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The Captures page creates and manages the Checkpoints and Savepoints kept for this Machine. It also shows whether the Machine is ready for another Capture.

Captures page with the Capture controls and history list

The page has two collapsible sections:

  1. Capture status — readiness, current changes, and Create Capture.
  2. Captures — history, filters, selection, and actions for saved Captures.

For the concepts behind these controls, see Understanding Captures.

Capture status#

Expand the first section to see the checks behind the three status dots.

Expanded Capture status showing readiness, current changes, and Create Capture
Status dotsSummarize whether the Machine is idle, a Savepoint is due, and tracked files have changed.
Refresh readinessRuns the readiness checks again and updates the latest status.
Last savepointShows when the latest Capture with file backup was created.
Current changesCounts files that would be backed up now. Its refresh control scans again.
Create CaptureOpens the Capture options. Its label reflects the last-used options.

Create Capture#

Create Capture combines the three choices that determine what Pinman reads and keeps. The button at the bottom names the resulting Capture kind.

The same options open from Create Capture on this page, Capture in Explore, and Include capture when adding a note from the Journal or the main +Note button. The note version adds the Journal fields around the same Granularity, Scope, and Backup choices.

Create Capture dialog with Granularity, Scope, Backup, description, and association controls
DescriptionAdds a title to the Capture.
Journal annotationAdds a note to the related Journal entry.
GranularityChoose Files-only or Files + settings.
ScopeChoose Tracked-only or Discover untracked.
BackupChoose Record-only for a Checkpoint or Back up files for a Savepoint.
AssociationsAuto-associate from changes, or add Software and Zone associations yourself.

Progress#

After a Capture is started from any of the entry points above, the progress dialog shows its status, elapsed time, log, and whether the job can be cancelled. Captures-page actions such as Verify and Restore use the same job progress display.

Create Capture progress dialog with status, progress bar, log, and cancel control

Capture history#

Expand Captures to work with frozen Captures. With backup limits the list to Savepoints; the status filter shows all, completed, or incomplete jobs.

Capture history with a File Savepoint+, Savepoint, and Checkpoint

Each row shows the creation time, kind, status, Capture number, storage details, description, and recorded change count. Checkboxes open selection controls for deleting several Captures together.

With backupShows only Savepoints.
Status filterShows all, completed, or incomplete Capture jobs.
RefreshReloads Capture history.
Selection barClears the selection or deletes the selected Captures after confirmation.

Row actions#

VerifyChecks the integrity of a Savepoint's backed-up files.
RestorePreviews and restores supported state from a Savepoint.
DeleteDeletes this Capture after confirmation.
Delete OlderDeletes older Captures in the same history chain.

Restore#

Restore first previews how many Items would change. Files are included; select Registry or Windows settings when those realms should be restored too.

Restore Savepoint dialog with Registry and Windows settings choices and a restore preview

The dialog also reports limits that follow from the Capture's coverage. Restore respects Machine read-only mode and asks before replacing state without a current Savepoint where that protection is required.

Delete confirmations#

Delete and Delete Older name the affected Capture or range before anything is removed. Check the range, then confirm the operation.

Delete Capture confirmation naming the Capture that will be removed