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1. SMTP settings for notification Suggestion Try sending yourself a test email to make sure your entries are correct O amp O Disklmage 74 Program settings Change default settings for drive imaging Under Drive imaging in the Program settings you can set specific settings for imaging Prefer external USB drive to store image files If you enable this function external USB drives will be preferred as the target drives for storing images Under the option Automatically check image file for errors after creation you can specify whether image files should be checked for errors immediately after they are created When you enable Overwrite existing image files the prompting for overwriting image files with the same name will be suppressed during the creation of new images This function is very useful when for example you re imaging data a number of times daily and the image is automatically being named after the Day Month Year Under Behavior you can hide or un hide drives that cannot be imaged by default in the user interface Drives that can not be imaged are for example empty card reader or disk drives the Microsoft reserved partition in GPT drives OEM BIOS partitions in DELL and IBM or the system area in basic disks Change default settings for drive restoration You can specify the default settings for restoration behavior under Drive restoration in the Program settings Under Drive restoration you can enable a validity chec
2. 4 O amp O is entitled to forward any data it has received onto third parties requiring it for purposes of collection 5 Until payment is made in full O amp O retains possession of all rights particularly those conceming copyrighted rights of use on the materials included in this contract O amp O is specifically entitled to cancel a contract for example when your payment is delayed it prohibits the further using of the software and demands the surrendering of all copies or this being impossible to demand their deletion Should a third party have access to the object of purchase before payment is completed for the contractual software you are required to inform this third party about the object being the property of O amp O and to inform O amp O in writing about the third party s access 5 Material defect and defect of title 1 The software package or download you receive is free of any material defect or defect of title 2 A material defect exists when the software is unable to be used as described in the documentation appearing on the website http www oo software com and included in delivery or available for downloading O amp O Disklmage 90 End user license agreement 4 0 EULA O amp O is constantly checking to make sure that other sources are not misrepresenting the functions and properties of the software as described in the documentation You can therefore assume that any descriptions beyond those found in the software
3. O amp O RescueBox Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements The software requires Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Edi tions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems The product at hand can only be employed according to the acquired license The following license types exist for O amp O RescueBox O amp O RescueBox Personal Edition You are authorized to install and use the software product on only one computer This should be used wholly in con junction with all hardware in your possession i e this license may not be used to provide a service to a third party Other limitations may apply in the software itself Please consult the software documentation for more information on these limitations O amp O SafeErase Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements O amp O SafeErase Professional Edition The software requires Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows 8 operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems O amp O SafeErase Workstation Edition The software requires Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows 7 all Editions or
4. es ee at n ER EE ERN PU MEN 2 Image TNS c coe heated stitute sac doc 3 File fortmatS t ccc leo cs III A ETT Ee EE I AY re Dm A e Oo Noe A NS Td 3 Complete image n asinen aana ccc cece ccc cence cece cence cece cece cece ce cceceeceeereeeeteteeseeeeeeenees 3 Differentiation Image of the changes eee cece cece cece cece eee eeeececceceeecececceeeees 3 EA 2 22 tts rset eli Reiten E EEE uere seu Lese Lit A 4 lIncremental images clle eo e ee be I RINT TOR ee a TD OU OI SD a iia 4 Differential images ia e a c cece cece cece cc cece RII cece cece cece cece rrr e e aed 4 Systemrequirements 5 d DEDERE ees fe Ae e Sy eae DEB 5 Features ata glance eee 6 NEW TUNGU ONS EN AEE E A EEE EEEIEE aed Ge daira Len pba Deci Cer def eps 6 Start a job by connecting a device oo 6 Direct creation of VH DS a a E ee 6 Simplified wizard for creating and modifying jODS oococcccccccccccccccccccccccccncnnnnnncnnnnnnnnnncnos 6 MATE e e nem ed EL AER IO 6 One click imaging ean ae n esses cece cece ee eceeeeaeeeeecececececeeeeeeeeeeeees 7 Imaging complete disks oo eso eee td d ipe ve oe eee erui 7 IMAGING SINGlE GIVES 22 42 its a gas oles od bo doo bende dao TUE E ddan Sete 7 Different imaging methods 00 eee eee cece cece eee e ence eee eeeeeeeeeccececeeeceeeeeeeeeees 7 DAVE MAGS sit Ae e e it ie bete RNS A fetal ena ee o Co i 7 Integrated b rn f rictiori 5c LA iacob Rer e IO DE E D ER ee ae 8 Edit image
5. 0 222 022 occ e cece cence anes eee ceeecececesseeeees 49 SCHEAUING SERERE dates iros idas raperos he sch wh abante te tate nae a 50 NOUPIGAUON cion T E ts ls tot 51 Settirids Tor a Obi ii do 52 Disable user inquiries while job is running oooooccccccccccccccccccccccccccccncnnnnn essere 53 Abort entire job when an error OCCUFS l l 00 00000000000000 00000000000 cnn cnn esee sees sese se sees essere nne 53 Run after job is completed siuusuuuuuussssssssssssssssssssssssssss es e esses a Aa sees esses eser essen 54 Characteristics of an imaging job 0000 000000000000 eee cece cece cecccccecececeeceeeeeeeeees 54 Create a job for incremental or differential imaging 22 22 0002 0 eee cece cece cece eecccceeececeeeeeceeees 54 Run commands before and after a job 02 2 c cece cece cece cece cece cece cece cece ere esee seen 55 A A a E E a a A ONES 55 Edit jODS 0d SI a A a ICD IDA MN ENSE 55 Gheck JOD error a a Le A a PAS AN ied AERC pL to 56 IBS MERE RERUM 56 RUM JODS ect isa H 56 EXDOIBJODS rates e LARA KM IE UE CA M Re 56 IMPOMJODS ARR OE RR tido di rs A eo 57 REDONS A A A EN EA AN AA A A O NN EA 57 A A cL cL e iie M LI LI CD aaa N 58 Read image information ssssssssssssssssssssseseeeeeee esses e mmm 58 Create boot A 59 BUM WAZ ANC s coena St ecuador A ccanAlu en ebd i in DAES aS ttu un E opp Aeg RAS es BILE e bd 59 Bum i
6. You can continue working and making changes without any problem The working memory buffer is however restricted You can see how much is available in the Memory buffer display See Chapter Lock a Drive Can change an existing image Under Tools you can find the function Convert Image File This enables you to change certain properties and contents of an existing image have created an image of several drives Can extract the image from just one of those drives and store it separately Follow the instructions below Under Tools select Convert image file Select the image using Add and then select the drive you wish to separately image Click Open and select a drive After confirming with OK click Start After confirming with OK click Start The old image remains unaltered o Roc Whatis the difference between a clone and an image Using the Clone drive function you can make a 1 1 copy of a drive including all its stored data without producing any image files The storage volume drive is saved directly without compression The advantage of a clone as opposed to an image is that the detour through an image file is avoided You can access the clone of a drive without having to restore the drive You do however require a lot more storage space for a clone than for an image Important When cloning your drive source drive the selected target drive will be overwritten You should therefore save your copy on an extern
7. an image from there O amp O Disklmage 73 Program settings Additional information is available in chapter Frequent questions on authentication You can find a detailed explanation of the most important registry entries under Explanation of registry entries Settings for notification Toreceive email notification about the running of a job you ll have to enter the corresponding login data in the SMTP server You will also need to enter the sender data e Execute the relevant actions in Program settings under Notification You can only enter your Email address in the Job assistant after you ve entered the required data completely Noti fication Tip Your domain does not necessarily need to be entered in the field Domain You can also enter the name of your Email Server so that the EHLO or HELO including the mail server name can be run The Email notification will then also work under a stricter setup Server General Security Notification Drive Imaging Drive restoration Clone drive Filebackup File restoration Jobs and reports E mail settings The corresponding access data have to be known by the SMTP Server if an e mail notification should be sent after the automatic processing of a job You can enter and manage the data here It will be encrypted Port 25 C This server requires an encrypted connection SSL TLS Domain Sender Save Delete Test e mail Sound settings Sound for events SystemNotification
8. 2 00 0 c ccc cece cece eee eee e eee e eee s s nne se enn nnns nnns 37 Overwrite unused Sectors 2 i eee nee nee nee a llle Ilii 12332222 37 Create a restoration profile 22 22 0022 c cence cece cece eee c cece cece ee eeeeeeeeceeteeeeeesesees 37 Force writing method occ cnn 38 Machine independent restoration M I R 220 0 22222202 39 Restrictions when restoring on different hardware 0 cece cece cece cece eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 39 Restoring with M I R automatically 002 0222 c cece eee e ccc ccc cece RR RR cnn cnn cnn cnn 39 Manual adaptation ce 41 Settings for Cloning drives lsussissssiussssuussssslllsslsssss nen IRR hs e sme e sn reser rns n en 43 Set read method o oon eee oe eee ee ca 43 Eockaidrve s oet eoa Se Go pode de a Bh EN AR eS BILE sq gn e a a SL Ev Nineties A DE CE 43 Ignoring bad SOCtORS 5 1 65 ste eto ete pou ee RE a Ua Lae EO E eir esee e p i ier 44 Write over unused sectors 2 2 2 eee rn llIl llli 2223 44 Force writing method occ es 44 Create a profile for cloning z o A veo a a eie Er eels e Porc dak DS 44 Start directly from bootable diSK oooooooccccccccccccccccccccccocccccoccccconcccn cnc sn esser rrr lll 46 Loading o MT EED eh Nalsled ane kt 47 Create boot medical id ie o On ee ptos Dis 48 Scheduling fUNCHIONS ooooooocccccccccccccccccoccnon cnn 49 O amp O Disklmage V Create a Job General information
9. 32 bit Note After restarting from Windows the virtual drive is removed automatically from the drive list Mount ISO file as drive If you have saved data as an ISO file you can mount this ISO file as drive and view the files it contains This allows you to copy individual files and folders from the ISO file onto existing drives It is however not possible to make changes such as deleting or adding files to the virtual hard disk mounted from the ISO file 1 Open Tools in the menu bar and select the option Mount ISO file as drive 2 Select the ISO file iso whose content you want to mount as a drive 3 After selecting the ISO file click Mount ISO file If you want to label it with a certain letter you can select another letter from the list 4 Refreshing can take a few moments 5 The virtual drive from the ISO file will then be visible as a regular drive in the Windows Explorer Tip If you want the virtual drive to also be visible in the O amp O Disklmage drive list make sure to check Include CD and DVD drives under Program settings General and click Show drives not able to be imaged under View Note After restarting from Windows the virtual drive is removed automatically from the drive list O amp O Disklmage 63 Tools o Read image information Validate image file 6 Displays detailed information about an O Checks an image file for errors Mount and unmount Mount drive im Moun
