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1. EW EXE the FT command is used to establish Image for Windows environment variables An example of batch script Image for Windows invocation from Windows NT 2000 XP 2003 is as follows setlocal set IFW ATA CDWS 2 start W wait lt path gt Nimagew exe c00x11 cd0 endlocal For Windows 95 98 Me you would use this batch file content instead which is functionally equivalent to the example above set IFW ATA CDWS 2 start wait lt path gt Nimagew exe c00x11 cd0 set IFW In each case this would backup partition ID 0x11 on hard drive 0 c00x11 and save the image to the CD DVD drive number 0 cd0 It would also enable the ATA option for any future restores carried out after booting with the CD DVD created and set the CD DVD write speed CDWS to 2X CDWS 2 Command line options are explained below 26 Displaying a List of Environment Variables Currently in Effect At the command line enter the set command with no parameters set Removing an Environment Variable At the command line enter the set command with no value The following example removes varname from the environment set varname 27 image for Windows Command Line Options Image for Windows Command Line Options All available command line options can be viewed by running TMAGEW EXE followed by the parameter as follows imagew exe If you will be using a batch file you s
2. ROOx6AVAX imagew exe R O CD2backup Restores over the same hard drive and partition that was originally backed up because hd and hdl id options are not used Restores from CD DVD drive number 2 CD2backup Restores the file named backup img CD2backup on CD DVD drive number 2 Does not provide overwrite confirmation O Will not suppress reboot prompt the default Will not validate the backup before performing the restore the default Will not clear the MBR EMBR or NT signature the default Will not set the restored partition active the default Will not expand the restored partition to fill leftover free space even if present the default 31 imagew exe R1NV 10x1 NBACKUPSNMARCH Restores to destination hard drive number 1 R1NV Restores from hard drive number 1 partition ID 0x1 and path file name BACKUPS MARCH 10x1 BACKUPSIMARCH Provides overwrite confirmation the default Will suppress reboot prompt even if reboot is required R1NV Will validate the backup before performing the restore R1NV Will not clear the MBR EMBR or NT signature the default Will not set the restored partition active the default Will not expand the restored partition to fill leftover free space even if present the default Additional Notes on Image for Windows Command Line Restores e he restored partition will go to the same hard drive number unless overridden and physical loca
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6. V Use If Locking Fails Jh Use and Release Lock Jh Volume Flush MV Use Disk Storage Size MB 200 Write Free Time ms 4250 Cache Size KB 8192 Memory C More Nomal Less a Cancel Help Check a box to enable a setting e Each of the settings is explained below Click OK when you are done Image for Windows Settings Align on End Ensures that restored partitions are aligned at the end of a cylinder You should leave this setting checked Burn Extra Enable this option to write the image summary data to the first CD DVD as track Track two when directly imaging to CD DVD When burned this way you will not have to insert the last CD DVD before beginning the restore Note This option may not work correctly with all CD DVD devices Use Volume If this option is enabled and the drive contains an EMBR then FAT FAT32 HPFS Label partition names will be that of the volume label instead of the name in the MPT If no EMBR exists then this option is assumed Alternate CD If you experience errors or problems when a CD is closing during an image to CD Close Method operation then enable this option to try a different closing technique Disable Tri Enabling this option changes the behavior of the partition selection check boxes State Check so that you can select an extended partition itself as the source of a backup Boxes PHYlock Settings PHYLock is an opiional s
7. Windows you will find your registration information on the CD sleeve that was included If you purchased a download only copy of Image for Windows you will have received an email message with the registration name and key Either way enter the registration information exactly as it appears including any numbers following the name The name is everything after name and before key If you received the registration information via email the name may have wrapped to a second line There may be special circumstances in which it is not convenient or possible to manually enter the Image for Windows registration information Image for Windows provides two methods to account for this type of scenario e For use in PE environments Image for Windows can run in registered use mode by detecting the presence of a registration key file named IMAGEW KEY To use this method open a text editor such as Notepad and enter your Image for Windows registered user name on the first line with your Image for Windows key on the second line For example User Name XKXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Then save this file as IMAGEW KEY Please note that Image for Windows will look for IMAGEW KEY in the current directory Also note that using IMAGEW KEY does not result in the registration information being permanently applied to the system e For multi workstation deployment Image for Windows registration information can b
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9. restore This only applies when booting the CD DVD created with CDBOOT F35 You will be able to restore from other CD DVD drives under Windows 30 Image for Windows Command Line Options Restore IMAGEW R hd id J N T V A X Xmb 2 MJ 0l C I CR Ze ELS elo file aime lajore fiie mej Option Explanation Required Parameters R Indicates that a restore operation is to be performed CDnffile Restore from CD DVD drive n specifying file is optional d lt path gt i lt file gt Restore from drive letter d hp lt path gt lt file gt Restore from source hard drive number h and partition ID p Optional Parameters hd Destination hard drive number 0 through 9 Partition ID that will be overwritten by the restore o Hex notation e g Ox6A may be used if the partition ID in hex id does not conflict with recognized command line options o Decimal notation may be used in all cases o If id is used hd must also be present Overwrite existing data without warning advanced users only 3 Cannot be used with C or CR options Clear MBR and EMBR before restore advanced users only gt Cannot be used with O option Clear MBR and EMBR and restore NT signature advanced users only a Cannot be used with O option Restore Image Do not eject the CD DVD disc when the restore is complete Note Under Windows
