Home

R-Drive Image User`s Manual

1. TFS Storage I ST3000DM001 9YN166 2 72TB 1 Health Status CAUTION 05 Reallocated Sectors Count 64736 S M A R T Self Monitoring Aus ad Reporting Technology is a technology widely used in hard drives and solid state devices that monitors their reliability conditions to predict possible hardware failures 2 Select the objects you want to backup on the Partition Selection panel and click the Next button R Drive Image Create an Image O x WB Primary P Logical M Unallocated MB cpt Other Refresh Description To select a source for the image file dick a partition logical disk R Tools Technology Inc To select all partitions on a drive dick a hard drive icon About Back Exit Help More information Selected Objects a Primary partition Ea Logical disk A Unallocated space Other partition type You may select all objects on a hard drive by clicking the hard drive icon 240 It will show the marked hard drive J 238MB FATIG Use the Refresh button if your computer disk configuration has been changed when you connect a USB disk for example 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Disk Actions 3 Select the place on the Image Destination panel to which the image files will be written specify the file name and click the Next button amp R Drive Image Create an Image wwe trea Ay Sa ay 4 j 4 7 I
2. Bad Sectors When R Drive Image encounters a bad sector the IO Error message will appear You may either cancel the current action or fill the bad sectors with zeros IO Error Options A R Drive Image x Error reading sector 1016 on disk G Read from disk failed Ignore Ignore All Abort The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version The Technical Information chapter gives technical mnformation on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information Follow this lnk to obtain R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 2 4 Connect an Image as a Virtual Logical Disk Note You can connect images only as read only disks See Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems for the list of supported file systems To connect an image as a Virtual Logical Disk 1 Click Connect an Image as a Virtual Logical Disk on the Action Selection panel R Drive Image will show you the Image File Selection panel with the disks folders structure 2 Select the file with the image on the Image Mle Selection panel and click the Next button When you click the file you may view its content on the right pane More information Objects in Image Files E Primary partition Logical disk Unallocated space Other partiti
3. 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 54 R Drive Image Manual Initializing R Drive Image Then a startup screen will appear Startup Options J R Drive Image GUI Graphic Mode R Drive Image GUI Safe VGA Mode R Drive Image TUI Text Mode Automatic boot in 5 seconds se the cursor keys to select which entry is highlighted Press enter to boot the selected entry Select the R Drive Image GUI Graphic Mode to run R Drive Image in the graphic mode in which its user interface is similar to the Windows version if R Drive Image cannot run in this mode restart the system in the Safe VGA mode only VESA compliant which is compatible with most video cards and monitors If it fails too select the Text mode in which the R Drive Image user interface is shown in the pseudo graphic mode compatible with all video cards The help below describes this pseudo graphic mode Use the Tab key to switch between the control areas and the arrow keys to select options within the control areas Press the Enter key to activate the selected button You may also activate a key by pressing the highlighted letter key You may exit the program by pressing the x key Secure boot It may be impossible to start a Windows 8 certified computer with the R Drive Image startup disk without some additional actions This happens because any computer should use a so called Secure boot procedure to comply with Windows 8 hardware certification from Micro
4. H P U _ Unallocated space S Use the arrow keys to switch between the options 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc R Drive Image Manual 3 Select an object you want to copy on the Select an object you want to archive backup copy panel and press the N key Select an object you want to archive backup copy Panel R Drive Image Select source ob ject Disk Yb ject Object Selection Panel R Drive Image 5 1 Build 5101 Copy a Disk to a Disk 373GB 37 3GB NTFS USB2p0 5738 373GB NTFS USB2p0 Tae ee aa eta Ml Primary F Logical Unallocated E GPT F Other R Drive Image 5 1 Build 51 Use the arrow keys to switch between the objects 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Startup Version 4 Select the destination for the data on the Select a target for copy restore operation panel and press the N key Select a target for copy restore operation Panel R Drive Image Select target ob ject URBZpO Primary NTFS Restore Copy Parameters Panel Copy a Disk to a Disk 33 7GB FAT32 GPT 333cp 37 3GB NTFS USB2p0 R Tools Technology Inc Primary F Logical E Unallocated E GPT E Other Refresh E ea _ nee e R Drive Image 5 1 Build 51 Use the arrow keys to switch between the target objects 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc R Drive Image Manual 5 Specify restore parameters on the Copy restore options panel and press the N key Copy r
5. 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 4 R Drive Image Manual List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information Follow this lnk to obtain R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 1 2 Contact Information and Technical Support To obtain the latest version of R Drive Image go to Product Site _http www drive image com Sales Department sales r tt com The R Drive Image Technical Support Team is available 24 hours a day seven days a week and has an average e mail response time less than 4 hours Tech Support support r tt com You may send a support request form from http www r tt com Support_request html Drive Imaging amp Backup FAQ http www r tt com Drive_ Imaging Backup FAQ shtml R tt Forum http forum r tt com The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions The Startup Version chapter explams how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information 1 3 R Drive Image Registration You need to obtain a registration key to activate the R Drive Image trial version You may obtain this key online at the R TT web site The registration keys are sent to customer e mail boxes immediately after purchase With the purchase of a new R TT software pro
6. 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Disk Actions 25 Find Previous Click this button to find the previous object specified in the Find dialog window File Mask Click this button to specify a file mask Up Click this button to move highlighting one folder up Folders panel Richt click a folder to reach its shortcut menu Filesto wipe Marked folder all child objects in this folder are marked F3 Partially marked folder some child objects in this folder are marked yy y r j f Files panel amp Screen 1 m4ta File marked to restore The Find Results panel Appears when file search has been performed Find Results x Find All File Extensions arc H A F3 Root Files to Recover Sest4s arc F3 Root Files to Recover est3 are F3 Root Files to Recover Sest4 arc F3 Root Files to Recover Sest5 arc FA Roct Files to Recover Sest4 arc F4 Root Files to Recover Sest34 arc F4 Root Files to Recovery Sest4 arc F4 Root Files to Recover Sest3 arc Files to wipe test1 arc Files to wipe test2 arc Files to wipe tests arc Files to wipe test4 arc Files to wipe test5 arc Files to wipe test6 arc Files to wipe test arc Matching files 15 Total files searched 199 Log panel Ready Marked 620 14 MB in 29 files in 4 folders Total 1 31 GB in 187 files in 43 folders File search You may use the advanced search capabilities of R Drive Image to
7. Number of Logical Volumes VGUUID yfSIOL EH36 P0 TF 2jJX n1 Wh p GBH BMDrLE gt ubuntu vg gt Uninitialized Entities Extend Remove Selected Volume Group Physical Volume s LVM volume Imaging R Drive Image displays both LVM volumes and their components on the Partition Selection panel 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc RAIDs and Various Disk and Volume Managers LVM Volume R Drive Image Create an Image m x Ei mais 7 i Components of selected z LVM volume Bie 2 1 i cmon nn E 7 686 i S 9 36GB a J Tase ens Mex NSCS Ext4 LVM Test1 LVM Selected LVM volume LVM Test1 Ext4 44 9GB Used space 1 01GB LVM W Primary P Logical I Unallocated MB GPT M Other Refresh Description To select a source for the image file click a partition logical disk To select all partitions on a drive click a hard drive icon About Back Next Exit Help When you select a certain LVM volume R Drive Image also shows its respective members Data Restore from an Image of a LVM volume You may restore data from an image of a LVM volumes with the limitations described in the Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems section LVM Volume R Drive Image Restore from an Image E E x fre E Primary P Logical M unallocated W cpt D Other Selected Target for LVM Volume IV Startup Version This
8. Parents of selected target for Windows Storage Space 1 C 292GB NTF 4 DZe6GB NTFS Data GPT E SS Protective ion G Destination I artr 29 0GB WSS Protect tition GPT 13068 1 H 148GB NTFS Storagespace22MGPT WK lt Selected Target for PSC ease cag Ml Primary M Logical M Unallocated ME GPT M d Windows Storage Space About Back Next Exit Help Please note that R Drive Image can restore data only to fixed provisional Windows Storage Spaces if the Windows version doesn t support Windows Storage Spaces The startup version of R Drive Image can restore data only to fixed provisional Windows Storage Spaces too You may read more about thin provisioned or fixed Windows Storage Spaces in Microsoft s Storage Spaces Overview 3 4 Apple RAIDs R Drive Image supports various software RAIDs that OS X can create from disks connected to a Mac computer RAID1 Mirror set RAIDO Stripe set and Concatenated disk set 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc RAIDs and Various Disk and Volume Managers 45 Apple RAIDO example Test Mac RAID 0 AA WARNI 2 A gt thet First Aid RAID E 640 14 GB Hitachi HTSS4 EE ee HD aiiai RAID Set Name Test Mac RAID 0 Format Mac OS Extended Journaled a T380215 A Media dmg RAID Type Striped RAID Set ao VirtualBox 4 2 14 8664 RAID Set Size 7 37 GB a SoftRAID 4 5 2 dmg __ 4 03 GB UFD 2 0 Silicon
9. To delete a selected RAID set click Delete 4 03 GB UFD 2 0 Silicon P er ees ee 7 37 GB Test Mac RAID 0 Striped RAID Set Online _ 7 37 GB Test Mac RAID 0 Test Mac RAID 0 3 68 GB RAID Slice disk1s2 a 3 68 GB RAID Slice disk2s2 a tj Options Delete Update Disk Description Apple RAID Total Capacity 7 37 GB 7367163904 Bytes Set Name Test Mac RAID 0 RAID Status Online Type Striped RAID Set Number of Slices 2 gt Version AppleRAID version 2 0 Apple RAIDs Imaging R Drive Image displays both Apple RAIDs and their members on the Partition Selection panel Apple RAIDO R Drive Image Create an Image O x Members of selected Apple RAIDO DPT l 6 86GB HFS Test Mac RAID 0 MacOS RAID Selected Apple RAIDO Test Mac RAID 0 HFS 6 86GB Used space 29 0MB MacOS RAID E Primary P Logical W Unallocated MB crr Other Refresh Description To select a source for the image file dick a partition logical disk R Tools Technology Inc To select all partitions on a drive dick a hard drive icon About Back Next Exit Help When you select a certain Apple RAID R Drive Image also shows its respective members Data Restore from an Image of a Apple RAID You may restore data from an image of a Apple RAID with the limitations described in the Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems section 2004
10. Several partitions should be set in one list General The default extension for R Drive Image script files is rai Parameter values may be inclosed in single or double quotes if the value does not contain spaces the quotes may be omitted R Drive Image ignores spaces in the beginning of a line R Drive Image treats multiple spaces as one space except when they are in a parameter value enclosed in quotes Examples Below are equal lines create a c archive rdr create a c archive rdr Below are not equal lines create a c archive 1 rdr ereate a os archive 1 rar 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 94 R Drive Image Manual Comments R Drive Image treats lines which the first non space character is or the first non space character is and the last one is aS comments Examples This is a comment line This 1S a comment line Multiple lines If the last non space character in a Ine is R Drive Image appends the next line to tt Example Lines create a c archive rdr s 1 1 eS To are equal to the line create a c archive rdr s 1 1 c 5 Disk size units Values specifying disk sizes may be in untts b Jos 2 10 1 024 b Kb Mb If the units are used enclose the value in quotes Default values are Mb megabytes Characters to substitute If the following characters are to appear in the parameter values they should be substituted by
11. t lt TimeSliceNumber gt lr lt DiskLetter gt S7 lt PartitionSize gt of lt PartitionOfset gt 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Optional non active partition Please note that the combination p a is invalid If this parameter is not specified the data from the image will be used Examples k p a the partition will be primary and active k p the partition will be primary Information in the image will be used to make the partition either active or non active Applicable to restore only Specifies which incremental data will be used to restore data from the image If the TimeSliceNumber IS not specified the first data in the image will be used 1 specifies the last incremental data in the image first R Drive Image will use the first incremental data in the image last R Drive Image will use the last incremental data mn the image lt n gt R Drive Image will use the n th incremental data from the beginning in the image lt n gt R Drive Image will use the n th mcremental data from the end in the image Examples t 2 specifies the second incremental data from the beginning in the image will be used to restore data Specifies a disk letter parameter is case msensitive Examples 1r K or 1r K Specifies a partition size May be in the float poit format Example sz 512 or sz 0 5 elo Specifies begining of the destination May be This an offset from the in th
12. Backup Options Snapshot providers Process priority l Windows Volume Snapshot Service Backup Process Priority Normal v a R TT Volume Snapshot Service Use CPU Cores Unlimited X Notify system applications Backup AUX applications Before S ier S R After C Program Files x86 R Wipe amp Clean RwcRun exe a te Snapshot AUX applications Before After _ Ignore disk read errors bad sectors tO Were a n a a Na Save as default Reset About Back Next Exit Help Backup Options Snapshot provider A snapshot provider is a service R Drive Image uses to read the disk content while creating its mage R Drive Image uses the snapshot providers in the order specified on the tab Ifit fails to use the first one selected it tries to use the second one and so on Windows Volume If this check box is selected R Drive Image will try to use the Windows native Snapshot Service snapshot provider This snapshot provider is able to notify system applications that a snapshot is being taken If this option is selected pagefile sys and hibernate sys files are excluded 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 12 R Drive Image Manual a from the image of the system disk R TT Volume Snapshot If this check box is selected R Drive Image will try to use R TT snapshot service provider This snapshot provider is not able to notify system applications that a snapshot is being
13. EULI backup Test Image 04042008 200000 2 Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 3 lneremental Test Image 04042008 200000 4 inecremental Test Image 04042008 200000 5 Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 6 Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 7 rincremental Test Image 11042009 200000 Ta FULL backup Test Image 11042008 200000 2 Incremental Test Image 11042008 200000 3 Incremental Test Image 11042008 200000 4 Incremental Test Image 11042008 200000 3s krneceremental Test Image 11042008 200000 6 Incremental Trest Image 110420089 200000 7 Incremental Test image 138042008 200000 L Full backup Test Image 18042008 200000 2 Incremental Test Image 18042008 200000 3 Incremental Sunday 4 24 2008 Test Image 04042008 200000 1 pEULL backup Thursday Test image 04042008 200000 2 Incremental backup Trest Image 04042006 200000 3 Incremental backup Test Image 04042008 200000 4 Incremental backup Test Image 04042000 200000 79x Incremental backup Test Ihagee 04042008 200000 64 Incremental backup Test Image 04042000 200000 7 Incremental backup Test Image TTO04 2008 200000 D EULI backup z Test Image 11042008 200000 24 kIneremental backup 2 Test image LL042009 200000 lt 3 incremental backup 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Scheduled Actions Command Line Operations and Scripting 117 Test Image 11042008 200000 4 Incremental Test Image 11042008 200000 5 Incremental
14. Incremental Test Image 11042008 200000 7 Incremental Test Image 13042008 200000 lt 1 Full backup Test Image 189042009 200000 lt 2 Incremental Test Image 18042008 200000 3 Incremental Test Image 18042008 200000 4 Incremental Test Image 18042008 200000 5 Incremental Test Image 18042009 2000000 6 Iincremental Test Image 18042008 200000 7 Incremental Test Image 250420086 200000 1 pEULL backup Test Image 18042008 200000 2 Incremental Please note that the oldest backup set would be deleted if the total size exceeds 20 GB or the number of all files from all backup sets exceeds 30 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc ns R Drive Image Manual VI Technical Informaiton This chapter gives technical information on e Loggin e Creating consistent point in time backups e Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems e Supported CD and DVD Recorders e List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode The Disk Actions chapter explains disk actions such as e Create an Image ofa partition logical disk or entire hard drive e Restore Data from an Image e Copy Disk to Disk to make an exact copy of one disk on another e Connect an Image as a Virtual Logical Disk read only e Disconnect Virtual Logical Disks e Check an Image File to check an existing image file The RAIDs and Various Disk and Volume Managers chapter explains how to perform disk actions with various compound vol
15. Intellon PLC based usb adapter MosChip MCS7830 based Ethernet adapters NetChip 1080 based cables Laplink Option USB High Speed Mobile Devices Prolific PL 2301 2302 25A1 based cables SMSC LAN75XX based USB 2 0 gigabit ethernet devices SMSC LAN95XX based USB 2 0 10 100 ethernet devices Samsung Kalmia based LTE USB modem Sharp Zaurus stock ROMs and compatible Simple USB Network Links CDC Ethernet subset USB CATC NetMate based Ethernet device USB KLSI KLSUSB101 based ethernet device USB Pegasus Pegasus II based ethernet device USB RTL8150 based ethernet device 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 128 R Drive Image Manual Microsoft Hyper V client drivers Microsoft Hyper V virtual block driver Microsoft Hyper V virtual network driver Microsoft Hyper V virtual storage driver The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information Follow this lnk to obtain R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Technical Informaiton 12 Vil R Drive Image OEM kit R Drive Image OEM kit allows system integrators consultants and computer assemblers to create special system
16. Licensee Tester 1 A R T Testing Team test r tt com Product R Drive Image License Type Standalone LNumher nf commuters 1 Third Party Copyright Notices and Disclaimers Debugging f System dump V Logging yM_Bug R Drivelmage 2015 09 07 log a View License Language v Register 6 2 Creating Consistent Point in Time Backups Some programs may write some data on the disk while R Drive Image is creating a data backup To avoid data inconsistency R Drive Image uses two mechanisms for creating consistent point in time backups Windows XP Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista and later R Drive Image uses Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service VSS to notify other applications supporting this service that it is going to start a data backup process in order for them to flash all necessary data to the disk Most applications like Microsoft Exchange Server Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle software support this service Options Windows Volume Snapshot Service and Notify system application on the Backup Options panel enable disable the use of this service If a software that does not support VSS runs on your computer you may use Backup AUX applications and Snapshot AUX applications on the Backup Options panel and their respective commands parameters in scripts to send special commands to your application that will make that application flush its data to the disk before the backup process starts Windows 2000 and ear
17. QUANTUMFIREBALL ELS408 4 77GB Hard Drive Properties Disk Letter Disk Size File S Image with two logical disks on one hard N atl Image with one logical disk F 1 46GB NTFS H 1 04GB F drive QUANTUMFIREBALL_TM346B 3 59GB Hard Drive Properties Disk Letter Disk Size File System Label Image with two logical disks on two hard drives f O o ie A F 1 73GB NTFS NTFS Test A ni OMEGAZIP 25032 6 __239MB Hard Drive Properties If the image file is password protected the Password prompt message will appear Enter the password 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Disk Actions and click the OK button 3 Verify that the information on the Processing panel is correct and click the Start button You may also create a script for this action Click the Script to Clipboard button and paste the script to any text processing utility gt R Drive Image will start checking the data in the image file When the image is checked the Object checked successfully message will appear if the image file 1s good If tt is corrupted R Drive Image will show the Image corrupted message 6 R Drive Image x A R Drive Image x i Object checked successfully v Error Image file is corrupted Decompression failed Check system memory for errors The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Sta
18. Te once FATIG FAT TEST 2 00GB FAT16 FAT TEST bride pecs a tl y r f E Primary P Logical 8 Unallocated W crr Other Description To select a source for the image file dick a partition logical disk R Tools Technology Inc To select all partitions on a drive dick a hard drive icon About Back Exit Hep 5 Mark folders and files to restore on the Select les to Restore panel and click the Next button R Drive Image Restore from an Image o x _ Mark files folders you want to recover and click Ne w wo we You may also search for particular files and apply fi Folders Name Size Create gt O Spotlight v100 CO Root 1 18 2013 8 LI AppleMusic Screen 1 m4a 377095 Bytes 12 13 2009 OGF Silence m4a 204482 Bytes 12 13 2009 OG r gt m F3 gt m F4 Files to wipe v 1 _ _ INSTALL mM I vnen ie Find All File Extensions arc HA F3 Root Files to Recover Sest4 arc F3 Root Files to Recover Sest5 arc F3 Root Files to Recover _Sest4 arc y Ready Marked 620 14 MB in 29 files in 4 folders Total 1 31 GB in 187 files in 43 folders Output folder H About Bak Eit Hep Buttons Click this button to find a particular file folder R Drive Image searches for files only among files specified by a File Mask Find Next Click this button to find the next object specified in the Find dialog window
19. to CD DVD H Ei pan discs select a CD DVD recorder in the disks folders structure and specify a file name E E Files_to_Recover Images 1 F_H image rdr bel F_H image2 rdr pel 1 F_H image3 rdr HDD ST380215A3 AAD rdr Testrdr ty k EATEN HE TLE HE Ka Sigs a aes es Semen jos Sse G i RAID62X RAID6Complex H E RAIDGE J RAID6RS H E RAIDS_Test H Recovered Files xi Refresh Map Network Drive File name D Images XP_Test rdr R Tools Technology Inc Files of type R Drive Image files rdr x mo x gt Use the Tab key to switch between the control areas External USB drives with the NTFS file system the startup version of R Drive Image can save image files on such disks if they are properly disconnected in a Windows system using the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the system tray or while shutting Windows down You may also connect network drives 5 Specify image options on the Image Options panel and click the Next button You may specify image options on this panel Image Options Panel 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Startup Version HHHH Im name D Im xP_Test rdr senaat EEA N Hit HHH tit Hitt Image compression ratio Backup t Hit tit o Hit Hit F tit tit r tit Hit S tit HHH itit Hitt nunnana Image split size MB HHHH HH HHHHHH Hit HH Password ttt HHH Confirm password Hit HH
20. virus attack or hardware failure You can also use R Drive Image for mass system deployment if you need to setup many identical computers you can setup manually only one system than using R Drive Image you can make an mage of the system and deploy it on all other computers saving your time and cost You can copy a hard drive partition or logical disk directly to another one Such copying is much faster than traditional file by file copying as no time spent for file structure scanning If you need to restore only certain files from an image you can connect that image as a read only virtual disk and copy those files directly from the image usmg Windows Explorer or any other file utility If you are a system integrator consultant or computer assembler you can use R Drive Image OEM kit to create system recovery disks to include them with your fully assembled computer systems R Drive Image features e A simple wizard interface no in depth computer management skills are required e Commands in the shortcut menu to perform some disk actions like restoring data from an image file and connecting an image as a virtual disk directly from Windows explorer e Image files are created on the fly no need to stop and restart Windows All other disk writes are stored in a 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc R Drive Image cache until the image is created Images can be created for storage devices with removable media Images can be burned o
21. 6 Verify that the information on the Processing panel is correct and click the Start button You may also create a script for this action Click the Script to Clipboard button and paste the script to any text processing utility amp R Drive Image Create an Image Operation 1 of 4 Operation Backup type Partition Drive Letter File System Volume Label Backup partition Actual data only Logical Partition 1 Ez NTFS NTFS Test 1 33GB WDC WD75AA 00BAA0 7 02GB 1 1 minute s 9 second s Located on HDD Estimated duration Backup partition Actual data only Logical Partition 3 Drive Letter File System Volume Label Used space ep an acit p FAT 16 FAT TEST 1 32GB 2 D0GB Progress Current 2 of 4 Backup partition H FAT TEST Total Estimated time left 1 minute s R Tools Technology Inc About Cancel R Drive Image will start creating the image file s The Progress bar will show the progress of the current operation and overall process When the image 1s created the Image created successfully message will appear You may cancel the current operation by clicking the Cancel button The Operation canceled by user message will appear A R Drive Image i Image created successfully x amp R Drive Image X x Operation canceled by user Writing images on CD R RW discs and other devices with removable storage CD R RW and DVD dis
22. 8GB NTFS Hard G 99 9GB NTFS Hardware RAIDO 2 GPT u lt SS A dine aves A Tange 2 NE d 931GB 3 1 t G 2926B8 NTF PM Hardware RAIDO 99 9GB Used space 106MB WB Primary M Logical M Unallocated W crr P Other Description To select a source for the image file dick a partition logical disk To select all partitions on a drive dick a hard drive icon R Tools Technology Inc wou z Refresh Help Data Restore from an Image of a Hardware RAID You may restore data from an mage of a hardware RAID with the limitations described in the Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems section 3 2 Windows Software RAIDs Mirrors and Spanned Volumes R Drive Image supports Windows software RAIDs mirrors and spanned volumes Such objects can be managed using the Disk Management item in Computer management 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc R Drive Image Manual Windows software RAIDO Sl Computer Management E x p g File Action View Help 2ml Hml Computer Management Local Status Actions v System Tools ce Simple Basic Healthy Recovery Partition Seay oes Be gt Task Scheduler ce Simple Basic Healthy EFI System Partition aiti Seas as gt Event Viewer cs Simple Basic Hea More Actions gt gt amp Shared Folders ce C Simple Basic NTFS ary Partition Simple Basic NTFS wet rimary Partition gt Lo
23. Deletes a partition on a drive delete The required partition should be specified Specifies a partition to delete The lt SourceDisk gt parameter consists of one or several disk descriptors written m the form descriptor name 1 value descripto r namel value The disk descriptors are presented in the Disk descriptors section of this s lt SourceDisk gt Mandatory 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 108 R Drive Image Manual table Old notation 1s also valid Old notation examples for the second partition on hard drive 1 s 1 2 for a logical disk s D Example delete s F ipt command deletes the logical disk F clear Deletes alll partitions ona drive Specifies the hard drive where all partitions should be deleted The lt SourceDisk gt parameter consists of one or several disk descriptors written in the form descriptor name 1 value descripto r namel value The disk descriptors are presented in the Disk descriptors section of this table Old notation is also valid Old notation examples for hard drive 1 s 1 Specifies a partition layout type to be created on the hard drive lt PartitionType gt may be mbr R Drive Image will create the MBR layout part type lt PartitionType gt Optional Mandatory gpt R Drive Image will create the GPT layout If omitted the existing partition layout table will be cleared Mandatory if no partition layout exists on the hard drive Installs a d
24. File 79 Create an Image 6 7 Create an image using the startup disks 6 7 Disk to disk copy 72 Network Drives 81 Restore Data from an Image 54 Restore data to a system or another locked disk 54 Support for Various non MBR GPT Partition Layouts 122 Supported CD and DVD recorders 123 System recovery disc 7 T Technical Information 118 Time Event Options At system startup 85 At user logon 85 Daily 85 End date 85 Month schedule 85 Monthly 85 Months 85 On day of month 85 Ondays 85 Once 85 Or 85 Perform this task 85 Run this task every 85 Start date 85 Start time 85 task is active 85 wake the computer to run this task 85 Weekly 85 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc _U UEFI boot 51 User Password Options 85 W Windiows explorer shortcut menu Connect as Virtual Disk 33 Restore Image 15 Windows Software Mirrors 39 Windows Software RAIDS 39 Windows Software Spanned Volumes 39 Windows Storage Spaces fixed provisional 43 thin provisioned 43