10. Apply currently loaded drivers of the device control Drivers are an interface between the I O Manager and the corresponding hardware They are not accessed directly but over the hardware abstraction layer After replacement the corresponding driver of new hardware has got to be installed in order to make sure it can work properly with this layer Enable the installation program of the operating system after restarting This activity tells the Windows operating system that the internal setup should be run to complete the information at the next start The Windows operating system will then be able to automatically adapt itself after incomplete changes and complete the registration of the new hardware O amp O Disklmage 42 Settings for Cloning drives Settings for Cloning drives Under Clone drive Cloning options you can specify further settings to clone drives To specify the settings you need to open the Cloning options window y Default options contain the most frequently used settings for quickly and easily creating cloned images Cloning procedure Advanced Read method E The read method of the doning process determines similarly to the creation of an image whether the used sectors or all sectors of the source drive should be doned 8 Used sector O Forensic Direct forensic Settings for cloning drives Set read method Under Clone drive Cloning options you can set your individua
11. Select Save as 3 Give your newly created profile a name in the dialog window and confirm Under Manage profiles you can change or delete an existing profile O amp O Disklmage 37 Settings forthe restoration of drives Force writing method Under Drive restoration Restoration options Advanced you can force a writing method Write to drive is the default writing method used during restoration of images created with the Used sector or Forensic methods Write directly to disk is the only writing method used during Direct Forensic cloning You can however force a user defined writing method e Enable Force writing method and select the respective method Using the option Write to drive data will be written to the drive with help from the operating system and not from the offset to the disk With the option Write directly to disk you can decide whether a restoration should be written directly to a disk bypass ing the file system driver This function applies especially to encrypted disks and is required for restoring any disks that have been imaged using the direct forensic method O amp O Disklmage 38 Machine independent restoration M I R Machine independent restoration M I R Until now you were only able to restore a system partition onto a computer having hardware identical to the source computer The same goes for the restoration of clones The most frequent application scenarios have therefore been limited t
12. all Editions or Windows 8 operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems Control of the pro gram through a network management is not possible O amp O Disklmage Workstation Edition The software requires the Windows Vista all Editions Windows 7 all editions or Windows 8 operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems The O amp O Disklmage Workstation Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface You are entitled to con trol this program over the separately obtainable network manager O amp O Disklmage Server Edition O amp O Disklmage 94 End user license agreement 4 0 EULA The software requires Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Edi tions Windows 7 all Editions Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems The O amp O Disklmage Server Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface You are entitled to control this program over the separately obtainable network manager O amp O Disklmage Virtual Machine Edition The O amp O Defrag Workstation Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface You must own a
13. hard disk controllers or network card drivers O amp O FileExplorer for file and folder management create delete copy move folders and or files O amp O SRP Manager to manage existing system restore points Only for Windows XP O amp O RegEditor to display and change the Windows system registry O amp O DiskManager for the management of your hard disk s Machine Independent Restoration M I R Machine Independent Restoration technology M R provides the option of restoring an image that contains a system partition onto a computer with a different hardware This means that a restoration of a system image or clone can be car ried out not only on devices with identical hardware but on those where for example the motherboard or processor has been replaced Adapt size of the target drive for restoration and cloning If the target for restoration or cloning is an empty area the user can adapt the size of the target drive to the actual data volume of the source drive When for example the drive being imaged has 5 GB but the data on it is only taking up half its space a smaller drive of maybe 3 GB can be entered as a target during restoration Mount files from ISO file You have the option of mounting an ISO file as drive The ISO file will be treated as a separate drive You can see and use the contents of the ISO file in the Windows Explorer This is helpful if you are downloading an ISO file for a program installation Instead of bum
14. otherwise you may not be able to access your data If in doubt please contact the device manufacturer Devices recognized by Windows Network Adapter 4 IDE ATA ATAPI Adapter Devices without installed drivers 86c764 765 Trio32 64 64V 53 Inc 440BX ZX DX 82443BX ZX DX Host bridge AGP disabled Intel C Loading Refresh oe em pom Loading drivers Create boot medium You can also run O amp O Disklmage without installation directly from a bootable medium The boot medium is based on Windows PE and can be used for among other things restoring your entire computer or the system partition provided you have created a corresponding image If you purchased O amp O Disklmage online you ve received an Email containing all the information you ll need for cre ating a bootable medium To create the medium you ll need our O amp O BuildPE program a blank disk CD R DVD Blu ray Disc or USB Stick and the needed hardware burner for CD R DVD or Blu ray You can learn more about creating a bootable medium with O amp O BuildPE by visiting our website http www oo soft ware com home en support faq oobuildpe If you re unsure just contact our Support We ll be happy to help you further Remember to keep your license infor mation handy support oo software com O amp O Disklmage 48 Scheduling functions Scheduling functions The Job Assistant provides options for scheduling pr
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16. Disklmage 69 Program settings Program settings You can adapt O amp O Disklmage to your needs in the start menu via Start Program settings Here it s possible to deter mine for example whether created settings should be saved and applied as preferred settings when you start the pro gram the next time Note The tabs for General Security and Email notification are not available in the Program Settings when starting directly from the O amp O Disklmage bootable medium Start Drive imaging File backup Tools Jobs amp Reports Drive Imaging Drive restoration Clone drive gt Filebackup A File restoration fm Jobs and reports Tools Express view E Program settings Search for updates Exit Button for program settings in the application menu General Change default settings Under General in the Program settings you have the possibility to determine the program page that will be displayed at the start of O amp O Disklmage You can for example specify that the Imaging page appears whenever you start the program Access removable drives Under Appearance and behavior you can decide whether removable drives should be accessed when creating images or during restoration As these removable volumes tend to work very slowly under certain conditions it is advis able to use only those types which you would want for imaging or restoring Default settings for storage locations O amp O Disklmage 70 Program settings
17. Imaging you can either use the standard path or manually enter another storage location for the image The option Use created image as base image for the following execution is enabled by default Incremental images will always be created based on the last image of changes As a result of this the data volume of the incre mental image will end up being very small All previous cumulative images and the last complete image will be needed for restoration We recommend saving the complete image as well as any successive image of the changes in one folder If this is not possible the default check has to be removed from Disable user inquires while task is running The process is only partially automatic because every time an imaging is performed all earlier images will be requested If these are not entered the job will be aborted as a result of error The selection check for Use created image as base for the following execution is enabled by default If you disable it all further images will be created as differential ones using the last complete image for their base Restoration will then require the last differential image along with the complete Incremental images that were created in the meantime will no longer be needed The data volume of these differential images is correspondingly larger than a series of incre mental images O amp O Disklmage 54 Scheduling functions Run commands before and after a job Carrying out commands before a
18. Under Program settings General Working folders you can determine and edit the folder in which the image should be saved by default The path entered target path will be saved and applied to every imaging by default The storage location for jobs and reports can be similarly specified General Security Notification Drive Imaging Drive restoration Clone drive Filebackup File restoration Jobs and reports Start and finish Start page of the program Start page Y Automatically save user defined options profile when program is closed Appearance and behavior When minimizing reduce the application in the system tray instead of in the taskbar ives with removable media can work very slowly under certain conditions Use only those drive types which you want imaging or restoring Include CD and DVD drives Include floppy disk drives 339 O Working folders Storage location for image files C ProgramData OO Software Disklmage mages Storage location for jobs C ProgramData OO Software NDisklmage Jobs Storage location for reports C ProgramData OO SoftwareNDisklmage Reports Help V Activate the online help General program settings Security Network authentication To login locally or to the network e g to enable access to protected folders you have to authenticate yourself The authentication occurs through your user account The user account is composed of the user name and the cor responding passwor
19. a newer version is available Tip Under Help About O amp O Disklmage you can see your license data and the number of your program version So called Minor Updates Version 5 0 to 5 1 5 2 etc where smaller changes in the program have been made are free Major Updates such as from version 5 to 6 must generally be purchased Important If you are using O amp O Disklmage from a network and performing a major update you will need to copy the password file if you want to use the automatic authentication After a full installation and the restart you will need to place the password file in the DiskImage default folder After restarting the password management has to be started and the password has to be entered for the password file As a result the required initializations will be run and automatic authentication can continue to be possible Program Help You can either access the program help via the Menu bar Help or by pushing F 1 Start Drive imaging File backup Tools Jobs amp Reports Help Fl Q Check for Updates Strg U s Save support information ra Logging enabled Start drive imaging er Start file backup About O amp O Disklmage Create image of partition drives or Backup files and folders entire computer Help O amp O Disklmage 17 Quick Start Quick Start In this section we will explain how after successfully installing O amp O Disklmage you can take