10. to use where maximum reliability is required The byte for byte validation process can be cancelled while it is being carried out Raw This setting instructs Image for Windows to backup all sectors of the source partition rather than just used sectors File This setting tells Image for Windows how large the backup file s that are created For Hard Drive Destinations can be For example if the backup ends up being 3 5GB in size overall and you select the 2GB option Image for Windows will create one 2 0GB file and one 1 5GB file for a total of 3 5GB You can enter any multiple of 512 bytes from a minimum of 1MB to a maximum of 2GB Use M or MB and G or GB to indicate megabytes or gigabytes respectively For example valid values are DM 5 megabytes 512MB 512 megabytes 1536M 1 536 megabytes and 1G 1 gigabyte The 2GB maximum is in place to ensure maximum compatibility with the variety of operating systems and applications with which Image for DOS Windows may be used The 698MB and 648MB selections are intended to create backup files that fit on 700MB and 650MB CD R RW discs respectively You can use this option for example if you are saving the backup file s to a hard drive initially and will later burn them to a CD using the free TeraByte Unlimited utility BINGBURN Validate Disc For CD DVD Destinations This setting ensures that discs a
11. under path and file name ABACKUPSWWINDOWS E BACKUPS WINDOWS 1 Performs byte for byte validation C20x4VB Uses no compression U Maximum file size will be 698 MB E BACKUPS WINDOWS 1 imagew exe C10x5V CD1 Backs up hard drive number 1 partition ID 0x5 C10x5V Saves to CD DVD drive number 1 CD1 Performs standard validation C10x5V Uses compression the default Maximum file size will be determined by destination CD DVD media imagew exe C00x1JR CD2 Backs up hard drive number 0 partition ID 0x1 C00x1JR Saves to CD DVD drive number 2 CD2 Will not eject the CD DVD disc when the backup is complete C00x1JR Performs per disc validation C00x1JR Uses compression the default Maximum file size will be determined by destination CD DVD media imagew exe C00x1 10x1 DATA01 BACKUP Backs up hard drive number 0 partition ID 0x1 C00x1 Saves to hard drive number 1 partition ID 0x1 and path file name DATA01 BACKUP 10x1 DATA01 BACKUP Performs no validation the default Uses compression the default Maximum file size will be 2 0 GB the default 29 Additional Notes on Image for Windows Command Line Backups For most users the partition ID will be a number from 1 through 4 For partition IDs of 9 or below a single digit may be used in place of hexadecimal notation e g 1 is equivalent to 0x1 and 5 is equivalent to 0x5 Volumes will be a number formatted as OxPVV where
12. up to be locked then be sure to close any open files on the drive you are going to be backing up If you are unable to obtain a lock and you know the partition is not in use you can continue or consider using Image for DOS or the PHYLock add on Refer to the Image for Windows settings for more details on PHYLock Some virus protection software will prevent a drive from being locked even when real time protection is turned off Closing the anti virus software temporarily may make it possible for the drive to be locked However using PHYLock in such a case is the preferred solution 2 Run Image for Windows 3 Make sure the Backup option is selected and then click Next 4 Select the check box es next to the hard drive s and or partition s you want to back up and then click Next Image for Windows ell xl Welcome to Image for Windows Please choose which operation you would like to perform at this time Operation Backup C Restore Validate Settings eyious Next gt gt Cancel E Ix e Image for Windows Select partition to backup ve HD 0 imp C Windows 2033 MB HPFS NTFS 01 ET HD 1 mp D Backup 5114 MB HPFS NTFS 01 lt lt Previous Next gt gt Cancel If you only see a blank window you do not have Administrator privileges You should start Image for Windows by right clicking its shortcut choosing Run as and selecting a user
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14. your system by creating a compressed or uncompressed snapshot of all used areas of your FAT FAT32 NTFS Ext2 3 or ReiserFS partition or volume For other file systems they save and restore a compressed or uncompressed snapshot of all sectors in the partition or volume i e both used and unused areas The snapshot backup created by Image for Windows is referred to as an image The image backup can be written to a set of files on a hard drive network drive or directly to most USB 2 IEEE 1394 ATAPI CD R RW or writable DVD drives When you create the image the file system and files are backed up exactly as they are on your drive at the time of the backup Image for Windows does not skip files or assume that some files do not need to be backed up The sole exception to this is that if you are using Image for Windows with the free PHYLock add on the paging file PAGEFILE SYS and hibernation file HIBERFIL SYS when present will not be backed up This is done to save space in the image and because there is no need to backup those files Image for Windows works at the sector level not at the file level After backing up with Image for Windows your computer is protected from crashes data loss hardware problems and malicious software i e viruses since you can restore the snapshot image whenever you need to If you need to restore individual files or folders from a backup you can use the fr
15. 1 snssnssssz 31 Additional Notes on Image for Windows Command Line Restores 32 GOSS ANY E 33 Hard Drive HD HD D eege REENEN 33 Partii OM zegesin 33 File Systemi eege id oaz wa dia da dacie 33 tel EE 33 Extended Partition 2 0 ess oeeees soon enea a aaa na aaa di sieniin adinean idaraan ari SA iR 33 MAKE E 33 Logical Drive eet eege EES EES EEN ceeeneuetecndte 33 Whatis Shareware geed ENEE EES e 34 TeraByte Unlimited Trial Use License Agreement ccseseeccsseeeeeesseeeeeeeseeeeeensneeeenenseeenens 35 TeraByte Unlimited Full Use License Agreement cccseseeeeeseeeeenseeeeeenseeneeeenseenenenseenenens 38 Image for Windows Order Form s ss sssmees amen aa azaa aa az aa aaa maa az za aaa aa ama aa aaa a az aa aaa aaza nenn 41 System Requirements If you will be restoring outside of Windows or are running Windows 95 98 Me your computer s BIOS must provide access to the hard drive IBM compatible personal computer 32 MB RAM minimum Writable CD or DVD drive optional Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 2003 Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows Millennium Hardware Operating System Requires Administrator privileges General Information Image for Windows often referred to simply as IFW is a backup and restore program that is designed to run under Microsoft Windows Image for Windows protects
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19. NT 2000 XP 2003 the drive tray will open when the restore begins but will close automatically c Suppress prompt to reboot after restore advanced users only Write standard MBR after restore similar to FDISK MBR Validate the image before restoring Set the restored partition active X P lt HZ Expand the restored partition to fill leftover free space if any Expand the restored partition to fill leftover free space if any minus the Xmb t mh number of megabytes specified by mb Z Restore a Linux partition without changing the hard drive reference M Restore to the first block of free space on the destination drive that is large enough to accommodate the restored partition Usage Examples imagew exe ROOx6AVAX D System Backups Monthly01 Restores to destination hard drive number 0 ROOx6AVAX Restores over the partition with ID Ox6A ROOx6AVAX o Converting the partition ID Ox6A to decimal notation 106 would also work R0106VAX Restores from backup source DASystem Backups Monthly01 quotes required for long file name Provides overwrite confirmation the default Will not suppress reboot prompt the default Will validate the backup before performing the restore ROOx6AVAX Will not clear the MBR EMBR or NT signature the default Will set the restored partition active ROOx6AVAX Will expand the restored partition to fill leftover free space if any
