
recover files for safe keeping
Table of Contents
About Nero . .............................................................................................................................. 2
About Nero BackItUp & Burn...................................................................................................... 3
Pricing........................................................................................................................................ 3
System Requirements................................................................................................................ 4
Installation Tips.......................................................................................................................... 4
Basic Features . ......................................................................................................................... 5
Simple Projects – How To Guide................................................................................................. 6
Nero BackItUp & Burn Advanced Features................................................................................. 8
Product FAQs............................................................................................................................10
Press Support & Contacts.........................................................................................................12
About Nero
Nero, the creator of liquid media technology, enables liquid content creation and distribution
anytime, anywhere, and on any device. The company provides consumers with the freedom
to simply enjoy their music, photos, and videos, regardless of hardware or file format, by taking
a unique platform neutral, standards-based approach to solution development. More than
300 million units of Nero’s trusted software solutions are used in the home, on the go, and
professionally. Nero also provides strategic partners with cutting-edge applications, codecs,
tools, software development kits, and programming interfaces for use with a variety of the latest
platforms and devices. Products are available globally through hardware manufacturers,
international partners, retailers, and directly through the Nero Online Shop at www.nero.com.
Headquartered in Karlsbad, Germany, Nero maintains regional offices in: Karlsbad, Germany;
Glendale, Calif., USA; Yokohama, Japan; and development centers in Karlsbad, Germany and
Hangzhou, China.
2
Reviewer’s Guide
About Nero BackItUp & Burn
Nero BackItUp & Burn provides full control over data protection, backup and recovery. Personal data,
including memorable family photos, important financial documents, and music collections, is
irreplaceable. System crashes, hard drive failures, and malicious viruses can create havoc on your files
and your digital life. Not to mention, data recovery is costly and time consuming. Nero has the solution!
Nero BackItUp & Burn provides easy-to-use tools and state-of-the-art technology to back up files to
hard drive or to online storage. Schedule automatic backups, and receive e-mail notification once
they’re done. Burn music, videos, photos, and data to CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs for safe
keeping with Nero’s award-winning burning application. Sync files and folders and restore lost data
from damaged or scratched media. Enjoy the peace of mind that comes with Nero BackItUp & Burn.
Nero BackItUp & Burn Highlights:
• Perform tasks quickly and intuitively in just a few steps
• Back up data to hard drive, CD, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, FTP, memory card, and online storage
• Rely on automatic backups to local hard drives and online storage
• Schedule backup jobs with flexibility and convenient e-mail confirmation
• Burn discs with the world’s most reliable burning application
• Create audio CDs, copy DVDs, and Blu-ray Discs
• Sync all your files and folders for easy access to the latest versions
• Recover data from deleted and damaged storage media
• Restore files, folders, drives, and entire systems
• Enjoy the included FREE 1GB Nero Online Backup for 3 months
Pricing
Nero BackItUp & Burn is attractively priced, giving consumers a convenient, cost-effective
entry point to the Nero family of products.
Suggested retail pricing:
Box Version $49.99 Downloadable Version $39.99
Box Version €49.99 Downloadable Version €39.99
Box Version ¥9660
Downloadable Version ¥5775
3
System Requirements
• Windows® XP SP2 or SP3
• Windows Vista®, Windows Vista® SP1 or higher, Windows Server ® 2003 SP1, or Windows Vista® 64-bit
edition (runs in 32-bit compatibility mode)
• Windows® Internet Explorer ® 6.0 or higher
• 1 GHz Intel® Pentium® III or equivalent AMD/Intel® processor (2 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 or equivalent
AMD/Intel® processor for Windows Vista®), 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM for Windows Vista®)
• Microsoft ® .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
• Microsoft ® Windows® Installer 4.5
• Microsoft ® Visual C++® 2005 Redistributable Package SP1
• 300 MB free hard drive space for a typical installation of all components
• 400 MB temporary hard drive space during installation
• CD, DVD, or Blu-ray Disc drive (with burning capability for burning functions)
• Graphics card with minimum resolution of 800 x 600 pixels – installation of latest WHQL certified device
drivers is recommended
For complete system requirements, please visit us at www.nero.com.
Supported media and destinations
• CD-R/RW, DVD+-R/RW/RAM/DL, BD-R/RE/DL
• Removable storage devices connected via USB, FireWire® (IEEE 1394) and eSATA
• Memory cards such as SD, SDHC, CF memory, Sony ® Memory Stick™
• Network shares
• FTP
Supported file systems for backup and recovery
• NTFS
• FAT16, FAT32, ExtFAT
• Linux® ext2/3 and Linux swap partition
Installation Tips
To install Nero BackItUp & Burn, proceed as follows:
1. Have your serial number ready. You will find it on the back of the jewel case that contains
your Nero BackItUp &Burn disc.
