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Image for Windows

User Manual

Revision: 2023-09-24

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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 ........................................................................................ 11

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 ....................................................................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 ........................................................................................40

Setting Image for Windows Program Options .................................................................. 41 Setting Backup Options .................................................................................................... 56 Additional Backup Options for Removable Media ............................................................ 61

CREATING A DIFFERENTIAL OR INCREMENTAL BACKUP ................................................63 CONSOLIDATING A BACKUP CHAIN..............................................................................69

Setting Consolidate Backup Options ................................................................................ 75 Additional Consolidate Backup Options for Removable Media........................................ 79

RESTORING AN IMAGE FILE............................................................................80

RESTORING A BACKUP WITH IMAGE FOR WINDOWS .....................................................81

Using Image for Windows in TBWinPE/RE ...................................................................... 82 Using Image for Windows to Restore an Image............................................................... 92 Geometry Settings .......................................................................................................... 101 Image for Windows Restore Options.............................................................................. 103

VALIDATING BACKUPS WITH IMAGE FOR WINDOWS ................................109

VALIDATING A BACKUP.............................................................................................109 UNDERSTANDING VALIDATION OPTIONS....................................................................113

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COPYING PARTITIONS OR DRIVES WITH IMAGE FOR WINDOWS ............114

COPYING A PARTITION OR DRIVE..............................................................................114 UNDERSTANDING COPY OPTIONS.............................................................................119

USING SIMPLE OPERATIONS MODE ............................................................124

CREATING A BACKUP...............................................................................................125 RESTORING A BACKUP ............................................................................................128 VALIDATING A BACKUP.............................................................................................131 COPY A HARD DRIVE ...............................................................................................133

DEPLOYING YOUR IMAGE .............................................................................135

IMAGE FOR WINDOWS ADVANCED CONFIGURATION OPTIONS..............137

IMAGE FOR WINDOWS INI FILE .................................................................................137 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES......................................................138 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS FILE PATH VARIABLES ............................................................138 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS AND WINDOWS SERVICES .......................................................140

RUNNING IMAGE FOR WINDOWS FROM THE COMMAND LINE.................141

IMAGE FOR WINDOWS BACKUP OPTIONS ..................................................................182 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS RESTORE OPTIONS ................................................................195 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS VALIDATE OPTIONS ................................................................212 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS COPY OPTIONS......................................................................217 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS LIST OPTIONS ........................................................................229 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS COMBINE OPTIONS.................................................................231 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS HASH OPTIONS ......................................................................234

TROUBLESHOOTING ...................................................................................... 235

APPENDIX A: UNDERSTANDING THE TYPES OF BACKUPS ......................236

FILE-BASED BACKUP ...............................................................................................236 SECTOR-BASED BACKUP .........................................................................................236

APPENDIX B: BACKUP STRATEGIES ............................................................237

FULL BACKUPS .......................................................................................................237 INCREMENTAL BACKUPS ..........................................................................................237 DIFFERENTIAL BACKUPS ..........................................................................................238

APPENDIX C: INTRODUCTION TO HARD DRIVE STORAGE .......................240

THE PHYSICAL HARD DRIVE.....................................................................................240 THE LOGICAL HARD DRIVE--HARD DRIVE DATA ORGANIZATION ................................240

APPENDIX D: SCHEDULING BACKUPS.........................................................243

CREATING A BACKUP TASK FROM THE SUMMARY SCREEN .........................................243 CREATE/EDIT TASK FROM SETTINGS ........................................................................245

APPENDIX E: RESTORING TO A SMALLER DRIVE OR PARTITION............248

PREPARING FOR THE MOVE .....................................................................................250 EXAMPLES ..............................................................................................................255

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GLOSSARY ......................................................................................................258 WHAT IS SHAREWARE?.................................................................................260 TERABYTE UNLIMITED (TRIAL-USE) LICENSE AGREEMENT.....................261 TERABYTE UNLIMITED (FULL-USE) LICENSE AGREEMENT ......................264

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