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2. Select or type into the destination path that syncs to. You can choose to
synchronize to local, NAS, or cloud disk clients.
3. Select the “Start Sync” button to begin the sync process. And, click “Finish”
button once the process is completed.
Sync Settings
Click the “Option” button to enter into the “Sync Settings” interface so you can
customize the advanced configuration for the current sync task.
General
 Comments. Allow a comment to be entered for the current operation in the
comment box.
 Notifications. After enabling this option, email notification emails will be
sent containing sync results.
Command
Run the specified program or script before or after synchronization.
Advanced
 Operation Priority
Please select the operation priority of the task. The higher the priority it is, the faster
the task execution speed will be.
 Others
“Automatically create a folder with the same name as the task in the target
location” option is available.
After checking this option, when the sync task is executed, a folder with the same
name as the task will be automatically created under the target location and the
synchronized files will be stored under this folder
Schedule sync
Select the “Schedule” option upon which a dialog box will appear. Schedule the
required sync task to sync files Daily, Weekly, Monthly, etc. And, Event triggers or
USB plug in can also be used as a sync method.
Note:
 The source directory and the target directory cannot have an inclusion
relationship.

 After sync process starts, you can click the icon in the lower left corner to
set to Shut down/Restart/Hibernate/Sleep PC after sync is completed.
 File Sync supports VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service), therefore, it can
normally synchronize files that are being used or occupied by other programs.
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but, you need to make sure that the "Volume Shadow Copy" service in your
computer is enabled status. However, if some files are in use by other programs
exclusively, they are not synchronized.
 If there are some special system files or folders with special security attributes in
source or destination folders, they are not synchronized, and program will
prompt to skip them.
 If the target path was located in FAT/FAT32 partition, files larger than 4GB will
not be synced to the target path. Because a single file larger than 4GB cannot
be stored on FAT/FAT32 partition.

5 Restore
If unexpected problems occur (such as a system crash, data loss, disk corruption or
failure) then Backupper will recover all data from a backup.

5.1 Files and Folders Restore

If original files and/or folders are lost or damaged, Backupper can use the File
Restore feature to restore lost data back to their original state at the time they were
backed up.
To restore files/folders
1. In the left tab page, select “Restore”, then select a backup task or image file
to continue.
2. Select Task: all backup tasks are listed. Select a File Backup Task that want
to restore, click “Next” button.
OR
Select Image File: in popup window, browse the drive that saved backup
files to select an image file, click “Open” button.
3. Select a backup point based on the created time and backup type. Then,
select the files and/or folders to be restored, click “Next”.
4. Select a destination path to save the files and/or folders. Choose either to
“Restore to original location” or “Restore to a new location”.
Tips: there are several restore options in Settings:
“Restore NTFS Permissions” to maintain the original permission rights for
the files or folders. Note: NTFS Permissions can only be restored to NTFS
formatted drives.
“Replace existing files” to overwrite existing files with the same name.
“Restore only files” to only restore those selected files not included in the
original path.
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5. Select “Start Restore” to begin the restoration process. Click “Finish” once
the process has completed.
For a step-by-step guide, please reference the “Files/Folder Restore” tutorial
located in the “Restore” menu at www.ubackup.com/help.
Note:
 Some files in destination may be in use by other programs exclusively that
cannot be overwritten. In this event, Backupper will provide a prompt to resolve
the problem and may result in restoring to a new location.
 When backing up files, Backupper automatically backs up the NTFS file
permissions. Check the "Restore NTFS Permissions" option to make it easier
to set file permissions during the restore process.
 If there are multiple backup versions, in step 3, you can select the appropriate
backup point based on the the backup type and created time.

 After restore process starts, you can click the icon in the lower left corner to
set to Shut down/Restart/Hibernate/Sleep PC after backup completion.

5.2 AOMEI Cloud Restore

If the local original files and/or folders are lost or damaged, Backupper can directly
restore the copy backed up to AOMEI Cloud to restore data back to their original
state at the time they were backed up.
To restore files/folders
1. In the left tab page, select “Restore”, then select a backup task to continue.
2. Select Task: all backup tasks are listed. Select a File Backup Task that want
to restore, click “Next” button.
3. Select a backup point based on the created time and backup type. Then,
select the files and/or folders to be restored, click “Next”.
4. Select a destination path to save the files and/or folders. Choose either to
“Restore to original location” or “Restore to a new location”.
5. Select “Start Restore” to begin the restoration process. Click “Finish” once
the process has completed.
For a step-by-step guide, please reference the “AOMEI Cloud Restore” tutorial
located in the “Restore” menu at www.ubackup.com/help.
Note:
 Tasks created by different machines cannot be restored to the original location, and can
only be restored to a new location.