20. be used on computers with or without the user interface You are entitled to control this program over the separately obtainable network manager O amp O Defrag Server Edition The software requires Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Edi tions Windows 7 all Editions Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems The O amp O Defrag Server Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface Y ou are entitled to con trol this program over the separately obtainable network manager O amp O Defrag Virtual Machine Edition The O amp O Defrag Workstation Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface You must own a minimum of one Server Edition to use a Virtual Machine Edition O amp O Disklmage Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements The O amp O Disklmage Express Edition The software requires Windows Vista all Editions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows 8 operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems Control of the pro gram through a network management is not possible O amp O Disklmage Professional Edition and Special Edition The software requires Windows Vista all Editions Windows 7
21. drive will no longer be displayed in Explorer and all applications will be closed The drive is not locked by default O amp O Disklmage 31 Settings for drive imaging 18 Drive Imaging O amp O Disklmage Server Edition Drive imaging File Tools Jobs amp Reports Target C ProgramData 00 SoftwareWDisklmag Wmage20141013 0mg Start drive imaging Current operation Imaging used sectors on Data II E 4 542 169 088 Bytes 0 00 03 33 0 00 16 10 None Start drive imaging Snapshot cache view here an empty cache e Tolock a drive under Drive imaging Imaging options Advanced select Imaging procedure Lock drive dur ing imaging If you leave a drive unlocked during an imaging because for instance you want to continue working on the drive the original status will be cached i e stored in the working memory buffer The working memory buffer space is how ever limited You can see how much space is available by looking at the memory buffer display Note It is not possible to lock a system partition If you want to prevent temporary files from being written onto a particular drive enter the entry NoSnapshotTmpFiles in the Registry More information can be found in the chapter Explanation of registry entries Please note If you exceed the available working memory original data sectors will no longer be saved and included in the image This makes the image inconsistent and may render it unu
22. file 20 00 0000 0 ccc ccc cece eee cece cece cece eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeececcececesecsseeeeeees 8 Compress made oso Ne Lope hc eer e NE TE Lt Nts ee 8 Enctyptlon cs EOS A AREE SERE 8 AAA CoD UNDO IIBER LLL REEL e t t 8 O amp O Disklmage l Process virtual hard disks VHD uusuuuuuuususeeeleeeeeeesessse I I e e RR RR cnn 8 Mount image as virtual drive 22222222 cece cece ccc ccc cece ce cee eee eaaa eaea AoE Aa aa aaraa nanana 8 Gheck image cs bicolor io EA UE tek wee ies dads eie eM UAE 8 Email notification on the progress of the actiVity ooooocccccccccccnccncnncnnnnnnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnns 8 File BACKUP tac es ei eoe A tp ochacOo M iu Ed annals re Cae om T Tp ferie 9 ReStoratlon eR C 9 Restoring entire disks iiiiiuisssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss se s e esses sese sese sess essere essere 9 Restoring individual drives sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssesss esses mere arona rrIl 9 Mount drives from images geag c cece cece cece eI RII I cece cece Rr rrr erre ree re ree erre rri 9 Modifications for restoration ooo 10 Bootable disks with BulldPE ict Ip Rincon c tete ei nli Nu E acho tii 10 Machine Independent Restoration M I R 0 e cece cece e cece cece ccc e RR RR RR Rr rere 10 Adapt size of the target drive for restoration and cloning cee eee cece eee eee eeeeeeeeeees 10 Mounttiles tr
23. method the data selected for imaging will be imaged all over again and stored in a folder on the target disk Complete images can be created using the Used sector Forensic or Direct forensic methods Differentiation Image of the changes If you only want to image changes of your hard disk or drives you will need to have created at least one complete image previously Changes made can then be saved as differential and incremental images Complete Image Differential Image Incremental Image Incremental Image O amp O Disklmage 3 About O amp O Disklmage 9 Connection between image types Base image A base image is an image that serves as a basis for any further image of the changes Differential images require a complete image as a base image Incremental images can usually be made using the last image of the changes as their base image It s possible for example to use a differential image as a base image for an incremental image In this way an incremental image can also serve as base image for further incremental images Also see picture in chap ter Image of the changes Incremental images Incremental images only save the changes made since the last base image As a rule data is compared using check sums in O amp O Disklmage so that the incremental image does not require a complete image as base image The last incremental or differential image is enough for doing this To restore an incremental image you need t
24. mount a drive from an image located in the network Enable mounting disk If you create an image of one or more partitions volumes the image contains additional information about the disk or hard disk along with the imaged data This information will concern the hard disk s structure as well as its cor responding system areas such as the master boot record possibly existing extended boot records the LDM logical disk management database or the GUID partition table With the function Enable mounting disk you can load this information or use it for acquainting the hard disk to the operating system based on the disk s original information We recommend using this function when you want to restore deleted or destroyed data from a forensic image O amp O Disklmage 62 Tools Note Creating a virtual disk out of an entire hard disk can result in recognition problems for the virtual disk when the following applies to the hard disk being imaged defective or invalid partition tables partitioning process not supported by your operating system e g GPT dynamic hard disks containing volumes that are spanned striped mirrored or RAID5 when not all the hard disks being used were imaged encrypted hard disk Technical limitations Windows refresh problem if you re working with a remote desktop connection a new login will be needed for dis playing the mounted drives Mounting images larger than 2TB is not supported by Windows XP
25. of the error on your system will not take place O amp O assumes the ensuing expenses for the cure in particular the costs for transport labor and material You are per sonally responsible for installation O amp O specifically does not assume on site installation as part of its obligation with regard to defects of material or title Should a change of the program be required as part of the cure O amp O will make the necessary changes in the doc umentation without any charges 8 After the unsuccessful expiration of a deadline you set for cure you can cancel the contract or reduce the purchase price and demand compensation instead of service or the replacement of any futile expenditures 9 A deadline is not required when a O amp O refuses both kinds of cure even if it is entitled to do so as a result of the arising expenses or b the cure is impossible or C the cure is unacceptable to you or d the cure is unsuccessful A subsequent improvement is considered a failure after the second unsuccessful attempt unless there is something particular about the type of software orthe defect itself or the surrounding circumstances that would indicate otherwise 10 You are not entitled to cancel the contract if the defect is negligible nor may you in this event demand com pensation instead of full service 11 In the event of cancellation compensation is due for any uses made The compensation for use will be based on a four year
26. or more drives please follow the instructions below In the start page select Drive imaging Select one or more drives from the drive list Enable the check next to the drive you want to select Optionally you can specify further settings under Imaging options or add the selected activity as Job To start the imaging process click on Start drive imaging Enter the target path of the drive on which you want to save the image You can either accept the suggested default path or select another location Under Program settings you can also select individual default paths The image is automatically named after the date of creation You can however enter a name manually All infor mation from the image will be saved and can later be accessed through Image Information 7 Select Start The image file will now be created Oo RON D Note If there is not enough space to store the entire image you will be prompted to enter a new target path during the imaging process O amp O Disklmage 20 Quic k Start Size Free amp Disk O Basic 465 76 GB O System Reserved 350 00MB 60 29 MB O amp y System C 194 97 GB 115 05 GB ej Partition D 10 00 GB i5 Empty region 1 87 66 GB O amp Data II E 172 79 GB i5 Empty region 2 1 99 MB Backup individual files and folders Doy ou want to backup individual folders or files instead of an entire drive You can now do so with a file backup Dur ing a file backu
27. restoration of drives from an image r Manage profiles Default options contain the necessary settings for restoring imaged data to their Restoration process Areas not induded in the image will not be changed in the target drive if you restore an image of used sectors Enable the following option to possibly overwrite existing old data in these areas C Clear unused sectors from old data overwrite explicitly with zeroes Normally data is written on the hard drive the way itis read This means that an image of used sectors and a forensic image is played back on the drive A direct forensic image is written directly written on the data carrier Enable the following option to force a certain writing method C Force write method 9 Write to disk Write directly to disk Restoration options Overwrite unused sectors Under Drive restoration Restoration options you can overwrite unused sectors explicitly with zeros Data that has been stored in these areas cannot be restored not even with specialized data recovery software Create a restoration profile Under Drive restoration Restoration options you can return the current settings for an imaging back to their default settings or select an already created profile Under Current profile you can choose between Default and User defined If you want to save your user defined settings do the following 1 Enable your settings under Restoration Options 2
28. rights of use must be extended accordingly To find out which O amp O products are also available as volume licenses please consult http www oo soft ware com The separate price list concerning O amp O Volume Licenses will apply to extending the rights of use without redelivery 5 Any use beyond that agreed upon in the contract is one in violation of the contract In such a case you are required to report this use that exceeds the rights of use to the supplier without any delay The parties will then try to bring about an agreement for extending the rights of use For the duration of the excessive usage i e until the conclusion of such an agreement or the cessation of the excessive usage you are required to pay compensation for this excessive usage according to the amount indicated in our price lists The amount of compensation will be calculated on the basis of a four year straight line depreciation If we are not informed of the excessive usage a contract penalty in the amount three times the price of the usage indicated in the price list will be due O amp O 6 You are entitled to create a backup copy of the software and to conduct ordinary data backups The creation of more copies than the amount needed for the backing up of any future usage including the backup copies and data backups is not allowed 7 Copyrights and other trademarks within the software may not be altered or removed They must be transferred onto every copy of t