2. Close all Microsoft® Windows® programs and exit any anti-virus software that may be running.
3. Insert the Nero BackItUp & Burn disc into the optical drive of your computer.
4. If the installation screen is not displayed automatically, run the Setup.exe file located on the
disc root folder.
5. The Nero BackItUp & Burn installation wizard will walk you through the quick and
uncomplicated installation. Follow the displayed instructions to complete the installation.
4
A Nero BackItUp icon will appear on the desktop of your computer after installation. Double-click
the icon to open Nero BackItUp & Burn.
Reviewer’s Guide
Basic Features
Back up in just three easy steps
Enjoy the simplicity and security of easy backups!
1. Select the file or drive you’d like to back up.
2. Choose where you’d like to back up your file.
3. Customize your backup with details such as password protection
AutoBackup is even
easier – turn on
AutoBackup and
select your target
location. Done!
and file filters.
Burn to disc with the best burning application on the market
Backup to CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray Discs
• Non-copy-protected videos or home movies
• Photos and music to share with friends and family
• Audio CDs from your personal MP3 files
Burn data to Blu-ray
Disc with innovative
Nero burning features
for maximum storage
and ultimate reliability!
• Maximum data storage with Blu-ray Disc
Recover lost or deleted files from damaged media
Your one-stop solution for file recovery in a few easy clicks!
1. Select the disc or drive you want to scan.
2. Select identified files and choose where to recover them.
3. Start the recover process.
Thought you’d lost
precious photos,
favorite music, or
important data
forever? Think again!
Restore files with flexibility and convenience
Backed up drives, folders, and even individual files can be
securely restored!
• Restore to your original drive, in the event of a crash
• Choose a new location, such as a new laptop or hard drive
Worried about the
worst case scenario?
Get your computer up
and running again with
a complete operating
system restoration.
• Restore files from an FTP server or online storage
5
Simple Projects – How To Guide
One of the great benefits of Nero BackItUp & Burn is that users don’t need any prior training. The
easy-to-use and intuitive user interface walks you step by step through each process.
Here are five projects that are easy to complete in just a short time.
Scenario: The computer fails to boot up, but valuable information needs to be retrieved
from the machine.
Nero BackItUp & Burn Fix: Even if you haven’t done a system backup, Nero BackItUp & Burn can
help recover data from the defective computer. Even if the computer is not booting anymore, the
drive can be backed up using ImageTool. In this instance, you would boot the system up from the
bootable Nero BackItUp & Burn CD, go to Backup, select the partition containing the respective
data, adjust the settings and save the data that had been considered lost. Of course, performing
regular system backups using ImageTool increases the security of the data and ability to retrieve
data in the event of a machine defect.
Scenario: You want to work on a document for the office from your home computer.
Nero BackItUp & Burn Fix: The portable SyncTool is a gadget that can be created for any external
storage device. To use SyncTool, simply start Nero BackItUp & Burn, go to Tools and select the
respective feature. This allows you to use a USB stick to sync a work folder with a folder on any
external computer that you are working on – without having to install the application.
6
Reviewer’s Guide
Scenario: Recover accidently deleted files from Flash media or other external storage.
Nero BackItUp & Burn Fix: Imagine that you’ve accidentally deleted photos from your digital
camera. With Nero BackItUp & Burn, you can access the camera’s storage on your computer
through an USB connection or a card reader. You simply need to start Nero BackItUp & Burn,
click on the Nero RescueAgent icon in the upper right corner, select the media to recover
files from and follow the wizard. The same procedure is necessary to recover files from
previously burned and not correctly stored DVDs.
Scenario: Burn/Back up data to Blu-ray Disc
Nero BackItUp & Burn Fix: Nero considers Blu-ray burning functionality a default feature for
a backup application. There are two options to use Blu-ray Discs as storage media within
Nero BackItUp & Burn: Either create a backup of your data by using Nero BackItUp & Burn by
selecting the Blu-ray drive as target for your backup or by using the Blu-ray Data Disc option in
Nero Express. You just need to start Nero BackItUp & Burn and click on the Nero Express icon
in the upper right corner.
Scenario: Backup is time consuming and you need a simple answer.