25. For the full data backup task Perform the Weekly task Run this task 1 week s every On the days Friday Start time 8 00 PM Start Date 4 4 2008 For the incremental backup task Perform the Weekly task Run this task 1 week s every On the days Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Saturday Start time 8 00 PM Start Date 4 4 2008 File name convention Full backup lt P ileNeme gt Dave Or Rice Backup lime Of FLTC Backip gt Leror Incremental lt FileName gt lt Date of First Backup gt lt Tim of First Backup gt Nti tdr backup N is the number of incremental backup The files created Date Da Files created on the destination Comments 4 4 2008 Frida Test Image 040420089 200000 letar FEUL Backup d 4 5 2008 Test Image 04042006 200000 Lendr 7rull Backup l Saturda Test Image 04042008 200000 24rd 7imeremental backup Lil 4 6 2008 Sunday Test Image 04042008 200000 1 FOLL backup 1 Test mage 04042008 200000 2 Incremental backup Test Image 04042008 200000 3 Incremental backup 4 7 2008 Test Image 04042008 200000 1 EuL backup 1 Test Image 04042008 200000 24 Incremental backup Test Image 04042008 200000 3 Incremental backup Test Image 04042008 200000 4 Incremental backup 4 8 2008 Test Image 04042008 200000 1 pews backup al Test Image 04042008 200000 2 Incremental backup Test Ihagee 04042008 200000 32 Incremental backup Test Image 04042006 200000 4 Incremental backup Test Image 040
26. Media Action description Creates an image of a selected hard drive its one or several partition s or logical disks You can also save the created disk imaging action as a command line script to include it in a command file 2 Select the file with the master image on the Master Image File Selection panel and click the Next button R Tools Technology Inc a Image Description Image has no description HDD2 image Alaa P J ge Boa ides F ne eco NIE a S iage Bad1 Image_bdd QUANTUM FIREBALL_TM3 P Region0on F RegiondonY A Region10240nS00 amp Singledisk S System_Disk TwoDisks lt E Filename p MAGES SystemDiskrdr OZ 22000 O O Files of type RDrive Image fles rdr arc z Bak net Eet Hep When you click the file you may view its content below 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc R Drive Image OEM kit 133 3 Select the device you want to use to create the the system recovery disks on the Removable Media Device Selection panel and click the Next button R Drive Image Create OEM System Recovery Media m x Master image file D IMAGES System_Disk rdr Name Type Write Speed r iso ISO Image File CD DVD BD Drive E PIONEER DVD RW DVR 219L 7056 KB Sec C configure startup media troubleshooting options A USB startup device should be already connected formatted as a FAT FAT32
27. OK button all those partitions will be deleted and data will be restored on that free space Note Although R Drive Image shows unallocated space instead of the deleted partitions the partitions and their data will be actually deleted only when R Drive Image starts copying the data Selected Object and Destination BE Primary partition Logical disk A Unallocated space Other partition type Source E 1 8 74 s C 21 1GB NTFS Selected Object on the Source Drive Se 2 47768 F 173GB NTFS NTFSre G 1 24GB FAT32 H 1 75GB FAT16 FAT TES 4 3 TAS 1 re Used apace L61GB NTFS NTFS Test pela ear Selon Properties of Source Object T 238MB FAT16 Active FPT ET Partitions Logical Disks Unallocated Space pi 1 men me 21 1GB NTFS Sys D 53 4GB NTFS passa fos Selected Destination f mare 4 37 268 NTFS USB2 0 External Drive T32 H 1 75GB FAT16 FAT TES 4 gt oe Lee x 8 Disk Letter Capacity File System Label 239MB J 238MB FATI6 M A R T warning for a hard drive Ifa hard drive has S M A R T warnings a color mark will appear on its left top corner Drugging the cursor over the drive will show a tooltip explaining that warning g 1 D V 2 51TB NTFS Work GPT 99168 ST3000DM001 9YN 166 CC4C TES Storage Se 12 7218 Stora S1FOSW4E Health Status CAUTION _ 05 Reallocated Sectors Count 64736 Warnings will also appear in confirming e ma
28. Operations and Scripting 85 5 1 1 Create a Task Generally you may set a scheduled task the same way you set a regular action for creating an image of a disk partition or an entire hard drive To create a new task 1 Click Scheduler Create Script on the Action Selection panel The Scheduled Tasks panel will appear R Drive Image Create a Task Script oO x Task name Event Last start Result Status a ris JE i R Drive Image Task 1 on the First S Never Has not run Po Imares R Tools Technology Inc About sax eat ee H 2 Click the Create a Task button on the Scheduled Tasks panel 3 Select the objects you want to backup on the Partition Selection panel image destination on the Image Destination panel imaging mode on the Imaging Mode panel image options on the Image Options panel and backup options on the Backup Options panel Go to the Create an Image topic for more details Please note that you may use backup sets for creating complex data backup tasks and maintaining data files R Drive Image Create a Task O x M Use backup sets Backup set size quota 20000 MB Maximum number of backup sets ta ap Maximum number of image files Maximum backup set age 21 days _ Also apply the settings before creating a new image Append changes differentially to the last image in the backup set Append changes incrementally to the last image in
29. RAID1 F NTFS 37 3GB Used space 2 52GB Dynamic Volume E Primary P Logical I Unallocated MB cer M Other Refresh Description To select a source for the image file dick a partition logical disk To select all partitions on a drive dick a hard drive icon Windows software spanned volume R Drive Image Create an Image E El x Selected Windows Software Spanned Volume Wi 17360 NTs tet Samed Vue Dreic volume X 37 3GB NTFS Test _37 3GB_NTFS Test Spanned Volume Dynamic Volume o Volume Fe 3GB X 37 3GB NTFS Test Spanned Volume Dynamic Volume E Primary M Logical M Unallocated W cet M Other Description To select a source for the image file dick a partition logical disk R Tools Technology Inc To select all partitions on a drive dick a hard drive icon About Back Et Hep When you select one parent ofa Windows software RAID mirror or spanned volume R Drive Image selects the entire object 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc R Drive Image Manual Data Restore from an Image of a Software RAID Mirror and Spanned Volume You may restore data from an image of a Windows software RAID mirror and spanned volume with the limitations described in the Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems section Windows software RAIDO R Drive Image Restore from an Image O x Image D R Studio WinSoftRAIDO Win
30. Technology Inc R Drive Image Manual is very useful for SSD and advanced formatted disks If there are empty non used spaces between partitions those spaces will be removed taking into account the alignment Expand Shrink partition If there are empty not used places between the partitions or they occupy less or to whole disk more space than the target drive R Drive Image proportionally expands shrinks them to occupy the entire target drive Otherwise it 1s similar to Copy all partitions onto original places Fixed active partition R Drive Image preserves the original offset size of the active partition in case the loader has Inks to it See Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems for details When you copy a system disk a disk signature collision may occur In this case the Disk Signature Collision panel will appear You may specify the way to resolve this collision on this panel Disk Signature Collision Resolving Same signature for R Drive Image will create an identical copy of the source disk with the same both disk signature To avoid disk signature collision you ll have to disconnect one of the disks and restart the computer if necessary Use this mode if you clone a system disk for another computer or only the target disk will be used in yours Different signature on R Drive Image will write another disk signature to the target disk Don t use this the target disk mode if you clone a system
31. Test Image 11042008 200000 6 Incremental Test Gmage MhOaZOOS 2O0OU 0 7 s Incremental Test Image 16042008 200000 1 REULL backup Test Image 18042008 200000 2 Incremental Test Image 18042009 200000 3 Incremental Test Image 18042008 200000 4 Iincremental Test Image 18042009 200000 5 Incremental Test Image 18042008 200000 6 Incremental Test Image 18042008 200000 7 Incremental 4 25 2008 Friday FOLL backup 1 us deleted ALL aes tales Test Image LO04AZ006 200000 lavdr 7 Fuld backup Test Image TI047200897 200000 2 rdr 7 ncremental Test Image 11042008 200000 3 rdr Incremental Test Image lbO4Z2008 200000 Azrar Incremental Test Image 11042008 200000 S rdr 7 ineremenval Test Image 11042008 200000 o rdr Incremental Test Image 11042008 200000 7 rdr Incremental Test Image 180420009 200000 1 rdr 7rull backup Test Image 18042008 200000 2 rdr Incremental Test Image 1804200897 200000 Serdi Incremental Test Image 18042008 200000 4 rdr Incremental Test Image FSOOFZ006 200000 oS rdr Incremental Test Image 18042008 200000 o rdr Incremental Test Image 18042008 200000 7 rdr Incremental Test Image 25042008 200000 l rdr Full backup 4 26 2008 Tese Image ThOaZ00G 200000 is PEULE backup Saturday Test Image 11042008 200000 2 Incremental Test Image 11042008 200000 3 Incremental Test Image 11042008 200000 4 Incremental Test Image LLOd2Z005 200000 a Incremental Test Image 11042009 200000 6
32. Tools Technology Inc 104 R Drive Image Manual Example restore a I Test Image rdr s hdd size 40060403712 part num 1 hdd_ num 1 tndd target d 0thdd bus Type alatparc label Parit2 part ofs 16778264576 part mounted G thdd name SAMSUNG amp 32 SP0411NTW100 11 part size 2327 9435776thdd port num 0 hdd serial S01JJ30X912831l part fs ntfs tudd CEype reai d hdd size 40000403712 part num 2 hdd num l1 hdd target id O0 thdd bus type ata part label Part2 part ofs 16778264576 part mounted G hdd name SAMSUNG amp 32 SPO411NTW100 ll part size 23279435776 hdd port num 0 hdd serial SO1lJJ30K91283l part fs ntfisthdd vtype real p My Password xe winamp C sounds error mp3 xs winamp C sounds success mp3 This script command restores data to the logical disk G on the Samsung HDD the source image is stored in the I Test Image rdr the data is taken from the first partition in the image This image is protected with the password My Password If the script action has been performed successfully the winamp application will olay the success mp3 file and if an error occurs it will play the error mp3 file Restores individual files from images restorefiles oe to a specified destination Specifies a source object to restore The lt SourceDisk gt parameter consists of one or several disk descriptors written in the form descriptor name 1 value descripto r namel value The disk descriptors are presented in the Disk
33. a system disk a disk signature collision may occur In this case the Disk Signature Collision panel will appear You may specify the way to resolve this collision on this panel 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 32 R Drive Image Manual R Drive Image Copy a Disk to a Disk _ o x g py Source media SAMSUNG HD642JJ Image 596GB MBR Target media ST3500320AS SATA 2 1 465GB MBR Disk with collision SAMSUNG HD642JJ SATA2 2 0 596GB MBR Disk Signature Collision Resolving Same signature for both disks Use this mode if you done a system disk for another computer or only the target disk will be used in yours You ll have to turn your computer off and disconnect one of the disks Different signature on the target disk Don t use this mode if you clone a system disk Windows won t start from it To get access to the target disk after doning you ll have to restart the computer or re connect it if it s an external USB disk Change the disk signature on the disk with the collision Use this mode if you want to start Windows from the target disk but be warned the computer won t start from that disk with the collision Each initialized disk has a certain disk signature a 32 bit unique number written in its MBR or 16 byte disk GUID for the GPT layout Windows and more important Windows loader use this disk signature to recognize the disk and to find boot and system partitions If Windows doesn t recognize
34. amp Computer Management File Action View Help e 2 m Hml A Computer Management Local v i System Tools Healthy Recovery Partition Task Scheduler i Basic Dei a 5 Windows Software Spanned gt cnr i r slima P More Actions gt gt ared Folders asic 5 Ty gt amp Local Users and Groups A i Basic Performance gy Device Manager v amp 3 Storage Dak Management CaDisk 0 a gt E4 Services and Applications Basic 931 39 GB 300MB 100 ME 292 01 GB NTFS Healthy iii Healthy Boot Page File Healthy Software Spanned Volume Test Spanned Volume X 37 31 GB NTFS Healthy E Test Spanned Volume X 37 31 GB NTFS Healthy CD ROM 0 lt gt I Unallocated I Primary partition IJ Spanned volume 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc RAIDs and Various Disk and Volume Managers oat Windows Software RAIDs Mirrors and Spanned Volumes Imaging R Drive Image displays those objects similar to their representation in the Windows Disk Manager Windows software RAIDO R Drive Image Create an Image _ m x g g E Primary M Logical M Unallocated W cer M Other Description To select a source for the image file dick a partition logical disk To select all partitions on a drive dick a hard drive icon Windows software mirror i R Drive Image Create an Image o x Test
35. descriptors section of this table Old notation is also valid Old notation examples for hard drive 1 s 1 for the second partition on hard drive 1 s 1 2 for a logical disk s D Specifies a path including its file name to the image file from which data is to be restored It there 1s a space in the path the path should be in quotes Examples a c Images Test rdr or a C Image Files Test rdr Specifies list of files from the image that should be restored Example filelist MyPhoto Photo Picture 001 jpg Photo Picture OOS TOG Mandatory Specifies the folder to which files 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc s lt SourceDisk gt Mandatory a lt PathOfArchiveFile gt Mandatory filelist lt ListorrilesToRe store gt Mandatory Scheduled Actions Command Line Operations and Scripting 105 Example outdir D 1111 Example Festoreri les ndd Si z7e 7o07l Jes00 part nun l hdd nmum l hdd Larger 1d 0 hdd bus type atatpart label NTFS Test tpart ofs 64512 part mounted F hdd name WDC amp 32 WD75DA 00AWA107 21L07 part size 3141991936 thdd port num 0 thdda serial WD WMA1J1262876 part fs ntfs thdd vtype real a I Test Image rdr t 1 filelist MyPhoto Photo Picture 001 jpg Photo Picture 003 jpg Photo Picture 005 jpg Photo Picture 007 jpg Photo Picture 009 jp0 Photo Picture 010 7p0q Photo Picture 011 309 Photo Picture 013 jpg Photo Picture 015
36. disk Windows won t start from it To get access to the target disk after cloning you ll have to restart the computer or re connect it if it s an external USB disk Change the disk R Drive Image will change the disk signature on the source disk Use this mode if signature on the you want to start Windows from the target disk but be warned the computer source disk won t start from the source disk anymore 6 Verify that the information on the Confirm operations panel is correct and click the N key gt R Drive Image will start copying the data from the source disk to the selected destination The Progress window will show the progress of the current operation and overall process When the data 1s copied the Operation completed successfully message will appear The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information Follow this lnk to obtain R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Startup Version 4 6 Check an Image File To check an image file 1 Click Check an Image File on the Action Selection panel Action Selection Panel R Drive Image test r tt com Sel
37. file names because it contains an invalid character Date Entities In the examples below the system date is assumed as February 2007 Thursday amp sys date System date in the locale format Example 29 01 07 Please note that it is not recommended to use this entity in file names because that will create a chunk of folders Month day Example 01 Month Example 02 Short year Example 07 wees date yyyy Long year Example 2007 SyS date m na Month name Example February me Short month name Example Feb Week day number starting from Sunday Example 5 amp sys date wd n Week day name Example Thursday ame Short week day name Example Th m 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 112 R Drive Image Manual Enumeration Entities Defines the number of calls to this entity Starts from 0 Num specifies the format of the number Example rdi enum 3 will return 001 for the second calls to this entity User defined entities You may create your own entities using the set command Example Sel Creal Gate SsVs daltewl name Gsys dace G asSys date y You may use this entity for instance set a command creating files with their date of creation as the file name create a D archive creat date rdr s c If the date when the script has been run is February 1 2007 Thursday this command will create an image of the logical disk C and write it to the D ar
38. find necessary files Click the Find button and specify the files to find on the Find dialog box Note that a File Mask may be applied You may also reach the Find dialog box by right clicking a folder on the Folders pane and selecting an appropriate item in the shortcut menu 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 26 R Drive Image Manual Find Mark dialog box amp Find Mark Partition3 x Files 7 ReadMe txt MyLetter doc jp Example r me t t ginger Options Look at Look in Files Entire disk Partition3 X C Folders Match case Direction Find Mark mode Find all matched files X Advanced C Size From o UpTo i FileId c Date files Modified v inthelast 1 gt days between 7 1 15 v inthelast 1 months and 9 1 15 ow Advanced lt lt Cancel Find Mark options You may specify how to treat specified strings Please note that R Drive Image stores previously entered search strings File Extensions Regular Expressions All Files Options Match case Look in Find Mark mode If this option is selected R Drive Image treats specified strings as file names Use for one unspecified character and for an unlimited number of them to specify file masks If this option 1s selected R Drive Image treats specified strings as file extensions If this option is selected R Drive Image treats specified strings as regular expressions If this option is selected R Drive Ima
39. if the bs is set Specifies the number of files in all backup sets If it is exceeded the older backup sets all their files will be removed s sl lt AppAfterSnapShot gt Optional xe lt ApplfError gt Optional xs lt AppIfSucc gt Optional Ds Si7e lt Ou0ta 1 MB Optional bs num b lt Number of backs gt Optional bs num L lt NUMbEr of iles Optional 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 100 R Drive Image Manual Example p num 30 May be used only if the bs is set Specifies the number of days for which R Drive Image will keep the backup set Then the backup set will be removed Example ps age 14 Used when an image file is written to CD discs R Drive Image creates an ISO image of the CD cd cach l Sa ee pons disc and then copies it to the CD disc Without it R Drive Image writes data directly to the CD disc Used when an image file is written to CD discs Specifies burning cd d lt Speed gt ae se Opnonal speed in KB sec Example cd speed 1200 Used when an image file is written to DVD discs R Drive Image creates an ISO mage of the DVD dvd cache Optional disc and then copies it to the DVD disc Without it R Drive Image writes data directly to the DVD Example disc opin Used when an image file is written to DVD discs Specifies burning Optional speed in KB sec Example dvd speed 3324 Greate s hdd size 400604037 1 2
40. locked by the system or other application the Disk not locked message will appear Disk not locked C System x This may happen when you try to access or change data on your system or other already locked disk To continue restoring data you may a Restart computer ar mandatory for the system disk O Gs Retry to lock the disk once again O Force Windows to unlock the disk e 7 not recommended Cancel To continue restoring you may e If you restore data to your system disk select Restart computer recommended to continue restoring the data in the R Drive Image startup mode Read carefully the Restoring Data to a System Disk topic before you proceed e If you restore data to a disk locked by other low level disk software including Windows internal services stop this software and select Retry to lock the disk once again e You may also try to unlock the disk by selecting Force Windows to unlock the disk not recommended If Windows fails to unlock the disk the Disk not locked message will appear again You will need to stop the software locking the disk manually or select Restart computer recommended to continue restoring the data in the R Drive Image startup mode Note Use this option cautiously because it may cause unpredictable results including system crash and data loss 6 Verify that the information on the Processing panel is correct and click the Start button You may add other obj
41. loss You may select all objects on a hard drive by clicking the hard drive icon ze It will show the marked hard drive Se T 238MB FAT16 3 Specify copy parameters on the Restore Copy Parameters panel and click the Next button Restore parameters Restore Options You may visually adjust the location and size of the object to be restored All other restore options will be adjusted accordingly Also when you adjust one or several restore options directly these changes will be shown visually Green marks available space See Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems for the list of supported file systems Minimum partition size Minimum partition size that may be allocated for the data in the image Depends on how much free space is in the data in the image and its file system image Depends on the file system of the selected object drive before the beginning of the partition Partition size You may specify the size of the partition to be restored Should be between the minimum and maximum partition size Free space after You may specify the size of free space that will be left on the hard drive after the end of the partition Partition type You may specify the type of the partition to be restored Do not py Active Primary change this setting unless you have serious reasons to do so ogica File system for the selected You may select the file system for the partition to be restored partitions D
42. on the Select a target for copy restore operation panel and press the N key Select Target Object Panel Open an Image File D Images lt Goto up level gt XP_Test rdr All files 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc eo R Drive Image Manual Image Object Selection Panel R Drive Image 5 1 Build 5101 Restore from an Image Image D Images XP_Test rdr TEET E R Tools Technology Inc S Primary F Logical F Unallocated E GPT Other Refresh won e Ee e _ R Drive Image 5 1 Build 51 Use the arrow keys to switch between the target objects HO Harddrive O P Primarypartition O U Umallocated space o O 8 Specify restore parameters on the Copy restore options panel and press the N key Copy Restore Options Panel Copy restore options 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Startup Version ot Restore Copy Parameters Panel R Drive Image 5 1 Build 5101 Restore from an Image Eg Minimum partition size 62 1GB Maximum partition size 100GB bg Fee space after MB ia Partition type Primary Active Primary Logical File system for the selected partition NTFS x R Tools Technology Inc Drive letter for the selected partition mot ex R Drive Image 5 1 Build 51 For restoring copying one or several partition s Restore Options Free space before You may specify the size of free space t
43. part num lLthdd num 2 hdd target rd 0 hdd bus type atatpart label Partl part ofs 1048576 part mounted F hdd name SAMSUNG amp 32 SPO411NTW100 ll part size 16777216000 hdd port num 0 thod serial SOlJUI30X91283il part ts ntisthdd vtype real hdd srz 40060403 712 tpar mumM 2 hdd num Zthdd targer 10 07hdd bus type avarpart tabel Parrz part ofs 16778264576 part mounted H thdd name SAMSUNGE amp 32 SPO4TINIWLOOSTl part size 2327949357 ferhndd port num 0thdd serial SsoTJJ30x912631 part fs ntfisthdd vtype real a I Test Image rdr c 3 u true p My Password r This is a test image xe winamp C sounds error mp3 xs winamp C sounds success mp3 This script command creates an image of logical disks F and H on the Samsung HDD The path and filename for this image file is T Test Image rdr with compression level 3 and only useful information on this disk will be written to the mage This image is protected with the password My Password and its description is This is a test image Ifthe script action has been performed successfully the winamp application will play the success mp3 file and if an error occurs it will play the error mp3 file estore a E restore specified disk place 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc bs age lt Days gt Optional Scheduled Actions Command Line Operations and Scripting tot copy Copies a disk to a disk Specifies a source object to copy The lt
44. partition select Do not connect if you do not want to connect this partition to your system Copy disk signature This parameter appears when the Primary Active option is selected If you select this option R Drive Image will write the disk signature of the source object to the target one This is necessary for the Windows to properly recognize the startup disk but the disk signature collision may occur You ll need to disconnect one of the collided disks to enable your computer start up properly To restore data from an image of an entire hard drive to a hard drive The Restore Copy Parameters panel will be different with different sets of options R Drive Image Restore from an Image O x estore Copy Pawtueters Source media WDC WD75AA O0BAAO Image 7 02GB MBR Target media WDC WD75AA4 00BAAO ATA O 0 7 02GB MBR Copying mode Raw disk copy disk will be shown after rebooting Copy all partitions onto original places Realign partitions S A E pa xpand Shrink partition to whole disk Mode description All partitions will be copied to their original places If the drive s geometry is detected correctly and there is no non standard loader it makes the exact sector by sector copy of the original object R Tools Technology Inc About Back Next Exit Help HDD Copy Method Raw disk copy R Drive Image writes sector by sector the data from the original drive or its
45. signatures it will try to resolve the collision Windows XP and earlier simply changes the signature of one of the disk while Vista and later sends one of the disk into the offline mode and doesn t connect any partition from that disk You may use Disk Signature Collision Resolving options to avoid such collisions R Tools Technology Inc About Back Next Exit Help Disk Signature Collision Resolvinc Same signature for R Drive Image will create an identical copy of the source disk with the both disk same signature To avoid disk signature collision you ll have to disconnect one of the disks and restart the computer if necessary Use this mode if you clone a system disk for another computer or only the target disk will be used in yours Different signature R Drive Image will write another disk signature to the target disk Don t use on the target disk this mode if you clone a system disk Windows won t start from it To get access to the target disk after cloning you ll have to restart the computer or re comnect it if it s an external USB disk Change the disk R Drive Image will change the disk signature on the source disk Use this signature on the mode if you want to start Windows from the target disk but be warned the source disk computer won t start from the source disk anymore 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 22 R Drive Image Manual If you try to restore data to a system or other disk
46. taken Notify system If this check box is selected the snapshot provider if it supports this feature applications notifies system applications that a snapshot is being taken These options specify how much computer resources R Drive Image will consume during a backup process Specifies the priority of the backup process Similar to that specified in Windows Task Manager process Ignore disk read errors If this check box is selected R Drive Image will ignore possible read errors bad sectors when it tries to read data from bad sectors R Drive Image works with disks with bad sectors in the following way It reads a certain part of disk predefined by Windows and e If read errors are ignored the entire part with bad sectors will be filled with Zeros e Ifread errors are not ignored R Drive Image reads that part sector by sector and shows a warning message for every bad sector with two options skip the sector or try to read it agam In this case only the bad sectors will be filled with zeros but all that requires manual actions and extremely slows the maging process Please note that R Drive Image is developed for the work with normally functioning disks If you need to image a malfunctioning disk use R Studio a data recovery utility It has more controls for imaging and can create R Drive Image compatible images even in its demo mode that is without registering Backup AUX R Drive Image is able to make applications run be
47. the Disk Signature Collision panel will appear You may specify the way to resolve this collision on this panel Disk Signature Collision Resolving 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Startup Version e Same signature for R Drive Image will create an identical copy of the source disk with the same signature To avoid disk signature collision you ll have to disconnect one of the disks and restart the computer if necessary Use this mode if you clone a system both disk Different signature on the target disk mode if you clone a system disk Windows won t start from it To get access to the target disk after cloning you ll have to restart the computer or re connect it if it s an external USB disk R Drive Image will change the disk signature on the source disk Use this mode if you want to start Windows from the target disk but be warned the computer wont start from the source disk anymore Change the disk Signature on the source disk 9 Verify that the information on the Confirm operations panel is correct and press the N key gt R Drive Image will start restoring the data from the image file to the selected destination The Progress window will show the progress of the current operation and overall process When the image 1s restored the Operation completed successfully message will appear Restoring selected files and folders See Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems for the lis
48. the backup set Create a new full image Description The data in the existing image will be kept and changes in the data will be added to the last image in the backup set This allows you to restore data as at each image creation date time A differential backup is a cumulative backup of all changes made after the first full backup R Tools Technology Inc About Back Next Exit Help 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc se R Drive Image Manual 4 Specify the time or event at which the task should start on the Time Event panel and click the Next button WA R Drive Image Create a Task O x g iia rerun Perform this task Monthly v task is active wake the computer to run this task 4 Start time Month schedule Onday 1 of the month 12 00PM Or the last v Sunday v Start date January May September 8 1 15 lt lt lt February June October End date March July November h2j3i is_ v April August December Task description This task is scheduled to run on the Last Sunday of January February March April May June July August September October November December at 12 00 PM from 8 1 15 till 12 31 15 This task is active Tools Technology Inc About Back Exit Help You may specify time event options on this panel t The task will start repeatedly on a daily time interval Start time Time at which the task will start Start date Date from which the task
