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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