Nero BackItUp & Burn Fix: With the Nero BackItUp & Burn Autobackup feature, you don’t have
to think about backup again – it just happens. All you need to do is start the Nero BackItUp &
Burn application, go to Backup, Autobackup, and choose between online and offline backup
(Autobackup also addresses Nero Online Backup as option). You also need to choose where to
back up to (in case you decide to back up offline). The most appropriate target for storage will
be suggested automatically by the software.
7
Advanced Features
File and drive backup
• Automatic backup creation for files and folders from any hard disk or partition
• Various backup methods including full, incremental, differential, and update
• Various backup schedules, including once, daily, weekly, monthly, and more
• Easy step-by-step job setup
• Backs up to multiple devices at once
• Optional backup password protection and encryption with 256-bit AES
• Optional backup compression with several ratios
• Optional backup of NTFS meta data such as file access rights
• Sends email notifications for defined events
• Defines and execute commands (script support) before and after backups
• Uses predefined or custom file filters
• Purges old backups
Autobackup
• Automatic backup local hard disks every 2 hours by default
• Backing up only new and changed files saves time and space
• New and changed files and folders copied to Nero Online Backup immediately after
creation/change
• Recognizes plugged in hard drives and asks automatically if it should be used as target
• Creates 1:1 copies of the backed up files and folders to allow direct access
• Supports pre-defined or custom file types
• Watches pre-defined or custom folders
Restore
• Restores drive backups in Windows with a Linux-based disaster recovery tool.
• Restores previous hard disk or partition in case of malware infection, or unstable
software installation
• Restores to a new drive in case of hardware damage
• Restores files and partitions to various targets
• Extracts single files from drive backups without the need to restore the complete disk
• Restores files back to another user account
• Restores files to original or custom path
• Optional folder hierarchy removal and restoration to single folder
• Offers a Linux-based disaster recovery tool
• Offers NTFS write support
8
• Offers a XTerm command line
Reviewer’s Guide
Burn
• Easy-to-use expert burn capabilities and options
• Uses world’s most reliable burning application
Backup
• Burns data to CD, DVD, or Blu-ray Disc
• Nero ImageRecorder support
• Creates and burns .iso and .nrg disc images
Burn
• Burns DVD-Video discs from an existing DVD-Video file structure
• Burns audio CDs from .mp3 and .wav files
• Copies non-copy-protected audio CDs, DVD-Videos, and Blu-ray Discs
• Protects your personal data with SecurDisc
Recover
Recover
• Recovers files and folders from scratched optical discs (CD, DVD)
• Finds and recovers deleted files from hard drives, optical discs (CD, DVD),
Flash storage, and floppy discs
• Recovers previous versions of files and folders
Sync
• Conveniently sync files to hard drives, laptops, or USB flash drives
• Files and folders can be synchronized uni- or bi-directional
• Folder based. Simply select folder A and folder B
• Various synchronization types such as mirror, enhance, update, and add
• Pre-defined or individual conflict handling • Offers scheduled syncing of files and folders through a variety of options
• Syncs directly to a variety of storage media with a portable sync tool
• Prompts the user to select which version of a file should be kept, in the event
of multiple versions
9
Product FAQs
I want to take an image of my hard drive in the event of a system problem or a virus
attack. Can I do this with Nero BackItUp & Burn?
Yes. Nero BackItUp & Burn lets you create a disaster recovery disc with ease to quickly retrieve your
Windows system before any software incident or change. With Nero BackItUp & Burn you can restore
your system in minutes while a re-installation of your software environment usually takes hours.
Can I set up an automated backup/schedule backups of my data with Nero BackItUp & Burn?
Yes. Scheduling backups is easy with Nero BackItUp & Burn. Using a simple wizard interface,
Nero BackItUp & Burn will lead you through the entire scheduling process, where you can choose
specific times for backups to occur and where they should be saved. Scheduling backups saves
hard drive space and is done without time-consuming settings reconfigurations.
What makes Nero BackItUp & Burn robust for all important data tasks?
Most backup and burning apps do not include recovery and syncing features. Nero BackItUp
& Burn combines all important data tasks you need to back up, burn, and recover your files,
folders, and system.
Can I burn my data to a Blu-ray Disc with Nero BackItUp & Burn?
Yes. With Nero BackItUp & Burn, you can burn your data to any disc format, whether it is CD,
DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Blu-ray Disc burning requires a compatible Blu-ray burner.