49. this checkbox if R Drive Image does not recognize a device although it is in the supported device lst Default clocksource Select this checkbox to select co puter default clocksource cards by a space or comma 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc so R Drive Image Manual To create a startup CD disc Supported CD and DVD Recorders 1 Select Create Startup Disks on the Action Selection panel and click the Next button R Drive Image Create Startup Disks O x Stwwiup edia Device Selection Name Type Write Speed iso ISO Image File CD DVD BD Drive E PIONEER DVD RW DVR 219L 7056 KB Sec s Removable l Removable Disk L configure startup media troubleshooting options A USB startup device should be already connected formatted as a FAT FAT32 disk and has enough amount of free space available toe Mele ca n a a ert ISO File Name About Back Exit Help Select the CD recorder in the list of supported startup devices with removable storage on the Removable Storage Device Selection panel and click the Next button Click the Start button on the Processing panel R Drive Image will start creating the startup CD disc When you click the Start button R Drive Image will open the CD R RW drive tray and the Insert a blank CD R RW disc message will appear Insert a blank CD R RW disc and click the OK button When R Drive Image finishes creating the startup CD disc the S
50. will start End date optional Date from which the task will not start anymore Run this task every Time interval in days in which the task will regularly start Start time Time at which the task will start The task will start repeatedly on a weekly time interval Start date Date from which the task will start Time even If this options is not selected the task will not start at its scheduled time event Run this task every Time interval in weeks in which the task will regularly start Start time Time at which the task will start End date optional Date from which the task will not start anymore Date from which the task will start Monthly The task will start repeatedly on a monthly time interval Month schedule Time at which the task will start Date from which the task will start The task will start at every system startup 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Days of the week on which the task will start options Scheduled Actions Command Line Operations and Scripting The task will start every time a user will log on If this checkbox is selected your computer will automatically start up to perform this task 5 Specify a user name and password of a user from the Administrators user group on the User Password panel and click the Next button Click the Default button to make R Drive Image to run as your default user R Drive Image Create a Task 0 x C Use local system account Inp
51. 04 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Scheduled Actions Command Line Operations and Scripting To create a script from a scheduled task 1 Click Scheduler Create Script on the Action Selection panel The Scheduled Tasks panel will appear 2 Right click the task from which you want to create a script on the Scheduled Tasks panel 3 Select in the context menu either Save as script to save the script in a file or Script to Clipboard Ctrl C to copy and paste the script to any text processing utility The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions The Startup Version chapter explams how to perform disk actions usmg the R Drive Image Startup Version The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information Follow this lnk to obtain R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 5 2 2 Create a Script Manually R Drive Image has a very powerful and versatile script language that enables you to create scripts for all your needs A script consists of commands and their parameters All commands parameter and their values are case sensitive Incompatibilities with ver 3 x File names with Escaping of the character has been changed File names with Escaping of the character has been changed Partition list S Dartl 5 part2 s part3 59 partl part2 pario
52. 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 46 R Drive Image Manual Apple RAIDO R Drive Image Restore from an Image E x SF Members of Selected Apple RAIDO ideien i ee not selectable Image D RDI Panels WinSoftRAIDs MacSoftRAIDO rdr 5 3 42GB HFS Drv imags Test Mac RAID 0 HFS 6 86GB Used space 68 4MB Members of Selected Target for Apple RAIDO 3 5 Linux Logical Volume Manager Volumes Linux LVM is a logical volume manager for the Linux OS that manages disk drives and other data storage devices Using it It is possible to create single logical volumes on several physical disks add and replace them in a running system resize logical volumes create various RAID configuration and so on You may read more about Lmux LVM on this Wikipedia article Logical Volume Manager Linux LVM volume example r x gt Logical Volume Management as superuser m File Tools View Help Vv Volume Groups oo gt i n P 88 Best Fit 2 Zoom In Properties for Y LVM Test Volume Group LVM Test v dev sdb Volume Group Name LVM Test Clustered False Partition 1 System ID Format ym2 v dev sdc Attributes wz n Volume Group Size 44 989 Partition 1 Available Space 7 699 Total Number of Extents 11516 Partition 2 Number of Free Extents 1968 Extent Size 4 00m Partition 3 Maximum Allowed Physical Volumes 256 Number of Physical Volumes 5 Partition 4 es Maximum Allowed Logical Volumes 256
53. 2W Intel R C600 Series Chipset SAS Controller InteVICP former GDT SCSI Disk Array RAID Controller LSI Logic Legacy MegaRAID Driver LSI Logic Management Module LSI Logic MegaRAID Driver LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS RAID Module LSI MPT Fusion SAS 2 0 Device Driver Marvell 88SE64XX 88SE94XXK SAS SATA Microsoft Hyper V virtual storage driver NCR53c406a SCSI PAS16 SCSI PMC SIERRA Linux MaxRAID adapter PMC Sierra SPC 8001 SAS SATA Based Host Adapter driver Promise SuperTrak EX Series QLogic ISP4XXX and ISP82XX host adapter family QLogic QLA2XXX Fibre Channel Support Qlogic FAS SCSI Qlogic QLA 1240 1x80 1x160 SCSI SYM53C8XX Version 2 SCSI Symbios 53c416 SCSI Tekram DC390 T and Am53 79C974 SCSI Tekram DC395 U UW F and DC315 U SCSI Trantor T128 T128F T228 SCSI 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc RDC R6040 Fast Ethernet Adapter RealTek RTL 8129 8130 8139 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter RealTek RTL 8139 C PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet Realtek PCIe GBE Family Ethernet Adapter SEEQ8005 SMC 9194 SMC 91Cxx PCMCIA SMC EtherPower II SMC Ultra SMSC LAN9420 PCI ethernet adapter STMicroelectronics 10 100 1000 Ethernet driver ServerEngines 10Gbps NIC BladeEngine SiS 900 7016 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter S1S190 SiS191 gigabit ethernet Silan SC92031 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter driver Solarflare SFC4000 SFC9000 family Sun Cassini Sun GEM Sun Happy Meal 10 100baseT Sun Neptune 10Gbit Ethernet Sund
54. 42008 200000 5 Incremental backup 4 9 2008 Test Image 04042008 200000 1 FOLL backup 1 Wednesday Test Image 04042008 200000 2 Incremental backup Trest Image 04042006 200000 3 Incremental backup Test Image 04042008 200000 4 Incremental backup Test Image 04042002 20000079 Incremental backup Test Image 04042008 200000 6 Incremental backup 4 10 2008 Test Image 04042008 200000 1 Full backup 1 Thursday Test Image 040420089 200000 Za Incremental backup Test Image 04042008 200000 3 Incremental backup Test Image 04042006 200000 4 Incremental backup Monday Tuesday 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Scheduled Actions Command Line Operations and Scripting 115 Test Image 04042008 200000 5 Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 6 Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 7 Incremental 4 11 2008 Friday Test Image 04042008 200000 1 peuLsl Dackup Test Image 04042008 200000 2 Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 3 Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 4 Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 5 Iincremental Test Image 04042008 200000 6 Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 7 Incremental Test Image 11042008 200000 1 Full backup 4 12 2008 Test Image 04042008 200000 1 PEULE backup Saturday Test Image 04042008 200000 2 Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 3 Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 4 Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 5 Incremental Test Ima
55. 8 Buttons 15 About 6 119 Delete a task 89 Editatask 88 Edit an event 88 File Mask 15 Find Next 15 Find Previous 15 Find Mark 15 Language 6 Index 135 C Check an image file 36 Command line actions 90 configure startup media troubleshooting options 48 Connect Drive letter for the selected partition 33 Connect an image as a virtual logical disk 33 Contact information and technical support 4 Context menu Delete a task 89 Editatask 88 Edit an event 88 Execute now 84 90 Rename 88 Save as Script 91 Script to Clipboard 91 Copy a disk to a disk 28 Create a Master Image 131 Create a script 91 Create a script from an existing task 91 Create a script from R Drive Image 91 Create a script manually 93 Create a task 85 Create an image 7 Create startup disks 48 Creating consistent point in time bakups 119 Creating OEM Client Media 129 D Date Existing files 15 Fileld 15 Files 15 Find Mark mode 15 Folders 15 Look in 15 Match case 15 Regular expression 15 Size from up to 15 Delete atask 89 Dialog boxes About R Drive Image 6 119 File mask 15 Find Mark 15 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 136 R Drive Image Disconnect virtual logical disks 35 Disk actions 6 ie Editatask 88 Edit time orevent 88 File mask options Date 15 Match case 15 Show empty folders 15 Size from up to 15 File masks 15 Find options 15 H Hardware RAIDs 39 HDD Copy Method Copy all partitions onto original
56. AKE CAN LEAD TO LOGICAL DISK OVERWRITING AND DATA Restart now Yes No Help You computer will restart The following text will appear on the screen Please select the operating system to start R DrivelImage Autopart v 2 0 Microsoft Windows XP Professional 4 Select R DriveImage Autopart v 2 0 and press the Enter button You may select Microsoft Windows XP Professional to start Windows normally using the R Drive Image startup floppy disks 1 Make sure that the first startup device in the system BIOS is A Floppy Disable Secure boot in the system BIOS if your computer is certified to run Windows 8 Refer to your system documentation for details 2 Insert the first startup floppy disk and start your computer The followmg text will appear on the screen Uncompressing R Drive Image OK starting the kernel VFS Insert the second R Drive Image boot disk and press ENTER 3 Insert the second disk and press ENTER using the R Drive Image startup CD disc or USB disk 1 Make sure that the first startup device in the system BIOS is the required drive Disable Secure boot in the system BIOS 1f your computer is certified to run Windows 8 Refer to your system documentation for details 2 Insert the CD disc or connect the USB disk and start your computer R Drive Image will start in the startup mode The followmg text will appear on the screen loading rdrive fs Decompressing Parsing ELF Starting the kernel
57. H R Drive Image 5 1 Build 5101 Create an Image Image name D Images XP_Test rdr r IV Check the image file immediately upon its creation I Ignore disk read errors bad sectors m Image compression ratio Backup type Sector by sector type Faster speed are toy la yy Smallersize by Yp Backup actual data only Image split size Estimated image size 8 27GB Automatic C Fixed size 98 MB Confirm password fF Fkkkk k Description Test Image R Tools Technology Inc About Back Next Exit R Drive Image 5 1 Build 51 Image options Check the image file Select this option if your want R Drive Image to check the newly created file immediately upon its image for its consistency This may be useful for storing image files with critical CEON data Please note that this operation requires additional time Image compression You may compress the data in the image to save space Please note that the ratio smaller size you select the more time will be spent to create the image file and vise versa Backup type You may store in the image either the exact Sector by backup copy of the object or Backup useful information only that is you do not have to store empty space of the object in image files See Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc R Drive Image Manual __ File Systems for the list of supported file syste
58. R Drive Image compatible images even in its demo mode that is without registering Backup AUX R Drive Image is able to make applications run before and after all backup applications operations Please note that those application should return a 0 exit code Leave these fields blank if in doubt An application R Drive Image starts before the backup operations starts If you need to start several application you may use a command file Example cmd exe c example bat An application R Drive Image starts after the backup operations completes If 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Technical Informaiton you need to start several application you may use a command file Example cmd exe c example bat Snapshot AUX R Drive Image is able to make applications run before and after taking the applications snapshot of one or several volumes Please note that those application should return a 0 exit code Leave these fields blank ifin doubt An application R Drive Image starts before it takes the snapshot of one or several volumes If you need to start several application you may use a command file Example cmd exe c example bat An application R Drive Image starts after it takes the snapshot of one or several volumes If you need to start several application you may use a command file Example cmd exe c example bat Save as default Click this button to make the current settings default Click this button to reset the cu
59. Scripting chapter explamns how to start disk actions automatically at scheduled times events and create scripts that can be performed from a command line 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc R Drive Image OEM kit 131 e Scheduler and Unattended Actions e Scripting and Command Line Operations e Backup sets The R Drive Image Features topic tells more about R Drive Image Follow this lnk to obtam R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 7 1 Create a Master Image A master image is the image of the hard drive logical disk or partition which you will used to restore the system The safest way to create a master image for a system rescue disk is to set the system up turn it off then start it up with the R Drive Image startup version and write the master image file either to a network drive or to a USB disk Please note that you have to connect the USB disk before you start up the system If you are going to create the master image in the same way as a regular image it is necessary to understand how OEM System Recovery Media searches for the target drives partitions to restore data to Hard drives OEM System Recovery Media identifies drives by their identity info vendor modeH revision So when creating the master image avoid connecting the source drive to a non standard drive controller It may change the drive name and or size making it impossible for OEM System Recovery Media to identify the target drive correctly when
60. SoftRAIDO rdr ell X 37 3GB NTFS Test_RAIDO GB NTFS Test RAIDO Dynamic Volume ET X 37 3GB NTFS Test_RAIDO Dynamic Volume HEC ALA aE N oee Test_RAIDO X NTFS 74 6GB Used space 5 48GB Dynamic Volume Destination MB Primary M Logical M Unallocated MB cer M O About O Bak Ext Hep Windows software mirror R Drive Image Restore from an Image SB F 37 3GB NTFS T Test RAID1 Dynamic Volume C irs cami onc F 37 3GB NTFS Test RAID1 Dynamic Volume eee Test RAID1 F NTFS 37 3GB Used space 4 24GB Dynamic Volume MB Primary M Logical Unallocated MB cerr M ob About Back net ext Help Windows software spanned volume R Drive Image Restore from an Image 137 368 X 37 3GB NTFS Test Spanned Volume Dynamic Volume _ 37 3GB NTFS Test Spanned Volume Dynamic Volume Test Spanned Volume X NTFS 74 6GB Used space 5 47GB Dynamic Volume Selected Target for Windows ee Software Spanned Volume Leet kell A C Ml Primary D Logical W Unallocated Mi crr i About Bak net et He 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc RAIDs and Various Disk and Volume Managers 43 3 3 Windows Storage Spaces R Drive Image supports Windows Storage Spaces created by Windows 8 8 1 and Windows 10 Storage pools and spaces is a new storage technolog
61. SourceDisk gt parameter consists of one or several disk descriptors written in the form descriptor name1l value descripto r namel value The disk descriptors are presented in the Disk descriptors section of this table Old notation is also valid Old notation examples for hard drive 1 s 1 for the second partition on hard drive 1 s 1 2 for a logical disk s D Specifies a destination disk partitio on which the data is to be restored The lt DestinationDisk gt paramete consists of one or several disk descriptors written m the form descriptor namel value descriptor _namel value d lt DestinationDisk gt Mandatory descriptors are presented in the Disk descriptors section of this table Old notation is also valid Old notation examples for hard drive 1 d 1 for the second partition on hard drive 1 d 1 2 Applicable to restore only Specifies a path including its file name to the image file from which data is to be restored It there is a PASE ae a Mandatory space in the path the path should be in quotes Examples a c Images Test rdr or a C Image Piles Test rdr Specifies a status primary active for a partition to be restored k lt PartitionStatus gt Optional Settings p IS a primary partition p is a secondary partition a IS an active partition a 1s a 2004 2015 R Tools 6 0004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Inc s lt SourceDisk gt Mandatory 102 R Drive Image Manual
62. Spaces item in the Control Panel Windows storage spaces S Storage Spaces T H System and Security gt Storage Spaces Manage Storage Spaces Control Panel Home space a Storage pool Dae Using 26 5 GB of 85 5 GB pool capacity v Storage spaces Storage space 1 F Simple no resiliency 15 0 GB Using 5 25 GB pool capacity Storage space 3 P G Parity 54 0 GB Using 9 00 GB pool capacity Storage space 2 2M H Two way mirror 15 0 GB Using 10 5 GB pool capacity v Physical drives SanDisk Extreme 2 USB De Attached via USB lt 30 7 used W Providing 28 5 GB pool capacity SanDisk Extreme 3 USB De Attached via USB ss 31 5 used Providing 28 5 GB pool capacity SanDisk Extreme 1 USB De ee alsc Attached via USB lt 30 7 used File History SS Providing 28 5 GB pool BitLocker Drive Encryption capacity Use Storage Spaces to save files to two or more drives to help protect you from a drive failure Storage Spaces also lets you easily add more drives if you run low on Create a new pool and storage capacity If you don t see task links click Change settings Change settings OK OK View files OK View files OK View files ox OK Rename ok R Drive Image can image Windows Storage Spaces and then restore data to them with some restrictions 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc pa R Drive Image Manual Windows Storage Space Imaging R Drive I
63. Systems e Supported CD and DVD Recorders e List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode The R Drive Image OEM kit chapter explains how computer system integrators can create system recovery disks for their systems e Create a Master Image e Create Startup Media Follow this link to obtain R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support R Drive Image is a registered trademark of R Tools Technology Inc Window s 9x ME NT4 0 2000 XP 2003 V ista 7 8 2012 Server 8 1 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation OS X is a registered trademark of Apple Inc All other trademarks are the property of their respective ow ners 1 1 R Drive Image Features R Drive Image is unique and powerful drive image software It creates disk images files that contain exact byte by byte copies of hard drives partitions or logical disks Such images may be stored in any location other hard disks or various removable media such as CD R W and DVD discs Iomega Zip or Jazz disks mcluding network drives At any time data from such images may be restored on their original disks or on any other partitions or even on drive s free space 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 Using R Drive Image you can completely restore your system immediately after heavy data loss caused by an operating system crash
64. UID 2008 R CALLBACK STAGE AFTER_ SNAPSHOT R VOLUME NAMES D R VOLUME GUIDS 203060 00 gt f 3e lidce 93la oZ9328iL1oz0 8 R CALLBACK UID 2008 R CALLBACK STAGE AFTER BACKUP R VOLUME NAMES C D R VOLUME GUIDS d5 570a1 2978 11ldc 83bf 005056c00008 9636e065 f75e 1ldc 981a 929322 18201 Note If the system settings permit several disks may appear in one snapshot Then the following calls will appear R CALLBACK UID 2008 R CALLBACK STAGE BEFORE BACKUP R VOLUME NAMES D R VOLUME GUIDS d5 570al 2978 11ldc 83bf 005056c00008 9636e065 75e 1ldc 981la 829328f78201 R CALLBACK UID 2008 R CALLBACK STAGE BEFORE_ SNAPSHOT R VOLUME NAMES D R VOLUME GUIDS d5f 570a1 2978 11ldc 83bf 005056c00008 9636e065 f75e 1ldc 981a SZ293Z20L 73201 R CALLBACK UID 2008 R CALLBACK STAGE AFTER SNAPSHOT R VOLUME NAMES D R VOLUME GUIDS d5f 570a1 2978 11dc 83bf 005056c00008 9636e065 f75e 1ldc 981a SZ29I3Z28L 73201 R CALLBACK UID 2008 R CALLBACK STAGE AFTER BACKUP R VOLUME NAMES D R VOLUME GUIDS d5 570a1 2978 11dc 83bf 005056c00008 9636e065 f75e 1ldc 981a SZI3Z0T 182014 6 3 Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems R Drive Image supports various non MBR GPT disk partition schemes Dynamic disk BSD Slice Apple Partition Map with the following restrictions e Changes in disk partition layout are supported for basic regular MBR GPT disks R Drive Image can change partition lay
65. User s Manual R Drive Image c 2015 R Tools Technology Inc All rights reserved www r tt com tools f technology 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Allrights 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 2000 XP 2003 Vista 7 8 2012 Server 8 1 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation OS X is a registered trademark of Apple Inc All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Contents Table of Contents 1 R Drive Image Features c cccseeeeeeeeeeeeenees 2 Contact Information and Technical Support 3 R Drive Image Registration cccsceeeeeeeeeees ow A O N a FF O N IV NO oo FP WD DN R Drive Image Disk Actions Create an IMAGE cccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneneneeaeaes Restore Data from an Image Copy a Disk to a DISK cccccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees Con
66. You may also right click the task and select Edit an event in the context menu 3 Edit the time or event at which the task should start on the Time Event panel and click the Next button Go to the Create a Task topic for details 4 Click the Next button several times until you go to the Processing panel 5 Verify that the information on the Processing panel is correct and click the Save button gt The task will appear on the Scheduled Tasks panel with the new starting Time Event To edit an entire scheduled task 1 Click Scheduler Create Script on the Action Selection panel The Scheduled Tasks panel will appear 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Scheduled Actions Command Line Operations and Scripting 89 2 Selecta task which you want to edit on the Scheduled Tasks panel and click the Edit button Note You may also right click the task and select Edit a task in the context menu 3 Edit the objects you want to backup on the Partition Selection panel image destination on the Image Destination panel imaging mode on the Imaging Mode panel image options on the Image Options panel and backup options on the Backup Options panel Go to the Create an Image topic for more details 4 Edit the time or event at which the task should start on the Time Event panel the user name and password of a user from the Administrators user group on the User Password panel mail notification options optional and applications you want to run when the ta
67. a Disk x Source media USB 2 0Storage Device0100 USB 4 0 37 3GB MBR Target media VBOX HARDDISK1 0 ATAPI 0 0 100GB MBR Copying mode Raw disk copy disk will be shown after rebooting Seoecseccnneesvescoesees Wh cococcosscsesoosscosecosocoossesssooocossososoosocososesssossoococsosesossossose Realign partitions I Fixed active partition Expand Shrink partition to whole disk M Fixed active partition m Mode description All partitions will be copied to their original places If the drive s geometry is detected correctly and there is no non standard loader it makes the exact sector by sector copy of the original object R Tools Technology Inc About Back n Exit HDD Copy Method Raw disk copy R Drive Image writes sector by sector the data from the original drive or its image to the target one making an exact copy of the original disk regardless of its partitioning method Can be used if other methods create a non bootable disk due to mcorrect detection of drive s geometry or non standard loader Drawback partition sizes cannot be changed Copy all partitions onto R Drive Image copies all partitions to their original places If R Drive Image original places detects the drive s geometry correctly and there is no non standard loader it makes the same result as during Raw disk copy R Drive Image will copy the partitions on the disk with a 512KB alignment This 2004 2015 R Tools
68. al 1 31 GB in 18 files in 43 folders File search You may use the advanced search capabilities of R Drive Image to find necessary files Click the Find button and specify the files to find on the Find dialog box Note that a File Mask may be applied You may also reach the Find dialog box by right clicking a folder on the Folders pane and selecting an 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Startup Version 65 appropriate item in the shortcut menu Find Mark dialog box Find Mark Partition3 x Files T ReadMe txt MyLetter doc jp _ Example r me t t ginger Options Look at Look in Files Entire disk Partition3 C Folders Match case Direction Find Mark mode Find all matched files Advanced C Size From 0 Bytes UpTo 1 L Fie Id c Date files Modified lt inthelast 1 days between 71 15 nel in the last months and 9 1 15 v Advanced lt lt Cancel Find Mark options You may specify how to treat specified strings Please note that R Drive Image stores previously entered search strings If this option is selected R Drive Image treats specified strings as file names Use for one unspecified character and for an unlimited number of them to specify file masks File Extensions If this option is selected R Drive Image treats specified strings as file extensions Expressions All Files If this option is selected R Drive Image applies Advanced Opti
69. ance Alta TI ThunderLAN Tehuti Networks 10G Ethernet ULi M526x controller VIA Rhine VIA Velocity WD80 3 Winbond W89c840 Ethernet Xircom 16 bit PCMCIA Zenith Z Note nForce Ethernet USB Network Adapters ASIX AX88xxx Based USB 2 0 Ethernet Adapters CDC EEM CDC Ethernet support smart devices such as cable modems CDC NCM Conexant CX82310 USB ethernet port UltraStor 14F 34F UltraStor SCSI VMware PVSCSI driver Workbit NinaSCSI 32B UDE iSCSI Boot Systs Interface USB support CF PCMCIA support for SL811HS HCD ChipIdea Highspeed Dual Role Controller Cypress C67x00 HCD Datafab Compact Flash Reader Freecom USB ATAPI Bridge ISD 200 USB ATA Bridge ISP 1760 HCD ISP116X HCD ISP1362 HCD Lexar Jumpshot Compact Flash Reader OXU210HP HCD Olympus MAUSB 10 Fuyi DPC R1 R8A66597 HCD SL811HS HCD SSB usb host driver SanDisk SDDR 09 and other including DPCM SanDisk SDDR 55 SmartMedia USB 2 0 USB Mass Storage USB Monitor USBAT USBAT02 based storage xHCI HCD USB 3 0 Block devices Compaq SMART2 Compaq Smart Array 5xxx Mylex DAC960 DAC1100 PCI RAID Controller Normal floppy disk Promise SATA SX8 IEEE 1394 FireWire support Legacy alternative FireWire driver stack Storage devices SBP 2 protocol SmartMedia Other devices Microsoft Hyper V Utilities driver Technical Informaiton 127 Davicom DM9601 based USB 1 1 10 100 ethernet devices GeneSys GL620USB A based cables Host for RNDIS and ActiveSync devices
70. and ere is no non standard loader it makes the exact sector by sector copy of the original object R Tools Technology Inc About Back Exit Help R Drive Image writes sector by sector the data from the original drive or its image to the target one making an exact copy of the original disk regardless of its partitioning method Can be used if other methods create a non bootable disk due to incorrect detection of drive s geometry or non standard loader Drawback partition sizes cannot be changed R Drive Image copies all partitions to their original places If R Drive Image detects the drive s geometry correctly and there 1s no non standard loader it makes the same result as during Raw disk copy R Drive Image will copy the partitions on the disk with a 512K B alignment This is very useful for SSD and advanced formatted disks If there are empty non used spaces between partitions those spaces will be removed taking into account the alignment If there are empty not used places between the partitions or they occupy less or more space than the target drive R Drive Image proportionally expands shrinks them to occupy the entire target drive Otherwise it 1s similar to Copy all partitions onto original places Fixed active partition R Drive Image preserves the original offset size of the active partition in case the loader has links to tt See Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems for details When you copy
71. and Ine e Scheduler and Unattended Actions e Scripting and Command Line Operations e Backup sets The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on e Logging e Creating consistent point in time backups e Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems e Supported CD and DVD Recorders e List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode The R Drive Image OEM kit chapter explains how computer system integrators can create system recovery disks for their systems e Create a Master Image e Create Startup Media 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc RAIDs and Various Disk and Volume Managers 39 Follow this Ink to obtam R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 3 1 Hardware RAIDs R Drive Image supports hardware RAIDs created by RAID controllers Hardware RAID ge 6 Marvell f HDD st31zeez6rs Stri L HDD 1 st3g e1sas RAID ee Physical Disk ls Sizi BGA Statu Number of PD Member Help Virtual Disk A set of disk block presented to an oper a range of consecutively numbered logical block ESC Return ENTER Operation F10 Exit Save Hard_RAID Functional 64K RAIDO ee YA d l NZA 2 601 gt ating environment as gt With disk like storage Actually R Drive Image treats them as single hard disks Hardware RAID R Drive Image Create an Image Hardware RAIDO Sg 148GB E F 48
