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Image for DOS User Manual Page 2 of 218 Table of Contents SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................. 5 DATA STORAGE SIZE UNIT CONVENTIONS .................................................... 5 HOW IMAGE FOR DOS WORKS ......................................................................... 6 WAYS TO USE IMAGE FOR DOS ....................................................................... 7 IMAGE FOR DOS QUICK START ........................................................................ 8 OBTAINING IMAGE FOR DOS .......................................................................... 10 INSTALLING IMAGE FOR DOS ......................................................................... 12 BOOT MEDIA AND UEFI SYSTEMS .............................................................................. 12 NAVIGATING THE IMAGE FOR DOS INTERFACE ........................................... 27 CREATING BACKUPS WITH IMAGE FOR DOS ............................................... 28 CREATING A FULL BACKUP ........................................................................................ 29 SETTING IMAGE FOR DOS PROGRAM OPTIONS ........................................................... 44 UNDERSTANDING BACKUP OPTIONS ........................................................................... 47 CREATING A DIFFERENTIAL OR INCREMENTAL BACKUP ................................................ 51 CONSOLIDATING A BACKUP CHAIN.............................................................................. 58 UNDERSTANDING CONSOLIDATE BACKUP OPTIONS ..................................................... 64 USING IMAGE FOR DOS TO RESTORE A BACKUP ....................................... 68 RESTORING FROM A BACKUP WITH IMAGE FOR DOS ................................................... 68 GEOMETRY SETTINGS ............................................................................................... 75 UNDERSTANDING RESTORE OPTIONS FOR AN ENTIRE DRIVE ....................................... 77 UNDERSTANDING RESTORE OPTIONS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL PARTITION ........................... 81 VALIDATING BACKUPS WITH IMAGE FOR DOS............................................. 86 VALIDATING A BACKUP............................................................................................... 86 UNDERSTANDING VALIDATION OPTIONS ...................................................................... 91 COPYING PARTITIONS OR DRIVES WITH IMAGE FOR DOS ........................ 92 COPYING A PARTITION OR DRIVE ................................................................................ 92 UNDERSTANDING COPY OPTIONS ............................................................................... 97 USING SIMPLE OPERATIONS MODE ............................................................ 102 CREATING A BACKUP ............................................................................................... 102 RESTORING A BACKUP ............................................................................................ 104 VALIDATING A BACKUP............................................................................................. 106 COPY A HARD DRIVE ............................................................................................... 106 INSTALLING IMAGE FOR DOS MANUALLY ................................................... 109 CREATING A DOS BOOT DISKETTE FROM WINDOWS 95/98/ME .................................. 110 Image for DOS User Manual Page 3 of 218 CREATING A DOS BOOT DISKETTE FROM WINDOWS XP/VISTA .................................. 110 STARTING IMAGE FOR DOS AUTOMATICALLY UPON BOOT ......................................... 110 AUTOMATICALLY RUNNING IMAGE FOR DOS FROM WINDOWS 95/98 .......................... 110 CREATING A NETWORK BOOT DISKETTE ................................................................... 111 CUSTOMIZING CDBOOT.F35 .................................................................................. 111 DEPLOYING YOUR IMAGE ............................................................................. 114 IMAGE FOR DOS ADVANCED CONFIGURATION OPTIONS ........................ 115 IMAGE FOR DOS INI FILE......................................................................................... 115 IMAGE FOR DOS ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES ............................................................. 115 IMAGE FOR DOS FILE PATH VARIABLES .................................................................... 116 RUNNING IMAGE FOR DOS FROM THE COMMAND LINE ........................... 118 IMAGE FOR DOS BACKUP OPTIONS .......................................................................... 140 IMAGE FOR DOS RESTORE OPTIONS ........................................................................ 153 IMAGE FOR DOS VALIDATE OPTIONS ........................................................................ 169 IMAGE FOR DOS COPY OPTIONS ............................................................................. 173 IMAGE FOR DOS LIST OPTIONS ................................................................................ 184 IMAGE FOR DOS COMBINE OPTIONS ........................................................................ 186 IMAGE FOR DOS HASH OPTIONS .............................................................................. 189 TROUBLESHOOTING ...................................................................................... 191 APPENDIX A: UNDERSTANDING THE TYPES OF BACKUPS ...................... 192 FILE-BASED BACKUP ............................................................................................... 192 SECTOR-BASED BACKUP ......................................................................................... 192 APPENDIX B: BACKUP STRATEGIES ............................................................ 193 FULL BACKUPS ....................................................................................................... 193 INCREMENTAL BACKUPS .......................................................................................... 193 DIFFERENTIAL BACKUPS .......................................................................................... 194 APPENDIX C: INTRODUCTION TO HARD DRIVE STORAGE ....................... 196 THE PHYSICAL HARD DRIVE ..................................................................................... 196 THE LOGICAL HARD DRIVE—HARD DRIVE DATA ORGANIZATION ................................ 196 APPENDIX D: RESTORING TO A SMALLER DRIVE OR PARTITION ............ 199 PREPARING FOR THE MOVE ..................................................................................... 201 EXAMPLES .............................................................................................................. 206 GLOSSARY ...................................................................................................... 209 WHAT IS SHAREWARE? ................................................................................. 211 TERABYTE UNLIMITED (TRIAL-USE) LICENSE AGREEMENT ..................... 212 TERABYTE UNLIMITED (FULL-USE) LICENSE AGREEMENT ...................... 215 Image for DOS User Manual Page 4 of 218 System Requirements * IBM-compatible personal computer (Pentium or newer) * 32-MB RAM * Recommended: External hard drive Note: You can use a writable CD, DVD, or BD drive, but the external hard drive is the preferred method. 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