20. P is the extended partition and VV is the volume number in hexadecimal from 01 to FF If you are not sure what the partition or volume ID is run Image for Windows without any parameters choose the Backup option and click Next The screen that lists the partitions and volumes also will display the ID in parentheses as a hexadecimal number You should prefix that number with a Ox on the command line as shown in the examples above Per disc validation is only applicable when saving images to a CD or DVD drive This option ensures that discs are readable after being written to and verifies that the data on the disc appears to be the same as the data that was sent to the drive Per disc validation has the ability to detect media errors that may have occurred during the disc writing process If an error is detected you will be prompted to redo the failed disc Without this option enabled you will only be notified of errors after the backup process is complete Creating a Bootable CD DVD Restore Disc As long as the file CDBOOT F35 is in the same directory as IMAGEW EXE a bootable CD DVD will be created when burning directly to a CD DVD drive However the CDBOOT F35 file will only be able to restore from an ATAPI CD DVD drive on one of the IDE controllers If you would like to restore from another device you will need to create your own diskette image with the appropriate ASPI drivers and AUTOEXEC BAT file to execute the image
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23. agew exe V 20x3 BKUP Validates the backup file on hard drive number 2 partition ID 0x3 and path file name BKUP 20x3 BKUP 32 Glossary Hard Drive HD HDD A high capacity non volatile data storage device Hard drives are typically installed inside a computer out of sight Partition A unique area of a hard drive that is allocated for use by a file system A hard drive can contain many partitions File System An organized structure that allows data to be stored and accessed by a file name You can basically think of it as the filing system used by the operating system to store and retrieve your data On a hard drive the file system almost always resides in a partition Volume Generally this refers to any file system or device that is used to hold data but here it also represents a specific partition that resides in an extended partition Extended Partition A special type of partition that is divided in to one or more partitions called volumes Drive Letter A single letter that represents a file system in Microsoft operating systems Since a file system on a hard drive is almost always in a partition or volume it also represents a partition or volume Logical Drive A term used in Microsoft operating systems to describe the specific drive letters that point to volumes In practical terms it is the same thing as a drive letter 33 What is Shareware Shareware distribution provides users with the opp
24. censes not expressly granted by TeraByte in this Agreement are entirely and exclusively reserved to TeraByte f IMAGE LICENSES The Software s functionality includes its use to create one or more disk partition images Images Use of each Image is subject to all of the conditions and restrictions of this Agreement Your rights to create and distribute Images are based on the type of license you purchased as indicated on your sales receipt or comparable sales documentation received by you from TeraByte i PER COMPUTER IMAGE LICENSE Each licensed copy of the Software includes without extra charge a per computer license to create and keep Images for the same Computer System s on which you are licensed to use the Software itself those Images may not be distributed to or used in any manner with any other computers except for direct replacements for such systems nor may you create or retain images for additional Computer Systems unless the previously created images are destroyed or you purchased additional licenses to cover such Computer Systems You may create and keep an unlimited number of Images for each licensed Computer System For example if you purchased a license for five 5 copies of the Software then you may create and keep an unlimited number of Images for up to five Computer Systems with which you properly use those 5 Software copies as described in 1 a i and 1 a ii above but you may not distribute those Images to or us
25. crosoft Windows 2000 Sysprep Tool http Awww microsoft com windows2000 downloads tools default asp Deploying MS Windows 2000 Professional and MS Office 2000 Using Sysprep http www microsoft com technet prodtechnol windows2000pro deploy depopt sysprep mspx Using Sysprep to Duplicate Disks http www microsoft com WINDOWS2000 techinfo reskit en Deploy dgcb_ ins izyl htm Windows NT Windows NT Workstation Deployment http Awww microsoft com ntworkstation technicalresources deployment default asp 24 Running Image for Windows from the Command Line You can run Image for Windows I MAG FW FX E from the command line Be sure to separate the command line options with spaces and enter in the order shown in the following examples Use the command line parameter for additional command line options not explained in the following section Advanced Configuration Image for Windows offers a number of advanced configuration options These options may be specified in a user created IFW INT file or using environment variables specified on the command line or in a batch file Some options may be specified using either method Please note that if a particular setting is specified in both the INI file and in an environment variable the latter setting specified in the environment variable will take precedence Further explanation of the INI file format and the use of environment variables is prov
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27. dsman Statement This program is produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals ASP ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you If you are unable to resolve a shareware related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly ASP may be able to help The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member but does not provide technical support for members products Please contact the ASP Ombudsman online at www aspshareware com omb Table of Contents Hratdetuatke gees Pr i o SEENEN SEENEN 2 Technical Support POIICY 2 2 55 131 0 05 ae ereraa eo eaaa oda Serge e ege doza ocala 2 Ombudsman Statement 1 22 2 ssseesss anna aa ozna ane na aaa a az za aaa wa am wa aaa aaa aa aaa wa aaa oaz aa aaa aa aaa i tas 2 Table of Olne eege ege eege eege 3 System E UU E UC 5 General Information uszczel dyni Esc steeeeibierecthstestdatace 6 Image for Windows Usage ExampleS 111122 s s ssssseeees seann aaa anaeaaa a aaa aaa awza nnmnnn nnmnnn nnmnnn 7 LOCal USADO szcz zzz E az E A az i iz 7 Across a Network seet EENS EENS ECKE SEENEN 7 In the Windows PE Environment 2 2 sssseeesszznss area aann ea anzn aan zaawan aazn nasz nn 7 Installing Image for WindowsS 1 12 1 2 2s mse ss eaoe enea anawa wa aaa w aaa wa aaaaaaaa aa az wawa zazna z ANNA 7 What is CDBOOT F3502 u zez iacta zt dza sad Eege 8 Running Image for Windo
