Right Mouse Button in Backup, Restore Trees

While viewing and selecting drives, folders, and files in the backup and restore trees, you can click the right mouse button to use additional features.

Expand Folder

Right click and see the options in the trees

Check Item

This is the same as selecting a folder or file by clicking its check box with the left mouse button. (To clear a folder or file's check box, select the folder or file name, click the right mouse button, then click uncheck item. Note that if you chose folders above the selection, then if you select a sub-folder or file, a 'do not copy symbol' or cancelled box appears, indicating that you cannot copy those folders or files.

Insert Folder

If you select a folder in the backup or restore tree, you can insert a new folder into the backup or restore tree before the selected folder. This provides a means for the current profile to recognize a folder that will be present in a future backup or restore. You must select the new folder; otherwise, when you close the profile or refresh the screen by pressing F5, the newly-inserted folder will not be present.

Insert File

If you select a file in the backup or restore tree, you can insert a new file into the backup or restore tree before the selected file. This provides a means for the current profile to recognize a file that will be present in a future backup or restore. You must select the new file; otherwise, when you close the profile or refresh the screen by pressing F5, the newly-inserted file will not be present.

Format DVD, CD or Flash drives

DVD, CD discs and USB disks may be formatted from within Double Image by right-mouse clicking on the drive. A 'Format' dialog is presented giving you the ability to provide a Volume label.

Removable drives may also be Ejected from within Double Image.

Flash drives may also be Formatted and Ejected.

Insert Network Computer

Insert network computer, in My Network Places - computer does not need to be online.

You can add a network computer name to 'Network'. Use the computer name. Slash characters "\\" are not needed. This is called using UNC. Follow this step by Inserting a Network Share. If running Windows XP or Windows 2003 Server you can also insert a Network Drive, like D$ for drive D:\, for example.

The Network Computer inserted into 'Network' does not need to exist or be recognized by the system when you create the Network Computer Name, however a few seconds will elapse while Double Image looks for it on the network. The added computer name should be present when Double Image runs and uses the profile for copying files over the network.

Insert Network Share

Similar to 'Insert Network Computer', a 'Network Share' may be inserted under a Network computer. The share does not need to exist at the time you are updating the profile. Usually this step is done when you expect the Share to exist when the backup is run. The above steps can be done when making preparations for deploying Double Image and backup profiles when the network machines are not yet accessible.

Inserting a Share or an Admin Share Drive

Insert network drive - often used for Admin Shares. Example: D$. Using this feature is a lot like folder or drive mapping.

When viewing a Network Computer in Double Image, you can Insert an Admin Share Drive by referencing an actual drive letter on a network PC. You will be required to be an Administrator for the target machine.

To insert a network drive, select a networked computer.

Click Insert Network Share
then click Insert Folder
then change the folder name to an Administrator Share drive using a logical drive letter followed by a $ character. 'D$' represents the D: drive of the local or networked machine.

When running Double Image with the updated profile, the Administrator Share Drive will not be accessed unless the User or Scheduled User has Administrative rights to the drive on the networked computer.

To create a Network Viewable Share

You can create shares via Double Image or Windows Explorer. You will need access rights to the object you intend to share, normally a user running with Administrator rights:

Right mouse click on a drive, folder or file.
Properties
Sharing
Advanced Sharing
select Share this folder
Permissions
Grant groups and-or users: Full, Change and-or Read permissions

Properties of a selected drive, folder or file and Restore

Some of the property values include size, date created, date modified, security, sharing and 'previous versions'. The properties values are provided by the installed Windows operating system.

Note: As of this writing some Windows editions including 'Vista Home Basic', 'Vista Home Premium' and 'Windows 7 Home Premium' may not provide the feature to recover files using 'previous versions' in the folder or file 'Properties' view.

Properties

Previous Versions

When viewing properties of a drive, folder or file, one of the tabs is 'Previous Versions'.

The above example shows that an entire non-system drive may be restored from an older Previous Version (restore point, snapshot, shadow copy...).

The system drive which is typically the C drive may not be restored entirely, however nearly all folders and files may be copied from a Previous Version (restore point, snapshot, shadow copy...).

'How do I use previous versions?' (as shown in the above images) can provide you with more details on this subject.