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Frequently Asked Questions |
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What
is AyRecovery? |
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2. |
What
is the different between AyRecovery Professional
and Enterprise? |
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3. |
How
does AyRecovery work? |
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4. |
What
is a snapshot? |
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5. |
How
many snapshots can I take with AyRecovery? |
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6. |
Can
I take a new snapshot when I reboot my PC? |
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7. |
Can
I take a new snapshot before I setup a new
program? |
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8. |
Can
I delete snapshot? |
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9. |
How
much disk space each snapshot take? |
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10. |
What
kind of PC problem can AyRecovery solve? |
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11. |
Can
AyRecovery restore formatted drives? |
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12. |
Why
is AyRecovery different from backup software? |
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13. |
Can
I still use AyRecovery to fix my PC's hardware
problems? |
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14. |
Is
AyRecovery a replacement of my backup software? |
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15. |
I
didn't have AyRecovery installed, I am having
problems with my PC, can I use AyRecovery
to recover files or system? |
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16. |
What
is the difference between AyRecovery and
Ghost? |
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17. |
What
is the difference between AyRecovery and
Deep Freeze? |
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18. |
What
operating systems are supported by AyRecovery? |
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What
file systems are supported by AyRecovery? |
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20. |
Does
AyRecovery support Windows XP 64? |
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21. |
Does
AyRecovery Support Linux? |
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22. |
Can
I install AyRecovery on servers or RAID
drives? |
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23. |
Can
I install AyRecovery on dual boot systems? |
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24. |
Does
AyRecovery support silent setup? |
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25. |
Can
I deploy AyRecovery with Symantec Ghost
or other imaging software? |
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26. |
How
can I restore my system when it won't even
boot into Windows? |
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27. |
If
I don't like the snapshot I restored to,
can I go back? |
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28. |
I
forgot my AyRecovery password, how can I
recover the password? |
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29. |
Can
I hide AyRecovery program interface from
end-users? |
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30. |
Can
I defrag a AyRecovery protected system? |
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31. |
How
do I activate my copy of AyRecovery? |
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| 1. |
What
is AyRecovery? |
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AyRecovery is a PC rollback software.
It allows your PC to go back in time, in
process fix any current problems. |
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| 2. |
What
is the different between AyRecovery Professional
and Enterprise? |
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AyRecovery Professional allows up to 1,000
snapshots. AyRecovery Enterprise adds a
remote management console to AyRecovery
Professional clients. You can remotely manage
the client computers. |
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| 3. |
How
does AyRecovery work? |
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AyRecovery allows you to take snapshots
of your PC. You can recover files from snapshots
or restore system to snapshots. |
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| 4. |
What
is a snapshot? |
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Theoretically speaking, a snapshot is a
map of the hard drive sectors and the map's
indexing system. Practically speaking, a
snapshot is a "picture" of the
PC at the time. |
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| 5. |
How
many snapshots can I take with AyRecovery? |
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AyRecovery supports 1,000 snapshots. |
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| 6. |
Can
I take a new snapshot when I reboot my PC? |
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Yes, you can create a "snapshot &
restart" schedule. |
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| 7. |
Can
I take a new snapshot before I setup a new
program? |
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Yes, you can create an event based snapshot
schedule. You can define any event to trigger
a snapshot. |
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| 8. |
Can
I delete snapshot? |
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Yes, simply as select and click. |
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| 9. |
How
much disk space each snapshot take? |
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Theoretically, AyRecovery does not take
any hard disk space to create up to 1,000
snapshots; However, each snapshot might
contain different amount of user data; therefore
each snapshot size might differ. |
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| 10. |
What
kind of PC problem can AyRecovery solve? |
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AyRecovery can fix any kind of PC problems,
as long as it's software problem and as
long as you have a good snapshot, you can
always get back to it. |
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| 11. |
Can
AyRecovery restore formatted drives? |
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Yes, but at the time of formatting the drive,
AyRecovery needs to be installed and enabled. |
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| 12. |
Why
is AyRecovery different from backup software? |
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AyRecovery does not backup system or files,
therefore it does not require a lot of space
or extra devices to run. In addition, AyRecovery
can recover files and system in seconds.