28. e permanently applied to the system using IMAGEW INI To use this method open a text editor such as Notepad and add the following content License Key User Name XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Where User Name is the registered name to be applied and XXXX is the applicable registration key Save this file as IMAGEW INT in the same folder where IMAGEW EXE resides If the registration information in IMAGEW INI is accepted the Key line will be automatically removed from the file and the Image for Windows registration information will be added to the Windows registry 3 Click Apply The Image for Windows window will display letmageforwindows aa Welcome to Image for Windows Please choose which operation you would like to perform at this time Operation Backup Restore Validate Settings Next gt gt Cancel Configuring Image for Windows The first time you start Image for Windows you should make sure the settings are appropriate for your system The meaning of each setting is described in the Image for Windows Settings table that follows 1 Click the Settings button The Image for Windows settings dialog appears 2 3 Image for Windows x r Settings Jh Align on End J Bum Extra Track JV Use Volume Label Alternate CD Close Method J Disable Tri State Check Boxes r PHYLock Settings I Disable Usage
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30. ee TBIView add on available from www terabyteunlimited com or on your installation CD if your purchase included one Image for Windows creates images that are fully compatible with the other TeraByte Unlimited imaging programs such as Image for DOS Image for Linux and Bootlt NG The reverse is also true Images created by other TeraByte Unlimited imaging programs are compatible with Image for Windows Image for Windows Usage Examples Local Usage Use Image for Windows to backup your Windows partition using the free PHYLock add on Store your image backups on a secondary hard drive partition or on a CD DVD disc Then when you need to restore boot from a floppy diskette or bootable CD DVD disc that has Image for DOS installed on it and use Image for DOS to perform the restore operation Across a Network Save backups to or restore from a mapped network drive In the Windows PE Environment Use the free BartPE plugin to create a CD DVD disc that enables you to run Image for Windows in the PE environment and backup to or restore from any drive accessible from there Installing Image for Windows 1 From the www terabyteunlimited com web site click the Image for Windows link under the Downloads section Or click here for a direct link to the EXE file e f you purchased Image for Windows on prepackaged media you need not download a new copy but doing so will ensure that you obtain the latest version available 2 Save the fi
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33. he restored partition after expansion Set Active If this setting is enabled Image for Windows will set the restored partition active after the restore operation completes Write MBR Code If this setting is enabled Image for Windows will write a standard MBR after the restore operation completes this is similar to FDISK MBR Click Finish The restore operation begins e f the selected destination for restore is a free space entry the restore operation will begin immediately e f the selected destination for restore is an existing partition you will first be warned that the existing data will be overwritten and will be asked to confirm before proceeding e Once the restore process completes reboot the computer if you are prompted to do so o Note If you do not reboot when asked the operating system will think the partition and file system is as it was before the restore This could cause data corruption You can override the reboot prompt by using the RN switch during a command line restore but only do this if you are an advanced user and understand the potential ramifications of not rebooting Image for Windows loj x Image has successfully completed your request The process completed successfully 21 Validating Backups with Image for Windows Image for Windows provides you with the option to validate backups at the time of their creation and also before any backup is resto
34. he Size setting Note that even with this setting enabled PHYLock may sometimes run in RAM mode Requires PHYLock version 2 Size This setting determines how much hard disk space is allocated for use by PHYLock and applies only if the Use Disk Storage setting is enabled Requires PHYLock version 2 Write Free This is the amount of time in milliseconds that must pass before PHYLock will Time ms become enabled During this time there can be no updating of the backup source partition contents You should try to keep the value above 1250 The default value is 4250 Cache Size This is the size of the internal cache in kilobytes used by PHYLock to maintain KB the data consistency The default is 8192 8192 KB 1024 8 MB You should not use a value below 2048 for this setting even if you have the Use Disk Storage setting enabled When backing up NTFS partitions with the Use Disk Storage option disabled the value of the Cache Size KB setting will need to be weighed against the size of the NTFS log You should keep the value of this setting above the size of the NTFS log whether by increasing this value reducing the size of the NTFS log or both You can check the size of the NTFS log file using the command line CHKDSK lt drive letter gt L The same command line will show you what the default NTFS log size is for the volume in question You can change the size of the NTFS log using CHKDSK lt drive letter gt L lt log file s
35. he target is determined by the amount of space encompassed from the beginning of the source partition to the last used area of the source partition For example if the partition backed up had 2 GB of data and the last part of that data ended 15 GB from the start of the source partition the target area would need to be at least 15 GB in size to accommodate the restore This is true regardless of what the overall size of the source partition was e If the restore target whether a partition or an area of free space is larger than the source partition was there will be an area of free space left over unless the restore is performed via command line using the X parameter as explained later in this manual e When you are booting from a restore CD DVD make sure the other CD DVD drives do not also contain a bootable disc otherwise the wrong CD DVD drive may be used to boot e Since the hard drive order during the boot process may be different than it is while Windows is running you may need to use the press a key when prompted to access the interactive menu that will allow you to select the appropriate drive from which to restore e f you wish to restore your Windows partition you cannot boot into that copy of Windows to perform the restore You must instead run Image for DOS and restore it from there Restoring with Image for Windows 1 Run Image for Windows 2 Make sure the Restore option is selected and then click Next 5 Image fo
