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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 ........................................................................................ 10

QUICKSTART: MAKING A BACKUP ...............................................................................13 QUICKSTART: RESTORING AN IMAGE ..........................................................................13 QUICKSTART: VALIDATING AN IMAGE ..........................................................................14

OBTAINING IMAGE FOR WINDOWS ................................................................14

INSTALLING IMAGE FOR WINDOWS...............................................................16

FORMULATING A BACKUP PLAN ....................................................................29

CONSIDER THE DESTINATION FOR YOUR BACKUP .......................................................29 PLAN YOUR BACKUP WITH A RESTORE STRATEGY IN MIND ..........................................29 STRIKE YOUR OWN BALANCE BETWEEN CONVENIENCE AND RESILIENCY......................30

CREATING BACKUPS WITH IMAGE FOR WINDOWS .....................................30

CREATING A FULL BACKUP ........................................................................................30 UNDERSTANDING OPTIONS ........................................................................................41

Setting Image for Windows Program Options .................................................................. 42 Setting Backup Options .................................................................................................... 57 Additional Backup Options for Removable Media ............................................................ 62

CREATING A DIFFERENTIAL OR INCREMENTAL BACKUP ................................................64 CONSOLIDATING A BACKUP CHAIN..............................................................................70

Setting Consolidate Backup Options ................................................................................ 76 Additional Consolidate Backup Options for Removable Media........................................ 80

RESTORING AN IMAGE FILE............................................................................81

RESTORING A BACKUP WITH IMAGE FOR WINDOWS .....................................................82

Using Image for Windows in TBWinPE/RE ...................................................................... 83 Using Image for Windows to Restore an Image............................................................... 93 Geometry Settings .......................................................................................................... 102 Image for Windows Restore Options.............................................................................. 104

VALIDATING BACKUPS WITH IMAGE FOR WINDOWS ................................110

VALIDATING A BACKUP.............................................................................................110 UNDERSTANDING VALIDATION OPTIONS....................................................................114

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COPYING PARTITIONS OR DRIVES WITH IMAGE FOR WINDOWS ............115

COPYING A PARTITION OR DRIVE..............................................................................115 UNDERSTANDING COPY OPTIONS.............................................................................120

USING SIMPLE OPERATIONS MODE ............................................................125

CREATING A BACKUP...............................................................................................126 RESTORING A BACKUP ............................................................................................129 VALIDATING A BACKUP.............................................................................................132 COPY A HARD DRIVE ...............................................................................................134

DEPLOYING YOUR IMAGE .............................................................................136

IMAGE FOR WINDOWS ADVANCED CONFIGURATION OPTIONS..............138

IMAGE FOR WINDOWS INI FILE .................................................................................138 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES......................................................139 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS FILE PATH VARIABLES ............................................................139 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS AND WINDOWS SERVICES .......................................................141

RUNNING IMAGE FOR WINDOWS FROM THE COMMAND LINE.................142

IMAGE FOR WINDOWS BACKUP OPTIONS ..................................................................184 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS RESTORE OPTIONS ................................................................197 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS VALIDATE OPTIONS ................................................................214 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS COPY OPTIONS......................................................................219 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS LIST OPTIONS ........................................................................231 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS COMBINE OPTIONS.................................................................233 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS HASH OPTIONS ......................................................................236

TROUBLESHOOTING ...................................................................................... 237

APPENDIX A: UNDERSTANDING THE TYPES OF BACKUPS ......................239

FILE-BASED BACKUP ...............................................................................................239 SECTOR-BASED BACKUP .........................................................................................239

APPENDIX B: BACKUP STRATEGIES ............................................................240

FULL BACKUPS .......................................................................................................240 INCREMENTAL BACKUPS ..........................................................................................240 DIFFERENTIAL BACKUPS ..........................................................................................241

APPENDIX C: INTRODUCTION TO HARD DRIVE STORAGE .......................243

THE PHYSICAL HARD DRIVE.....................................................................................243 THE LOGICAL HARD DRIVE--HARD DRIVE DATA ORGANIZATION ................................243

APPENDIX D: SCHEDULING BACKUPS.........................................................246

CREATING A BACKUP TASK FROM THE SUMMARY SCREEN .........................................246 CREATE/EDIT TASK FROM SETTINGS ........................................................................248

APPENDIX E: RESTORING TO A SMALLER DRIVE OR PARTITION............251

PREPARING FOR THE MOVE .....................................................................................253 EXAMPLES ..............................................................................................................258

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GLOSSARY ......................................................................................................261 WHAT IS SHAREWARE?.................................................................................263 TERABYTE UNLIMITED (TRIAL-USE) LICENSE AGREEMENT.....................264 TERABYTE UNLIMITED (FULL-USE) LICENSE AGREEMENT ......................267

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