General System Requirements
Windows® XP (Home Edition, Professional, Media Center Edition) with Service
Pack 2 or higher, Windows Vista® (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business,
Ultimate), Windows® Home Server, Windows® Server 2003 *
- Processor speed 500 MHz or faster
- Minimum 512 MB RAM
- Minimum 150 MB of permanent free hard drive space needed for the installed product
- Minimum 300 MB of temporary free hard drive space needed for the product installation
- Internet Explorer® 6.0 or higher
- CD/DVD drive
*Note:
- The minimum system requirements for the Windows® operating system must be fulfilled
- Only 32-bit is native supported, but the product runs on 64-bit in emulation mode
- Windows® Starter Editions (or any other special editions) are NOT supported
- A broadband Internet access is required for online backups
- Additional hard drive space might be needed for compressing data
Supported File Systems and Devices
- FAT16, FAT16X, FAT32, FAT32X (read/write)
- ExtFAT (new format for flash memory - only available as of Windows Vista® SP1)
- NTFS
- Linux® ext2/3 and Linux swap partition
Supported Hard Drives and Removable Media
- CD-R/RW, DVD+-R/RW, BR-R/RE, HD DVD-R
- USB, FireWire® (IEEE 1394) and eSATA devices
- SD, SDHC, CF memory, Sony® Memory Stick™ (card reading device required)