36. hould start the process using the start command start wait lt path gt imagew exe options Windows 9x Me start wait lt path gt imagew exe options Windows NT 2000 XP 2003 To run the program as a different user under Windows 2000 XP 2003 use the runas command runas user Administrator lt path gt imagew exe options You can also use the Task Scheduler the Windows service that schedules tasks With Windows NT 2000 XP 2003 you may want to use something like SRVANY included with the NT resource kit and run it as a service under an appropriate profile When running Image for Windows from the command line you may need to include references to hard drive numbers and or partition IDs To determine the correct hard drive number or partition ID run Image for Windows select the Backup option and then click Next Image for Windows will then show a window that lists all available hard drives and partitions The hard drive number will appear in the format HD n e g HD 0 or HD 1 The partition ID is shown in parenthesis on the right side of each partition description and may consist of either two or four characters The following image depicts HD 0 and partition ID 01 are HD 0 m E Backups 137525 MB HPFS NTFS 01 Note Under certain configurations hard drive numbers may be different in Windows than they are in DOS or other environments Image for Windows command line op
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38. ided below the following table of configuration options Option Option IFW INI IFW Environment Name Description Examples Variable ATA Image for Windows supports this option for creating a bootable CD DVD ATA 0 SET IFW ATA disc that will cause Image for DOS to attempt directly accessing the IDE hard drive instead of using the system BIOS during a restore operation ATA 1 carried out after booting the disc Must be 0 or 1 CDCMZ If you experience errors or problems when a CD is being closed then you CDCMZ 0 SET IFW CDCMZ may need to use this option This option applies only to CDs not DVDs CDCMZ 1 Must be 0 or 1 CDRS Sets the CD DVD read speed For example CDRS 8 sets the read speed CDRS 4 SET IFW CDRS 8 to 8X These speeds are CD based multiply by 8 to approximate DVD speeds e g to read a DVD disc at 2X use CDRS 16 CDRS 8 CDWS Sets the CD DVD write speed For example CDWS 8 sets the write speed CDWS 4 SET IFW CDWS 4 to 8X These speeds are CD based multiply by 8 to approximate DVD speeds e g to burn a DVD disc at 1X use CDWS 8 CDWS 8 Note If you are having problems burning a reliable CD DVD you may need to slow the write speed down using this option IAR Image Auto Response value Set this to Y or N to auto respond to Y es or IAR Y SET IFW IAR Y N o prompts and error messages You can use errorlevel in a batch file to determine if the operation was successful or not IAR YI To re
39. indows shortcut or the imagew exe file itself and select the Run as menu item then enter Administrator credentials o Under Windows 2000 the Run as function requires the RunAs service to be enabled and running Under Windows XP the Secondary Logon service must be enabled and running for the Run as function to work e Windows Vista By default Windows Vista grants all users even administrators standard user privileges As a result to run Image for Windows under Windows Vista you will need to right click the Image for Windows shortcut or the imagew exe file itself and select Run as administrator from the menu that appears o Under Windows Vista the Secondary Logon service must be enabled and running for the Run as administrator function to work Running Image for Windows for the First Time 1 The first time you start Image for Windows a registration screen will display Image for Windows 1 xl This program is to be used for evaluation purposes only You can click the Buy Now button to purchase a full use license Apply to apply the registration information or Continue for evaluation only Registration Name Key Apply Continue e i you purchased Image for Windows continue to step 2 below e If you are using the trial version of Image for Windows click Continue and Image for Windows will operate in 30 day trial mode Skip steps 2 and 3 below 2 If you have purchased a boxed version of Image for
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41. ize KB gt Setting the NTFS log too small can result in performance degradation or a failure to boot Do not set the size of the NTFS log to a value lower than 4096 KB Memory This setting controls how much memory PHYLock will allocate to additional buffers If you receive an error that says PHYLock failed to cache changes try increasing this setting Requires PHYLock version 2 Backing Up Your System with Image for Windows Things to Consider Before Backing Up If you will be using the PHYLock add on program with Image for Windows consider increasing the value of the PHYLock Cache Size setting Refer to the PHYLock settings section on page 12 for more information There are few hard and fast rules to follow when formulating a backup plan What follows therefore is intended more as a set of examples to spur thought than as concrete rules to abide by e Consider the destination for your backup For example if you will be backing up around 30 GB of data you probably will not want to store the backup on a set of CD R RW discs since the resultant backup will likely require 20 discs or more based on an expected compression ration of 40 60 A better option in this case would be o Backup to an alternate hard drive partition and perhaps use the free add on utility BINGBURN later to burn the backup to a set of DVD discs o Backup to an external hard drive o Backup directly to a set of DVD discs e Plan your backup
42. le IFWSETUP EXE to a folder on your hard drive 3 Once the download completes locate and run IFWSETUP EXE The Image for Windows Setup Menu should appear 4 Inthe Image for Windows Setup Menu click the indicated link to run Image for Windows setup The Image for Windows Setup Wizard should appear 5 The Image for Windows Setup Wizard will guide you through the installation Simply follow the instructions provided e f you are updating Image for Windows rather than installing Image for Windows for the first time you will be asked if you want to overwrite CDBOOT F35 Unless you have your own custom copy of CDBOOT F35 in place respond Yes and allow the existing copy to be overwritten If you had a custom CDBOOT F35 file you would know it Allowing the existing CDBOOT F35 file to be overwritten will ensure that any bootable CD DVD discs you create will contain the latest version of Image for DOS What is CDBOOT F35 The file CDBOOT F35 is used to make any CD or DVD you create with Image for Windows or Image for DOS bootable Image for DOS is contained within CDBOOT F35 allowing you to perform restore operations as needed If you use the trial version of Image for Windows or Image for DOS to create a bootable CD or DVD you will be able to restore that image for 30 days After that time you will only be able to restore that image using a registered version of Image f
43. like to save the backup file s to a hard drive that is listed there but has not been assigned a drive letter by Windows Image for Windows Sj x Select destination File E CD amp E LITE ON DVDRW SOHW 12135 H HD 0 H HD 1 lt lt Previous Next gt gt Cancel Regardless of which backup destination you select note that Image for Windows automatically creates backup files with the IMG extension first and then creates additional numbered files extensions as necessary For example if your backup results in three image files they will be named BACKUP IMG BACKUP 001 and BACKUP 002 in that order of creation How many image files are created depends on how large the source data is whether compression is used and what Maximum file size setting you use as described in the next step 6 Select the desired options for your backup The options you are presented with depend on the destination you selected in the step above The meaning of each option is described in the Image for Windows Backup Settings table that follows Is BEE r Backup Options r Backup Options T No Compression IT Baw No Compression Raw 7 Validate 7 Validate J Byte for Byte J Byte for Byte File CD DVD E DI I Validate Disc T No Eject Optimal gt Help Help e coo 16 Image for Windows Backup Options No Compression This setti