72. and Power Interface C Disables ACPI Ad d Configurati dP Interface Irr ESI mar C Disables APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller BE ja a a a fa i C Disables USB devices support Sa LC Disables SCSI devices support i C Disables PATA devices support C Disables PCMCIA devices support LC Disables DMA for all IDE disk drives C IRQ polling mode C Default docksource PCT BIOS Default R Tools Technology Inc Display kernel startup if this checkbox is enabled R Drive Image displays all startup messages That eoedee may be useful to locate the source of the problem when your system hangs during R Drive Image startup Trace drivers loading Select this checkbox when you want to see loading drivers to find which one may lock the system Disables ACPI Select these checkboxes when your system detects some hardware incorrectly Disables APIC during R Drive Image startup and displays messages like hda lost interrupt Select these checkbox if your system experiences problems with USB devices during R Drive Image startup Select these checkbox if your system experiences problems with SCSI devices support during R Drive Image startup Select these checkbox if your system experiences problems with Parallel ATA support devices during R Drive Ima p Select these checkbox if your system experiences problems with PCMCIA support devices during R Drive Imag p drives during R Drive Image startup IRQ polling mode Select
73. anel and backup options on the Backup Options panel Go to the Create an Image topic for more details Please note that you may use backup sets for creating complex data backup tasks and maintaining data files Specify mail notification options optional and applications you want to run when the task will end successfully or failed optional on the Mail Notification Aux Applications panel and click the Next button These options are not mandatory and you may leave this panel empty More information Applications You may specify the applications of the com exe and pif types and their parameters delimited by a space Mail Notification If a personal firewall is installed on your computer you should allow the r driveimagecl exe application to get access to the e mail server Shutdown the computer on task completion If this checkbox is selected R Drive Image will shut your computer down when completed the task Test mail account Click this button to test whether you entered the correct mail settings Verify that the information on the Processing panel is correct and click the Save button You may also click the Script to Clipboard button to copy this script into the Clipboard and paste the script to any text processing utility R Drive Image will save the script in the specified file The default extension for R Drive Image scripts is rai Go to the Scripting and Command Line Operation topic to learn how to use scripts 20
74. archive backup Such images itit ititit may be stored as one or several files on another h HHH hard drive or various removable media Beis sigs Variable compression ratio provides good Ht HHHH speed file size trade off tit iiH You may restore data from archive backup images H HHH on a hard drive s partition or directly on H HHH unformatted disk space 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc s R Drive Image Manual B Restore from an Image Check an Image File BSB Copy a Disk to a Disk pm Action description Copies data directly from one disk to another R Tools Technology In __ Prout Bax _net e R Drive Image 5 1 Build 51 Use the arrow keys to switch between the options 3 Select the file with the image on the Open an Image Hle panel and press the Enter key Open an Image File Panel Open an Image File DiskivPartO1 NTFS Backup Il Disk2Z Part05 NTF lt DISMOUNTED gt D All files Open an Image File D Images lt Goto up level gt xP_Test rdr All files 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Startup Version Image File Selection Panel R Drive Image 5 1 Build 5101 Restore from an Image Image Description C NTFS 100GB Disk1 Part01 D Backup II NTFS 465GB Disk2 Part05 RECYCLE BIN 4c1ae28fab3b17fec766975e18 m amp Select an image file rave TT i H Files_to_Recover f Ima
75. ath if necessary and press the Enter key Note if ScriptName contains no spaces double quotes may be omitted No characters in ScriptName should be escaped Incompatibilities with ver 3 x Script name should be passed using the cma key r driveimagecl switches lt ScriptName gt rdi r driveimagecl switches cmd lt ScriptName gt rdi Seite Description h A non interactive mode R Drive Image will not ask the user any questions If it cannot perform the action it will generate an error but will not perform the actual action If an error occurs R Drive Image will not exit the script and continue perform it from the following command Inapplicable to actions started from the command line 1 Not functioning since version 4 7 The s and d parameters will use disk indexes rather than disk numbers Disk indexes are disk m A debug mode R Drive Image will display all the information as it was performing the action f serial numbers and can be seen either on the R Drive Image Partition Selection panel or 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Scheduled Actions Command Line Operations and Scripting ot BS Windows Disk Management Ifa file with a specified filename exists R Drive Image will overwrite it OLE will shut down the computer when tt finishes the command Switches setin the command lines also is used as default values for parameters in scripts gt R Drive Image will start executing the scrip
76. ble disk in the device is full the Disk ts full message will appear Change the disk and click the OK button Follow the device instructions on how to change its disks Disk file structure for CD R RW discs and other devices with removable storage lf you specify the filename rdr file name for the image file R Drive Image will create the following disk file structure The first disk filenamel rdr The second disk filename rdr The third disk filename3 rdr It is recommended that you mark the disk accordingly You will start restoring the data from the last disk Go to the Restore Data from an Image topic for more details A R Drive Image x i R Drive Image x e Insert a blank CD R RW DVD R RW or BD disc and click OK to continue e Insert the next blank CD R RW DVD R RW or BD disc and click OK to continue A R Drive Image x f R Drive Image x Disk is full Please insert the next disk Click OK to retry Laces uaa ina CD DVD BD disc is not empty Insert a blank CD R RW DVD R RW or BD disc and click OK to continue l Bad Sectors When R Drive Image encounters a bad sector the IO Error message will appear You may either cancel 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Disk Actions 15 the current action or fill the bad sectors with zeros IO Error Options Click this button to cancel the action Click this button to try to read the bad sectors once again Click this but
77. cal Users and Groups p Performance ay Device Manager lt gt v amp Storage Disk Management Capisk 0 nn ed a 5 as By Services and Applications Basic C Data D3 931 39 GB 300 MB 100 ME 292 01 GB NTFS 450 MB 638 54 GB NTFS Online Healthy Health Healthy Boot Page File Healthy t Parents of Windows Software RAIDO 7 v iDisk 1 Dynamic Test_RAIDO X 37 31 GB 37 31 GB NTFS Online Healthy CsIDisk 2 Dynamic Test_RAIDO X 37 31 GB 37 31 GB NTFS Online Healthy IA lt 23CD ROM 0 v BB Unallocated W Primary partition E Striped volume Windows software mirror E Computer Management File Action View Help e 2 Hm amp Computer Management Local Volume Layout Type File System Status us v tt System Tools Simple Basic Healthy Recovery Partition Task Scheduler Simple Basic Healthy EFI System Partition Event Viewer Simple Basic HealthpstD ia gt Ga Shared Folders NTFS gt Local Users and Groups NTFS Performance ay Device Manager E Storage ey Disk Management Services and Applications Basic i 931 39 GB 300MB 100 ME 292 01 GB NTFS 638 Online Healthy Health in Boot Page File Healthy F Hea Test RAID1 F 37 31 GB NTFS Healthy Test RAID1 F 37 31 GB NTFS Healthy
78. cal disk A Unallocated space Other partition type Imagq Total Image Size Selected Object in the Image P Pan cr F 1 47GB NTFS NTFS Test H 1 50GB FATI6 FAT TEST QUANTUMPFIREBALL EL5A08 4 4 77GB Properties of Image Source Hard Drive pa a 18 dsgp C 211GB NTFS Sys D 534GB NTFS Backup a 2 i GB 1 73GB Unallocated Partitions Logical Disks Unallocated Space Active Partition Eg 4 Fa J A a Mp J 236MB FAT16 4 GB 7 37 2GB NTFS USB2 0 Extermal Drive BY md amp R Drive Image x r amp R Drive Image x Destination disk is too small e Q You have selected several partitions that will be deleted Minimum required size 6 67GB Click OK to confirm deleting the partitions Current destination size 2 00GB 5 Specify restore parameters on the Restore Copy Parameters panel and click the Next button R Drive Image Restore from an Image m x Minimum partition size 1 60GB Maximum partition size 2 92GB Free space before MB 332 Partition size MB 2274 4 gt 4 gt 4 gt Free space after MB 389 Partition type Primary Active Primary Logical File system for the selected partition NTFS v R Tools Technology Inc Drive letter for the selected partition Default v About Back Next Exit Help l Restore parameters Restore Options You may visually adju
79. chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version such as e Create Startup Disk e Load Computer into Startup Mode e Restore Data From an Image e Create an Image e Disk to Disk Co e Check an Image File e Network Drives The Disk Actions chapter explains disk actions such as e Create an Image ofa partition logical disk or entire hard drive 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc pa R Drive Image Manual e Restore Data from an Image e Copy Disk to Disk to make an exact copy of one disk on another e Connect an Image as a Virtual Logical Disk read only e Disconnect Virtual Logical Disks e Check an Image File to check an existing image file The RAIDs and Various Disk and Volume Managers chapter explains how to perform disk actions with various compound volumes such as e Windows Software RAIDs Spanned and Other Volumes e Windows Storage Spaces e Mac RAIDs e Linux Logical Volume Manager Volumes The Scheduled Actions Command Line Operations and Scripting chapter explams how to start disk actions automatically at scheduled times events and create scripts that can be performed from a command line e Scheduler and Unattended Actions e Scripting and Command Line Operations e Backup sets The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on e Creating consistent point in time backups e Support for Various non MBR GPT Partition Layouts e Supported CD and DVD Recorders e Li
80. chive February 01 07 rdr file Please note that the set command defines the entities rather than specifies their value The actual value of an entity will be determined each time the entity is used Example set creat time esys lime lt i247 sys Cimes lt m tsys time s and the creat time entity is used in two commands in a script create a D archive creat time rdr s c create a D archive creat time rdr s c R Drive Image will create two different files with different file names each representing the time of file creation The unset command deletes entities Example unset Creal date creat tame After this command the creat date and creat time entities cannot be used and cause R Drive Image to generate an error if they appear further in the script The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information Follow this lnk to obtain R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 5 3 Backup Sets A backup set is a set of files usually a file for a full mage of an object and a number of its incremental differential backups which R Drive Image treats as one unit Backup sets may be used when a number of tasks sc
81. cifies an SMTP server and port optional Examples ms mail example com Or ms mail example com 25 Mandatory if the me or and mx option is used Specifies a sender s e mail address Example ma rttl example com Mandatory if the me or and mx option is used Specifies a recipient s e mail address or addresses Example ma rtt2 example com Specifies a logn and password at the SMTP server Example ml rttl password They may be used as keys example u or as parameters with values example u t rue Entities or Variables Entities may be used as variables to create various text strings They are start with and end with Version Entities In the examples below the R Drive Image version is assumed as 4 1 67 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Scheduled Actions Command Line Operations and Scripting 111 Description The R Drive Image version Example 4 1 The R Drive Image build Example 4167 The R Drive Image major version Example 4 The R Drive Image minor version Example 1 The R Drive Image sub mmor version Example 67 nor Result Entities amp rdi last_resu Returns the last result of R Drive Image operation May be undefined success es failed Time Entities In the examples below the system time is assumed as 11 10 04 AM amp sys time System time in the locale format Example 11 10 04 Please note that it is impossible to use this entity in
82. cs If you select a CD DVD drive to write the image file you will see the Media Options panel You may create a system recovery disc s for your system if you select the Include R Drive Image bootable version option on this panel You may start your system up using such CD DVD disc and recover the data using the R Drive Image startup version Then select appropriate CD DVD Media Options Leave Use ISO caching selected unless you have problems with data recording on a disc 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 14 R Drive Image Manual R Drive Image Create an Image 7 Mediu Opioids C Indude R Drive Image bootable version CD Media Options Write speed Maximum Write method O Direct Use ISO caching DVD Media Options Write speed Maximum w Write method Direct Use ISO caching R Tools Technology Inc When you click the Start button R Drive Image will open the CD R RW drive tray and the Insert a blank CD R RW disc message will appear Insert a blank CD R RW disc and click the OK button Each time R Drive Image fills the disc the Insert the next blank CD R RW disc message will appear Insert the next blank CD R RW disc and click the OK button If you mistakenly insert a non empty CD R RW disc the CD R RW disc is not empty message will appear Change the disc to another empty CD R RW disc and click the OK button Supported CD and DVD Recorders Other devices with removable storage When the remova
83. d either to restart R Drive Image in its startup mode or start your 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Startup Version 55 computer from another computer local disk or from specially created startup disk s We recommended that you print out this topic and have the hardcopy on hand while you are performing this action If there is a non IDE disk controller in your system or you plan to use network disks or external hardware devices first check the List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode If you plan to use any external device turn it on before starting the system Ifthe motherboard in your computer supports the Serial ATA SATA devices but IDE disks are also present only the SATA devices should be set to the Enhanced Mode in BIOS Please note that the startup version of R Drive Image can restore data only to fixed provisional Windows Storage Spaces You may read more about thin provisioned or fixed Windows Storage Spaces in Microsoft s Storage Spaces Overview We recommend you stop all other programs before you start restoring data on a partition 1 Restart your computer in the startup mode 2 Select Restore from an Image on the Action Selection panel and press the N key Action Selection Panel HHRHH C Hi HHH Restore from an Image HH HH D itt itt itt Hi itit itit R Drive Image creates the exact image of one or itit tit several partitions logical disks or an entire HH HHH hard drive for data
84. disk and has enough amount of free space available to Kole Ca Rete ststelcelca e ett ISO File Name C Users Tester 1 Documents R TT R DriveImage System_OEM iso aa about sack ext He If you have problems with starting the computers up from the R Drive Image startup disks select configure startup media troubleshooting options Then the Startup Media Troubleshooting Options panel will appear You may configure these options to eliminate those problems 4 Specify the options for the system recovery disks on the OEM System Recovery Media Options panel and click the Next button R Drive Image Create OEM System Recovery Media m x Master image file D IMAGES System_Disk rdr Destination ISO file C Users Tester 1 Documents R AT R DriveImage System_OEM iso Media size Estimated media size 26 4GB Will fit on 2 Blu Ray Single layer Media Blu Ray Single layer X Options C Create media in demo mode L Don t copy the master image C Client will search image on all disks L Disable target and source disk selection C Disable source disk selection C Automatically reboot on successful restore C Perform restoration without confirmation R Tools Technology Inc About Back Next Exit Help IOEM System Recovery Media Options Select the media type you would like to have R Drive Image will split the data according Options If this check box is selected Create media in demo m
85. disk on the real hard drive will be completely overwritten with the data from the image E p C Restore files or folders Select this option if you want to restore some files and or folders from the image to the logical disk and or folders on the real disk if their file and folder names and paths coincide The rest of files and folders on the real disk will be untouched The data from the image may overwrite some files R Tools Technology Inc au R Drive Image 5 1 Build 51 Restoring selected files and folders will be explained below in the Restoring selected files and _ folders section Select the object in the image file on the Select an object panel you want to restore data from and press the N key pack nee ext Select Source Object Panel R Drive Image Select source ob ject C Active Partition Active NTFS 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Startup Version 59 Image Object Selection Panel R Drive Image 5 1 Build 5101 Restore from an Image x Image Di Images xP_Test rdr 7 i A as 2 Tate Grae tae Me Primary F Logical E Unallocated GPT Other Refresh mon as O oe _ R Drive Image 5 1 Build 51 Use the arrow keys to select the object 6 Select time and data of the data to restore on the Select Image Date Time panel and press the N key Use the arrow keys to select the object 7 Select the destination for the data
86. duct you receive one year of support services that includes technical support customer support and all upgrades and new releases for your product during that term When your l year support service expires you will need to renew that support at a discounted price to continue receiving support services The renewal support purchase will extend your support by 1 year from the date of its expiration More details are on the Buy On Line page nhttp www r tt com BuyOnLine shtml at the R TT web site To obtain a registration key e go to the Buy On Line page at the R TT web site To register with a registration key 1 Click the Register button on the Trial Version panel The Please register R Drive Image message will appear 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc R Drive Image 5 amp Please register R Drive Image x Name Tester 1 Company R TT Testing Team Registration Number R lt Paste Registration Number Here gt Buy license OnLine Demo 2 Enter the registration information and click the OK button The panel will change its name to Registered Version and show the registration information Registred to Tester 1 Tester1 xxxx xxx R tt Testing Team The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions The Startup Version chapter explams how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version The Technical Information chapter gives technical nformation on Supported CD and DVD Reco
87. e Image The Disk Actions chapter explains disk actions such as e Create an Image ofa partition logical disk or entire hard drive e Restore Data from an Image e Copy Disk to Disk to make an exact copy of one disk on another e Connect an Image as a Virtual Logical Disk read only e Disconnect Virtual Logical Disks e Check an Image File to check an existing image file The RAIDs and Various Disk and Volume Managers chapter explains how to perform disk actions with various compound volumes such as e Windows Software RAIDs Spanned and Other Volumes e Windows Storage Spaces e Mac RAIDs e Linux Logical Volume Manager Volumes The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version such as e Create Startup Disk e Restoring Data to a System or Other Locked Disk e Create an Image Using the Startup Disks e Disk to Disk Copy Using the Startup Disks The Scheduled Actions Command Line Operations and Scripting chapter explains how to start disk actions automatically at scheduled times events and create scripts that can be performed from a command Hine e Scheduler and Unattended Actions e Scripting and Command Line Operations e Backup sets 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 2 R Drive Image Manual The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on e Logging e Creating consistent point in time backups e Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File
88. e Image deletes such partitions and restores data on that free space An entire disk can be directly copied on another one An image can be connected as a read only virtual drive and its content can be viewed and copied An image can be checked for its integrity Support for S M A R T warnings A built in scheduler automatically starts disk actions at scheduled times events Scripts can be created for frequent or unattended actions Scripts are executed from a command line and can be included in any command file Support for backup sets A backup set 1s a set of files usually a file for a full image of an object and a number of its incremental differential backups which R Drive Image treats as one unit Backup sets are used to flexibly control the parameters of complex backup tasks such as a total size allocated for the mage files number of image files to keep and time for which the data will be kept R Drive Image OEM System Recovery Media creation special startup disk s that may be used to restore a computer system after a complete failure when it requires a complete fresh setup system recovery disks Note You need to purchase an OEM registration key to activate this feature The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions The Startup Version chapter explams how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version The Technical Information chapter gives technical nformation on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and
89. e float pomt format Default is 0 Example of 512 or of 0 5 Scheduled Actions Command Line Operations and Scripting 103 gC Applicable to restore only Specifies the backup set R Drive Image will use to restore data Parameter May be first R Drive Image will use the first backup set last R Drive Image will use the last backup set lt n gt R Drive Image will use the n th backup set from the beginning lt n gt R Drive Image will use the bs use lt Parameter gt Optional n th backup set from the end lt date gt R Drive Image will use the backup set contaming the date in its name Examples bs use 3 R Drive Image will use the 3 rd backup set from the beginning bs use 20080521 R Drive Image will use the backup set containing the 20080521 string in its name Applicable to restore only Mandatory for password protected p lt password gt Mandatory Not used files Specifies a password for the archive ple p password Applicable to copy restore entire hard drives only Specifies an HDD copy mode when copynmg entire hard drives Parameter may be 0 The default method 1 Raw disk copy 2 Copy all partitions onto original places 19 One partition after another 20 One partition after another Fixed active partition n hdd mode lt ModeType gt Optional 51 Expand Shrink partition to whole disk 52 Expand Shrink partition to whole disk Fixed active i 2004 2015 R
90. eaenaeaeeaeaeeaseeeaeeasaeeaseaeaeeanaeeas 123 5 List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode cccccececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeneenees 123 Vil R Drive Image OEM kit 129 1 Create a Master IMaGe serrian a O 131 2 Greate Startup M dia ssis isa a en a aa aa aa ai d 132 Index 135 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc R Drive Image 1 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 Driv
91. ecovery in the image Automatically reboot on R Drive Image will open the disk tray for the data recovery CD disc and successful restore restart the system automatically upon data recovery Perform restoration without R Drive Image will not require action confirmation from the user If R confirmation Drive Image finds the drive disk corresponding to the master image it will start data recovery automatically If not either an error message will appear or the user will be asked about the target for data recovery depending on the Disable target disk selection option If you want to start data recovery automatically select the two last check boxes Click the Start button on the Processing panel R Drive Image will start creating the startup data recovery disk s 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Index di 90 A Apple RAIDs 44 B Backup Options After 119 Backup AUX applications 7 119 Backup Process Priority 7 119 Before 119 Ignore disk read errors bad sectors 7 119 Notify system applications 7 119 Process priority 7 119 R TT Volume Snapshot Service 7 119 Snapshot AUX applications 7 119 Snapshot provider 7 119 Use CPU cores 7 119 Windows Volume Snapshot Service 7 119 Backup sets 112 Backup sets parameters Also apply the settings before creating a new image 112 Backup size quota 112 Maximum backup set age 112 Maximum number of backup sets 112 Maximum number of image files 112 Bad Sectors 7 15 2
92. ect an Image as a Virtual Logical Disk Drive letter for the selected partition F X R Tools Technology Inc About sack ext Heb You may select only one object at a time and you need to specify its drive letter to proceed further More information Selected Object E Primary partition Es Logical disk A Unallocated space Other partition type Disk Letter Capacity tem Label QUANTUMFIREBALL_TM346B6 7 3 59GB 4 Verify that the information on the Processing panel is correct and click the Start button You may also create a script for this action Click the Script to Clipboard button and paste the script to any text processing utility Partitions Logical Disks Unallocated Space Selected Object 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Disk Actions 35 gt R Drive Image will start connecting the selected object as a virtual logical disk When the disk is connected the Virtual disk s connected successfully message will appear A R Drive Image x i Virtual disk s connected successfully Connecting images on devices with removable storage You cannot connect a split image if its files are stored on separate removable disks However you can connect such mage if you copy all the files into one folder on a hard disk Note While R Drive Image is connecting an image Windows itself may install additional software required to run the virtual logical disks correctly In thi
93. ect an action R Check an Image file R Drive Image 5 1 Build 5101 test r tt com Action Selection c Create an Image B Restore from an Image Check an Image Nile R copy a Disk to a Disk Action description Checks an image file for its integrity R Tools Technology Inc About R Drive Image 5 1 Build 51 2 Select the file with the image on the Image Mle Selection panel and click the Next button Open an Image File Panel 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc s R Drive Image Manual Open an Image File DiskivPartO1 NTFS 100GB USBZpO Disk2 Part 1 NTF 3 3GB lt DISMOUNTED gt D All files Open an Image File He lt Goto up level gt System Volume Information lt Folder gt 13 07 13 Test rdr All files Image File Selection Panel R Drive Image 5 1 Build 5101 Check an Image File le ve e ee ss Sven Avene Check an Image File i R Tools Technology Inc R Drive Image files rdr arc z R Drive Image 5 1 Build 51 You may also connect network drives 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Startup Version at 3 Verify that the information on the Processing panel is correct and click the Start button gt R Drive Image will start checking the data in the image file The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions The Startup Version chapter e
94. ects from the same image and restore data to several partitions in one process Select Add another image object in the Next Selection on the Processing panel and click the Next button You may also create a script for this action Click the Script to Clipboard button and paste the script to any text processing utility Next Selection You may add another object in the image to restore on another partition Do you want to choose another partition or hard disk drive Add another image object Start restoring immediately gt R Drive Image will start restoring the data from the image file to the selected destination When the image is restored the Image restored successfully message will appear If some other program like a file manager is accessing the partition on which the data is to be restored the Cannot lock the disk message will appear Close this program or make it stop accessing the partition If you restore data from an image of an entire hard drive to an entire hard drive the system may not see the restored partitions until restarted In this case R Drive Image will show the Disk image restored successfully message Click the Yes button to restart your system A R Drive Image x A R Drive Image x A R Drive Image x i Image restored successfully x Cannot lock the destination hard drive i Disk image restored successfully 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Disk Actions Restoring data
95. efault boot loader on a hard drive Specifies the hard drive where the boot loader will be mstalled Example for hard drive 1 s 1 s lt SourceDisk gt Mandatory Example clear s 2 ipt command deletes all partitions on the second hard drive S lt S0UECED1Sk gt Mandatory Example fixmbr s 1 ipt command installs the default boot loader to the first hard drive 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Scheduled Actions Command Line Operations and Scripting 109 the entire seript Example mail ms mail example com ma rttl example com mr rtt2 example com ml rttl password me mx This script command sends e mails confirming success or error of the action from rttl example com to rtt2 example com via the mail example com SMTP server using the default 25 port with the rtt1 logn and password password These parameters can be used in all commands Controls the way R Drive Image logs its command line activity By default it outputs its activity into WinNT event log if started from Windows scheduler but can create its own xml type log files LogOptions may be nodefault disables the default log output into syslog lt filename gt writes the log to the specified file name and path Example c mylogs mylog txt The character m the file name should be doubled lt filepath gt writes the log files a separate one to each session to the specified folder Each file name will have the foll
