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Image for Windows User Manual Image for Windows User Manual TeraByte Unlimited Las Vegas, Nevada, USA http://www.terabyteunlimited.com Revision: 2021-06-17 Copyright © 1996-2020 by TeraByte, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Trademarks BootIt, BING, and TBOS are registered trademarks of TeraByte, Inc. PHYLock, TBScript, TBIMount, and TBIView are trademarks of TeraByte, Inc. Microsoft, MS, MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. IBM, PC-DOS and OS/2 are registered trademarks of the International Business Machines Corporation. All other trademarks and copyrights referred to are the property of their respective owners. Technical Support Policy Technical support is provided online. 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Image for Windows User Manual Page 2 of 255 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................ 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................. 6 DATA STORAGE SIZE UNIT CONVENTIONS .................................................... 7 HOW IMAGE FOR WINDOWS WORKS .............................................................. 8 WAYS TO USE IMAGE FOR WINDOWS ............................................................. 9 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS QUICK START ............................................................ 10 QUICKSTART: CREATING A RECOVERY BOOT DISC...................................................... 10 Boot Media and UEFI Systems ........................................................................................ 11 QUICKSTART: MAKING A BACKUP ............................................................................... 12 QUICKSTART: RESTORING AN IMAGE .......................................................................... 13 QUICKSTART: VALIDATING AN IMAGE .......................................................................... 14 OBTAINING IMAGE FOR WINDOWS ................................................................ 14 INSTALLING IMAGE FOR WINDOWS ............................................................... 16 FORMULATING A BACKUP PLAN .................................................................... 28 CONSIDER THE DESTINATION FOR YOUR BACKUP ....................................................... 28 PLAN YOUR BACKUP WITH A RESTORE STRATEGY IN MIND .......................................... 28 STRIKE YOUR OWN BALANCE BETWEEN CONVENIENCE AND RESILIENCY ...................... 29 CREATING BACKUPS WITH IMAGE FOR WINDOWS ..................................... 29 CREATING A FULL BACKUP ........................................................................................ 29 UNDERSTANDING OPTIONS ........................................................................................ 39 Setting Image for Windows Program Options .................................................................. 39 Setting Backup Options .................................................................................................... 54 Additional Backup Options for Removable Media ............................................................ 59 CREATING A DIFFERENTIAL OR INCREMENTAL BACKUP ................................................ 61 CONSOLIDATING A BACKUP CHAIN.............................................................................. 67 Setting Consolidate Backup Options ................................................................................ 73 Additional Consolidate Backup Options for Removable Media ........................................ 77 RESTORING AN IMAGE FILE............................................................................ 78 RESTORING A BACKUP WITH IMAGE FOR WINDOWS ..................................................... 79 Using Image for Windows in TBWinPE/RE ...................................................................... 80 Using Image for Windows to Restore an Image ............................................................... 90 Geometry Settings ............................................................................................................ 98 Image for Windows Restore Options .............................................................................. 100 VALIDATING BACKUPS WITH IMAGE FOR WINDOWS ................................ 105 VALIDATING A BACKUP............................................................................................. 105 UNDERSTANDING VALIDATION OPTIONS .................................................................... 109 Image for Windows User Manual Page 3 of 255 COPYING PARTITIONS OR DRIVES WITH IMAGE FOR WINDOWS ............ 109 COPYING A PARTITION OR DRIVE .............................................................................. 110 UNDERSTANDING COPY OPTIONS ............................................................................. 113 USING SIMPLE OPERATIONS MODE ............................................................ 119 CREATING A BACKUP ............................................................................................... 120 RESTORING A BACKUP ............................................................................................ 122 VALIDATING A BACKUP............................................................................................. 124 COPY A HARD DRIVE ............................................................................................... 125 DEPLOYING YOUR IMAGE ............................................................................. 127 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS ADVANCED CONFIGURATION OPTIONS .............. 129 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS INI FILE ................................................................................. 129 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES ...................................................... 130 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS FILE PATH VARIABLES ............................................................ 130 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS AND WINDOWS SERVICES ....................................................... 132 RUNNING IMAGE FOR WINDOWS FROM THE COMMAND LINE ................. 133 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS BACKUP OPTIONS .................................................................. 169 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS RESTORE OPTIONS ................................................................ 183 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS VALIDATE OPTIONS ................................................................ 199 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS COPY OPTIONS ...................................................................... 203 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS LIST OPTIONS ........................................................................ 215 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS COMBINE OPTIONS................................................................. 217 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS HASH OPTIONS ...................................................................... 220 TROUBLESHOOTING ...................................................................................... 221 APPENDIX A: UNDERSTANDING THE TYPES OF BACKUPS ...................... 223 FILE-BASED BACKUP ............................................................................................... 223 SECTOR-BASED BACKUP ......................................................................................... 223 APPENDIX B: BACKUP STRATEGIES ............................................................ 224 FULL BACKUPS ....................................................................................................... 224 INCREMENTAL BACKUPS .......................................................................................... 224 DIFFERENTIAL BACKUPS .......................................................................................... 225 APPENDIX C: INTRODUCTION TO HARD DRIVE STORAGE ....................... 227 THE PHYSICAL HARD DRIVE ..................................................................................... 227 THE LOGICAL HARD DRIVE—HARD DRIVE DATA ORGANIZATION ................................ 227 APPENDIX D: SCHEDULING BACKUPS ......................................................... 230 CREATING A BACKUP TASK FROM THE SUMMARY SCREEN ......................................... 230 CREATE/EDIT TASK FROM SETTINGS ........................................................................ 232 APPENDIX E: RESTORING
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