R-Drive Image User's Manual
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User's Manual R-Drive Image (c) R-Tools Technology Inc 2020. All rights reserved. www.r-tt.com © R-Tools Technology Inc. 2020 All rights reserved. No part of this User's Manual may be copied, altered, or transferred to, any other media without written, explicit consent from R-Tools Technology Inc.. R-Tools Technology Inc. has developed this User's Manual to the best of its knowledge, but does not guarantee that the program will fulfill all the desires of the user. No warranty is made in regard to specifications or features. R-Tools Technology Inc. retains the right to make alterations to the content of this Manual without the obligation to inform third parties. R-Drive Image is a registered trademark of R-Tools Technology, Inc. Windows 9x/?ME/?NT4.0/Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7,8/8.1, 10, Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Mac OS X, OS X, and macOS are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. 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Contents I Table of Contents I R-Drive Image 1 1 R-Drive Im...a..g..e.. .F..e..a..t.u..r.e..s. ............................................................................................................ 2 2 Contact In..f.o..r.m...a..t.i.o..n.. .a..n..d.. .T..e..c..h..n..i.c..a..l. .S..u..p..p..o..r.t. ............................................................................. 4 3 R-Drive Im...a..g..e.. .R..e..g..i.s.t.r..a..t.i.o..n.. ...................................................................................................... 4 II Disk Actions 6 1 Create an.. .I.m...a..g..e.. ...................................................................................................................... 7 2 Restore .D..a..t.a.. .f.r.o..m... .a..n.. .I.m...a..g..e.. ................................................................................................... 15 3 Copy a D..i.s..k. .t.o.. .a.. .D...i.s.k.. .............................................................................................................. 28 4 Connect. .a..n.. .I.m...a..g..e.. .a..s. .a.. .V...i.r.t.u..a..l. .L..o..g..i.c..a..l. .D..i.s.k.. ........................................................................... 33 5 Disconne..c..t. .V..i.r..t.u..a..l. .L..o..g..i.c.a..l. .D...i.s.k..s. ............................................................................................. 35 6 Check a.n.. .I.m...a..g..e.. .F..i.l.e.. .............................................................................................................. 36 III RAIDs, and Various Disk and Volume Managers 38 1 Hardwar.e.. .R...A..I.D..s.. ..................................................................................................................... 39 2 Window.s. .S...o..f.t.w..a..r..e.. .R..A..I.D..s..,. .M...i.r.r.o..r.s..,. .a..n..d.. .S..p..a..n..n..e..d.. .V..o..l.u..m...e..s.. .................................................... 39 3 Window.s. .S...t.o..r.a..g..e.. .S..p..a..c..e..s. ....................................................................................................... 43 4 Apple RA...I.D..s. ............................................................................................................................ 44 5 Apple Co..r..e..S..t.o..r.a..g..e../.F..i.l.e.. .V..a..u..l.t./.F..u..s..i.o..n.. .D..r.i.v..e.. .V..o..l.u..m...e..s.. ............................................................. 46 6 Linux m.d..a..d..m... .R..A..I.D...s. ............................................................................................................... 49 7 Linux Lo..g..i.c..a..l. .V..o..l.u..m...e.. .M...a..n..a..g..e..r. .V..o..l.u..m...e..s.. .............................................................................. 51 IV Startup Version 52 1 Create S..t.a..r.t.u..p.. .D..i.s..k.s.. ............................................................................................................... 53 2 Load Co.m...p..u..t.e..r. .i.n..t.o.. .S...t.a..r.t.u..p.. .M...o..d..e.. ......................................................................................... 57 3 Restore .D..a..t.a.. .f.r.o..m... .a..n.. .I.m...a..g..e.. ................................................................................................... 60 4 Create a.n.. .I.m...a..g..e.. ..................................................................................................................... 73 5 Disk to D..i.s.k.. .C..o..p..y.. .................................................................................................................... 78 6 Check a.n.. .I.m...a..g..e.. .F..i.l.e.. .............................................................................................................. 