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 Some files in destination may be in use by other programs exclusively that

cannot be overwritten. In this event, Backupper will provide a prompt to resolve
the problem and may result in restoring to a new location.
 If there are multiple backup versions, in step 3, you can select the appropriate
backup point based on the the backup type and created time.

5.3 System Restore

If the system has crashed or cannot boot, restoring the system from a system
backup is a better solution than reinstalling the operating system.
To Restore the System
1. In the left tab page, select “Restore”, then select a backup task or image file
to continue.
2. Select Task: all backup tasks are listed. Select a System Backup Task that
want to restore, click “Next” button.
OR
Select Image File: in popup window, browse the drive that saved backup
files to select an system backup file, click “Open” button.
3. Select a backup point based on the created time and backup type and click
the “Next” button.
If system backup file include multiple partitions, select “Restore a partition in
this system backup” to restore only data of single partition. Note: the
operation can’t ensure the restored system will be bootable.
4. Specify the destination drive to restore if selecting “Restore system to other
location” in previous step. Generally, the program will directly select the
original location as destination by default. But, if the size or location of the
original system drive has changed, you also need to specify the destination
system drive manually.
5. In the "Operation Summary" page, preview the operation that will be
executed and set desired advanced settings as follows:
The “SSD Alignment” option can also be selected to optimize the
performance if the destination is an SSD.
When only one system drive is restored, there is "Edit Partition" option,
which allows to change drive letter, partition type and edit the size of the
partition.
If restore to dissimilar hardware, the “Universal Restore” should be selected.
6. Select “Start Restore” to begin the restore. Click “Finish” once the process
has completed.

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For a step-by-step guide, please reference the “System Restore” tutorial located
in the “Restore” menu at www.ubackup.com/help.
Note:
 If the system is regularly backed up, then each backup will generate an image at
the time of backup so there may be multiple backup time points to select.
 The destination disk/partition will be totally overwritten. If the destination
contains any essential data, it should first be copied or moved to another
location.
 During a system restore, the program will prompt for the computer to be
restarted which then enters "Restart Mode" for the restore operation.
 If you can’t boot into windows to run the program for the restore, you can create
WinPE bootable media of AOMEI Backupper in advance, and then boot from
WinPE media to do restore.
 If your system is in "EFI partition + system partition + recovery partition" layout,
there may be more than one EFI partitions after restore to original disk. In this
situation the restored system may not be bootable, you could try to delete the
extra EFI partitions and only keep one. Then, it will boot up normally. Or, you
can delete original system partitions on the disk and then restore.
 If system restore to original location by default, it will can’t select “SSD
Alignment” and “Edit Partitions”.

 After restore process starts, you can click the icon in the lower left corner to
set Shutdown/Restart/Hibernate/Sleep PC after backup completion.

5.4 Disk Restore

If a disk is damaged or faulty resulting in data or partitions loss, then the (possibly
replacement) disk can be fully restored to the state of the last backup.
To restore the disk
1. In the left tab page, select “Restore”, then select a backup task or image file
to continue.
2. Select Task: all backup tasks are listed. Select a Disk Backup Task that want
to restore, click “Next” button.
OR
Select Image File: in popup window, browse the drive that saved backup
files to select an disk backup file, click “Open” button.
3. Select a backup point based on the created time and backup type and click
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4. Select the disks/partitions in the image file that will be restored, as follows.
 Restore the entire disk will list the disks contained in the selected
image. Select one of the disks to restore followed by the “Next”
button to continue.
 Restore a partition in the disk will list the partitions that are
contained in the image. Select one of the partitions followed by the
“Next” button to continue.
5. Select the Destination to restore the selected disk/partition to followed by the
“Next” button.
6. Enter the “Operation Summary” page to preview the restore operation to be
executed and set desired advanced settings as follows.
a. Edit Partitions. To adjust the partitions size or location on the
destination disk. The following options are available.
 Copy without resizing partitions. Does not perform any
changes.
 Add unused space to all partitions. The destination disk
partitions will be automatically resized to the entire disk,
appropriate for the disk size.
 Manually adjust partition size. Manually adjust the partition size
and location by dragging a slider bar.
b. SSD Alignment. If the destination disk is an SSD then it is highly
recommended that this option is selected to optimize SSD performance.
c. Sector by sector restore. Restore all sectors of the disk to the
destination disk whether in use or not. The destination disk size must be
equal to, or larger than, the source disk.
7. Select ”Start Restore” to begin the restore. Click ”Finish” once the process
has completed.
For a step-by-step guide, please reference the “Disk Restore” tutorial located in
the “Restore” menu at www.ubackup.com/help.
Note:
 Each backup will generate an image at a given time allowing multiple time points
to be selected.
 The destination disk/partition will be totally overwritten. If the destination
contains any essential data, then it should first be copied or moved to another
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 If any applications are running on the destination partition/disk, Backupper will