29. sent to you along with additional information O amp O Disklmage starts directly from the bootable medium without any previous instal lation Additional integrated system recovery tools also give you the chance to restore the original system and identify mistakes Restoring entire disks O amp O Disklmage can also assist you when installing configuring new acquired computers After configuring your com puter create an image of your entire system and do this for as many computers as you have Windows licenses e Restoration of an entire storage volume e Restoration to or as MBR disks e Restoration to or as GPT disks e Restoration to or as dynamic disks Restoring individual drives O amp O Disklmage enables you to restore individual drives from existing images It doesn t matter how many drives were included in one image The following drive types can be restored from an image Single drives Partitions volumes Primary extended and logical partitions Simple spanned mirrored volumes System areas Master boot record MBR Create system partitions e g Microsoft reserved partition Exclusive restoration of the Master boot records MBR Restore a combination of the above mentioned objects various hard disks partitions volumes or similar in one image Mount drives from images You can also quickly and easily restore single files from an image Mount drives from images as virtual drives Doing this will allow you to copy files a
30. storage volume so that it can be used again on another computer see Import jobs O amp O Disklmage 56 Scheduling functions Import jobs To import a job select Jobs and reports on the start page of O amp O Disklmage and select the function Import jobs Select the desired job in the dialog window This will then be added to the Job List You can then transfer the created job from one computer to another without having to make new settings for the job Reports A status report will be created for every action performed by O amp O Disklmage It can be accessed as a XML document from the start page of O amp O Disklmage under Jobs and reports In the report you will find all information about the progress of an installation or a job Action 7 Create image Successful 10 10 2014 12 18 21PM 10 10 2014 12 22 12 PM 560CBD45 2F6F 497 1 8521 F096A97B6052 7FF808FA BF6D 47AC 9FE6 64245FE92907 Value 10 10 2014 12 18 36 PM Status Successful Region Volume Parameter 0 ignored file pattern hiberfil sys ignored_file_pattern tmp ignored file pattern System Volume Information created image file C ProgramData OO Software Disklmage lmages l Temporary file ignored_file_pattern pagefile sys Imaging method used sector Snilit eiTe O amp O Disklmage 57 Tools Tools The tools menu includes options for processing images an
31. straight line depreciation of the purchase price 12 As a result of the abatement the purchase price will be reduced by the amount which is calculated for deducting the defect from the value of the software The standard used will be its value at the time the contract was concluded O amp O Disklmage 91 End user license agreement 4 0 EULA The amount when necessary is to be calculated by estimation As a result of this reduction any amount larger than that paid for the reduced purchase price will be refunded 13 If it tums out that a reported problem did not arise as a result of a defect in the software O amp O is entitled to invoice you according to the amount charged in its price lists for such services the expenses for analysis and correction of the problem if you can be accused of malice or gross negligence 14 The sellers warranty is canceled when changes are made on the software without expressed written consent or when the software is not used as intended or used in an improper software environment unless you can prove that these facts had nothing to do with the problems that occurred 6 Limitation of compensation 1 O amp O is liable for compensation for every legal ground to the extent described in the following provisions 2 The extent of liability of O amp O for damages caused by malice or gross negligence arising from O amp O itself or one of its vicarious or legal agents is unlimited 3 There is no limit to
32. the extent of liability of O amp O or any of its legal or vicarious agents for damages involving injury to life physical well being or health or for simple breach of duty 4 There is unlimited liability for damages caused by serious organizational fault on the part of O amp O as well as for dam ages arising from a missing guaranteed characteristic b For the breach of an essential contractual duty O amp O is liable for damages normally foreseen in a contract when none of the instances in provisions 2 4 applies 6 Any further liability for compensation is excluded specifically excluded is liability without fault 7 Liability as defined by the product liability law remains untouched 8 If damage can be traced to have arisen through a fault on the part of O amp O as well as on the part of yourself you must have your share of the fault evaluated You are responsible for making a standard backup of your data at least once a day For data loss caused by O amp O O amp O is only liable for the expense of duplicating the data on your backup copies that need to be created and for the res toration of data which would have also been lost during a standard backup procedure 7 Final provisions 1 You may only balance claims from O amp O with indisputable or legally valid claims 2 Changes and amendments to this contract must be made in writing This also applies to changes to this provision 3 The contract is subject to German la
33. the program To register online start O amp O Disklmage The questions related to online registration always appear at the start pro vided you haven t registered online O amp O Disklmage 15 Installation and registration O amp O Disklmage Server Edition Registration Wizard O amp O Disklmage Server Edition Version 9 0 Build 190 Thank you for choosing 0 amp 0 Software You can now register online on our website As a registered user you receive technical support as well as reduced prices on updates and new products E mail Your E mail address m3 Additional Information Privacy Online registration What are the advantages of online registration Online registration gives you the benefit of having your customer data kept safely in our files which means we can pro vide you with even better service If for example you accidentally lose your license key we can quickly resend it to you without any problem The license key is needed for using the full version of a program getting updates and for rein stalling the program when you make a new setup of your computer Further advantages will let you e Besupplied with the latest information about our products e Make free updates on new versions of purchased items minor updates e Upgrade to a new version at a special discount price major update e Obtain support from our customer service How do register online If O amp O Disklmage was pur
34. use the software product on all computers a in the possession of the company legal person or natural person s in the case of corporations owning the license and b all located at a single site This license is bound to a single natural person and is non transferable O amp O BlueCon Tech Edition You are authorized to install and use the software product on all computers This includes computers that do not belong to the company owning the license also known as Service Technician s License This license is bound to a single nat ural person and is non transferable O amp O BuildPE Important note for working with O amp O BuildPE The program overwrites the target storage volume these volumes include re writable CDs or USB Sticks amongst others Please therefore make absolutely sure that the target volume does not contain any data that you may still require as the overwriting of this data cannot be reversed O amp O formally declares that it is not responsible for damages arising from the improper use of O amp O BuildPE Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements The software requires Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Edi tions Windows 7 all Editions Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems O am
35. which activities to run if you double click on a job in the job list You can also set the behavior by double clicking a report in the report list Traylcon The O amp O Disklmage Tray icon is displayed by default in the info area of the task tray following successful installation of O amp O Disklmage The tray icon will indicate whether O amp O Disklmage is currently enabled The icon will be animated while an action is being processed otherwise the tray icon will remain still Right clicking the tray icon will show you various control options for O amp O Disklmage You ll be able to open the O amp O Disklmage program interface cancel a running action hide the tray icon or suspend the animation If you don t have administrator rights for this computer you will not be able to start DiskImage It will not be possible to click O amp O Disklmage 76 Program settings In addition you ll be able to hide or show the progress of a job or changes in the service Our suggestion If you d like to have the tray icon permanently disabled hidden do so using the menu Start All programs O amp O Software O amp O Disklmage O amp O Disklmage Tray The same path can be used for reversing the process whenever you want the icon to be shown Open O amp O Disklmage Show status window Notification of tasks Notification on Service changes Notification by sound Show animation 3 rcp Context menu of the Traylcons O a
36. 2D6D7 d Neuer Schl ssel 1 oftware Disklmage oodi pwd a Bo Value name oftware Disklmage Reports O amp O AutoBackup ExpressFlags a O amp O Disklmage J 8C7DOC6D B765 40BC 9820 E980DE5754E6 Value data Base a 90 00000100 Hexadecimal li licenses Decimal J 0 amp 0 EMC J O amp O LiveUpdate OK Cancel J ODBC Lo Oracle Ji Policies amp Start page O amp O Disklmage Server Edition Lo Realtek Lo RegisteredApplications j SRS Labs jj Wow6432Node Jo SYSTEM jo HKEY USERS Jo HKEY CURRENT CONFIG v Computer HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE O amp 0 0 amp 0 Disklmage Registry entries from O amp O Disklmage Example Disable button for Switch to full view ExpressFlags Behavior when receiving error notices Various error notices may appear while working with O amp O Disklmage These can either be displayed in dialogs or seen in reports Error notice IDS ERROR LOGON FAILURE Registration has failed on account of invalid user name or authentication information IDS ERROR ACCOUNT RESTRICTION The authentication information entered is valid but restrictions on the user account have prevented a suc cessful authentication IDS ERROR INVALID LOGON HOURS The user account is subject to time limitations and is therefore not available for registration at this time Description User name and or password is false Where required consult your system administrator Change the settings of th
37. D ROM 4 Afterthe setup program has been successfully initialized please follow the installation dialog 5 When prompted restart your computer Note Please make sure that no other backup or imaging software is installed on your computer when installing or working with O amp O Disklmage This can lead to complications with the filter driver especially when different soft ware is working simultaneously on multiple drives Information about licensing You can test O amp O Disklmage for 30 days free of charge and with no obligation The remaining trial period will be dis played each time you start the program If you would like to implement O amp O Disklmage in your company or as a technician for your customers then please con tact our resellers or distributors Enter license Note In order to activate the product after installation or to gain access to the Full Version at a later time you must possess a valid license key This license key is also called a registration code serial number or product ID The dialog for registration always appears automatically at the start to guide you if you are using an unregistered ver Sion or have entered the registration code incorrectly The registration wizard allows for a simple registration process When you select the option want to enter my license a dialog box will appear where you can enter the registration code you received when purchasing the software e If you