96. estore options Panel Copy restore options Partition type Lygical Restore Copy Parameters Panel R Drive Image 5 1 Build 5101 Copy a Disk to a Disk Minimum partition size 1 99GB Maximum partition size 37 3GB MM Ng eaer a H Partition type N A Primary Active Primary pogical gt a gt 1 mIs File system for the selected partition FAT32 x R Tools Technology Inc Drive letter for the selected partition About Back Next Exit R Drive Image 5 1 Build 51 For restoring copying one or several partition s Restore Options Free space before You may specify the size of free space that will be left on the hard drive before the beginning of the partition Partition size You may specify the size of the partition to be restored Should be between the minimum and maximum partition size Partition type You may specify the type of the partition to be restored Do not change this setting Primary Active Primary Logical unless you have serious reasons to do so 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Startup Version For restoring copying an entire hard drive to another hard drive HDD Copy restore options Panel Source disk SAMSUNGSPO411NOQ 11 38204 MB has 6 partitions Target disk is USB 2 0Storage DeviceO100 38204 MB Raw disk copy Restore Copy Parameters Panel R Drive Image 5 1 Build 5101 Copy a Disk to
97. estored successfully 15 Image corrupted 36 Image created successfully 7 Messages Image is already selected 15 Image restored successfully 15 Image selected is larger than destination Insert a blank CD R RW disk 7 48 Insert a blank floppy disk 48 Insert disk 15 Insert the next blank CD R RW disk 7 Insert the next blank floppy disk 48 ISO image created successfully 48 Object checked successfully 36 Object copied successfully 28 Operation canceled by user 7 Password prompt 7 15 33 36 Progress 7 15 28 Startup disks created successfully 48 Virtual disk s connected successfully 33 Virtual disk s disconnected successfully 35 You are about to restart 15 54 You have selected several partitions 15 O OEM Client Media Options Automatically reboot on successful restore 132 Client will search image on all disks 132 Create media in test mode 132 Disable source disk selection 132 Disable target disk selection 132 Don t copy the master image 132 Media 132 Perform restoration without confirmation 132 P Panels Action Selection 6 Backup Options 119 Connected Virtual Logical Disks 35 Disk Signature Collision 15 28 Image Date Time Selection 15 33 Image Destination 7 85 88 91 Image File Selection 15 33 36 Image Object Selection 15 33 Image Options 7 Imaging Mode 7 85 88 91 Mail Notification Aux Applications 15 28 85 88 91 Index 137 Master Image File Selection 132 Media Optio
98. fore and after all backup applications operations Please note that those application should return a 0 exit code Leave these fields blank if in doubt An application R Drive Image starts before the backup operations starts If you need to start several application you may use a command file Example cmd exe c example bat An application R Drive Image starts after the backup operations completes If you need to start several application you may use a command file Example cmd exe c example bat Snapshot AUX R Drive Image is able to make applications run before and after taking the applications snapshot of one or several volumes Please note that those application should return a 0 exit code Leave these fields blank if in doubt An application R Drive Image starts before it takes the snapshot of one or several volumes If you need to start several application you may use a command file Example cmd exe c example bat 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Disk Actions 13 An application R Drive Image starts after it takes the snapshot of one or several volumes If you need to start several application you may use a command file Example cmd exe c example bat Save as default Click this button to make the current settings default Click this button to reset the current settings default Restore defaults Click this button to restore default settings See Creating consistent point in time backups for more details
99. from CD R RW drives or other devices with removable storage For the image with the file name filename rar R Drive Image creates the following disk file structure You should start restoring the data from the last disk Each time R Drive Image requires a new disk the Insert disk message will appear Insert the necessary disk and click the OK button Follow the device instructions on how to change its disks Note At the beginnng R Drive Image may require you to change the first last disks several times Bad Sectors When R Drive Image encounters a bad sector the IO Error message will appear You may either cancel the current action or fill the bad sectors with zeros IO Error Options amp R Drive Image x A R Drive Image x Insert disk 2 and click OK to continue ie j i Error reading image Y lmages G bad rdr a Disk G inside image is affected Image file is corrupted Decompression failed Check system memory for errors Cancel Ignore Ignore All Abort 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 24 R Drive Image Manual Restoring selected files and folders See Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems for the list of supported file systems 4 Select the object in the image file on the Image Object Selection pane where the files and folders reside and click the Next button R Drive Image Restore from an Image m x 1 eee F 2 92GB NTFS NTFS Test
100. from the original drive or its image to the target one making an exact copy of the original disk regardless of its partitioning method Can be used if other methods create a non bootable disk due to mcorrect detection of drive s geometry or non standard loader Drawback partition sizes cannot be changed Copy all partitions onto R Drive Image copies all partitions to their original places If R Drive Image original places detects the drive s geometry correctly and there is no non standard loader it makes the same result as during Raw disk copy Realign partitions R Drive Image will copy the partitions on the disk with a 512KB alignment This is very useful for SSD and advanced formatted disks If there are empty non used spaces between partitions those spaces will be removed taking into account the alignment Expand Shrink partition If there are empty not used places between the partitions or they occupy less or to whole disk more space than the target drive R Drive Image proportionally expands shrinks them to occupy the entire target drive Otherwise it 1s similar to Copy all partitions onto original places Fixed active partition R Drive Image preserves the original offset size of the active partition in case the loader has links to 1t See Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems for details When you restore data from an image ofa system disk a disk signature collision may occur In this case
101. ge 04042008 200000 6 Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 7 Incremental Test Image 11042008 200000 lt 1 Full backup Test Image 11042008 200000 2 Incremental 4 13 2008 Test Image 04042008 200000 1 peuld backup Test Image 04042008 200000 2 Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 3 Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 4 Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 5 Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 6 lncremental Test Image 04042008 200000 7 pineremental Testu Image 10a Z006 200000 21 Full backup Test Image 11042008 200000 2 Incremental Test Image 11042008 200000 3 Incremental Sunday 4 17 2008 Test Image 04042008 200000 1 prudu Dackupe d Thursday Test Image 04042008 200000 2 Incremental backup Test Image 040420068 200000 3 Incremental backup Test Image 04042006 200000 4 Incremental backup Test Image 04042008 200000 5 Incremental backup Test Image 04042008200000 6 Incremental backup Test Image 04042008 200000 7 Incremental backup Test Image LPOaZ006 200000 1 prulil backup z Test Image 11042008 200000 2 Incremental backup Test Image 1POaZ008 200000 3 Incremental backup Test Image 11042008 200000 4 Incremental backup Test Image 1 POaZo0e 200000 S lt Incremental backup Test Image L1042008 200000 z Incremental backup Test Image 11042008 200000 7 Incremental backup 4 18 2008 Friday Test Image 04042008 200000 1 FULI backup Test Image 0404872006 200000 2 I
102. ge applies Advanced Options to all files If this check box is selected R Drive Image makes a case sensitive search Specifies where R Drive Image searches for and marks files It can look for them on the Entire disk From current folder In the Current folder and subfolders and in the Current folder only If From current folder is selected you may also specify the Direction for the search from the current position in the current folder Specifies what R Drive Image does with the found files It may Find all matched files R Drive Image searches for all files that match the search criteria The search results appear on the Find Results panel Find first matched file R Drive Image stops at the first found file Mark matched files R Drive Image marks all found files Unmark matched files R Drive Image unmarks all found files Please note that when performing a new find and mark unmark task R Drive Image does not takes into consideration the previous marked unmarked state of files For example if you first mark all doc files and then all txt files all doc files remain marked too To unmark them you should specify doc once again and select Unmark matched files pLook at If this check box is selected R Drive Image includes files into a search If this check box is selected R Drive Image includes folders into a search 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Disk Actions Direction Specifies search direction from the current
103. ges b F_H image rdr F_H image2 rdr Vras Pir H 1 F_H image3 rdr 1 1 HDD ST380215A3 AAD rdr The selected archive is password protected RAID5Complex RAIDSE RAIDSEE E RAIDSHP H RAIDG2X RAIDGComplex H E RAIDGE E RAIDERS H RAIDS Test H Recovered Files zi Refresh Map Network Drive File name D Images XP_Test rdr R Tools Technology Inc Files of type R Drive Image files rdr arc x root coe ne j et IR Drive Image 5 1 Build 51 Read only disk You cannot create images on such disks Use the Tab key to switch between the control areas and the arrow and Enter keys to navigate within the File area You may also connect network drives 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc se R Drive Image Manual 4 For the R Drive Image GUI Graphic Mode Select what you want to restore an entire disk partition or selected folders and file on the Restore Mode Selection panel and click the Next button x R Drive Image 5 1 Build 5101 Restore from an Image 5 prsseeensesssngussasssosssnvencensunsenssnssenecasusensenssunsesesssessecssasnsessensaneenseey Select this option if you want to restore disks or _ partitions from the image to disks partitions or unallocated space on a real hard drive Also select y this option if you want to restore an entire hard drive from the image to the real hard drive The data on the partitions
104. hat will be left on the hard drive before the beginning of the partition Partition size You may specify the size of the partition to be restored Should be between the minimum and maximum partition size Partition type You may specify the type of the partition to be restored Do not change this setting Primary Active unless you have serious reasons to do so Primary Logical For restoring copying an entire hard drive to another hard drive HDD Copy Restore Options Panel HDD Copy restore options HDD Copy Method Copy all partitions onto original places 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 62 R Drive Image Manual Restore Copy Parameters Panel R Drive Image 5 1 Build 5101 Restore from an Image x Source media VBOX HARDDISK1 0 Image 100GB MBR Target media VBOX HARDDISK1 0 ATAPI 0 0 100GB MBR Copying mode Copy all partitions onto original places Realign partitions F Fixed active partition Expand Shrink partition to whole disk Fixed active partition Mode description All partitions will be copied to their original places If the drive s geometry is detected correctly and there is no non standard loader it makes the exact sector by sector copy of the original object R Tools Technology Inc About Back Exit R Drive Image 5 1 Build 51 HDD Copy Method Raw disk copy R Drive Image writes sector by sector the data
105. ical information Follow this lnk to obtain R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 4 5 Disk to Disk Copy It is recommended that you print out this topic and have the hardcopy on hand while you are performing this action If there is a non IDE disk controller in your system or you plan to use network disks or external hardware devices first check the list of supported hardware If you plan to use any external device turn it on before starting the system Ifthe motherboard in your computer supports the Serial ATA SATA devices but IDE disks are also present only the SATA devices should be set to the Enhanced Mode in BIOS 1 Restart your computer in the startup mode 2 Select Disk to disk copy on the Action Selection panel and press the N key R Drive Image will start analyzing the computer disk configuration the Progress message showing the progress Then the R Drive Image Select an object you want to archive backup copy panel will show the configuration 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Startup Version Action Selection Panel R Drive Image test r tt com Select an action Disk to disk copy R Drive Image 5 1 Build 5101 test r tt com x gt 7 Create an Image B Restore from an Image Check an Image File 8 Copy a Disk to a Disk k Action description Copies data directly from one disk to another R Tools Technology Inc mo ex net ee
106. ill try to use R TT snapshot service provider This snapshot provider is not able to notify system applications that a snapshot is being taken Notify system If this check box is selected the snapshot provider if it supports this feature applications notifies system applications that a snapshot is being taken These options specify how much computer resources R Drive Image will consume during a backup process Specifies the priority of the backup process Similar to that specified in Windows Task Manager process Ignore disk read errors If this check box is selected R Drive Image will ignore possible read errors bad sectors when it tries to read data from bad sectors R Drive Image works with disks with bad sectors in the following way It reads a certain part of disk predefined by Windows and e If read errors are ignored the entire part with bad sectors will be filled with Zeros e Ifread errors are not ignored R Drive Image reads that part sector by sector and shows a warning message for every bad sector with two options skip the sector or try to read it agam In this case only the bad sectors will be filled with zeros but all that requires manual actions and extremely slows the imaging process Please note that R Drive Image is developed for the work with normally functioning disks If you need to image a malfunctioning disk use R Studio a data recovery utility It has more controls for imaging and can create
107. ils for scheduled actions ae ee 5an ST3000DM001 9YN166 2 72TB 1 Health Status CAUTION 05 Reallocated Sectors Count 64736 S M A R T SelfMonitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology is a technology widely used in hard drives and solid state devices that monitors their reliability conditions to predict possible hardware failures If you try to copy data to or froma system or other disk locked by the system or other application the Disk not locked message will appear To continue copying you may e If you copy data to or from your system disk select Restart computer recommended to continue restoring the data in the R Drive Image startup mode Read carefully the Disk to Disk Copy Using the Startup Disks topic before you proceed e If you copy data to a disk locked by other low level disk software including Windows internal services stop this software and select Retry to lock the disk once again 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc R Drive Image Manual e You may also try to unlock the disk by selectng Force Windows to unlock the disk not recommended If Windows fails to unlock the disk the Disk not locked message will appear again You will need to stop the software locking the disk manually or select Restart computer recommended to continue copying the data in the R Drive Image startup mode Note Use this option cautiously because it may cause unpredictable results including system crash and data
108. image to the target one making an exact copy of the orignal disk regardless of its partitioning method Can be used if other methods create a non bootable disk due to incorrect detection of drive s geometry or non standard loader 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Disk Actions 21 LT Drawback partition sizes cannot be changed Copy all partitions R Drive Image copies all partitions to their original places If R Drive onto original places Image detects the drive s geometry correctly and there is no non standard loader 1t makes the same result as during Raw disk copy Realign partitions R Drive Image will copy the partitions on the disk with a 512KB alignment This is very useful for SSD and advanced formatted disks If there are empty non used spaces between partitions those spaces will be removed taking into account the alignment Expand Shrink If there are empty not used places between the partitions or they occupy partition to whole less or more space than the target drive R Drive Image proportionally di expands shrinks them to occupy the entire target drive Otherwise it is similar to Copy all partitions onto original places Fixed active partition R Drive Image preserves the original offset size of the active partition in case the loader has links to it See Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems for details When you restore data from an image of a system disk a disk signature collis
109. ins how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version The Technical Information chapter gives technical nformation on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information Follow this Ink to obtam R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc o R Drive Image Manual 5 1 4 Runa Task Manually You may run a task manually at any time To run a scheduled task manually 1 Click Scheduler Create Script on the Action Selection panel The Scheduled Tasks panel will appear 2 Right click a task you want to run and select Execute now on the context menu You may also create a script from a task and run it manually 5 2 Scripting and Command Line Operations You may create scripts for frequently repeated or unattended disk actions and execute them from a command line or file The same script commands may be executed directly from a command line Currently R Drive Image supports scripts for creating a new image file appending data to an existing one restoring data from an image check an image and connect disconnect images as virtual logical disk To create a script e Creating a script from R Drive Image e Creating a script manually To execute a script 1 Type in the command line r driveimagecl switches cmd lt ScriptName gt rdi where lt ScriptName gt is the script name and its p
110. ion as a command line script to include it in a command file R Tools Technology Inc About Back Next Exit Help R Drive Image SRMC Features e The master image can be placed on the startup disk s or on a separate device e Flexible data restoring R Drive Image may automatically find the disk to restore data to or the user can manually select places for data recovery Creatng OEM System Recovery Media consists of two steps 1 Creating the master image of the system 2 Creating the startup media When the user will start the system up with such disk s R Drive Image will either restore the system automatically or ask the user to specify the source and target for system requirement depending on the options specified during the disk creation The Disk Actions chapter explains disk actions such as e Create an Image ofa partition logical disk or entire hard drive e Restore Data from an Image e Copy Disk to Disk to make an exact copy of one disk on another e Connect an Image as a Virtual Logical Disk read only e Disconnect Virtual Logical Disks e Check an Image File to check an existing image file The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version such as e Create Startup Disk e Restoring Data to a System or Other Locked Disk e Create an Image Using the Startup Disks e Disk to Disk Copy Using the Startup Disks The Scheduled Actions Command Line Operations and
111. ion may occur In this case the Disk Signature Collision panel will appear You may specify the way to resolve this collision on this panel R Drive Image Restore from an Image O x Source media SAMSUNG HD642JJ Image 596GB MBR Target media ST3500320AS SATA 2 1 465GB MBR J Disk with collision SAMSUNG HD6423J SATA2 2 0 596GB MBR Disk Signature Collision Resolving Same signature for both disks Use this mode if you clone a system disk for another computer or only the target disk will be used in yours You ll have to turn your computer off and disconnect one of the disks Different signature on the target disk Don t use this mode if you clone a system disk Windows won t start from it To get access to the target disk after cloning you ll have to restart the computer or re connect it if it s an external USB disk Change the disk signature on the disk with the collision Use this mode if you want to start Windows from the target disk but be warned the computer won t start from that disk with the collision Each initialized disk has a certain disk signature a 32 bit unique number written in its MBR or 16 byte disk GUID for the GPT layout Windows and more important Windows loader use this disk signature to recognize the disk and to find boot and system partitions If Windows doesn t recognize the startup disk by its signature it won t be able to start When Windows finds two disks with the same
112. it Ethernet Intel R LOGbE PCI Express adapters Intel R 82575 82576 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Intel R 82576 Virtual Function Ethernet Intel R PRO 100 Intel R PRO 1000 Gigabit Ethernet Intel R PRO 1000 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Intel R PRO 1O0GbE JMicron R PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet LP486E on board Ethernet Marvell Yukon 2 Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Mellanox Technologies 10Gbit Ethernet Micrel KS8851 MLL Micrel KSZ8841 2 PCI Myricom Myrt 10G Ethernet Myson MTD 8xx PCI Ethernet NE2000 compatible PCMCIA NE2000 NE1000 NI5210 NI6510 National Semiconductor Ethernet National Semiconductor DP83820 NetXen Multi port 1 10 Gigabit Ethernet NIC New Media PCMCIA OKI SEMICONDUCTOR IOH ML7223 ML783 1 GbE OpenCores 10 100 Mbps Ethernet MAC PCI NE2000 and clones support see help QLOGIC QLCNIC 1 10Gb Converged Ethernet NIC Support QLogic QLA3 XXX Network Driver Support QLogic QLGE 10Gb Ethernet Driver Support DP8381x series PCI 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 12 R Drive Image Manual BusLogic SCSI DMX3191D SCSI DTC3180 3280 SCSI EATA ISA EISA PCI DPT and generic EATA DMA comphant boards Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel Support Future Domain 16xx SCSI AHA 2920A Generic NCR5380 53c400 SCSI MMIO Generic NCR5380 53c400 SCSI PIO HP Smart Array SCSI driver HighPoint RocketRAID 3xxx 4xxx Controller IBM Power Linux RAID adapter IBM ServeRAID Initio 9100U W Initio INI A100U
113. jpg Photo Picture 016 jpg Photo Picture 017 4jpg Photo Picture 018 jpg Photo Picture 019 jpg Photo Picture 020 jpg Photo Picture 021 jpg Photo Picture 022 jpg Photo Picture 023 jpg Photo Picture 024 jpg Photo Picture 025 jpg Photo Picture 026 jpg Photo Picture 027 4jpg Photo Picture 028 jpg outdir D 1111 This script command restores the specified files to the destination path D 1111 from the source image of the first partition of the hard drive stored in the file I Test Image rdr check Checks consistency of the archive Specifies a path including its file name to the image which integrity is to be checked It there is a space in the path the path should be in quotes Examples a c Images Test rdr or a C Image Files Test rdr a lt PathOfArchiveFile gt Mandatory Example check a I Test Image rdr This script command checks the image file 1 Test Image rdr for its consistency mount only virtual disk Specifies a path including its file name to the mage file a lt PathOfNewArchiveFile gt Mandatory Examples a C Images Test rdr or a C Image Files Test dh gece Specifies an object in the mage to connect The lt SourceDisk gt parameter consists of one or several disk descriptors written in the form s lt SourceDisk gt Mandatory descriptor name 1 value descripto r namel value The disk descriptors are presented in the Disk descriptors section of this table Old
114. k the Start button You may add other objects and copy data to several destinations in one process Select Add another object to copy in the Next Selection on the Processing panel and click the Next button You may also create a script for this action Click the Script to Clipboard button and paste the script to any text processing utility gt R Drive Image will start copying the data from the source to the selected destination place When the data is copied the Object copied successfully message will appear If some other program like a file manager 1s accessing the partition on which the data 1s to be restored the Cannot lock the disk message will appear Close this program or make it stop accessing the partition If you copy an entire hard drive to another hard drive two absolutely identical hard drive will appear in your system That will confuse it and may cause unpredictable results To prevent that a Disk copied successfully message will appear You may turn your system off to disconnect one of the disks or restart it to disable one of the disk in the BIOS of your system Under Windows 95 98 Millenntum the target disk will not appear until system restart even if you decide to click the Cancel button 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Disk Actions A R Drive Image x R Drive Image x o Object copied successfully Disk copied successfully You may disconnect one of the disks to prevent your system from confusion
115. l Information chapter gives technical information on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information Follow this Ink to obtam R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support V Scheduled Actions Command Line Operations and Scripting This chapter explains how to start disk actions automatically at scheduled times events and create scripts that can be performed from a command line or command files e Scheduler and Unattended Actions e Scripting and Command Line Operations e Backup sets The Disk Actions chapter explains disk actions such as e Create an Image ofa partition logical disk or entire hard drive e Restore Data from an Image e Copy Disk to Disk to make an exact copy of one disk on another e Connect an Image as a Virtual Logical Disk read only e Disconnect Virtual Logical Disks e Check an Image File to check an existing image file 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc ea R Drive Image Manual The RAIDs and Various Disk and Volume Managers chapter explains how to perform disk actions with various compound volumes such as e Windows Software RAIDs Spanned and Other Volumes e Windows Storage Spaces e Mac RAIDs e Linux Logical Volume Manager Volumes The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version such as e Create Startup Disk e Restoring Data to a System
116. l the next full of differential backup Replace the existing image file with All data in the image file will be replaced with the current one a new one If you choose to overwrite the file the You are about to overwrite an existing image file warning will appear on the Imaging Mode panel You may either overwrite the file or select another file name for the image If you try to append data to a password protected image file the Password prompt message will appear Enter the password and click the OK button R Drive Image Passwor X Password 4 Specify image options on the Image Options panel and click the Next button You may specify image options on this panel ook R Drive Image Create an Image oO x siacaaage Opiious Image name Y Images F_H mage rdr i Check the image file immediately upon its creation Image compression ratio Backup type F j Sector by sector type Faster speed Smaller size Bue CU ULE TIS EAA Backup actual data only Image split size Destination free space 226GB Automatic Estimated image size 1 77GB Fixed Password eevccece Confirm password eecccece Description R Tools Technology Inc About Back Exit Help Image options Shows the file name for the image You cannot change the file name on this panel Check the image file Select this option if your want R Drive Image to check the newly crea
117. lier R Drive Image uses its own driver to create a file system snapshot but it does not notify other applications that it is going to start a backup process Therefore ifan application stores some of its data in memory they will not be saved in the backup file To avoid data inconsistency we recommend you to use Backup AUX applications and Snapshot AUX applications on the Backup Options panel and their respective commands parameters in scripts to send special commands to your application that will make that application flush its data to the disk before the backup process starts Option R TT Volume Snapshot Service on the Backup Options panel enables disables the use of this service 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 12 R Drive Image Manual Backup Options Snapshot provider A snapshot provider is a service R Drive Image uses to read the disk content while creating its mage R Drive Image uses the snapshot providers in the order specified on the tab Ifit fails to use the first one selected it tries to use the second one and so on Windows Volume If this check box is selected R Drive Image will try to use the Windows native Snapshot Service snapshot provider This snapshot provider is able to notify system applications that a snapshot is being taken If this option is selected pagefile sys and hibernate sys files are excluded from the image of the system disk R TT Volume Snapshot If this check box is selected R Drive Image w