require the computer to be restarted and will then execute the restore operation
in "Restart Mode".
 When you restore the disk image from GPT disk with 5 (or more) partitions to a
MBR disk, it will prompt only 3 partitions can be restored. Because MBR disk
only supports 4 primary partitions, however, AOMEI Backupper can’t convert
primary partition to logic automatically. In this case, you can convert the target
MBR disk to GPT with Windows Disk Management or AOMEI Partition Assistant
and then restore.
 If you back up multiple disks to an image file, you only select one disk to restore
at a time.
 For Disk Backup, you can select single partition from disk image to restore.

 After restore process starts, you can click the icon in the lower left corner to
set Shutdown/Restart/Hibernate/Sleep PC after backup completion.

5.5 Partition/Volume Restore

This feature is used to restore a partition or volume. If the data on the partition is
damaged, then the backed-up image file can be used for restoration.
To restore a partition/volume
1. In the left tab page, select “Restore”, then select a backup task or image file
to continue.
2. Select Task: all backup tasks are listed. Select a Partition Backup Task that
want to restore, click “Next” button.
OR
Select Image File: in popup window, browse the drive that saved backup
files to select an partition backup file, click “Open” button.
3. Select a backup point based on the created time and backup type and click
the “Next” button.
4. The list or partitions or volumes contained in this image file are displayed.
Select the partitions to be restored followed by the “Next” button to continue.
5. Select a destination partition, or an unallocated space, to which to restore the
partition selected in the previous step. Click “Next” button.
6. Enter the "Operation Summary" page to preview the restore operation to be
executed and set desired advanced settings as follows:
The “SSD Alignment” option can also be selected to optimize the
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The "Edit Partition" option allows to change drive letter, partition type and
edit the size of the partition..
8. Select ”Start Restore” to begin the restore. Click ”Finish” once the process
has completed.
For a step-by-step guide, please reference the “Partition/Volume Restore”
tutorial located in the “Restore” menu at www.ubackup.com/help.
Note:
 Each backup will generate an image at a given time, so there will be multiple
time points to choose from.
 The destination disk/partition will be totally overwritten. If the destination
contains any essential data, then it should first be copied or moved to another
location first.
 If any applications are running on the destination partition/disk, Backupper will
require computer is restarted then will execute the restore operation in “Restart
Mode”.

 After restore process starts, you can click the icon in the lower left corner to
set Shutdown/Restart/Hibernate/Sleep PC after backup completion.

5.6 Universal Restore

Universal Restore allows the operating system (such as Windows 10) to be restored
to a computer with dissimilar hardware. This allows the operating system to be
recovered instantly in the case of a hardware failure and deploy the same operating
system to many computers. It can also be used for other purposes, such as
physical-to-virtual or virtual-to-physical migration.
To restore system to dissimilar hardware
Before restoring a system/disk image, please do the following.
1. Create a bootable media of AOMEI Backupper (see
www.ubackup.com/help/create-bootable-disk.html). Or, use PXE Boot Tool to
perform the restoration (see www.ubackup.com/help/pxe-boot.html).
2. If a system/disk backup image is available then use Backupper to locate the
image file otherwise make a system/disk backup (see
www.ubackup.com/help/system-backup.html).
Restore to dissimilar hardware following the steps below.
1. Boot the target computer from bootable media or boot the target computers
into the operation system BIOS then set PXE network boot mode. Using
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2. In the left tab page, select “Restore” and then locate the system/disk image
file.
3. A pop-up window will be displayed. Select “Yes” to confirm a system restore
will be performed.
4. If there are multiple backup versions, select a backup point based on the
created time and backup type, then select the “Next” button.
5. Select a destination location to restore the image followed by “Next”.

6. Review the Operation Summary Window. Make sure that the option
“Universal Restore” in the lower left corner is checked to restore the system
image to dissimilar hardware otherwise the computer might be unable to boot
after restoring.
7. Select “Start Restore” to perform the operation.

