How RecoveryMagic Works

How RecoveryMagic works

• RecoveryMagic is simple to use. Once your PC is in a good state you take a snapshot save of that state by installing RecoveryMagic. You don't need to think about RecoveryMagic again until you encounter a problem with your PC.
• RecoveryMagic lets you restore your PC back to the snapshot or saved state. When you need to restore your PC to its good state you simply perform a recovery. To perform a recovery, right-click on the RecoveryMagic icon on your system tray and select the Recover menu option. You would be prompted for a password that you have set when RecoveryMagic was installed. Input the password and RecoveryMagic would automatically reboot the system and you would be back to the snapshot state. In the event that you PC is not booting to or loading Microsoft Windows, just start the Pc and when it shows the Protected by RecoveryMagic message, press the Home key and you can select the Recover option and input the required password and the recovery would take place.
• RecoveryMagic provides updating flexibility. You can also periodically update your RecoveryMagic if you need it to remain current and not always revert to the original state captured. To save a state, right-click on the RecoveryMagic icon on your system tray and select the Save option, input the required password and your PC would update the state and reboot to the new state. It is very important that the user is sure that the computer does not contain any virus or corrupted data, and the user is confident of the clean state of the system and hard disk before updating with a new ‘saved state’. Any problems that exist with the system or disk data will be saved in the ‘saved state’.

Important information before installing RecoveryMagic

• Make sure that the computer is error free and running properly.
• Your virus Protection Program should be executed before installing RecoveryMagic, to avoid saving the system with virus.
• It is recommended that you execute Scandisk and Defrag to validate the hard disk. If computer is shared, set the CMOS password to protect the unauthorized use.
• RecoveryMagic supports the multiple partitions (e.g. E, F, G & H) of single Hard Disk.
  In the case of multiple Hard Disks the hard disk having drive C: is only supported.
• If the disk has been physically damaged, all data is usually unreadable. RecoveryMagic cannot recover a disk that has been physically damaged.

Uninstalling or removing RecoveryMagic

• In Microsoft Windows, right-click on the RecoveryMagic icon on the taskbar to reveal the RecoveryMagic menu, then select uninstall command to remove RecoveryMagic software from your computer. The uninstall is carried out during a reboot of the PC.
• Uninstalling of RecoveryMagic can also be carried without having to have Microsoft Windows working if the boot mode option is activated by pressing the <HOME> key when the “Protected by RecoveryMagic” message is displayed during the booting of the PC and the Uninstall button is clicked.
• Do not attempt to uninstall RecoveryMagic manually (This is because the software is resident in the Hard Disk Master Boot Area which cannot be accessed ordinarily except by RecoveryMagic.)

System Requirements for using RecoveryMagic

• Microsoft® Windows® 2000, XP Home and XP Professional
• Pentium-class processor
• Minimum 64 MB RAM
• EIDE or IDE hard disk drive
• 32 MB available hard disk drive space
• The Windows operating system must be installed on the C: drive
• Machine Administrator account on PCs running Windows 2000 or XP Professional or, on a PC Windows XP Home Edition, any user account that has local administrative privileges