38. O file in 5 so et Found recorder 0 Update Cancel bootable disk Burn Wizard Burn image file s on CD DVD To save your image to CD DVD you need to first create an image and save it on an internal or external drive Only then will it be possible to burn your image files omg or your virtual hard disk vhd to CD DVD It is not possible to store an image or a virtual drive directly i e without buffering it on CD DVD Before starting the burn process make sure that you have inserted an empty disk in the optical drive Under Tools click Burn imaging file s Select the job Burn image file s in the O amp O Disklmage Writer Select your image file with Add Depending on the size of the image file you can select one or more files Then click Next and follow the instructions in the dialog Please also pay attention to the notices that appear If one disk is not enough to hold your entire image you can burn your image files one after another Oo Ro Note for the creation of images After selecting your drives for imaging limit the image files to the size of your blank CD DVD underDrive imaging Imaging options Image file File size The image file will then be divided into several parts during the imaging process The splitting of the image file at a later time is also possible See Convert image file O amp O Disklmage 60 Tools Note When renaming individual parts of the image it is recommende
39. System Reserved O y System C 194 97GB 115 05 GB System C O Partition D 10 00 GB 7 11 GB Ey Partition D Empty region 1 87 66 GB 87 66 GB O Empty region 1 cj Data II E 172 GB Sy Data II E lt b Empty region 2 i5 Empty region 2 o Select Clone driving 2 o Start cloning Select drive O amp O Disklmage 27 Settings for drive imaging Settings for drive imaging Under the menu heading Drive imaging you can specify settings and set them as default for every new image by click ing Drive imaging Imaging options Default options contain the most frequently used settings for quickly and easily creating compact images Image fle Advanced Imaging method 8 DiskImage file O VHD file Complete O Image of the changes 8 Used sector Base image complete image incremental or differential O Forensic iini Direct forensic File size V Compress image file to save storage space 8 LZNT1 Standard performance optimized C Split image into smaller image files with fixed sizes Typical size 700 MB User defined Security password protection C Encrypt image file to protect data from unauthorized access AES 128 AES 192 AES 256 Drive imaging options Select imaging method Under Drive imaging Imaging options Image file you can specify which imaging method should be applied as stand ard to every new image In most cases the default option Used secto
40. User s Guide NOT 080 Software O amp O DiskImage 9 Copyrights Text illustrations and examples have been produced with great care The editor is neither legally nor in any other way liable for incorrect information given and its possible consequences This document is protected by copyright All rights reserved Without written approval no part of this document may be reproduced through photocopying microfilming or any other procedure nor may it be translated into a language used by machines especially data processing plants Rights are likewise reserved for quotation in lectures on radio and tel evision Microsoft Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 8 1 Windows 2003 Windows 2008 Windows 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012 and Windows 2012 R2 are registered trademarks of the company Microsoft Corp Redmond WA USA O amp O and the O amp O logo are registered trademarks of the O amp O Software GmbH Berlin Rev 14 10 2014 13 38 O amp O Software GmbH Am Borsigturm 48 13507 Berlin Germany http www oo software com O amp O Disklmage l Contents About O amp O Disklm age 9 00 tl tii rta lio y ebd Loose Lc de 2 dd ees meten 1 Differences between the three Editions 2 2 2 2 2222 eee 1 Additional properties of the Workstation and Server Editions 2 2 2 2 0002222 e eee e cece eeeceeeeeeees 2 General Terms and Definitions sasan ee eee ee 2 DIVAR aiU aaas rt ascos p ee 2 Image acd
41. Windows 8 operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems O amp O SafeErase Server Edition The software requires Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows XP all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Editions Windows 7 all Editions Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions Windows 8 or O amp O Disklmage 98 End user license agreement 4 0 EULA Windows Server 2012 operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the appli cation of these operating systems O amp O SSD Migration Kit Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements The software requires Windows Vista all Editions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows 8 operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems Control of the pro gram through a network management is not possible O amp O UnErase Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements The software requires Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Edi tions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions operating systems Application within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the use of one of these operating systems O amp O Disklmage 99
42. ack on your computer drive Oo Ro 6 7 Important When cloning your drive source drive the selected target drive will be overwritten All data stored on it will be deleted and replaced by the clone You should therefore save the clone on something like an external hard disk chosen for this purpose O amp O Disklmage 26 Quick Start Note When cloning a drive you should adjust the properties of the target drive for future application Make sure for example that the system partitions of the clone will also be able to boot Note If you re using a second hard disk as a target O amp O DiskImage will change its signature This will guarantee that there are no two hard disks with the same signature connected to your computer There might otherwise be complications during cloning or even a possible system crash With simple hard disk structures basic disk all par titions in the operating system will be recognized by a link from hard disk signature and partition offset During clon ing the registry entries of the drive letters including the letters will be adapted to the target system Note If you want to restore the clone of a system partition onto a PC with different hardware please bear in mind the notes in chapter Machine independent restoration M 1 R File backup Tools Source drive i Free File sy Target drive E v amp Disk 0 Basic 465 76 GB Disk 0 Basic O y System Reserved 350 00 MB 60 89 MB O y
43. ake changes such as deleting or adding files to the virtual hard disk mounted from the image file O amp O Disklmage 61 Tools Tools O amp O Disklmage Server Edition Start Drive imaging 0 0 Disk O Basic Partition D SAMSUNG HD501LJ 476938 976771055 512 da Convert C Enable mounting entire disk Mount disk Disconnects from a network drive Computer i Check drive O Change computer properties Checks a drive for errors Changes the computer properties of an li Create bootable disk Mount image file as a drive Open Tools in the menu bar and select the option Mount drive from image file In the dialog window select the image file omg from which you want to mount the drive If you are not sure you can look up the details of the image under Image information After selecting the image file all drives included in the image will be listed in the program window Select the displayed drive from the image Afterwards you can select any name from the drive list e g G for the drive from the image Then click Mount drive The virtual drive from the image will then be visible as a regular drive in the Windows Explorer N DIRA Please note that you may only access sectors which contain image files Refreshing can take a few moments Note Please keep in mind that drives can only be mounted from an image if the image is available locally You can not
44. al hard disk either in an unused region or overwrite a previously selected drive purely for this purpose Why are temporary files created If you leave a drive unlocked during an imaging because for instance you want to continue working on that drive the original status will be cached i e stored in the working memory buffer Temporary files are created in the process The working memory buffer space is however limited You can see how much space is available by looking at the memory buffer display Whatis the advantage of an incremental image An incremental image normally has a smaller data volume than a base image In addition you can identify the dif ferences more precisely the changes made since the base image was created My incremental image is not smaller than my base image Where does this file come from O amp O Disklmage 80 Frequently asked questions This can occur if you have for example defragmented your computer in the meantime The newly structured file seg ments will then be recognized as changes and imaged as new files What does Drive cannot be locked mean Does this affect the data imaging As aresult of system processes having to be in constant operation it s not normally possible for system partitions to be locked You get this notification even when you want to image a data drive and this is directly integrated into the sys tem processes The notification doesn t generally have an eff
45. art page click the activity you want to perform e g Drive imaging or File backup Select a drive or in case of a file backup a folder Click Options if you want to specify certain settings for a job such as the imaging method encryption or com pression Your settings will then be saved and applied to the subsequent job Now click the symbol Add as job Enter the name of your job in the dialog It will later be used for the creation of the report and serve as reference The name of the job has only symbolic meaning and may already be applied to other jobs Specify further settings such as scheduling notification imaging etc In the field Notes you may enter text for providing a few details about the job Job enabled If you don t wish to run a job for a short period of time but don t want to delete it altogether you may disable it The job will then not be run until you enable it once again O amp O Disklmage 49 Scheduling functions General Startup event Notification Image Before job After job Information The job will start one time only on Monday at 12 30 Information Name V Job enabled Perform job under the following user account Job assistant general information Execute Job as User When creating a job a recognized user can be selected in the security settings When the task is executed it will be listed under that users account This applies both to saving t
46. at a glance scheduling e Manage change manually start saved jobs according to a schedule Automatically create images of hard disks drives Partitions Volumes Automatic creation of incremental images Automatic checking of images Automatic creation of differential images Report management and notification e Detailed reports with complete description of processes e List of the selected parameter settings e Email notification via SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol without SSL encryption following job processing Work across a network O amp O Disklmage gives you the option of saving images on network drives The only thing this requires is Network authentication A detailed explanation of authentication can be found in the chapter Network authentication A special feature of O amp O Disklmage Workstation and Server Editions is their interface with the O amp O Enterprise Man agement Console You can install and plan your jobs for O amp O Disklmage from one central location within the network Scripting ability The O amp O Disklmage Command Interpreter makes it possible to manage disks partitions or volumes and images using command files XML documents O amp O Disklmage can thereby reanact all the scenarios it displays either directly or indirectly An overview of all commands and their possible uses can be found as a PDF document on the O amp O website or requested from our Support Note This function is only available for