118. logy Inc 16 R Drive Image Manual 2 Select the file with the image on the Image Mle Selection panel and click the Next button R Drive Image Restore from an Image O x aa NTFS Test F Image Description aa FAT32 TEST G wes FAT TEST H v Backup Il Select an image file SRECYCLE BIN H fseventsd Rl Trashes Hi Containers Disk D p Disk_Images V Images The selected archive is password protected Sj F_H image F_H image2 E Log LvM2 MAC_RAID MacRAIDO MacSoftRAIDS gi RAID_Detection v File name ly Images F_H image rdr R Tools Technology Inc Files of type R Drive Image files rdr arc s About Back ext Hep When you click the file you may view its content in the right panel More information Objects in Image Files E Primary partition Eas Logical disk A Unallocated space Other partition type Disk Letter Disk Size File System Label 1 a F 1 73GB NTFS NTFS Test SB QUANTUMFIREBALL ELSA0G 4 77GB Hard Drive Properties Disk Letter Disk Size File Syst L l Image with one logical disk Image with two logical disks on one hard F 1 46GB NTFS H 1 04GB F drive QUANTUMPFIREBALL_TM346B 3 59GB Hard Drive Properties Disk Letter Disk Size File System Label Image with two logical disks on two hard F 1 73GB NTFS NTFS Test i drives You may also restore data directly from Windows explore
119. mage Description gt Pictures gt i Videos gt Le System C free 34 1GB gt Data D free 39 5GB gt a DVD RW Drive E gt ms NTFS Test F free 1 58GB gt me FAT32 TEST G free 136KB gt ats FAT TEST H free 697MB vV ms Backup Il Y free 226GB SRECYCLE BIN gt H fseventsd gt E Trashes 4 Containers gt Disk_D P Disk_Images Images gt Lh Log gt LvM2 MAC_RAID Select image destination and specify a file name To write the image s to CD DVD discs select a CD DVD recorder in the disks folders structure and specify a file name R Tools Technology Inc About File name ly Images F_H image rdr Files of type R Drive Image files rdr Back Next Exit You may select any place including connected network drives supported CD and DVD Recorders or any other devices with removable storage If you try to overwrite an existing image file the Imaging Mode panel will appear You may either overwrite the file or add to the existing image R Tools Technology Inc R Drive Image Create an Image Append changes differentially to the existing image Append changes incrementally to the existing image Description The data in the existing image will be kept and changes in the data will be added to the image This allows you to restore data as at each image creation date time A differential backup i
120. mage displays both Windows Storage Spaces and their parents on the Partition Selection panel Windows storage spaces R Drive Image Create an Image Oo x T 7 oe r ON es Prey ee V a Parents of selected Windows fel pile tar Storage Space EER e p ae me Sa 92GB 1 290GB WSS Protective Partition GPT m F 14 8GB NTFS Storage space 1 GPT Sr vam y J 3 1 G 53 8GB NTFS Storage space 3 P GP X m T OO N l M Oak 1l H 3 6B NTFS Storage space 2 2M GPT Selected Windows Storage Space Storage space 3 P G NTFS 53 8GB Used space 4 71GB GPT HH Primary M Logical Unallocated MB GPT M Other Description To select a source for the image file click a partition logical disk To select all partitions on a drive click a hard drive icon R Tools Technology Inc About Back Exit Help When you select a certain Windows Storage Space R Drive Image also shows its respective parents Data Restore from an Image of a Windows Storage Space You may restore data from an image of a Windows Storage Space with the limitations described in the Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems section Windows storage spaces x R Drive Image Restore from an Image O Selected Windows Storage Space i MESE Sway Jage ay ve 4 Storage space 3 P G NTFS 53 8GB Used space 7 15GB GPT
121. mage will start restoring the files from the image file to the selected destination When the image is restored the Files restored successfully message will appear A R Drive Image x Files restored successfully 29 files of 29 were successfully restored The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information Follow this lnk to obtain R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Startup Version 4 4 Create an Image It is recommended that you print out this topic and have the hardcopy on hand while you are performing this action If there is a non IDE disk controller in your system or you plan to use network disks or external hardware devices first check the list of supported hardware If you plan to use any external device turn it on before starting the system Ifthe motherboard in your computer supports the Serial ATA SATA devices but IDE disks are also present only the SATA devices should be set to the Enhanced Mode in BIOS 1 Restart your computer in the startup mode 2 Select Create an Image on the Action Selection panel and press the N key Use the arrow keys to swi
122. ms Shows the estimated size of the image file An actual image size depends on how much empty space is on the selected partition and what file types are there Image split size You may set this option to Automatic and let Windows decide how to split the image file This mostly depends on the file system on the destination disk You may also either explicitly specify the split size or choose a preset for various devices with removable storage Select Fixed size for that Password You may protect your image file with a password Note This feature provides a relatively moderate protection against conventional unauthorized access Image description You may attach a text description to the image for annotation Maximum length of the description is 255 characters 6 Verify that the information on the Confirm operations panel is correct and click the N key gt R Drive Image will start creating the image file The Progress window will show the progress of the current operation and overall process If you selected a read only disk as the target you will see the File is read only Press OK to retry message The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful techn
123. n CD DVD recorders directly from the program Image data can be compressed to save free space Image files can be stored on removable media Support for USB 2 0 and 3 0 devices in the startup mode Images can be split into several files to fit the type of the storage medium Image can be created incrementally and differentially Image files can be password protected and contain comments Support for various non MBR GPT partition layouts and file systems See Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems for details Support for RAIDs and various disk and volume managers such as Windows Storage Spaces Apple RAIDs and Linux LVM Data from an image are restored on the fly except on a system partition Data to the system partition can be restored either by restarting R Drive Image in its startup mode directly from Windows or by using specially created startup disks Special startup disks a startup CD DVD disc USB removable storage device or 6 floppy disks can be created to restore data to a system partition Such disks can be used to perform basic disk imaging operations on Mac computers with some restrictions The file system of the restored disk can be converted to another one FAT16 to FAT32 and vise versa Data from an image can be restored on a free unpartitioned space on any place on a hard drive The size of the restored partition can be changed Data from an image can be restored on other existing partitions R Driv
124. n the image will be used to list partitions t lt TimeSliceNumber gt Optional Example list a C Images Test rdr p mY pasSsworRrd This script command returns a list of partitions stored in the Cc Images Test rdr image file protected by the password my pasSsworRrd Creates a system dump that may be necessary to obtain technical support An image file can be included into that system dump In this case the keys a p t from the 1ist command should be used i Example sysdump sysdump MySysDump a C Images Test rdr p mY pasSsworRrd This script command creates a file with the system dump its name is MySysDump The system dump includes the mage file Cc Images Test rdr protected by the password my pasSsworRrd 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 96 R Drive Image Manual register command pene Geass Mandatory Specities user name for regi Mi z l Mandatory Specifies the register key for 6y lt Regisurarionhey registration reg Specifies the company for Example register reg user Tester 1 reg company R TT Testing Team reg key fafaasertghzfvasfjel34 This script command registers R Drive Image for the user Tester 1 from the company R TT Testing Team me the key fafaasertghzfvasfjel34 Disk descriptors used in the s and d commands Below 1s the list of disk descriptors R Drive Image uses to identify hard drives logical disks and partitions It is written in the order of impor
125. name Backups Sometimes it may be necessary to manually configure network settings 1f for example there is no DHCP server on the network Click the Configure network button select the required field click the Edit Address button and enter the required information Network Settings AMD PCnet32 PCI O 10 0 2 15 Paer iat toa a ep Aes A i gel 1 Please specify Addresses IP Address 10 0 2 15_ N 255 255 255 0 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Startup Version 83 R Drive Image 5 1 Build 5101 Create an Image x NTFS 100GB Disk1 Part01 Image Description Backup II NTFS 465GB Disk2 Part05 DO Select image destination and ecify a file name To write the image s to CD DVD discs select a CD DVD recorder in the disks folders structure and specify a file name Network configuration x Select network adapter AUE GOMAS Configuration method Configure using DHCP Configure manually Adapter settings IPv4 address 10 0 2 15 Network mask 255 255 255 0 Default gateway 10 0 2 2 OK Cancel Refresh Map Network Drive File name R Tools Technology Inc Files of type R Drive Image files r S About Back Next Exit R Drive Image 5 1 Build 51 The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version The Technica
126. ncremental Test Image 04042008 200000 3 Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 4 Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 3x Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 6 Incremental Test Image 04042008 Z200000 7 Incremental 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 116 R Drive Image Manual Test Image 11042008 200000 1 EULI backup 2 Test Image 1T042006 200000 lt 2 Incremental backup Test Image 11042008 200000 S Incremental backup Test Image 11042008 200000 4 Incremental backup Test image 11042008 200000 5 Incremental backup Test Image LOA 2006 200000 6 Incremental backup Test Image 11042008 200000 7 Incremental Test Image 18042008 200000 1 Full backup 4 19 2008 Test Image 04042008 200000 1 FEULd backup Saturday Test Image 04042008 200000 2 Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 3 Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 4 Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 5 Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 6 Incremental Test Image 04042008 200000 7 incremental Test Image 11042009 200000 Ta Full backup Test Image 11042008 200000 2 Incremental Test Image 11042008 200000 3 Incremental Test Image 11042008 200000 4 Incremental Test Image 11042008 200000 5 inecremental Test Image 11042008 200000 6 Incremental Trest Image 11042008 200000 T Incremental Test Image 138042008 200000 L Full backup Test Image 18042008 200000 2 Incremental 4 20 2008 Test Image 04042008 200000 1
127. nect an Image as a Virtual Logical Disk Disconnect Virtual Logical Disks Check an Image File csceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneees RAIDs and Various Disk and Volume Managers Hardware RAIDS sisiscciesincceerisnieevine Windows Software RAIDs Mirrors and Spanned Volumes Windows Storage Spaces cccceeeeseeeeeeenenes ADDIE RAIDS soraia sone Linux Logical Volume Manager Volumes Startup Version Create Startup DISKS ccccccecceeeee seen ee eeeees Load Computer into Startup Mode Restore Data from an Image Create an Mage casisto aeaa si Disk to Disk CODY ssasssnssnssnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnne Check an Image File csceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees NEIWOTK DTIVE Simarnuceiaae aaa Scheduled Actions Command Line Operations and Scripting Scheduler and Unattended Actions Create a Task Edit a Task Delete a Task Create a Script from R Drive Image Create a Script Manually 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc l R Drive Image Manual S PSA GWU SOUS eaaa a eaecasucaseseecscorce 112 VI Technical Informaiton 118 1 OG QUIN anina tater aa ae a a ae ute tae lees tele a a 119 2 Creating Consistent Point in Time Backups ccccseeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeneneeeeaeaeeseeesnenenenaenes 119 3 Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems cccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 122 4 Supported CD and DVD Recorders cccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeneeaene
128. necting an image as a read only virtual disk e Disconnect Virtual Logical Disks to start disconnecting virtual logical disks e Check an Image File to check an existing image file The RAIDs and Various Disk and Volume Managers chapter explains how to perform disk actions with various compound volumes such as e Windows Software RAIDs Spanned and Other Volumes e Windows Storage Spaces e Mac RAIDs e Linux Logical Volume Manager Volumes The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version such as e Create Startup Disk e Restoring Data to a System or Other Locked Disk e Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems e Disk to Disk Copy Using the Startup Disks 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Disk Actions The Scheduled Actions Command Line Operations and Scripting chapter explams how to start disk actions automatically at scheduled times events and create scripts that can be performed from a command line e Scheduler and Unattended Actions e Scripting and Command Line Operations e Backup sets The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on e Creating consistent point in time backups e Support for Various non MBR GPT Partition Layouts e Supported CD and DVD Recorders e List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode The R Drive Image OEM kit chapter explains how computer system integrators can create system recovery disks for
129. neric ATA HPT 343 363 PATA HPT 366 368 PATA HPT 370 370A 371 372 374 302 PATA HPT 371N 372N 302N PATA IT8211 2 PATA IT8213 PATA Initio 162x SATA Intel ESB ICH PILX3 PIIX4 PATA SATA Intel PATA MPIIX Intel PATA old PILX Intel SCH PATA JMicron PATA Legacy ISA PATA Marvell PATA support via legacy mode Marvell SATA NETCELL Revolution RAID NVIDIA SATA Nat Semi NS87410 PATA Nat Semi NS87415 PATA Ninja32 Delkin Cardbus ATA OPTI FireStar PATA OPT1I621 6215 PATA Older Promise PATA controller PCMCIA PATA Pacific Digital ADMA Pacific Digital SATA QStor 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 3 509 3c529 MCA 3c579 EtherLink HT 3c515 ISA Fast EtherLink 3 590 3c900 series 592 595 597 Vortex Boomerang 3cr990 series Typhoon AMD 8111 new PCI LANCE AMD LANCE and PCnet AT1500 and NE2100 AMD PCnet32 PCI AT1700 1720 Adaptec Starfire DuraLAN Alteon AceNIC 3Com 3C985 NetGear GA620 Gigabit Ansel Communications EISA 3200 Apricot Xen II on board Ethernet Asix AX88190 PCMCIA Atheros L1C Gigabit Ethernet Atheros L1E Gigabit Ethernet Atheros L2 Fast Ethernet Atheros Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet Broadcom 440x 47xx ethernet Broadcom CNIC Broadcom NetXtremell Broadcom NetXtremell 10Gb Broadcom Tigon3 Brocade 1010 1020 10Gb Ethernet Driver CS89x0 Cabletron E21xx Chelsio 10Gb Ethernet Chelsio Communications T3 10Gb Ethernet Chelsio Communications T4 Ethernet Chelsio Communication
130. notation 1s also valid 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 106 R Drive Image Manual lr lt DiskLetter gt t lt TimeSliceNumber gt bs use lt Parameter gt 2004 2015 R Tools 2004 2015R Tools Technology inc Inc Old notation examples for the second partition on hard drive 1 s 1 2 for a logical disk s D Specifies a disk ketter parameter is case msensitive Examples 1r K or 1r K Specifies which incremental data in the image will be used to connect a disk If the TimeSliceNumber 1S not specified the first data in the image will be used 1 specifies the last incremental data in the image first R Drive Image will use the first incremental data in the image last R Drive Image will use the last incremental data m the image lt n gt R Drive Image will use the n th incremental data from the beginning in the image lt n gt R Drive Image will use the n th mcremental data from the end This in the image Examples t 2 specifies the second incremental data from the beginning in the image will be used to connect a disk Specifies the backup set R Drive Image will use to connect as a logical disk Parameter may be first R Drive Image will use the first backup set last R Drive Image will use the last backup set lt n gt R Drive Image will use the n th backup set from the begmning lt n gt R Drive Image will use the n th backup set from the end lt date g
131. ns 7 Object Selection 28 OEM Client Media Options 132 Partition Selection 7 85 88 91 Processing 7 15 28 33 35 36 85 88 91 Removable Media Device Selection 132 Removable Storage Device Selection 48 Restore Mode Selection 15 Restore Copy Parameters 15 28 Scheduled Tasks 85 88 89 91 Time Event 85 88 User Password 85 88 Partition layouts Apple Partition Map 122 BSD Slice 122 Dynamic disk 122 GPT 122 Point in time bakups 119 R RAIDs and Various Disk and Volume Managers 38 R Drive image features 2 R Drive Image OEM kit 129 R Drive Image Registration 4 r driveimagecl exe 85 90 Registration 4 Registration information 4 Registration key 4 Rename atask 88 Restore data from an image 15 Restore Options Copy disk signature 15 Drive letter for the selected partition File system for the selected partitions Free space after 15 28 Free space before 15 28 54 72 Maximum partition size 15 28 Minimum partition size 15 28 Partition size 15 28 54 72 Partition type 15 28 54 72 Run a Task Manually 90 _S Safely Remove Hardware icon 6 7 15 28 15 28 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 138 R Drive Image Scheduled actions command line operations and scripting 83 Scheduler and unattended actions 84 Script 90 Script commands 90 Script commands and parameters 93 Scripting and command line operations 90 Secure boot 51 Startup Media Troubleshooting Options 48 Startup Version 47 Check an Image
132. nue i Startup disks created successfully OK Cancel ok Cancel The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version The Technical Information chapter gives technical nformation on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information Follow this Ink to obtam R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 4 2 Load Computer into Startup Mode Sometimes you may need to start your computer into R Drive Image startup mode for example to restore data to a system disk 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 52 R Drive Image Manual You may do that through the following methods f you have a Mac computer The startup version of R Drive Image can perform basic disk imaging operations for Mac computers See the Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems section for details To start a Mac computer with the R Drive Image startup disk 1 Insert a CD DVD disc or connect a USB disk 2 Switch the Mac on 3 While loading press the Option key on the Mac keyboard the Alt key if you use a non Apple keyboard Keep pressed while computer is loading 4 Select the EFI boot disk and press Enter From the R Drive Image Graphical User Interface Note You cannot use this method if your computer uses UEFI to sta
133. ode R Drive Image will create a demo recovery disk During the recovery process it will be possible to perform all the required operations without actual data recovery The license count will not be decremented 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 5 gt 134 R Drive Image Manual Don t copy the master image R Drive Image will create the startup version only without copying the master image to the media Select this option if you want to store the master mage separately from the R Drive Image startup version The master image may be stored on a hidden partition of the hard drive R Drive Image will search for the master mage in on all disks in their root all disks only in the system rather than on the startup disk only Disable target and source the user will not be able to specify the target object to which the data will be disk selection restored if R Drive Image could not find the target for data recovery automatically If this option is clear the user could click the Back button on the Confirm Operation panel and manually select the target to which the data will be restored When this option is selected the Disable source disk selection option will also be selected Disable source disk the user will not be able to select the source disk partition in the master image selection manually If this option is clear the user could click the Back button on the Confirm Operation panel and manually select the source for data r
134. on type Disk Letter Disk Size File System Label Image with one logical disk Sp F 17368 NTFS NTFS Test QUANTUMFIREBALL ELSA08 4 77GB Hard Drive Properties 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 34 R Drive Image Manual Disk Letter Disk Size File Sy ste m iLab el Image with two logical disks on one hard drive H 1 04GB F F 1 46GB NTFS QUANTUMFIREBALL_TM346B 3 59GB Hard Drive Properties Disk Letter Disk Size File System Label Image with two logical disks on two hard 8 pe oe Ny 2 eP drives Hard Drive Properties You may select all objects on a hard drive by clicking the hard drive icon 2 It will show the marked hard drive ae ame rare You may also connect the disk from Windows explorer by right clicking the required image file with the rdr extension and selecting Connect as Virtual Disk from the shortcut menu If you select an image with mcremental data backup the Image Date Time Selection panel will appear Select the date and time of image creation and click the Next button If the image file is password protected the Password prompt message will appear Enter the password and click the OK button 3 Select the object in the image file on the Image Object Selection panel select a drive letter and click the Next button R Drive Image Connect an Image as a Virtual Logical Disk El x H 2 00GB FAT16 FAT TEST Conn
135. ons to all files Match case If this check box is selected R Drive Image makes a case sensitive search Look in Specifies where R Drive Image searches for and marks files It can look for them on the Entire disk From current folder In the Current folder and subfolders and in the Current folder only If From current folder is selected you may also specify the Direction for the search from the current position in the current folder Find Mark mode Specifies what R Drive Image does with the found files It may Find all matched files R Drive Image searches for all files that match the search criteria The search results appear on the Find Results panel Find first matched file R Drive Image stops at the first found file Mark matched files R Drive Image marks all found files Unmark matched files R Drive Image unmarks all found files Please note that when performing a new find and mark unmark task R Drive Image does not takes into consideration the previous marked unmarked state of files For example if you first mark all doc files and then all txt files all doc files remain marked too To unmark them you should specify doc once again and select Unmark matched files tookat If this check box is selected R Drive Image includes files into a search 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc e R Drive Image Manual If this check box is selected R Drive Image includes folders into a search Specifies search direction from the c
136. or Other Locked Disk e Create an Image Using the Startup Disks e Disk to Disk Copy Using the Startup Disks The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on e Creating consistent point in time backups e Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems e Supported CD and DVD Recorders e List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode The R Drive Image OEM kit chapter explains how computer system integrators can create system recovery disks for their systems e Create a Master Image e Create Startup Media Follow this lnk to obtain R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 5 1 Scheduler and Unattended Actions You may schedule some disk actions at a certam time or event and R Drive Image will perform them unattended You may also execute a task manually Right click the task and select Execute Now in the context menu e Create a task e Edit a task e Delete a task e Runa Task Manuall The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions The Startup Version chapter explams how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information Follow this lnk to obtain R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Scheduled Actions Command Line
137. or folders from the and folder names and paths coincide The rest of files and folders on the real disk will be untouched R Tools Technology Int and folders will Restoring selected files section Next Exit Help be explained below in the Restoring selected files and folders 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 18 R Drive Image Manual 4 Select the object in the image file on the Image Object Selection panel select a destination and click the Next button R Drive Image Restore from an Image Ei x Image Y Images F_H image rdr my a F 2 92GB NTFS NTFS Test H 2 00GB FAT16 FAT TEST f Destination 1 Tien F 2 92GB NTFS NTFS Test G 2 02GB FAT32 F H 2 0066 FATI6F 6 l 4 D 638GB NTFS Data GPT 3h hen Y 931GB NTFS Backup II ONG wees tcl Ml Primary Logical M Unallocated MM GPT Other Refresh About Back Exit Help Use the Refresh button if your computer disk configuration has been changed when you connect a USB disk for example You may select all objects on a hard drive by clicking the hard drive icon z It will show the marked hard drive You may select only one object at a time and you need to specify the destination to proceed further M A R T warning for a hard drive Ifa hard drive has S M A R T warnings a color mark will appear on its left top corner Drugging the c
138. out the number of partitions and their sizes while restore the data e The other partition layouts may be backed up and then restored only on their original places or other partitions of the same size For example a backup of dynamic disk D may be restored on disk D or on any other dynamic partition provided that its size matches exactly that of disk D e A basic partition may be restored on another partition of another layout with the above Imitation and a partition of another layout may be restored as a basic one without limitations 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Technical Informaiton Partitions with various file systems are supported by R Drive Image differently Virtual Disk e J R P e e R e e k File system Imaging Copy estore artition Resizing Conedon Byte by byte and Entire partition and FAT 16 32 NTFS Useful Information Selected folders and Yes if the Windows Only files Byte by byte and Entire partition and version supports exFAT ReFS Useful Information Selected folders and Only files HFS HEFS i and Big an Byte by byte and Entire partition and variants of UFS1 Useful Information Selected folders and UFS2 and Ext2 Ext3 Only files Ext4 FS Linux No TER For non MBR GPT disk partition schemes partition resizing can be done within existing disk partition 6 4 Supported CD and DVD Recorders No Yes if third party file system drivers are installed S
139. owmg filename log lt LogOptions gt Optional date time rdl Examples c mydir file name Z00GLOOS 2hoS0 2 2L syslog output logs into WinNT event log sysdir outputs logs into c Documents and Settings All Users Application Data R TT R Drive Image Logs Example log nodefault c Vinny Logs tactics Vinny pareve Ln This will make R Drive Image write its logs to the c mylog txt file and to the c mydir and c Documents and Settings All Users Application Data R TT R Drive Image Logs folders without writing to WinNT event log 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc R Drive Image Manual B ms lt SMTPServer port gt Mandatory Not used ma lt SenderEmail gt Mandatory Not used mr lt RecepientEmail gt Mandatory Not used ml lt Login Password gt Optional Boolean parameters Those are parameters that may have Boolean values true 1 yes false 0 no Sends e mail messages 1f the action fails or succeeds and specifies e mail parameters If a personal firewall is mstalled on your computer you should allow the r driveimagecl exe application to get access to the e mail server Sends an e mail message when R Drive Image fails to perform the specified action May be used as a Boolean parameter Sends an e mail message when R Drive Image successfully performs the specified action May be used as a Boolean parameter Mandatory if the me or and mx option is used Spe
140. ox is selected R Drive Image will shut your computer down when completed the task Test mail account Click this button to test whether you entered the correct mail settings 7 Verify that the information on the Processing panel is correct and click the Save button gt Anew task will appear on the Scheduled Tasks panel The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information Follow this lnk to obtain R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 5 1 2 Edita Task You may edit a scheduled task To rename a task 1 Click Scheduler Create Script on the Action Selection panel The Scheduled Tasks panel will appear 2 Right click the task which you want to rename on the Scheduled Tasks panel 3 Selectin the context menu Rename and enter a new task name Note You may also use a keyboard shortcut F2 to rename a task To edit the time or event at which a scheduled task should start 1 Click Scheduler Create Script on the Action Selection panel The Scheduled Tasks panel will appear 2 Select a task which event you want to edit on the Scheduled Tasks panel and click the Edit an Event button The Time Event panel will appear Note
141. places 15 28 54 72 Expand Shrink partition to whole disk 15 28 54 72 Fixed active partition 15 28 54 72 Raw disk copy 15 28 54 72 Realign partitions 15 28 54 72 Image Options Backup type 7 Check the image file immediately upon its creation 7 Estimated size 7 Image compression ratio 7 Image description 7 Image name 7 Image split size 7 Password 7 Imaging Mode Options Append changes differentially to the existing image 7 Append changes incrementally to the existing image 7 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Replace the existing image file with a new one 7 L Linux Logical Volume Manager Volumes 46 List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode 123 Load Computer into Startup Mode 51 Logging 119 Mail Notification Options Authorization 85 Authorization 91 E mail notifications 85 91 Error occurred 85 91 Login 85 91 Password 85 91 Port 85 91 Recipient e mail addresses 85 91 Run application if 85 91 Send mail if 85 91 Server 85 91 Success 85 91 Your e mail address 85 91 Media Options CD Media Options 7 Direct 7 DVD Media Options 7 Include R Drive Image bootable version 7 Use ISO caching 7 Write method 7 Write speed 7 Message Please register R Drive Image 4 Messages Cannot lock the disk 54 CD R RW disk is not empty 7 48 Device is busy 7 48 Disk is full 7 Disk not locked 15 54 Error Another partitioner is active 7 15 28 File is not found 15 Files r