I have some scratched discs that contain personal photos and videos, but I can’t access
the files and I don’t want to lose them. Can Nero BackItUp & Burn help me recover this
content from the CD?
Yes. Nero BackItUp & Burn lets you recover files from damaged or partially unreadable media and
restore accidentally-deleted files from a wide range of supported media types. Nero RescueAgent
includes support for major file systems on optical drives, USB storage devices, memory cards, hard
drives, and floppies. Nero RescueAgent can recover from almost every medium.
10
Reviewer’s Guide
Why is syncing so important?
Syncing lets you always have the most recent versions of your files close at hand. With Nero
BackItUp & Burn you can keep your files updated by automatically synchronizing multiple copies of
individual files. In other words, sync keeps track of the relationship between files on two or more
computers, USB flash drives, or other types of popular storage media. For example, if you use a
desktop computer at the office, and you use a portable computer when you are on the road, Nero
BackItUp & Burn synchronizes and updates the files on your desktop computer to the modified
versions when you reconnect your portable computer to the desktop computer.
Can I create audio CDs?
Yes. Simply select your MP3 or WAV files and burn them with Nero BackItUp & Burn.
Are updates free of charge?
Updates are free of charge and can be done directly through a download from the Nero web site
at www.nero.com.
Can I use Nero BackItUp & Burn with external devices? If so, which ones?
Yes, you can use external devices such as USB sticks, external HDDs, and FireWire devices as
a backup target.
What is the difference between the types of backups supported?
Users can choose incremental or differential backups. Incremental backups back up only the data that
has been modified or added since the last backup, whether the first full backup or an earlier incremental
backup. A differential backup refers to a type of backup update or extension. With a differential backup,
only the data that has been modified or added since the first full backup is backed up.
Can I restore files?
Yes, files can be restored to your computer easily using the Restore Wizard. Nero BackItUp & Burn
can also restore your files from a drive backup with the File View method.
Other Nero Products
11
Press Contacts & Support
Please contact the PR representative in your region for additional information about Nero BackItUp & Burn or other Nero products. Should you
have any technical questions or need support, the PR representatives below are available to facilitate such matters promptly.
Corporate Communications
Volker Jacob
Nero AG
E-mail: press@nero.com
EMEA (Europe/Middle East/Africa)
Nero AG
E-mail: press-emea@nero.com
Germany
Corinna Voss
HBI Helga Bailey GmbH
E-mail: Corinna_Voss@hbi.de
United Kingdom
Kev Jefcoate
C4T design & marketing
E-mail: kev@c4t.biz
Americas
North America
Kathryn Walker
McGrath/Power Public Relations
E-mail: KathrynW@mcgrathpower.com
South America/Brazil
Mauricio Bonas
Allameda
E-mail: mauricio@allameda.com.br
APAC (Asia-Pacific)
Nero K.K.
E-mail: press-apac@nero.com
Japan
Aya Nishido
Nero K.K.
E-mail: press-jp@nero.com
Taiwan
Jason Shyu
Nero AG
E-mail: press-tw@nero.com
China
Ya Lee
Nero K.K.
E-mail: press-cn@nero.com
France
Guillaume Fau
MEGASPORT Agency
E-mail: guillaume@megapress.fr
Spain
David Readman
DoctorPress
E-mail: readman@doctorpress.com
Legal Notice:
Unless you own the copyright or have permission from the copyright owner, you may be violating national or international copyright laws and be subject to payment of damages and other remedies,
if you duplicate, reproduce, modify, or distribute copyrighted material. If you are unsure of your rights you should contact your legal advisor.
Copyright © 2009 Nero AG and its licensors. All rights reserved.
“Nero” is a registered trademark of Nero AG. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Windows Media, Windows Vista, the Windows Vista Start button, Windows Media Center,
and the Windows logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The word “Dolby” and the double-D symbol are trademarks
of Dolby Laboratories.
Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. MPEG Layer-4 audio compression technology licensed by Fraunhofer IIS and THOMSON. mp3PRO audio compression technology licensed by
Coding Technologies, Fraunhofer IIS and THOMSON. The DVD Logo is a trademark of DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corporation. Blu-ray Disc Logo is a trademark of the Blu-ray Disc Association
(BDA). Gracenote® is a registered trademark of Gracenote, Inc. MusicID and the Gracenote logo and logotype, and the “Powered by Gracenote” logo are trademarks of Gracenote. Other product
and brand names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Nero AG reserves the right to change specifications without notice. Use of this product is subject to the acceptance of the End User license agreement upon installation of the software.