47. aximum image file size to the size of the intended removable medium where it will be saved 3 Should the image exceed the selected maximum file size it will be split into several image files 4 You can then burn the image files to CD DVD 5 Select Tools on the start page then on Burn image file s and follow the instructions What do do when my image is too big for a CD DVD 1 If the Image you already saved to your hard disk is too big for the blank CD DVD you can of course still split the image file Under Tools open up Convert image file Select the Image you wish to change by using Add Merge incremental Images During conversion one copy of the Image will be made while the original remains unchanged IRUN have split the image and saved it on various disks CD DVD want to e restore this image e display drives from the image e usethe image as a base image for incremental imaging purposes O amp O Disklmage 79 Frequently asked questions e merge incremental images e convert the image file Before you go ahead with any of the above named steps we strongly advise you to save all parts of the Image in a folder on your hard disk Please ensure the folder is not on the drive where you wish to restore the Image Once you have done this you can complete the steps outlined above by simply following the instructions in the corresponding chapters of the User s Guide Can continue working during the imaging process
48. ays image an intact system Which drives should image You should generally image all drives meaning the system drive Windows primarily Drive C and all remaining data drives where private and business data e g customer data photo collections or music are stored Where should store my image Don t save the image on the same hard disk where the imaged drive is located It should be ideally stored on an exter nal hard disk or a CD DVD just bought myself a new computer If take a complete image of my old computer can restore it to my new one Restoring data drives is not a problem even with differing hardware However system partitions can only be restored on differing hardware using the Start CD and the integrated M I R You can read more about this in the chapter Set tings for restoration on different hardware Do have unlimited use of all functions with the trial version The trial version is not restricted all program functions are fully operational When do need the bootable CD from O amp O Disklmage You will need the Start CD if you want to restore your entire computer or a system partition The Start CD can also be used if the operating system doesn t start up anymore How do save an image to CD DVD 1 You must create an image file s and save it to your hard disk before you can write it to CD DVD 2 When creating the image under Drive imaging Imaging options File size you should restrict the m
49. backup Prefer external USB drive to store image files If you enable this function external USB drives will be the preferred target for storing images Under the option Check file backup automatically after its creation you can determine if image files should be checked for errors immediately after they are created By selecting Automatically overwrite existing image files the prompt asking if you want to overwrite an existing older image file with the same name will be suppressed This function is very useful when for example you re imaging data a number of times daily and the image is automatically being named after the Day Month Year Under Behavior you can adapt the program user guidance individually In the DropDown menu you can select what will happen when you double click a file or folder Change default settings for file restoration Under File restoration in the Program settings you can change the default settings for behavior during restoration You can set the Behavior by double clicking a drive in the activity window File restoration Change default settings for jobs and reports If you want to change or use the default settings for jobs and reports click Start Program settings and then Jobs and reports Reporting Detailed reports can be created for all program activities To save space you can select the activities you need for reports Running a job always creates a report Behavior Under Behavior you can specify
50. ce esee 16 How dol register Online 20 0 e cece cece cece eececeeeeeeceeececeeeeeeeeees 16 UWninstallc2 2 522 catan tr e tai tocan tt isa 17 Updates tr e e A e AiO cot Gs 17 ProgramiPlelp x audeo ace o altares ile siii ios 17 QUICK Start en eere eer eU bn be M E Vn webb CRAS 18 Create images of all non imaged drives ooo 19 One click imaging Create an image of the entire computer eere 19 Image individual driVeS ooooocccccccccccccccncnnncnncnnnnnnnn cnn II eceeceececececeeeeceeceeeeeeeceeeeuees 20 Backup individual files and folders 2 2 0 0 0 22222 cc cece cece cece cece ee ccc cece cceeeeeeceeeceeeeeeeceeeeeeees 21 Restore entire computer or system partition 20 2 2 e cece cece cece n ceeccccecececeeeeeeeeees 22 Restore divos eC MM 23 Restore individual files and folders ooo 24 Create image of the changes only o 25 Differential incremental imaging 2 2 22 2 eee eee ccc e cece e I RR RII I RR RRRRRrRrrrrIrle 25 Backup changes in a file 2 2 2 2 eee ccc ccc ccc ccc ccc ccc cece ee eee eee cece ee nn nn 26 Glone dnves s oc Abt ne Aiea ots he it rss ie ee ee nS te tis tate II EE Ee Ire east A 26 Settings for drive imaging 2 22 0 ooo eee 28 Select imaging method 200 2222 cee c cece cece ccc nes 28 USed Sector IMAGING uuo ad dd A t d 28 Image of the Changes dadas 28 Forensic IMAGING wes eset ea to e EA
51. chased on our Online Shop you ve automatically registered with us If O amp O Disklmage pur chased at a retailer you will be asked if you want to register while entering the license information You then have the option of either registering immediately or at another time All you ll need is a functioning Internet connection and a valid license key You may also complete the registration form right here http www oo software com register O amp O Disklmage 16 Installation and registration Just return the completed online form by clicking Send and you ll be eligible to take full advantage of our O amp O Cus tomer Service Uninstall To remove O amp O Disklmage from your computer please follow the instructions below Open the Control Panel from the Start menu and select Software Select O amp O Disklmage from the list of installed software programs and then click Change In the InstallShield Wizard click Next In the next dialog select the option Remove program Select Remove the O amp O Disklmage user data if you want to remove this together with the uninstallation Confirm the uninstallation of O amp O Disklmage with Remove You ll receive a confirmation notice when unin stallation is completed 7 Afterasuccessful uninstallation you ll need to restart the computer when prompted in order to apply all set tings ooRomwmc Updates O amp O Disklmage automatically checks if your program version is a current one or if
52. circumstances it s possible that another action of the operating system or the user will prevent this tem porary file from being deleted This will then result in the file remaining undeleted in the system You can however delete this temporary file without any risk Why are partitions that weren t imaged displayed when mounting an image in Explorer In addition to saving data from the partition being imaged O amp O Disklmage also needs to save information about the disk on which that partition was originally located All of this is required for mounting an image converting it into a vir tual disk or performing any future restoration There will also be information included about partitions that were not imaged When mounting an image just as when using a virtual hard disk after conversion from an image Microsoft Windows uses this information to recognize that there were originally multiple partitions on the disk and attempts to integrate them into the system Because information data about these partitions is missing it s not possible to assign them to any file system As a result partitions that weren t imaged will be displayed as RAW i e non formatted Frequent questions on authentication Where do find the domain and user name to use for authentication If you are not sure please proceed as follows e Call the command line under Run in the Start menu Enter the command cmd in the dialogue O amp O Disklmage 81 Frequently as
53. ction to a ne Computer Check drive O Change computer properties Checks a drive for errors Changes the computer properties of an le Create bootable disk Image information Create boot medium You can also run O amp O Disklmage without installation directly from a bootable medium The boot medium is based on Windows PE and can be used for among other things restoring your entire computer or the system partition provided you have created a corresponding image If you purchased O amp O Disklmage online you ve received an Email containing all the information you ll need for cre ating a bootable medium To create the medium you ll need our O amp O BuildPE program a blank disk CD R DVD Blu ray Disc or USB Stick and the needed hardware burner for CD R DVD or Blu ray You can learn more about creating a bootable medium with O amp O BuildPE by visiting our website http www oo soft ware com home en support faq oobuildpe If you re unsure just contact our Support We ll be happy to help you further Remember to keep your license infor mation handy support oo software com Burn Wizard With the O amp O Disklmage Writer Burn Wizard you can burn your image on CD DVD Blu ray Disk BD create ISO files bum ISO files and delete rewritable disks O amp O Disklmage 59 Tools e Y O amp O Disklmage Writer ES i ad Select task Is d n 9 on nd t What would you like to do di Sa C ani res Create an IS
54. ctly from bootable disk Tip Forthe restoration of an image onto a computer with hardware different than the source computer please con sult the notes in chapter Machine independent restoration M 1 R 1 2 3 4 5 6 Start O amp O Disklmage directly from the bootable medium under Windows PE Select Drive restoration in the start page of O amp O Disklmage Click Select image in the form field or navigate to the storage location of the image in the browser button Select the image containing the system partition i e all drives of your computer and click Open All drives included in the image will be shown in the drive list Check the drives you want to restore from the image If you want to restore your entire computer check all drives Then select the target drive or disk that should be overwritten with data from the image M O amp O Disklmage 22 Quick Start 8 Click the Start drive restoration symbol to start the restoration process 9 Afterrestoration is successful you can restart your computer Note Keep in mind when selecting the target drive that in Windows PE as of Windows Vista drive letters are dif ferent Drive C normaly containing the non active operating system will be assigned another letter for example D Restore drives To restore one or more drives from an image proceed as follows 1 If you want to restore one or more drives from an existing image click Drive restoration on t