142. plication that will s s0 lt AppBeforeSnapShot gt l Optiona start before the snapshot is taken 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Scheduled Actions Command Line Operations and Scripting 99 The application should return a 0 exit code Example s s0 C commands startsnapshot exe Specifies an application that will start after the snapshot is taken The application should return a O exit code Example s s1 C commands endsnapshot exe Specifies a command line that will start an application if R Drive Image fails to perform the specified action If there is a space in the command line the command line should be in quotes Examples xe error exe or xe winamp Ce sounds error mp3 Specifies a command lne that will start an application if R Drive Image _ successfully performs the specified action If there is a space in the command line the command lne should be in quotes Examples xs success exe OF xs winamp Cz sounds success mp3 Optional Specifies that R Drive Image will use backup sets May be used only if the bs 1s set Specifies the total size in MB on the disk allocated for the backup set If it is exceeded the backup set all its files will be removed Example bs size 20000 May be used only if the bs 1s set Specifies the number of backup sets If it is exceeded the older backup sets all their files will be removed Example ps num b 10 May be used only
143. position Available only 1f From current folder is selected in Look in Advanced Options Size from up to Specifies file size limits File Id Specifies File Id that R Drive Image assig Date Specities file date boundaries Files may be Modified Created Last Accessed Use the Find Next or Find Previous buttons or shortcut menu commands to repeat the search You may use file masks to find files visually Click the File Mask button and specify a file mask on the Mask dialog box You may also use the shortcut menu to reach this dialog box Mask dialog box amp Define File Mask x File Extensions doc ipg javi Example txt doc xls _ Match case Show empty folders Advanced C Size From 0 Bytes _ UpTo o Date files Modified X inthelast 1 days between 7 1 15 v inthelast 1 months Advanced lt lt If this check box is selected R Drive Image will show folders with no files matching the mask Advanced Options Size from up to Specifies file size limits Date Specifies file date boundaries Files may be Modified Created Last Accessed Verify that the information on the Processing panel is correct and click the Start button You may also create a script for this action Click the Script to Clipboard button and paste the script to any text processing utility R Drive Image will start restoring the files from the image file to the selected destination If the files already e
144. r by right clicking the required image file with the rdr extension and selecting Restore Image from the shortcut menu If you select an image with incremental or differential data backup the Image Date Time Selection panel will appear Select the date and time of image creation and click the Next button 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Disk Actions R Drive Image Restore from an Image F 2 92GB NTFS NT H 2 00GB Fi net If the image file is password protected the Password prompt message will appear Enter the password and click the OK button Select what you want to restore an entire disk partition or selected folders and file on the Restore Mode Selection panel and click the Next button R Drive Image Restore from an Image Restore disks or partitions Select this option if you a want to restore disks or partitions from the image to gt disks partitions or BR unallocated space on a real hard drive Also select this option if you want to restore an entire hard drive from the image to the real hard drive The data on the partitions disk on the real hard drive will be completely overwritten with the data from the image Restore files or folders image to the logical disk The data from the image J Select this option if you may overwrite some files want to restore some and or folders on the real disk if their file and
145. ration amp Primary partition Bas Logical disk A Unallocated Space Other partition type Active Partitions Logical Disks Unallocated Partition Space e i 74 568 eo C z Selected cted Object Tae ee S P oB F1 73GB NTFS NTFS Te G 1 24GB FAT32 H 1 75GB FATIG FAT TES 4 SE kF 1 73GB Used space T 6168 NTFS NTFS Test 7 37 3GB Disk Letter Disk Size Used Space File System Label oe T 238MB FATI O E O OA ve E eee Zas It will show the marked hard drive 5e J 238MB FAT16 2 Select the disk object on the Source on the Object Selection panel select a destination and click the Next button R Drive Image Copy a Disk to a Disk O x Reet a a ae Me Primary P Logical M Unallocated MM cpt P Other Refresh About Back exit He You may select only one object at a time and you need to specify the destination to proceed further 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Disk Actions 29 Use the Refresh button if your computer disk configuration has been changed when you connect a USB disk for example More information If the destination 1s smaller than the selected object R Drive Image will show the Source is larger than Destination message and you will need to select another destination If you select several partitions as the destination R Drive Image will show the You have selected several partitions message If you click the
146. rders and List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information Follow this Ink to obtam R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 6 R Drive Image Manual ll Disk Actions This chapter explains how to perform disk actions Each action starts from the Action Selection panel Oo x tiiv Selectiouw G Create an Image B Create Startup Disks d B Restore from an Image Check an Image File S ap Scheduler JZ Q Copy a Disk to a Disk ko Gene 5 Soe Connect an Image as Oe stl eid Paes a Virtual Logical Disk IRR aa aces nes aan Action description Creates an image of a selected hard drive its one or several partition s or logical disks You can also save the created disk imaging action as a command ine script to indude it in a command file R Tools Technology Inc About Back Next Exit Help Changing the program language You may select the language of R Drive Image panels To do so click the About button and select the required language using the Language button on the About R Drive Image dialog box To start a required action select e Create an Image to start creating an image of a partition logical disk or entire hard drive e Restore from an Image to start restoring data from an image e Copy Disk to Disk to make an exact copy of one disk on another e Connect an Image as a Virtual Logical Disk to start con
147. re allowed Example part size 23279435776 Can be none ntfs fatiz fatle fat32 exfat E ext2fs ext3fs ext4fs art fs i paste Partition file system ufsi ufs2 hfs hfsplus RESX 1509060 Example part fs ntfs part Lapel Disk label Example part label Test Data Disk letter of folder Example part _mounted G Partition number coincides with part_num the partition number used in the Example part num 2 old notations A partition may be identified using its descriptors hdd_size 40060403712 part num 2 hdd num 1 hdd target id O0 thdd bus type atatpart label Part2 part ofs 16778264576 part mounted G hdd name SAMSUNG amp 32 SPO411INTW100 liltpart size 23279435776 thdd port num O0 thdd serial S01JJ30X912831 tpart fs ntfsthdd vtype real create Differentially appends data to an append existing image file If such file does not exist it will be created Specifies a source object to create the image or append to it The lt SourceDisk gt parameter consists of one or several disk descriptors written mn the form descriptor name1 value descripto r namel value The disk descriptors are presented in the s lt SourceDisk gt Mandatory Disk descriptors section of this table Old notation 1s also valid Old notation examples for hard drive 1 s 1 for the second partition on hard drive 1 s 1 2 for a logical disk s p for several logical disks s D re a lt PathOfNewArchiveFile gt Mandato
148. recovery disks devices and include them with their fully assembled computer systems The license for R Drive Image OEM kit allows its licensee to distribute unlimited number of those system recovery devices with its computers provided that a an unregistered copy of R Drive Image OEM is pre installed on each distributed computer and the R Drive Image software icon is placed on the end user desktop The end user of such computer systems can use those system recovery disks to restore the system files registry keys installed programs etc to a state the computer system or hardware was initially set up a fresh setup R Drive Image OEM kit is intended only to restore the original system disk configuration as part of a service or maintenance procedure Use of this kit to install software on any other computer or system is strictly prohibited R Drive Image OEM kit consists of three components R Drive Image System Recovery Media Creator R Drive Image SRMC It can create a special R Drive Image System Recovery OEM media device that is startup disk s that may be used to restore a computer system after a complete failure when it requires a complete fresh setup System recovery disks It may be a CD DVD USB disk ZIP drive or any other removable media device R Drive Image System Recovery OEM Actually R Drive Image System Recovery OEM is a startup device containing a special R Drive Image startup version with a master disk image This R Drive Image
149. restoring data Partitions OEM System Recovery Media identifies partitions by their offset size and with lesser priority by their file system information file system type and label if OEM System Recovery Media find one object which properties coincide with those in the master image it believes that it has found the target partition If there are several same partitions on different drives OEM System Recovery Media selects the target partition by its HDD identity info Note When creating the master image specify the Image split size option on the Image Options panel according to the requirements of the target where you want to store the master image and do not pay attention to the size requirements of the media type you plan to use When producing the startup disk R Drive Image will split the image accordingly 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 132 R Drive Image Manual 7 2 Create Startup Media When the master image of the system is created you may create the startup data recovery disk s To create a startup data recovery disk s 1 Click Create OEM System Recovery Media on the Action Selection panel R Drive Image R Tools Technology Inc O x c Create an Image B Create Startup Disks B Restore from an Image Check an Image File Scheduler amp Si aa azi Ko Create a Script Connect an Image as f aa a Virtual Logical Disk Disconnect Virtual Logical Disks Create OEM System Recovery
150. ripts are used to create images of the same objects with the same filenames but with different parameters Backup sets make it possible for you to flexibly control the parameters of complex backup tasks You may specify a total size allocated for the image files a number of image files you want to keep and the time for which you want to keep the data etc You may do that on the Imaging Mode panel Backup sets parameters Note R Drive Image will keep at least one backup set regardless of the parameters specified Zero parameter value disables the parameter Specifies the total size on the disk n MB allocated for the backup 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Scheduled Actions Command Line Operations and Scripting 113 set If it is exceeded the older backup set all its files will be removed when a new backup set is created Maximum number of backup sets Specifies the number of backup sets If it is exceeded the older backup sets all their files will be removed when a new backup set is created Maximum number of image files Specifies the number of files in all backup sets If it is exceeded the older backup sets all their files will be removed when a new backup set is created Maximum backup set age Specifies the number of days for which R Drive Image will keep the oldest backup set Then the backup set will be removed when a new backup set is created Also apply the settings before creatinga If this option is selected
151. rive letter for the selected Select the letter that will be assigned to the partition You may partition select Do not connect if you do not want to connect this partition to your system Copy disk signature This parameter appears when the Primary Active option is selected If you select this option R Drive Image will write the disk signature of the source object to the target one This is necessary for the Windows to properly recognize the startup disk but the disk signature collision may occur You ll need to disconnect one of the collided disks to enable your computer start up properly To copy data from an entire hard drive to another hard drive 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Disk Actions The Restore Copy Parameters panel will be different with different sets of options HDD Copy Method Raw disk copy Copy all partitions onto original places Realign partitions Expand Shrink partition to whole disk R Drive Image Copy a Disk to a Disk m x idesiowe Copy Pautuueiers Source media WDC WD75AA 00BAAO0 ATA 0 0 7 02GB MBR Target media QUANTUM FIREBALL CR8 4A USB 0 0 7 87GB MBR Copying mode Raw disk copy disk will be shown after rebooting Copy all partitions onto original places Realign partitions Expand Shrink partition to whole disk Mode description All partitions will be copied to their original places If the drive s geometry is detected correctly
152. rrent settings default Restore defaults Click this button to restore default settings If any of Backup AUX applications and Snapshot AUX applications are executed the following environment variables are Set R_CALLBACK_UID A unique digital backup id used in all calls for external commands pertaining to that backup process R_CALLBACK_STAGE Takes the following values BEFORE BACKUP AFTER BACKUP BEFORE SNAPSHOT AFTER SNAPSHOT A comma separated name list of partitions to be processed R_VOLUME_GUIDS JA comma separated GUID list of partitions to be processed Therefore the same command may be used for all the fields provided it will determine using R CALLBACK STAGE in which context it is called Below is an example of the variables when disks c and D are being backed up R CALLBACK UID 2008 R CALLBACK STAGE BEFORE BACKUP R VOLUME NAMES C D R VOLUME GUIDS d5 570a1 2978 11dc 83bf 005056c00008 9636e065 f75e 1ldc 981a 829328 78201 R CALLBACK UID 2008 R CALLBACK STAGE BEFORE_ SNAPSHOT R VOLUME NAMES C R VOLUME GUIDS d5 570a1 2978 11dc 83bf 005056c00008 R CALLBACK UID 2008 R CALLBACK STAGE AFTER SNAPSHOT R VOLUME NAMES C R VOLUME GUIDS d5 570a1 2978 11dc 83bf 005056c00008 R CALLBACK UID 2008 R CALLBACK STAGE BEFORE SNAPSHOT 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 122 R Drive Image Manual R VOLUME NAMES D R VOLUME GUIDS 203 0Se0Co gt Time dC IO laHsZIS2er o2u i R CALLBACK
153. rt up Use external startup media like a USB or CD disk instead 1 Select the file with the image the object in the mage file select the system disk as the destination as it is described in the Restore Data from an Image topic Do not pay much attention to the image file as it will 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Startup Version be eventually discarded The only important option at this stage is the mage destination Select the system disk 2 When you click the Next button on the Image Object Selection panel the Disk not locked message will appear 3 Select Restart computer recommended and click the OK button The You are about to restart message will appear Click the Yes button If you click the Cancel button on the Disk not locked message the Cannot lock the disk message will appear and R Drive Image will stay on the Image Object Selection panel amp R Drive Image x Restarting e ST T i A R Drive Image xX You are about to restart your computer to continue data restoring in the R Drive Image startup mode You will need to repeat the data restoring procedure R Drive Image could not perform in the Windows mode _ ese We recommend you to read Restoring Data to a System or other Locked Disk Help section before you proceed x Cannot lock the destination hard drive PLEASE PAY YOUR ATTENTION THE LETTERS ASSIGNED TO LOGICAL DISKS IN STARTUP MODE CAN BE DIFFERENT FROM THE LETTERS ASSIGNED IN WINDOWS OS A MIST
154. rticular file folder R Drive Image searches for files only among files specified by a File Mask Find Next Click this button to find the next object specified in the Find dialog window M Find Previous Click this button to find the previous object specified in the Find dialog window File Mask Click this button to specify a file mask Up Click this button to move highlighting one folder up Folders panel Richt click a folder to reach its shortcut menu Filesto wipe Marked folder all child objects in this folder are marked m F3 Partially marked folder some child objects in this folder are marked eal Files panel amp Screen l mdta File marked to restore The Find Results panel Appears when file search has been performed Find Results x Find All File Extensions arc H A F3 Root Files to Recover Sest4 arc F3 Root Files to Recover Sest3 are F3 Root Files to Recover Sest4 arc F3 Root Files to Recover Sest5 arc F4 Root Files to Recover Sest4 are F4 Root Files to Recover Sest5 arc F4 Root Files to Recover Sest4 arc F4 Root Files to Recover Sest34 arc Files to wipe test arc Files to wipe test2 arc Files to wipe test3 arc Files to wipe test arc Files to wipe test arc Files to wipe test6 arc Files to wipe test arc Matching files 15 Total files searched 199 Log panel Ready Marked 620 14 MB in 29 files in 4 folders Tot
155. rtup Version The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information Follow this Ink to obtam R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc R Drive Image Manual lll RAIDs and Various Disk and Volume Managers R Drive Image supports various RAIDs and Disk Volume Managers e Hardware RAIDs e Windows Software RAIDs Spanned and Other Volumes e Windows Storage Spaces e Apple RAIDs e Linux Logical Volume Manager Volumes The Disk Actions chapter explains disk actions such as e Create an Image ofa partition logical disk or entire hard drive e Restore Data from an Image e Copy Disk to Disk to make an exact copy of one disk on another e Connect an Image as a Virtual Logical Disk read only e Disconnect Virtual Logical Disks e Check an Image File to check an existing image file The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version such as e Create Startup Disk e Restoring Data to a System or Other Locked Disk e Create an Image Using the Startup Disks e Disk to Disk Copy Using the Startup Disks The Scheduled Actions Command Line Operations and Scripting chapter explains how to start disk actions automatically at scheduled times events and create scripts that can be performed from a comm
156. ry aan a path its file name to the image file 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc o R Drive Image Manual Examples a C Images Test rdr or a C Image Files Test Larder Example c 3 Backups useful information only u Optional May be used as a Boolean parameter Specifies image split size May be in v lt ArchiveSize gt Optional the float pomt format Example v 650 or v 4 5 Gb Specifies an image password Mandatory if the append command is used and the image file has been already encrypted It there is a space in the password the password should be in quotes Examples p Password or p My Password Specifies an image description It there is a space in the description Optional the description should be in quotes Examples r Description or r Image Description the Windows snapshot provider the R TT snapshot provider snapshot 1s being taken Specifies an application that will start before the backup operation starts The application should return a 0 exit code Example s b0 C commands start exe p lt Password gt Mandatory Not used r lt Description of archive gt s b0 lt AppBeforeBack gt Optional Specifies an application that will start after the backup operation completes The application should return a 0 exit code s b1 lt AppAfterBack gt Optional Example s b1 C commands end exe Specifies an ap
157. s T4 Virtual Function Ethernet Cisco VIC Ethernet NIC Support DEC chip Tulip dc2114x PCI DL2000 TC902x based Gigabit Ethernet Dave ethernet support DNET Davicom DM910x DM980x Early DEC chip Tulip dc2104x PCI EtherExpress 16 EtherExpressPro support EtherExpress 10 482595 Exar X3100 Series 10GbE PCIe Server Adapter Exar Xframe 10Gb Ethernet Adapter Technical Informaiton 125 Platform AHCI SATA Promise PATA 2027x Promise SATA SX4 Promise SATA TX2 TX4 QDI VLB PATA RADISYS 82600 PATA RDC PATA SC1200 PATA SERVERWORKS OSB4 CSB5 CSB6 HT1000 PATA ServerWorks Frodo Apple K2 SATA SIS 964 965 966 180 SATA SiS PATA Silicon Image 3124 3132 SATA Silicon Image SATA Toshiba Piccolo ULi Electronics SATA VIA PATA VIA SATA VITESSE VSC 7174 INTEL 31244 SATA Winbond SL82C105 PATA Winbond W83759A VLB PATA SCSI low level drivers 3ware 5 6 7 8xxx ATA RAID 3ware 97xx SAS SATA RAID 3ware 9xxx SATA RAID 7OOOFASST SCSI ACARD SCSI ARECA ARC11xx 12xx 13xx 16xx SATA SAS RAID Host Adapter Adaptec AACRAID Adaptec AHA152 X 2825 Adaptec AHA1542 Adaptec AIC79xx U320 Adaptec AIC7xxx Adaptec AIC7xxx Fast gt U160 Adaptec AIC94xx SAS SATA Adaptec I20 RAID AdvanSys SCSI Always IN2000 SCSI Fuyitsu FMV J18x PCMCIA Generic DECchip amp DIGITAL EtherWORKS PCI EISA HP 10 100VG PCLAN ISA EISA PCI HP PCLAN 27245 and other 27xxx series HP PCLANG 27247B and 27252A ICL EtherTeam 167 32 P1000 Gigab
158. s a cumulative backup of all changes made after the first full backup About Imaging Mode Options Append changes differentially to the existing image Append changes incrementally to the existing image Back Exit Help Appended changes will be those between the saved full image and the current state If there is no full image it will be created instead When restoring data you will need the full image and ONLY the differential file created at the instant to which you want to restore data Appended changes will be those between the last saved changes and the current state If there is no full mage it will be created instead When restoring data you will need the full mage and ALL files both incremental and differential ones created to the instant to which you 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc to R Drive Image Manual want to restore data Minimum file sizes If you need to keep only the latest backup instant you may use the Append changes differentially to the existing image option and delete all previous differential files If you need to keep all instances you may use the Append changes incrementally to the existing image option to keep overall file sizes smaller Data safety If any of the differential file is damaged data will be lost only for that backup instant If any of the mcremental file is damaged data will be lost for all subsequent backup instances starting from the damaged file unti
159. s case follow Windows on screen instructions The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information Follow this link to obtain R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 2 5 Disconnect Virtual Logical Disks To disconnect Virtual Logical Disks 1 Click Disconnect Virtual Logical Disks on the Action Selection panel R Drive Image will show you the list of virtual disks on the Connected Virtual Logical Disks panel R Drive Image Disconnect Virtual Logical Disks O x Size abel 2 92GB NTFS Test 2 02GB FAT32 TEST 1 99GB FAT TEST R Tools Technology Inc ff About Back Exit Help More information Connected Virtual Logical Disks Name Type Size Label E NTFS 2 92GB NTFS Test M FAT32 2 02GB FAT32 TEST N FAT16 1 99GB FAT TEST OIO 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc R Drive Image Manual 2 Mark the disks on the Connected Virtual Logical Disks panel and click the Next button More information Marked Connected Virtual Logical Disks Name Type Size Label IO M FAT32 2 02GB FAT32 TEST I N FAT16 1 99GB FAT TEST 3 Verify that the information on the Proces
160. sing panel is correct and click the Start button You may also create a script for this action Click the Script to Clipboard button and paste the script to any text processing utility gt R Drive Image will start disconnecting the selected virtual logical disks When the disks are disconnected the Virtual disk s disconnected successfully message will appear amp R Drive Image x i Virtual disk s disconnected successfully The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information Follow this lnk to obtain R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 2 6 Check an Image File To check an image file 1 Click Check an Image Fle on the Action Selection panel R Drive Image will show you the Image File Selection panel with the disks folder structure 2 Select the file with the image on the Image Mle Selection panel and click the Next button When you click the file you may view its content in the right pane More information Objects in Image Files Be Primary partition Logical disk Unallocated space Other partition type Disk Letter Disk Size File System Label E Aam R F 1 73GB NTFS NTFS Test B
161. sk partition or an entire hard drive To create a script from a disk action 1 Click Create an Image on the Action Selection panel and specify all the options and parameters as it is described on the Create an Image topic 2 Click the Script to Clipboard button on the Processing panel and paste the script to any text processing utility 3 Save the script in a file The default extension for R Drive Image scripts is rai Go to the Scripting and Command Line Operation topic to learn how to use scripts 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 92 R Drive Image Manual To create a script from an existing task 1 Click Scheduler Create Script on the Action Selection panel The Scheduled Tasks panel will appear Right click the task the Scheduled Tasks panel Select Save as Script in the shortcut menu and specify the name of the script R Drive Image will save the script in the specified file The default extension for R Drive Image scripts is rai Go to the Scripting and Command Line Operation topic to learn how to use scripts To create a new script from the Scheduler 1 Click Scheduler Create Script on the Action Selection panel The Scheduled Tasks panel will appear Click the Create a Script button on the Scheduled Tasks panel Select the objects you want to backup on the Partition Selection panel image destination on the Image Destination panel imaging mode on the Imaging Mode panel image options on the Image Options p
162. sk will end successfully or failed optional on the Mail Notification Aux Applications panel and click the Next button Go to the Create a Task topic for more details 5 Verify that the information on the Processing panel is correct and click the Save button gt The task will appear on the Scheduled Tasks panel with the new options The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version The Technical Information chapter gives technical mnformation on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information Follow this lnk to obtam R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 5 1 3 Delete a Task You may delete a scheduled task that you do not need any more To delete a scheduled task 1 Click Scheduler Create Script on the Action Selection panel The Scheduled Tasks panel will appear 2 Selecta task you want to delete on the Scheduled Tasks panel and click the Delete a Task button or Right click the task and select Delete a Task in the context menu The Delete selected task message will appear amp R Drive Image x e Delete the R Drive Image Task 2 task Yes No 3 Click the OK button gt The task will disappear on the Scheduled Tasks panel The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions The Startup Version chapter expla
163. soft In brief this procedure prevents computer from booting into any operating system that isn t digitally signed with an appropriate digital signature Secure boot is claimed to prevent unauthorized modification of the boot sector by bootkits viruses trojans and other malicious software To the date only Windows 8 Windows Server 2012 and selected Linux distributions support this feature As a side effect it also prevents most LiveCDs rescue disks R Studio and R Drive Image included and other OS from running Likely enough the other requirement of Windows 8 hardware certification is to make it possible for the user to disable the Secure boot procedure Those settings can be done through the system BIOS under the Boot options Generally it s enough to enable Legacy support in those options but sometimes it may require additional actions Please refer to your system documentation to learn more about disabling enabling Secure boot When Secure boot is disabled it should be possible to start the computer with the R Drive Image startup disk Please note that you should enable this feature back after using the startup disks because Windows 8 or Server 2012 may not start properly without the Secure boot feature enabled 4 3 Restore Data from an Image Restoring data to a system or other locked disk You cannot restore data to the system the disk from which Windows starts or other locked disk the same way you do that to any other disk You nee
164. st of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode The R Drive Image OEM kit chapter explains how computer system integrators can create system recovery disks for their systems e Create a Master Image e Create Startup Media Follow this lnk to obtain R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 4 1 Create Startup Disks You need to create a startup CD DVD disc USB removable storage device or 6 floppy disks to restore data to a system or other locked disk You may also create an ISO image of a startup CD disc and burn it using your favorite CD writing software If there is a non IDE disk controller in your system or you plan to use network disks or external hardware devices first check the list of supported hardware If you have problems with starting you computer up from the R Drive Image startup disks select configure startup media troubleshooting options Then the Startup Media Troubleshooting Options panel will appear You may configure these options to eliminate those problems Those options will help you if you have problems with starting you computer up from the R Drive Image startup disks Please contact the R Drive Image Technical Support Team for more information 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Startup Version 49 4 R Drive Image Create Startup Disks Surup Media Troublesboodng Opiious Destination E J Display kernel startup messages C Trace drivers loading isables vanced Configuration