44. ly force the new copy of CDBOOT F35 to become a full use version To do this 1 Use Image for Windows to initiate a backup to CD DVD 2 Cancel the operation when Image for Windows prompts you to insert the first disc At that point CDBOOT F35 will have been converted to a full use copy As an alternative you may use the copy of CDBOOT F35 from your latest registered copy of Image for DOS since it will already be a full use copy Either way depending on how you intend to use CDBOOT F35 after that point you may also need to expand it using the free IMGFLPYD utility Please note that Image for Windows looks for CDBOOT F35 in the same directory that the Image for Windows program IMAGEW EXE is running from Image for DOS looks for CDBOOT F35 in the current directory of the DOS environment This may be of importance to you if you plan to use your own custom batch file with Image for Windows and or Image for DOS Running Image for Windows Administrator Privilege Requirements Because Image for Windows performs direct disk access it requires Administrator privileges under Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 2003 Windows XP and Windows Vista e Windows NT You must log in as a member of the Administrators group before running Image for Windows e Windows 2000 XP You may either log in as a member of the Administrators group before running Image for Windows or you may right click the Image for W
45. mbers rather than the SEQVOLID 1 actual volume ID The sequence numbers must be specified in hexadecimal form and are determined by the order of the volumes within the extended partition beginning at 1 To determine what volume ID to use with this option first enable the option and then use the interactive method as described under the section of this manual describing command line usage Must be 0 or 1 Image for Windows INI File In order to apply settings to Image for Windows using the INI file you must create a text file named IFW INT using a text editor such as Notepad Image for Windows will look for TFw INT by examining the current directory the Windows directory and the system user path in that order Usually the current directory will be the same path where IMAG EW EXE is located All settings specified in IFW INI must go in a section titled options Please refer to the example ew MT content provided below options ATA 1 CDRS 32 Image for Windows Environment Variables Image for Windows makes use of environment variables with the command line interface only That is if you do not also use command line parameters when invoking IMAG environment variables will be ignored The format for Image for Windows environment variables is SET As shown above the SI IFW optionl option2 value option3
46. ng will result in a backup that is uncompressed Enabling this setting may increase the speed of the backup operation but may also increase the size of the resulting image file s If the source partition contains primarily files that do not compress well e g media files such as MP3 JPG AVI etc then enabling this option may be beneficial by soeeding up the backup process By default Image for Windows uses maximum compression when performing backup operations However since the compression ratio depends on a number of factors such as the number size and content of the files on the source partition the level of file fragmentation and so on it is not readily possible to predict what level of compression can be achieved However compression ratios of 40 to 60 are typical Validate This setting tells Image for Windows to perform internal consistency checks on the backup file s once they are created Enabling this option increases the overall processing time but can help ensure that the backup is reliable The validation process can be cancelled while it is being carried out Byte for Byte This setting is only available if the Validate setting is selected Enabling a byte for byte validation forces Image for Windows to carry out an extremely thorough check of the backup file s that are created to ensure 100 accuracy This option generally doubles the processing time of the overall backup operation but is advisable
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48. oftware component for Windows NT 2000 XP 2003 that enables Image for Windows to maintain a consistent reliable backup of an unlocked i e in use partition or volume If you purchased a boxed version of Image for Windows you can find PHYLock on the CD that was included with your purchase Otherwise you can obtain PHYLock at www terabyteunlimited com using the Free Software link It should be noted that the consistency is based on a point in time Although there is an attempt to pick a clean point in time there is no guarantee that all programs internal caches and other processes are in a clean state This is true of all backup software that backs up a partition or volume that is in use If none of the usage options below are enabled then PHYLock will be used if it is installed Options titled in blue are only in effect if PHYLock version 2 is installed Disable Enable this option if you do not want to use PHYLock even if it is installed Usage Use If Use PHYLock if a normal lock on the backup source partition cannot be obtained Locking Fails Use and Attempt a normal lock then use PHYLock whether or not the lock was obtained Release Lock If a normal lock was obtained it is unlocked after PHYLock is enabled Volume Flush Attempts forcing an additional flush on the volume Use Disk This setting causes PHYLock to use hard disk storage in addition to memory up Storage to the limit specified in t
49. ol xl Image is now processing the following Operation Backup PHY Lock V2 Active Disk Source Windows IC Destination D ABACKUP IMG Imaging in progress 5 minutefs remaining Backing Up the System Partition with Image for Windows If you attempt to backup the system partition without using PHY Lock you will be warned that the partition cannot be locked You can ignore this warning and continue however the only way you can be sure a partition being backed up is in a consistent state is by having it locked or by using Image for DOS If you are using Windows NT 2000 XP 2003 you can use the PHYLock utility to maintain the consistency of the system partition to a point in time This means that once PHYLock becomes active during a partition backup the state of the source drive is effectively frozen with respect to the contents of the image That is no further changes to the source partition will be reflected in the backup even if those changes occur while Image for Windows is performing the backup Restoring from a Backup with Image for Windows Please note the following when preparing to perform a restore operation e When you are restoring an image you cannot restore over the partition that contains the source image file e The restore target whether a partition or an area of free space must be large enough to accommodate the data from the source partition The minimal amount of space required in t