55. d and can be coupled with additional permissions and sharing rights It is possible to place the images on network drives while working with O amp O Disklmage Please use the password manager of O amp O Disklmage for automatic authentication O amp O Disklmage 71 Program settings e Tools O amp O Disklmage Server Edition Customize O amp O DiskImage to meet your needs General Security Notification Drive Imaging Drive restoration Clone drive Filebackup File restoration Jobs and reports Authentication If a folder which requires credentials is accessed during processing e g creating an image file across the network then required credentials must be known Here is where you can manage a list containing this information The data will be encrypted when saved Network path server Port User name Description gt Check access rights Create database El Security prompts E gt Show all previously deactivated security prompts Reactivate Authentication in the network Reset security confirmations Most of the security confirmations of O amp O Disklmage can be deselected Once disabled they will be suppressed and no longer be displayed If you want all the security confirmations to be displayed as they were when the program first started under Program settings Security click Reactivate Explanation Password management Managing the password is a program feature which allows you to s
56. d further activities Image Read image information G 6 Displays detailed information about an Validate image file Checks an image file for errors Mount and unmount Mg Mount drive Mounts a drive from an image file J P Unmount drive Removes a mounted drive p Mount Mounts an ISO file as drive Convert Merge incremental images Merges one or more incremental image Convert image file Converts one or more image file s into Network Disconnect network drive Disconnects from a network drive Checks a drive for errors ag Create bootable disk y Creation of a bootable disk Read image information r Change computer properties Changes the computer properties of an Selection of tools for an activity Select Read image information to access information on existing image files omg obk After you ve selected an image file in the browser window you ll see information such as the imaging method date of creation and image con tents displayed O amp O Disklmage 58 Tools Properties Information Content Content 5 6 SAMSUNG HD501LJ Disk 476938 MB Partition D Partition 10240 MB Mount drive Mounts a drive from an image Unmount drive Ja Removes a mounted drive Convert SE Sys Merge incremental images System Volume Information Merges one or more incremen Network Map network drive Initiates a conne
57. d to keep the number portion of the file name the number in parentheses so that you can trace the order of the files and avoid problems when restoring the images at a later time Tip In addition to CD DVDs the program also supports Blu Ray Disks and HD DVDs Create ISO file Under Tools click Burn image file s To create an ISO file select Next in the O amp O Disklmage Writer and then Create an ISO file Then select the files via Add in the Windows Explorer Before following the dialogue further check the path for saving the source file and pay attention to the occa sional notes that appear Burn ISO file Under Tools click Burn image file s To burn an ISO file on CD DVD select Next in the O amp O Disklmage Writer and then Burn an ISO file Then select the files via Add in the Windows Explorer Before following the dialogue further check the path for saving the source file and pay attention to the occa sional notes that appear Pon Pon Delete rewritable disk O amp O Disklmage can help you delete rewritable disks e Todelete a rewritable disk under Tools Burn image files select Delete rewritable disk in the O amp ODisklmage Writer and follow the prompts in the dialog Mount drives from image files You can have your created image file displayed in Windows Explorer as a virtual drive This allows you to copy files or directories from the image file onto existing hard disks lt is however not possible to m
58. dcards and itis possible to exclude multiple files or all files of a specific file type Add Excluded files Remove PA pageflle sys System Volume Information Exclude files from an image When using the imaging method Used Sector Imaging you have the option of excluding data from the image or com pression Please follow these instructions for excluding data Enable the check next to the drive to be imaged under Drive imaging Make sure you have selected the method Complete only used sectors under Imaging options In the Imaging options click on Advanced and open the dialogue to exclude files in Exclude from imaging In the right hand window select the files and folders you wish to exclude from the imaging and confirm this with Add Only the data on your selected drives will be excluded 5 You can close the window after your settings are made The changes you made will then be applied Boc Exclude data from compression Data that is already compressed e g rar or zip files will not be compressed any further during the imaging process and so may be excluded from compression To exclude data from compression please follow the procedure laid down in Exclude files from an image Lock a drive You can lock the drive you wish to image during the imaging process This prevents any changes being made to the drive while the image is being created The
59. documentation have not originated with O amp O and are also unknown to it Please inform O amp O if you learn of any software descriptions that include functions and properties not mentioned in the documentation 3 Please inform O amp O if you learn of any software descriptions that include functions and properties not mentioned in the documentation 4 Any claims conceming defects of material and or title related to the software have a limitation period of two years subsequent to delivery of the program or transmission of the serial number needed for downloading If you are not a pri vate individual the warranty period is shortened to one year If O amp O has fraudulently concealed a material defect a three year limitation period will cover claims related to this defect Payment for compensation that you might have been entitled to as a result of cancelation or an abatement can be refused upon expiration of the limitation period 5 You are required to inform O amp O in writing if possible of any defects that arise immediately upon their discovery While doing so you should also describe as well as possible how the defect is communicated the effect it has on the program and under which circumstances it occurs 6 Should defects be reported to O amp O within the limitation period it will undertake a cure free of charge 7 As part of the cure the corrected software will be redelivered as agreed An on site analysis and correction
60. documents e g photos Office documents music etc This for example makes it easier to separate data and system images with O amp O Disklmage Image An image is a mirror of your drive partitions This copy contains all information taken from the original A special feature of an image is that the file format is specially compressed and takes up much less disk space than the original The more often you create images of your drive the less you need worry about data loss Should data on the original drive be lost or damaged you can restore your last image with all its data onto your computer With just a few mouse Clicks you can recover the original status of your drive before the last imaging An image can be made up of multiple image files omg For example if one disk is not sufficient to store the image and more are needed e g CD DVDs The term image is also used in a wide sense for file backups Difference File backup and Drive image Files are backuped directly in the form of data This type of image includes only file information no drive information is imaged The file format is OBK obk A drive image stores all used or all sectors of a drive This automatically also creates an image of the file system and all files and folders The file format is OMG omg O amp O Disklmage 2 About O amp O Disklmage 9 Image file An image can be made up of one or more image files omg If for example the disk where you
61. e eer er La 29 Direct TOSC iue RIT RUE i IRL Wie ML 29 Specify the size of an image file ooooocccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn 29 ENCI 8 110 g otf ci TASE ust sles cue et LU A Pen eM dd CELA Lu dies ce lul Idle DAR S E A Dor Mu up e 30 Compress Image rovc A E O EAE EIE EE i os ur od Goto ddd dnd e den 30 Exclude files from an image 20 2 eee cece ccc e cece eee c ccc eee RR RR RR RR RR Re rr rere eser elu 30 O amp O Disklmage IV Exclude data from compression nes 31 e SAA O ah ele Se Pete id E uN Pectin peris 31 Ignore Dad Sectors s o be karte ne tub ata NUR e PRA ffs 33 Data comparison with CheckSUMS 0 0 2 cece eee cece cece cece nene 33 Use profiles for drive imaging 00 occ cece cece cece cece cece eee eeeeececeeeceeceeeeeeeeeeeees 33 File backup Options neri IR tre Deren GaSe aed ta DAN RI EID cada SE REE 34 Specify imaging method for file backup ooo ccoo 34 Regulate the size of a file backup 2 222222 2222 eee eee ccc cc cece ccc cece cece cece cece eect ee esses sese sess 35 Enicrypt file Dack p rera RI ig bbe Soest whe De EP M AR IIO M I dos eins debe a 35 File backup advanced settings iiiuuuuuuuuuuusssssesesseeessssssssI II Re RR e eese esses sesso 35 Apply profiles for file backupS 22 22 0 000020222 cc ccc cece cc ccc cc ccc cece eee RR e e esses sese esses essere serere 35 Settings for the restoration of drives
62. e respective user account It s possible that there is a restriction such as read only enabled there Maximum login time has expired Please login again O amp O Disklmage 85 Frequently asked questions IDS ERROR PASSWORD EXPIRED The password for the user account has expired IDS ERROR ACCOUNT DISABLED The account referred to is currently disabled and cannot be accessed for registration IDS ERROR ACCOUNT LOCKED OUT The user account has been automatically blocked because too many invalid registration attempts have been made Internal error codes Your password has expired Please enter a new pass word User account was disabled When applicable consult your system administrator User account was blocked Where required consult your system administrator The internal error code individually designed error code is the last digit in the error code after the last period Error notice Description 0x385 Invalid job or script 0x387 Unsupported task or incorrectly written job script 0x388 Parameter is false or is not supported by the task 0x38A An obligatory parameter is missing 0x70 Invalid or damaged installation 0x7D1 Unknown Host 0x7D2 Invalid Host Port 0x6A6 Invalid password file x6A9 Invalid keyword in parameter registry Ox6AA No password file registered Ox6AA A target folder is missing in the password file Windows errors Microsoft error definitions primary value Error notice Descri
63. ect on the imaging process it is still able to be run without a problem To be totally sure shut down all running system applications e g defragmentation or cloning processes before imaging While duplicating O amp O Disklmage reports that the target volume is too small although the source drive is smaller than the target disk What is the reason for this Make sure you haven t selected the entire hard disk as your source Example You have a hard disk with 100GB that is divided into two partitions e System partition 20GB e Data partition 80GB e While trying to duplicate the system partitions on an external 40GB hard disk O amp O Disklmage reports that the target volume is too small By just making a check you can select the system partitions as your only source and not the entire hard disk What do do if O amp O Disklmage takes very long to start or doesn t even start at all Please read the note about System requirements and make sure you re using the latest versions of your drivers During restoration O amp O Disklmage created a new temporary file on my hard disk Where does this file come from Before creating an image O amp O Disklmage normally deposits a number of metadata in a local file This data is needed by O amp O Disklmage in order to create the image The file will be included in the imaging to assure consistency in the image This file will normally be automatically removed during restoration Under certain