165. st the location and size of the object to be restored All other restore options will be adjusted accordingly Also when you adjust one or several restore options directly these changes will be shown visually Green marks available space See Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems for the list of supported file systems Minimum partition size Minimum partition size that may be allocated for the data in the image Depends on how much free space is in the data in the image and its file system 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 20 R Drive Image Manual Maximum partition size that may be allocated for the data in the image Depends on the file system of the selected object You may specify the size of free space that will be left on the hard drive before the beginning of the partition Partition size You may specify the size of the partition to be restored Should be between the minimum and maximum partition size Free space after You may specify the size of free space that will be left on the hard drive after the end of the partition Partition type You may specify the type of the partition to be restored Do not el Active Primary change this setting unless you have serious reasons to do so ogica File system for the selected You may select the file system for the partition to be restored partitions Drive letter for the selected Select the letter that will be assigned to the partition You may
166. startup version restores data from a master image only to a hard drive or logical disk of a target system R Drive Image OEM This is a R Drive Image version similar in its functionality to a conventional R Drive Image Note You need to obtam an OEM license to activate the OEM functionality n R Drive Image You may obtain a free demo key on the R Drive Image site to test that functionality OEM System Recovery Media created in the demo mode will perform all the required operations but without actual data recovery If you want to disable the OEM functionality after tests simply enter that free demo key once again The the OEM functionality will disappear When you enter the OEM registration key a new item will appear on the Action Selection Panel 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 130 R Drive Image Manual R Drive Image O x Atioucelediod amp amp G Create an Image B Create Startup Disks d a i B Restore from an Image Check an Image File Arrives B akan Scheduler J a Ry Copy a Disk to a Disk ey Create a Script pamo EN E Create OEM System Recovery Media E TOt MA 4 Connect an Image as fan Disconnect Virtual Loaical Disks A 2 a Virtual Logical Disk aa Ra EG Sat ae ayy y Y d y ee Action description Creates an image of a selected hard drive its one or several partition s or logical disks You can also save the created disk imaging act
167. t R Drive Image will use the backup set contaming the date in its name Examples bs use 3 R Drive Image will use the 3 rd backup set from the beginning Scheduled Actions Command Line Operations and Scripting 107 bs use 20080521 R Drive Image will use the backup set containing the 20080521 string in its name Example mount a I Test Image rdr s 1 2 lr F t 1 This script command connects the second partition of the first hard drive contained in the image file 1 Test Image rdr The virtual logical disk will have the F letter unmount Disconnects a mounted virtual disk Specifies a disk letter This lr lt DiskLetter gt Mandatory parameter is case insensitive Examples 1r K or 1r K Example unmount lr F This script command disconnects the virtual logi Sets a specified partition active activate The required partition should be specified Specifies the partition on the disk to set active The lt SourceDisk gt parameter consists of one or several disk descriptors written in the form descriptor name 1 value descripto r namel value The disk s lt SourceDisk gt Mandatory descriptors are presented in the Disk descriptors section of this table Old notation is also valid Old notation examples for the second partition on hard drive 1 s 1 2 for a logical disk s D Example activate s 1 1 This script command set the first partition of the first hard drive active
168. t of supported file systems 5 Select the object in the image file on the Image Object Selection pane where the files and folders reside and c 6 Mark folders and files to restore on the Select Files to Restore panel and click the Next button Select Files to Restore Panel R Drive Image 5 1 Build 5101 Restore from an Image ey wo _ Mark files folders you want to recover and click Next T G0 T Es You may also search for particular files and apply file masks Folders Name f S M fs c O Backups 0 fs coolreader O backgrounds j 7 A docs Ho fi fonts oO E hyph O i18n O skins i textures H 7 e Docs H O Documents and Settings H oO e557617a21d7688a5373e9607b74 H m A install oO g re H O E Program Files H O E RECYCLER O ERT i O BB bg_papert jpg El bg_paper1_dark jpg Find Results x WINDOWS PCHEALTH HELPCTR System sysinfo graphics greendot jpg WINDOWS ServicePackFiles i386 backdown jpg WINDOWS ServicePackFiles i386 backoff jpg WINDOWS ServicePackFiles i386 backoverjpg WR WINDOWS ServicePackFiles i386 backup jpg Ready Marked 4 23 GB in 7560 files in 227 folders Total 19 65 GB in 48463 files in 5197 folders R Tools Technology Inc Output folder Cinta i i About pack Exit R Drive Image 5 1 Build 51 Buttons 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 64 R Drive Image Manual ni Find Click this button to find a pa
169. t panel and press the N key Use the arrow keys to switch between the objects and the SPACEBAR to select the object Select Source Object Panel R Drive Image Select source ob ject E J UBOX HARDDISK1 0 m Disk ATAPI PriMst 100GB 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Startup Version e Partition Selection Panel R Drive Image 5 1 Build 5101 Create an Image W Primary Logical F Unallocated Mi GPT Other Refresh Select an object which image you want to create Click the HDD icon to select all objects on the hard drive R Tools Technology Inc aos ua e e R Drive Image 5 1 Build 51 4 Select the place on the Create an Image panel to which the image files will be written specify the file name and press the O key Create an Image File Panel Create an Image File Diski PartO01 NTFS Backup II Disk2Z Part0S NTF lt DISMOUNTED gt Specified rdr 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc R Drive Image Manual Create an Image File D Images lt Goto up level gt File name Specified rdr Image Destination Panel R Drive Image 5 1 Build 5101 Create an Image Eg NTFS 100GB Disk1 Part01 Backup II NTFS 465GB Disk2 Part05 RECYCLE BIN 4clae28fab3bl 7fec766975e18 DiskG Image Description 90 Select image destination and specify a file name To write the image s
170. t showing the operation parameters and progress When R Drive Image completes the operation the Commit OK message will appear in the command prompt You may include this command to a command file and automatically run such command file either manually or using any scheduling software for unattended disk actions To perform an action from the command line 1 Type in the command line R DrivelImage switches command lt params gt to start R Drive Image application or r driveimagecl switches command lt params gt to start R Drive Image console application and press the Enter key gt R Drive Image will start executing the command showing the action s progress When R Drive Image completes the action the commit OK message will appear in the command prompt Note the switch is not applicable to the actions performed from the command prompt The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version The Technical Information chapter gives technical mformation on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information Follow this lnk to obtain R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 5 2 1 Create a Script from R Drive Image You may create scripts directly from R Drive Image the same way you set a regular action for creating an image ofa di
171. tance from the most important descriptor to the least important one If there are several objects with identical disk descriptors R Drive Image identifies them usmg the most important disk descriptor with different values real a basic disk dynamic a dynamic disk eee HDD type pure disk objects like USB pendrives with only one logical disk le hdd vtype real Disk size should be specified in hdd size HDD size bytes no KB or MB are allowed ple hdd_size 40060403712 h SAMSUN 2 SP0411 nad wet HDD name dd name SAMSUNG amp 32 SPO0 NTW100 11 amp 32 denotes a hdd serial HDD serial number Example hdd serial S013330X912841 Can be none ata atapi SOSI LILOOD yy usb hdd bus type Type of the HDD bus firewire Ssa Libre raid smart abios sata sata2 Example hdd bus type ata hdd port num Port number for HDD Example hdd port num 0 hdd_target_id Target ID for HDD Example hdd target id 1 Disk number coincides with the disk number used in the old Example hdd num 1 notations 1 if this object is a disk free space part free space Free space mark 0 if not Example part free space 1 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Scheduled Actions Command Line Operations and Scripting Partition offset should be specified part ofs Partition offset in bytes in bytes no KB or MB are allowed Example part ofs 16778264576 Partition size should be specified in pare ete E A PE bytes no KB or MB a
172. tartup disks created successfully message will appear If you mistakenly insert a non empty CD R RW disc the CD R RW disc is not empty message will appear Change the disc to another empty CD R RW disc and click the OK button A R Drive Image x R Drive Image x e Insert a blank CD R RW DVD R RW or BD disc and click OK to continue 3 CD DVD BD disc is not empty a Insert a blank CD R RW DVD R RW or BD disc and click OK to continue To create an ISO image 1 2 Select Create Startup Disks on the Action Selection panel and click the Next button Select ISO on the Removable Storage Device Selection panel specify a file name for the ISO image and click the Next button Click the Start button on the Processing panel When R Drive Image finishes writing the file with the ISO image the Startup disks created successfully message will appear A R Drive Image x i Startup disks created successfully 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Startup Version 51 4 Create the startup CD using your favorite CD creation software Load the created ISO image into the CD creation software Consult documentation for the software for details To create a startup USB removable device It may be a USB flash disk ZIP drive etc It should be FAT FAT32 formatted and connected to the computer before selecting Create Startup Disks on the Action Selection panel If there is some data on that device it will not be overwrit
173. tch between the options Action Selection Panel HHH Create an Image Hit HHH R qt Hitt D itt itt itt itit itit tit R Drive Image creates the exact image of one or itit tit several partitions logical disks or an entire HH HHH hard drive for data archive backup Such images H ititit may be stored as one or several files on another HHH hard drive or various removable media HHH Variable compression ratio provides good Ht HHHH speed file size trade off tit HH You may restore data from archive backup images H HHH on a hard drive s partition or directly on H HHH unformatted disk space 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc e R Drive Image Manual R Drive Image 5 1 Build 5101 t r x amp Create an Image B Restore from an Image Check an Image File amp Copy a Disk to a Disk Action description Creates an image of a selected hard drive its one or several partition s or logical disks You can also save the created disk imaging action as a command line script to include it in a command file R Tools Technology Inc mo Back gt R Drive Image will start analyzing the computer disk configuration the Progress message showing the progress Then the R Drive Image Select an object you want to archive backup copy panel will show the configuration H _ Harddrive S P Primary parton S U Unallocated space S 3 Select an object you want to create an image on the Select source objec
174. ted file immediately upon its image for its consistency This may be useful for storing image files with critical creation data Please note that this operation requires additional time You may compress the data in the image to save space Please note that the 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Disk Actions versa Backup type You may store in the image either the exact Sector by backup copy of the object or Backup useful information only that is you do not have to store empty space of the object in image files See Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems for the list of supported file systems Estimated size Shows the estimated size of the image file An actual image size depends on how much empty space is on the selected partition and what file types are there Image split size You may set this option to Automatic and let Windows decide how to split the image file This mostly depends on the file system on the destination disk You may also either explicitly specify the split size or choose a preset for various devices with removable storage Select Fixed size for that Image description You may attach a text description to the image for annotation Maximum length of the description is 255 characters 5 Specify backup options on the Backup Options panel and click the Next button You may specify backup options on this panel They are used to create consistent point in time backups e O x
175. ten 1 Select Create Startup Disks on the Action Selection panel and click the Next button 2 Select the required removable device in the list of supported startup devices with removable storage on the Removable Storage Device Selection panel and click the Next button 3 Click the Start button on the Processing panel gt R Drive Image will start creating the startup USB disc When R Drive Image finishes creating the startup USB disk the Startup disks created successfully message will appear To create 6 floppy disks 1 Select Create Startup Disks on the Action Selection panel and click the Next button 2 Select the floppy disk drive in the list of supported startup devices with removable storage on the Removable Storage Device Selection panel and click the Next button 3 Click the Start button on the Processing panel gt R Drive Image will start creating the startup disks The Insert a blank floppy disk message will appear Insert a blank floppy disk and click the OK button Then the Insert the next blank floppy disk message will appear Insert the second floppy disk and click the OK button When R Drive Image finishes creating the startup floppy disks the Startup disks created successfully message will appear and so on Note It is recommended that you mark the floppy disks accordingly f R Drive Image x A R Drive Image x Q Insert a blank floppy disk and click Ok to continue e Insert the next blank floppy disk and click Ok to conti
176. the following rules String to substitute w o a Ce amp Quot amp apos as e ae return new line nl o O Note This is the incompatibility with scripts created for the earlier versions of R Drive Image Script commands and parameters 72 Its Parameters M andato eT Eee drive or an image file Specifies a path including its file name to the image file Examples a C Images Test rdr or a lt PathOfNewArchiveFile gt Mandatory 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Scheduled Actions Command Line Operations and Scripting 95 I 4 eee Specifies an image password Mandatory if the image file has been already encrypted It there is a p lt Password gt Mandatory Not used space in the password the password should be in quotes Examples p Password or p My Password Specifies which incremental data will be used to list the partitions in the image If the TimeSliceNumber 1S not specified the first data in the image will be used 1 specifies the last incremental data in the image first R Drive Image will use the first incremental data in the image last R Drive Image will use the last incremental data in the image lt n gt R Drive Image will use the n th mcremental data from the beginning in the image lt n gt R Drive Image will use the n th mcremental data from the end in the image Examples t 2 specifies the second incremental data from the beginning i
177. the settings will be applied twice new image before and after a new image file has been created For example if the number of files is set to 2 and there are 2 files already one file will be deleted before a new image file will be created Backup set example For example you want to create an image file of your disk with the following conditions e A full backup ofa disk once a week Friday 8 00 PM and incremental backups on other days at the same time e The total size on the disk that may be used to store the image files is 20 GB e The number of backup sets is 3 the total number of files not exceeding 30 e The oldest backup set should be removed in 21 days when a new backup set is created Then you need to create two tasks one for the full data backup on Friday the second one for the incremental data backup at 8 00 PM on all days except Friday The setting should be the following On the Image Destination panel For the both task File name I Test_Image rdr On the Imaging Mode panel For the both task Use backup sets Selected Backup size quota 20000 Maximum number of 3 backup sets Maximum number of 30 image files Maximum backup set 21 age For the full data backup task Create a new full Selected image For the incremental backup task Append changes incrementally to the last Selected image in the backup set 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc a R Drive Image Manual On the Time Event panel
178. the startup disk by its signature it won t be able to start When Windows finds two disks with the same signatures it will try to resolve the collision Windows XP and earlier simply changes the signature of one of the disk while Vista and later sends one of the disk into the offline mode and doesn t connect any partition from that disk You may use Disk Signature Collision Resolving options to avoid such collisions R Tools Technology Inc About Back Exit Help Same signature for R Drive Image will create an identical copy of the source disk with the both disk same signature To avoid disk signature collision you ll have to disconnect one of the disks and restart the computer 1f necessary Use this mode if you clone a system disk for another computer or only the target disk will be used in yours Different signature R Drive Image will write another disk signature to the target disk Don t use on the target disk this mode if you clone a system disk Windows won t start from it To get access to the target disk after cloning you ll have to restart the computer or re connect it if it s an external USB disk Change the disk R Drive Image will change the disk signature on the source disk Use this signature on the mode if you want to start Windows from the target disk but be warned the source disk f i puter won t start from the source disk anymore 4 Verify that the information on the Processing panel is correct and clic
179. their systems e Create a Master Image e Create Startup Media Follow this lnk to obtain R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 2 1 Create an Image 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 To create an image 1 Click Create an Image on the Action Selection panel R Drive Image will start analyzing the computer disk configuration the Progress message showing the progress R Drive Image Analyzing partition C Then the Partition Selection panel will show the configuration More information Disk Configuration B Primary partition Logical disk A Unallocated space Other partition type me SS 745GB D 53 4GB NTFS Backup peue t ram 1 H P k F 1 73GB NTFS Disk Letter Capacity File System Label aq QUANTUMFIREBALL EL5A08 4 77GB o as minal Drive Hard Drive Properties Partitions Logical Disks Unallocated Space S M A R T warning for a hard drive Ifa hard drive has S M A R T warnings a color mark will appear on its left top corner Drugging the cursor over the drive will show a tooltip explaining that warning 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 8 R Drive Image Manual f ST30000N 1001 9YN166 CC4C Bee 1 2 271B S1IFOSW4E Health Status CAUTION 05 Reallocated Sectors Count 64736
180. ton to skip this error and fill the bad sectors with zeros Click this button to skip all errors and fill the bad sectors with zeros ge x A R Drive Ima Error reading sector 1016 on disk G r x Read from disk failed Ignore Ignore All Abort The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions The Startup Version chapter explams how to perform disk actions usmg the R Drive Image Startup Version The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information Follow this Ink to obtam R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 2 2 Restore Data from an Image 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 We recommend you stop all other programs before you start restoring data on a partition Note Go to the Restoring Data to a System or Other Locked Disk topic if you want to learn how to restore data to system disks To restore data from an image 1 Click Restore from an Image on the Action Selection panel R Drive Image will start analyzing the computer disk configuration the Progress message showing the progress Then R Drive Image will show you the Image File Selection panel with the disks folder structure 2004 2015 R Tools Techno
181. umes such as e Windows Software RAIDs Spanned and Other Volumes e Windows Storage Spaces e Mac RAIDs e Linux Logical Volume Manager Volumes The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version such as e Create Startup Disk e Restoring Data to a System or Other Locked Disk e Create an Image Using the Startup Disks e Disk to Disk Copy Using the Startup Disks The Scheduled Actions Command Line Operations and Scripting chapter explams how to start disk actions automatically at scheduled times events and create scripts that can be performed from a command line e Scheduler and Unattended Actions e Scripting and Command Line Operations e Backup sets The R Drive Image OEM kit chapter explains how computer system integrators can create system recovery disks for their systems e Create a Master Image e Create Startup Media 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Technical Informaiton ono Follow this Ink to obtam R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 6 1 Logging You may turn on logging To turn logging on 1 Click the About button 2 Select Logging and specify a log file name and its path on the About R Drive Image dialog box amp About R Drive Image x R Drive Image Copyright c 2001 2015 R Tools Technology Inc roduct Site ihaw drive l r Sales Department http www r Check Updates This product is licensed to I
182. upported CD recorders All IDE SCSI USB FireWire IEEE1394 CD recorders compatible with the MMC specification Supported DVD recorders Any DVD R RW or DVD R RW drives for which packet UDF record software is installed DirectCD InCD DLA DVD discs should be formatted The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions The Startup Version chapter explams how to perform disk actions usmg the R Drive Image Startup Version The Technical Information chapter gives technical formation on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information Follow this lnk to obtain R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 6 5 List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode In the startup mode R Drive Image supports the following hardware devices Data Storage Devices Networking Devices Serial ATAand Parallel ATAdrivers 3Com 3c574 PCMCIA ACPI firmware driver for PATA 3Com 3c589 PCMCIA ACard AHCI variant ATP 8620 3 501 EtherLink AHCI SATA 3 503 EtherLink IT ALi PATA 3 505 EtherLink Plus AMD N Vidia PATA 30507 EtherLink 16 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 124 R Drive Image Manual ARTOP 6210 6260 PATA ARTOP Acard ATP867X PATA ATI PATA CMD Silicon Image 680 PATA CMD640 PCI PATA CMD64x PATA CS5510 5520 PATA CS5530 PATA CS5535 PATA CS5536 PATA Compaq Triflex PATA Cypress CY82C693 PATA EFAR SLC90E66 Ge
183. urrent position Available only if From current folder is selected in Look in Direction Advanced Options Size from up to Specifies file size limits File Id Specities File Id that R Drive Image assigns to a file Specifies file date boundaries Files may be Modified Created Last Accessed Use the Find Next or Find Previous buttons or shortcut menu commands to repeat the search You may use file masks to find files visually Click the File Mask button and specify a file mask on the Mask dialog box You may also use the shortcut menu to reach this dialog box Mask dialog box Define File Mask x File Extensions z doc jpg avi Example txt doc xls _ Match case Show empty folders Advanced C Size From 0 Bytes _ UpTo 0 Date files Modified X inthelast 1 days between 7 1fis inthelast 1 months and 9 1 15 v Advanced lt lt Cancel File mask options You may specify options for All Files File Extensions Files and Regular Expressions Match case If this check box is selected R Drive Image makes a case sensitive search Show empty folders Ifthis check box is selected R Drive Image will show folders with no files matching the mask Advanced Options Size from up to Specifies file size limits Specifies file date boundaries Files may be Modified Created Last Accessed Verify that the information on the Processing panel is correct and click the Start button R Drive I
184. ursor over the drive will show a tooltip explaining that warning SIN al Dl vi 251TB NTFS Work GPT El 1 93168 ST 3000DM001 9YN166 CC4C ES ee aye Se 2 721B sstorad 5 1FOSW4E Health Status CAUTION _ 05 Reallocated Sectors Count 64736 J Warnings will also appear in confirming e mails for scheduled actions ST3000DM001 9YN166 2 72TB 1 Health Status CAUTION 05 Reallocated Sectors Count 64736 SSS Se SS SaaS MAR Ty S S SS S M A R T SelfMonitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology is a technology widely used in hard drives and solid state devices that monitors their reliability conditions to predict possible hardware failures More information If the chosen destination is smaller than the selected image R Drive Image will show the Destination disk is too small message and you will need to select another destination If you select several partitions as the destination R Drive Image will show the You have selected several partitions message If you click the OK button all those partitions will be deleted and data will be restored on that free space Note Although R Drive Image shows unallocated space instead of the deleted partitions the partitions and their data will be actually deleted only when R Drive Image starts restoring the data from the image 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc Disk Actions 19 Selected Object and Destination a Primary partition Bie Logi
185. ut password Run as WINDOWS 10 Tester 1 Default Password eeeeeeses conned R Tools Technology Inc About Back Next Exit Help 6 Specify mail notification options optional and applications you want to run when the task will end successfully or failed optional on the Mail Notification Aux Applications panel and click the Next button R Drive Image Create a Task m x _ Run application if Error occurred Samat a Le _ ris T Shutdown the computer on task completion rarna J PEETS V E mail notifications a Server Port 25 Sender e mail server 1 example com Recipient s e mail sysadmin_of_server 1 example com Custom subject Server 1 data disk incremental backup Send mail if Authorization Error occurred Login sysadmin_of_server 1 example com Success Password eesecees Test mail account R Tools Technology Inc sou ee Tie ee ee These options are not mandatory and you may leave this panel empty More information Applications You may specify the applications of the com exe and pif types and their parameters delimited by a space Mail Notification If a personal firewall is installed on your computer you should allow the r driveimagecl exe 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc R Drive Image Manual application to get access to the e mail server Shutdown the computer on task completion If this checkb
186. xist in the specified folder The file exists message will appear Click the necessary button to resume the restore operation R Drive Image x x e E calits Current file information File name H F3 Screen 1 m4a New name Screen 1_2 m4a _ Apply the answer to all restored files Rename Skip File Abort When the image is restored the Files restored successfully message will appear 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc 28 R Drive Image Manual amp R Drive Image x p Files restored successfully L 29 files of 29 were successfully restored The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions The Startup_Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information Follow this link to obtain R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 2 3 Copy a Disk to a Disk Attention All previous data on the destination disk will be completely deleted To copy an entire disk or its part to another one 1 Click Copy Disk to Disk on the Action Selection panel R Drive Image will start analyzing the computer disk configuration the Progress message showing the progress Then the Object Selection panel will show the configuration More information Disk Configu
187. xplains how to perform disk actions using the R Drive Image Startup Version The Technical Information chapter gives technical mformation on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information Follow this lnk to obtam R Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support 4 7 Network Drives If your computer is on a local network you may write image files or restore images to from network drives To do so you need to map such a network drive To map a network drive 1 Click the Map Network Drive button and enter required information Map Network Drive Server P Address Server hare Name ser name File ame Mee ot sl 2004 2015 R Tools Technology Inc e2 R Drive Image Manual R Drive Image 5 1 Build 5101 Create an Image xj Select image destination and specify a file name To write the image s to CD DVD discs select a CD DVD recorder in the disks folders structure and specify a file name Server IP address 100228 zx Server share name Bakus x Login bee ooo Password eea Configure network x Cancel Refresh Map Network Drive filename o AS Filesoftype R Drive Image files ra S Back Next Exit R Drive Image 5 1 Build 51 For the network drive path SERVER Backups Server IP address The IP address of the SERVER computer Server share
188. y first introduced in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 that allows the user to combine various not always similar hard drives into a kind of a RAID or compound volume First the hard drives are combined into a storage pool then several storage spaces with striping similar to RAIDO mirroring similar to RAID1 and parity similar to RAIDS can be created in that storage pool You may read more about storage pools and spaces in the Microsoft s Storage Spaces FAQ When drives from a storage pool are connected to a Windows computer it automatically detects them and assembles storage spaces accordingly Windows storage spaces This PC o x Computer View Gy Uninstall or change a program gt an J System properties Properties Access Map network Add a network Open media drive location Settings es Manage v 4 E ThisPC gt 2 A A E Desktop Folders 6 4 Downloads x Documents F Desktop pe Documents Downloads Pictures Affiliate i E gt Ld a D Music r Pictures g Videos Restorer Panels x fz Win10 Devices and drives 6 J ar Storage spaces F wino z System C Data D 2ga P3 v E Desktop 32 9 GB free of 292 GE za 37 1 GB free of 638 GB d amp a OneDrive Storage space 1 F a Tester 1 v E This Pc Network locations 1 F hek hek tnshil Y Storage space 3 P G as 49 1 GB free of 53 8 GB Storage pools and spaces can be managed using the Storage

R-Drive Image User`s Manual

Contents

Download Pdf Manuals

Related Search

Related Contents