For a step-by-step guide, please reference the “Universal Restore” tutorial

located in the “Restore” menu at www.ubackup.com/help.
Note:
 The system image cannot be restored to the drive where the image file is saved
as the selected drive will be formatted before restoration begins.
 After restoring Windows to a computer with dissimilar hardware, it may be
necessary to enter license codes to reactivate Windows, Office, etc.
 Some drivers (such as the video/sound card drivers, display driver, NIC drivers,
etc.) are not installed by Universal Restore for dissimilar hardware. As these
drivers will not affect system startup, they can be installed following the
restoration.
 Universal Restore is available for system disk restore only. So, for disk backup
image, it must be created for a running system disk.

5.7 Sector by Sector Restore

If system, disks or partitions backup was performed in sector by sector mode, which
will back up all disks or partitions sectors including unused sectors and some
deleted files.When restore in sector by sector mode, Backupper will copy all used
and unused sectors to the destination disks or partitions. In a non-sector by sector
restore, only used sectors will be restored with unused sectors ignored.
For a step-by-step guide, please reference the “Sector by Sector Restore” tutorial
located in the “Restore” menu at www.ubackup.com/help.
Note:
 When using sector by sector mode restore, the destination partition or disk size
must be equal to or larger than the source.

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 For encrypted partitions or non-NTFS/FAT32 partitions, Backupper will back up

them with sector by sector mode by default. When restore, it will also use sector
by sector restore by default.

5.8 Edit Partitions

The partitions size or location on the destination disk can be adjusted in disk
restore/clone mode by opening the "Operation Summary" page and select "Edit
Partitions" button.
In the Edit Partitions dialog, the following three options are available.
 Copy without resizing partitions. Does not make any changes.

 Add unused space to all partitions. The destination disk partitions will be
automatically resized to the entire disk, as appropriate for the disk size.
 Manually adjust partition size. Manually adjust the partition size and
location by dragging the slider bar.
Select the "Edit Partition" button in the Operation Summary page when a system
drive or a partition is restored/clone. A popup window enables a drive letter to be
assigned and set primary/logical to the partition. The graphical Partition Bar can be
dragged and moved to change the size or location of the partition.
For a step-by-step guide, please reference the “Edit Partitions” tutorial located in
the “Restore” menu at www.ubackup.com/help.
Note:
 Restore system/partition image includes multiple partitions, Backupper can’t
support editing partitions on Operation Summary page.
 Clone system with multiple partitions, Backupper can’t support editing partitions
on Operation Summary page.
 Select sector by sector mode in disk restore/clone, "Edit partitions on the
destination disk" button is unavailable.

6 Clone
Clone will migrate or transfer data directly to enable an exact and complete copy of
a disk or partition to be made from one storage medium to another.

6.1 System Clone/System Migration

To change a new drive for better speed and performance (such as an SSD), or just
want to migrate the operating system to another drive, System Clone can be used to
clone all the related partitions which are necessary for transferring an operating
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To Clone an Operating System

1. In the Home Screen, select “Clone” on the left column then select “System
Clone”.
2. Select a destination location to migrate the system to the location then select
“Next”. If the selected location is a used partition, a window will pop up to
prompt that this partition will be deleted or overwritten. Select “Yes” to
continue.
3. There are two optional functions within the Operation Summary Window.

Select the “Sector by sector clone” option to copy all system partition
sectors, which may take some time to complete.
The “SSD Alignment” option can also be selected to optimize the
performance if the destination is an SSD.
Tips: when only one system drive is cloned, there is "Edit Partition" option,
which allows to change drive letter, partition type and edit the size of the
partition.
4. Select “Start Clone” to perform the operation. Wait for the process to
complete and then select ”Finish”.
For a step-by-step guide, please reference the “System Clone” tutorial located in
the “Clone” menu at www.ubackup.com/help.
Note:
 The system partitions do not need to be selected manually as Backupper will
select the related system partitions by default.
 The destination location cannot be the source disk. Also, make sure the selected
drive is large enough to contain the system partitions.
 For encrypted system drives, Backupper will use sector by sector clone way by
default.
 After cloning successfully, shutdown the computer, remove the source drive from
the computer then restart the computer to enter BIOS to set the cloned system
disk as the first boot device. Boot from the destination disk.
 System clone only clone dynamic system volumes to basic disk.

6.2 Disk Clone

Disk Clone copies a hard disk drive to another disk drive. All data on the disk,
including the operating system, applications, configuration settings and all partitions,
etc., will be transferred to the destination disk.

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