50. or Windows or Image for DOS The registered copies of Image for Windows and Image for DOS have what is referred to as a full use version of CDBOOT F35 This full use version allows you to not only boot with any CD or DVD you create with the software but also to restore from any images contained on the applicable discs free of any time restriction If you are a registered user of Image for Windows a trial version of CDBOOT F35 will automatically be updated to a full use version when either of the following events takes place e You manually enter your Image for Windows registration information e You use your registered copy of Image for Windows to create a bootable CD DVD disc If you are a registered user of Image for Windows you generally do not have to worry about CDBOOT F35 When upgrading to the latest version of Image for Windows just overwrite CDBOOT F35 when prompted unless you are using your own custom copy of CDBOOT F35 and then use Image for Windows as you normally do The software will always function in full use mode There is one special note for registered users of Image for Windows who do not normally use Image for Windows to create bootable CD DVD discs yet still need a full use copy of CDBOOT F35 for other purposes e g for use with the free add on utility BINGBURN Whenever you have updated Image for Windows assuming you also choose to overwrite CDBOOT F35 during setup you will need to manual
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55. r Windows iol xi welcome to Image for Windows Please choose which operation you would like to perform at this time Operation Backup Restore C Validate Settings Previous Cancel 3 Select the source of the backup before clicking Next to proceed e Select File if you are restoring from backup file s that have previously been saved to a folder on a hard drive which has a drive letter assigned to it by Windows o You can use the Browse button to navigate to the desired location or manually enter the desired path and file name You may specify UNC paths e Selecta listed CD or DVD drive if you will be restoring from a backup that had been previously saved to a CD or DVD disc e Select a HD entry if you wish to restore from a backup that exists on a hard drive that is listed there but has not been assigned a drive letter by Windows Image for windows o Select source amp E LITE ON DVDRW SOHW 12135 HD 0 HD 1 Browse e 4 Select the destination to restore the partition to and then click Next e Image for Windows z II x Select location for restore HDD gt C Windows 2039 MB HPFS NTFS 01 m 8 MB Free Space CA 4 HD 1 gt D Backup 5114 MB HPFS NTFS 01 cows 5 Select the desired options for your restore The meaning of each option is described in the Image for Window
56. re readable after being written to and verifies that the data on the disc appears to be the same as the data that was sent to the drive Disc validation has the ability to detect media errors that may have occurred during the disc writing process If an error is detected you will be prompted to redo the failed disc Without this option enabled you will only be notified of errors after the backup process is complete No Eject This setting prevents the CD DVD disc from being ejected when the backup is complete Note Under Windows NT 2000 XP 2003 the drive tray will open when For CD DVD the backup begins but will close automatically Destinations Writing Speed This setting can be used to specify the maximum disc writing speed that Image for Windows will use not the minimum The maximum writing speed is also For CD DVD determined by the drive s firmware and the media in use For example if you are Destinations using media that is rated at 8X the maximum writing speed will be 8X regardless of the setting you choose here Please note that DVD speeds are approximately 1 8 CD speeds Slower writing speeds can be used to increase reliability 7 Click Finish The backup operation begins e If the validation of a CD or DVD appears to hang it may be due to problems trying to read the media Try using a slower speed or failing that different media and or a CD DVD drive firmware upgrade e Image for Windows m j
57. red However you can also perform this validation at any time afterward using the instructions provided below Validating a backup causes internal consistency checks to be performed on the backup file s This can help ensure that the backup will be reliable should you ever need to restore from it Note A byte for byte validation can only be performed as part of a backup operation That is the Validate operation described here can only perform a standard validation not a byte for byte validation Validating a Backup with Image for Windows 1 Run Image for Windows 2 Make sure the Validate option is selected and then click Next e Image for Windows q ell x Welcome to Image for Windows Please choose which operation you would like to perform at this time Operation Backup Restore Validate Settings Cancel 7 Select the location of the backup to be validated before clicking Next to proceed e Select File if you are validating a backup that has previously been saved to a folder on a hard drive which has a drive letter assigned to it by Windows o You can use the Browse button to navigate to the desired location or manually enter the desired path and file name You may specify UNC paths e Selecta listed CD or DVD drive if you will be validating a backup that had been previously saved to a CD or DVD disc e Select a HD entry if you wish to validate a backup that resides on a hard drive tha
58. s Restore Options table that follows e Image for Windows j iml x Restore Options IV Validate I Set Active I Keep Restored HD Write MBR Code IT Expand Leave at End MEJ fo Help lt lt Previous Cancel 20 Image for Windows Restore Options Validate This setting tells Image for Windows to perform internal consistency checks on the backup file s prior to the restore operation Enabling this option increases the overall processing time but can help ensure that the restore will be reliable The validation process can be cancelled while it is being carried out Keep Restored HD This setting allows you to restore a Linux partition without changing the hard drive reference Expand This setting applies only if you are restoring to a partition or free space entry that is larger than the source partition If that is the case this setting will instruct Image for Windows to attempt to increase the size of the restored partition to fill the size of the destination partition or free space entry less the space indicated by the Leave at End MB setting if any The resulting sizes may not exactly reflect the value entered here Also please note that Windows 95 Me do not support FAT16 partitions over 2 GB in size Leave at End MB This value only applies if the Expand setting is enabled and instructs Image for Windows to leave the specified amount of free space in MB at the end of t
59. spond to the Unable to obtain a lock Abort Ignore Retry message set the second character of the IAR option to either R A or l For example IAR YI if using the INI file or TAR YI if using environment variables Note If you use the R setting the program will appear to be imaging without making progress while it tries to obtain a lock You will need to click Cancel to stop it If you would like to only respond to the lock message set the first character of IAR to something other than Y or N for example IAR x You can use errorlevel in a batch file to determine if the operation was successful or not IBXT Using the Burn Extra Track option saves you from having to insert the last IBXT 0 SET IFW IBXT CD DVD of an image set at the beginning of a restore operation Note IBXT 1 This option may not work with all CD or DVD drives Must be 0 or 1 IGNVLAB Ignores the use of volume labels This can be useful when using ImageAll N A N A with an EMBR where you want the MPT entry names to stay the same Setting is available through the IFW interface Setting is available through the IFW interface 25 Option Option IFW INI IFW Environment Name Description Examples Variable SEQVOLID This option only applies to volumes within an extended partition When SEQVOLID 0 SET IFW SEQVOLID enabled the SEQVOLID option allows you to specify the volume to be backed up to or restored over using sequence nu