85 7 Network. .D..r.i.v..e..s.. ....................................................................................................................... 87 V Scheduled Actions, Command Line Operations, and Scripting 89 1 Schedul.e..r. .a..n..d.. .U..n..a..t.t.e..n..d..e..d.. .A...c.t.i.o..n..s.. ........................................................................................ 90 Create a Task .......................................................................................................................................................... 91 Edit a Task .......................................................................................................................................................... 95 Delete a Task .......................................................................................................................................................... 96 Run a Task Manu..a..l.l.y.. .................................................................................................................................................. 96 © 2020 R-Tools Technology Inc. II R-Drive Image Manual 2 Scripting.. .a..n..d.. .C..o..m...m...a..n..d.. .L..i.n..e.. .O...p..e..r.a..t.i.o..n..s. ............................................................................... 96 Create a Script fr..o..m.... .R..-..D..r..i.v..e.. .I.m....a..g..e.. ........................................................................................................................ 98 Create a Script .M...a..n...u..a..l.l.y.. ......................................................................................................................................... 100 3 Backup. .S..e..t.s.. .......................................................................................................................... 116 VI Technical Informaiton 122 1 Update.s. ................................................................................................................................. 123 2 Logging.. ................................................................................................................................. 123 3 Creatin.g.. .C..o..n..s..i.s.t.e..n..t. .P..o..i.n..t.-.i.n..-.T..i.m...e.. .B...a..c.k..u..p..s.. .......................................................................... 123 4 Suppor.t. .f.o..r. .V..a..r..i.o..u..s. .D..i.s..k.. .P..a..r.t.i.t.i.o..n.. .S..c..h..e..m...e..s.. .a..n..d.. .F..i.l.e.. .S..y..s.t.e..m...s.. ............................................. 127 5 Suppor.t.e..d.. .C..D.. .a..n..d.. .D...V..D.. .R..e..c..o..r.d..e..r..s. ........................................................................................ 128 6 List of H..a..r.d..w...a..r.e.. .D...e..v.i.c..e..s.. .S..u..p..p..o..r.t.e..d.. .i.n.. .t.h..e.. .S..t.a..r..t.u..p.. .M..o..d..e.. ..................................................... 128 VII R-Drive Image OEM kit 133 1 Create .a.. .M...a..s.t.e..r. .I.m...a..g..e.. .......................................................................................................... 135 2 Create .S..t.a..r.t.u..p.. .M...e..d..i.a.. ............................................................................................................ 136 Index 139 © 2020 R-Tools Technology Inc. R-Drive Image 1 I R-Drive Image R-Drive Image is unique and powerful drive image software. It creates drive image files on-the-fly, that is, without stopping Windows. Such images may be stored anywhere including various removable media. It compresses image data with variable compression level to save free space. It also restores such images on the disks on-the-fly, except system partitions. R-Drive Image creates special startup disk (a startup CD/DVD disc, USB removable storage device, or 6 floppy disks) to restore system partitions. It connects images as virtual disks to copy only certain files from the images. It also directly copies an entire disk to another - no time spent for file structure scanning. System integrators and computer assemblers can use R-Drive Image OEM kit to create system recovery disks to include them with their fully assembled computer systems. Note: The current version has a limited support for dynamic disks or other non-MBR/GPT partition layouts. See Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems for details. The R-Drive Image Features topic tells more about R-Drive Image. The Disk Actions chapter explains disk actions such as: · Create an Image of a partition, logical disk, or entire hard drive · Restore Data from an Image · Copy Disk to Disk to make an exact copy of one disk on another · Connect an Image as a Virtual Logical Disk (read-only) · Disconnect Virtual Logical Disks · Check an Image File to check an existing image file The RAIDs, and Various Disk and Volume Managers chapter explains