AyRecovery can also recover the system when
Windows won't even boot. Backup software
cannot do this. |
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| 13. |
Can
I use AyRecovery to fix my PC's hardware
problems? |
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No, AyRecovery is a software solution. It
can't fix any PC problems caused by hardware
failure. |
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| 14. |
Is
AyRecovery a replacement of my backup software? |
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No, AyRecovery is not designed to be a backup
or replacement of backup software. If you
have some data that you GOT to have, backup
in multiple places is still a MUST. |
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| 15. |
I
didn't have AyRecovery installed, I am having
problems with my PC, can I use AyRecovery
to recover files or system? |
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No, AyRecovery is a pro-activate solution.
Not a reactive recovery solution. |
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| 16. |
What
is the difference between AyRecovery and
Ghost? |
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AyRecovery does not create system backup
images. AyRecovery protects your system
and data based on what it is. AyRecovery
only takes seconds to take snapshot, restore
system. AyRecovery does not require bootable
CD or Floppy to recover system. |
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| 17. |
What
is the difference between AyRecovery and
Deep Freeze? |
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Deep Freeze is a reboot & restore solution.
AyRecovery is does not have to restore &
reboot. But you might configure AyRecovery
to restore & reboot. |
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| 18. |
What
operating systems are supported by AyRecovery? |
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Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows
XP Home/Professional |
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| 19. |
What
file systems are supported by AyRecovery? |
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FAT, FAT32, NTFS |
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| 20. |
Does
AyRecovery support Windows XP 64? |
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Yes. |
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| 21. |
Does
AyRecovery Support Linux? |
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The retail version of AyRecovery only supports
Windows OS. But we do have a Linux version
of AyRecovery for OEM partners. If you are
interested in licensing Linux version of
AyRecovery, send your inquiry to support@ayrecovery.com
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| 22. |
Can
I install AyRecovery on servers or RAID
drives? |
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No, AyRecovery is not a server product.
It's not designed to support RAID drives. |
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| 23. |
Can
I install AyRecovery on dual boot systems? |
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Yes, you need to select Custom Setup and
install AyRecovery in each OS. check for
details in AyRecovery User's Guide. |
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| 24. |
Does
AyRecovery support silent setup or network
deployment? |
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Yes, check for details in AyRecovery
deployment whitepaper. |
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| 25. |
Can
I deploy AyRecovery with Symantec Ghost
or other imaging software? |
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Yes, check for details in AyRecovery
deployment whitepaper. |
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| 26. |
How
can I restore my system when it won't even
boot into Windows? |
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AyRecovery has a subsystem console which
works below Windows OS. You can take snapshots
and restore system from there. To access
subsystem console, press HOME key when you
see the AyRecovery flash screen during reboot. |
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| 27. |
If
I don't like the snapshot I restored to,
can I go back? |
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Yes, you can go back and forth between snapshots. |
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| 28. |
I
forgot my AyRecovery password, how can I
recover the password? |
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Our tech support has tools to help you to
recover your forgotten password. For security
concerns, we don't provide the tool for
download on our site. Please contact
support@ayrecovery.com for help with password
related issues. |
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| 29. |
Can
I hide AyRecovery program interface from
end-users? |
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Yes, you can hide both application console
and subsystem console from end-users. |
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| 30. |
Can
I defrag a AyRecovery protected system? |
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No, you cannot defrag a AyRecovery protected
system. It simply won't help, because AyRecovery
filters all the disk I/Os including the
disk defragmenter's I/O. But AyRecovery
has a build-in disk defragmenter, you can
use it instead. |
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How do I activate my copy of AyRecovery? |
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you might find AyRecovery activation info
on this page:
http://www.ayrecovery.com/registration.php |
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