60. t is listed there but has not been assigned a drive letter by Windows 22 Image for Windows 8 Click Finish to begin the validation process The validation process can be interrupted at any time by clicking the Cancel button Image for Windows lt lt Previous Next gt gt 23 Deploying Your Image Deploying an image means to restore it to a number of computers in an organization Therefore the information in this section does not apply to most home users Image does not change the SID of Windows NT 2000 XP 2003 systems If you are using Image for deployment purposes and want to change the SID for Windows NT 2000 XP 2003 you should use the MS sysprep utility or you can download a free utility named NewSID You may want to set up the base machine so that the last partition ends at one track less then the actual end of the hard drive around 8 MB less to leave room for different brands or models of the same size hard drive You may also want to investigate the free ImageAll utility available from the TeraByte Unlimited web site See the following for more information on how to prepare for deployment Windows XP How to Prepare Images for Disk Duplication with Sysprep http www microsoft com WINDOWSXP pro using itpro deploying duplication asp Windows XP Professional How to Articles for IT Pros http www microsoft com windowsxp pro using itpro default asp Windows 2000 Download for the Mi
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64. tion on the drive as it was backed up from e Ii the source partition was a volume and there is now no extended partition at the original location Image for Windows will attempt to create the original extended partition If Image for Windows cannot create the extended partition it will be restored as a primary partition e If the source partition was originally a primary partition and an extended partition now encompasses that location it will be restored as a volume e f an existing partition or volume occupies the same starting location as the partition to be restored a warning message will be issued before overwriting that partition or volume Unless this warning message is suppressed as described in the table above Image for Windows Command Line Options Validate IMAGEW V CDn d file img hp file img L Option Explanation Required Parameters o N Indicates that a validation operation is to be performed SI CDn Validate backup on CD DVD drive n d lt path gt lt file gt Validate backup on drive letter d gt hp lt path gt lt file gt Validate backup on source hard drive number h and partition ID p Usage Examples imagew exe V D NSystem Backups Monthly01 Validates the backup file D System Backups Monthly01 quotes required for long file name imagew exe V CD1 Validates the backup mounted on CD DVD drive number 1 CD1 im
65. tions are detailed in the table that follows 28 Image for Windows Command Line Options Backup IMAGEW Chp V VB J R w U CDn d file img hp file img s Option Explanation Required Parameters Chp Chp h is source hard drive number 0 through 9 p is source partition ID CDn Save to CD DVD drive n d lt path gt lt file gt Save to drive letter d hp lt path gt lt file gt Save to destination hard drive number h and partition ID p 5 Optional Parameters z U No compression when creating image E V Validate the image after creating VB Validate the image byte for byte after creating 8 Do not eject the CD DVD disc when the backup is complete Note Under O J Windows NT 2000 XP 2003 the drive tray will open when the backup begins but will close automatically R Perform per disc validation only applicable when saving to CD DVD W Use raw mode backup all sectors rather than just used sectors Added to end of lt path gt i lt file gt to specify max backup file size 0 Maximum backup file size 2 0 GB the default if omitted max file size 1 Maximum backup file size 698 MB 2 Maximum backup file size 648 MB Msize Custom maximum backup file size size MB 2047 Max Usage Examples imagew exe C20x4VB U E BACKUPS WINDOWS 1 Backs up hard drive number 2 partition ID 0x4 C20x4VB Saves to drive letter E
66. who has Administrator privileges The partition list is displayed below the drive in the above example HD 0 The drive letter is shown at the beginning C followed by a description Windows size 16371 MB file system type NTFS and the partition ID 01 5 Select the destination for the backup file s before clicking Next to proceed Select File if you would like to save the backup file s to a folder on a hard drive which has a drive letter assigned to it by Windows o If you are saving the image to a file do not save it to the same partition you are backing up unless you are using PHYLock If you do the restored partition will be in an inconsistent state which can compromise reliability o You can use the Browse button to navigate to the desired location or manually enter the desired path and file name You may specify UNC paths o You do not have to supply a file extension just the path and file name itself The extension will be added automatically Select a listed CD or DVD drive if you would like to save the backup file s to a bootable CD or DVD disc o Image for Windows can automatically overwrite CD RW and DVD RW media However if you wish to use DVD RW media it must be either brand new or fully blanked before being used To fully blank the DVD RW media use your burning software s full erase function The quick erase function will not work for this purpose Select a HD entry if you would
67. with a restore strategy in mind Some of your options are o Save the backup directly to a set of bootable CD or DVD discs as explained in this manual To restore simply boot with the restore disc and use Image for DOS to perform the restore o Save the backup to an alternate hard drive partition To restore run Image for DOS from a bootable floppy disk or CD DVD disc You can also use Bootlt NG a separate product offered by TeraByte Unlimited to perform the restore e Strike your own balance between convenience and resiliency Here are some simple ideas to consider o Save your backups directly to an alternate hard drive partition and then use the free utility BINGBURN to burn a secondary copy of the backup to a set of CD DVD discs Then if you need to restore you have the speed and convenience beneit of the backup stored on the hard drive If things have really gone wrong and the primary copy of the backup is not available you can fall back on the copy of the backup that has been saved on the CD DVD discs o Instead of always saving the backup to just one set of CD DVD discs keep two or more separate sets of backup discs which will give you something to fall back on if something should ever go wrong with the newest backup set o If you are using multiple sets of backup CD DVD discs keep the newest set offsite to guard against physical damage Backing up with Image for Windows 1 If you would like the partition being backed
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