64. ed within the image All data saved on the target drive is thereby lost and replaced by that of the image O amp O Disklmage 40 Machine independent restoration M 1 R Q Drive restoration O amp O Disklmage Server Edition Start Edit Driverestoration Tools View Help C ProgramData OO Software Disklmage lmages lmage2013 Sourc Drive restoration EM Di amp yPa Source C AProgramDataNOO Software Disklmag Mmage20131031 omg The following options are enabled Drive restoration of Partition E to Partition E validate image prior to restoration Disabled Restart when completed Disabled Shutdown on completion Disabled Subsequently adjust differing hardware M I R Disabled Play sound when completed Disabled Validate image file before Restart when completed Shutdown on completion Then adapt the different hardware M R Play sound when completed Enable automatic adaptation on changed hardware M 1 R Manual adaptation You can make manual adaptation to the changed hardware following restoration orcloning e Todothis run a restoration or cloning of the system partition or the entire computer 59 70 GB 30 00 GB 29 70 GB 232 89 GB 120 04 GB 454 50 KB 20 31 GB 920 00 KB 92 53 GB 1 18 MB 111 79 GB 68 36 GB 43 43 GB e After successful restoration please open the O amp O Disklmage dialog to change the computer properties Tools Change computer identity O amp O D
65. f you are using O amp O Disklmage forthe first time or have not yet created an image of your computer Y our entire computer including the system partition can be imaged with just one click The compression method LZNT 1 and the imaging method imaging used sectors are set as default Note We recommend using an external storage medium e g a USB hard disk or a network drive as target folder for One click imaging 1 Start O amp O Disklmage and select Drive imaging on the Start page 2 Now click the symbol Create one click image in the activity bar O amp O Disklmage 19 Quick Start 3 Check to make sure the target path is set to your desired storage location The button allows you to navi gate to any folder 4 The image is automatically named after the creation date You can however enter a name manually 5 Click Start to begin the imaging process The imaging process can take some time depending on the size of the hard disk s File backup Tools Jobs amp Reports Create one click image a Create an image of your entire computer with just one click Select One click imaging Image individual drives O amp O Disklmage will let you image individual drives partitions volumes This enables you to image system and data drives separately from each other In case of data loss it then only becomes necessary to restore the data drive You don t need to restore your entire computer To create an image of one
66. file Under Current profile you can select a preset Multimedia or Archive profile The Multimedia profile automatically excludes already compressed music and video data i e avi mp3 mpeg from the compression The Archive Pro file excludes other compressed data such as zip or rar If you would like to save your user defined settings please follow these instructions 1 Enable your settings under Drive imaging Imaging options 2 Select under Save as 3 Give your newly created profile a name in the dialog window and confirm 4 Under Manage profiles you can change or delete an existing profile O amp O Disklmage 33 File backup options File backup options Under File backup File backup options you can specify further settings that should be applied by default for the cur rent or every new backup i y Save as The default options are composed of the most commonly used settings to conveniently create file backups fast and compact Image of the changes Base image complete image incremental or differential image V Compress image file to save storage space 8 BZIP2 C Split image into smaller image files with fixed sizes 9 Typical size 700 MB User defined Security password protection C Encrypt image file to protect data from unauthorized access 0 AES 128 AES 192 AES 256 File backup options Specify imaging method for file backup Under File backup File backup opti
67. g options are available Combine complete images of different disks onto one image file Combine incremental differential images Manual and automatic splitting of images Extract objects from images Change the encryption and or compression method of an image Change the size of the image by splitting or combining individual images Compress image You can compress an image to save even more disk space Besides LZNT1 you can also compress an image in BZIP2 Encryption You can encrypt the image using the AES algorithm 128 192 256 Bit so that only those authorized may access it Exclude files If you want to exclude certain files from the imaging process you can specify O amp O Disklmage to exclude them during the imaging process Wildcards possible for the exclusion Process virtual hard disks VHD To simplify working with Microsoft Virtual PCs VPC you can now convert images into virtual drives VHD The con verted image can be included as a virtual drive in the VPC without having to install O amp O Disklmage there Images OMG can also be created or restored directly from virtual drives VHD of VPCs Mount image as virtual drive e Mount image as virtual drive hard disk e Unmount virtual drive hard disk Check image To make sure that you image was created correctly or can be restored without errors you can validate your image file You can also check the disk to be image before the process is run with the Check disk fu
68. hanged by a program driver e g anti virus software Image is stored on a defective volume Note To make sure your image is created or restored without error keep the validation process running until the imaging or restoration is completed If you choose to Skip or Abort there s no guarantee that your image will be created or restored intact Source CAProgramDataVOO Software Diskl Sicherung20141010 0mg Validate Partition D from the image file 276 271 104 Bytes A Validate image file Elapsed time 0 00 00 07 Remaining time 0 00 01 20 Warnings None Check drive Change computer properties Checks a drive for errors Changes the computer properties of an li Create bootable disk O amp O Disklmage 66 Tools Check image for errors Check for drive errors Under Tools the function Check drive for errors runs an intensive analysis of the file system and data storage inter face to protect you against any possible loss of data The Wizard CheckDisk will guide you step by step through the process of checking your drives Simply follow the instructions in the dialog window and select your drive In the next stage the analysis is carried out You can monitor progress by means of the progress bar where all the pro gram status messages are listed Map Disconnect network drive Under Tools in the ribbon bar you can select the setting Map network drive Under Disconnect network drive the c
69. hard disk Note f you want to restore an entire system or system partition you ll need to start your computer with the O amp O Disklmage bootable medium and perform the restoration from there seeSiart directly from bootable disk If you should run a restoration of the system partition to different hardware read chapter Restoration on different hard ware O amp O Disklmage 23 Quick Start E O amp Disk 0 Basic EU Disk 0 Basic y Partition D O System Reserved y System C D Partition D O Empty region 1 O y Data Il E il Empty region 2 Restore individual files and folders If you want to restore files orfolders from already existing images proceed as follows The first thing to do is make sure you are able to access the image obk 1 Inthe Quick Access bar click File restoration 2 Select the image you want to restore in the DropDown list of Select image If the proposed images obk are not the ones you want to restore check your drives and enter the path to the image file 3 Now click the symbol Select target folder 4 Youcan now restore data from the image in a new folder or replace current data with that from the image 5 Once you ve done that start restoration O amp O Disklmage 24 Quick Start Start Drive imaging Er Sicherung20141013 obk H backup Please select if the backuped files should be restored in a separate folder or if the source f
70. have purchased the download version of the software please enter the license information Name Company and License key just as they are written in the confirmation E Mail you received e f you have purchased the box version of the software please enter the license key as it is written on the license card included In addition please enter your name and if needed your company 1 Please make sure that you do not confuse the digit 1 with I or enter any empty spaces where they don t belong 2 Press Next to save the registration data or Cancel to leave the dialog window without saving the data 3 When you have correctly entered the license code you will receive a confirmation in the dialog window Should you run into any problems when entering your registration code please contact our Support Team O amp O Disklmage 14 Installation and registration 3 O amp O Disklmage Server Edition Version 9 0 Build 190 Please enter your name your company s name and your serial number in the fields Confirm your entries with Next SL Name Your Name 2 Company Your Company Serial XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX Access license information from your own files Paste License Information from the clipboard Additional Information Privacy Registration wizard Enter the license key Online registration To register O amp O Disklmage online you ll need the license key you received when you purchased
71. he O amp O Restore drives DiskImage start page 2 Select the image you want to restore in the DropDown list of Select image If the proposed images obk are not the ones you want to restore check your drives and enter the path to the image file Select the image file omg or vhd from the browser and click on Open All drives contained in the image will then be displayed Click the drive that you want to restore play back Then select the target drive for restoration by checking the box next to it You can either replace an existing drive or create a new one for example in an empty sector Optionally you can specify further settings for the restoration under Restoration options 8 Whenever you have specified all settings click on Start drive restoration to start the restoration DAMA M Important During restoration the image overwrites your selected drive with the data of the drive contained within the image All data saved on the target drive is thereby lost and replaced by that of the image Note If your image is split among various disks all these disks will be required for a restoration If you have created an incremental image all images from the last complete image to the last incremental image will be needed Note If you have a imaged an entire hard disk and the restoration is run on a different hard disks then the new hard disk must possess at least as much space capacity as the source
72. he image as well as preliminary work and editing This ena bles the use of commands in preliminary work and editing but these require authentification information and access to a network Scheduling Under Scheduling in the Job assistant you can specify the exact moment when a job should be run A job can be per formed one time only or repeatedly The options for execution date day of the week will change along with the cor responding selection O amp O Disklmage 50 Scheduling functions The job will start every Monday and Thursday at 12 30 Startup event Notification Image Before job After job Information one or more times a week Y Mon Tue wed v Ori sat sun 13 10 2014 Ey O Finish date 20 10 2014 1 Weeks For one time execution e Time For weekly execution Scheduling jobs e Selection of weekday date and time e Selection of the start and finish dates for the interval The job will be performed for example five weeks in a row once a week Notification In the Job assistant under Notification you can arrange to be notified by email about the running of tasks during events e If you want to be notified about the running of a job select an event and enter your email address in the field for recipient Note In order for your entry to be successfully processed you ll have to set the sender data of y
73. he last complete image as well as all the following images recording any changes Differential images Differential images compare present data with the last complete image and store only the changes The first suc cessive image after the complete image is always a differential image To restore a differential image you will need both the complete image and the differential image O amp O Disklmage 4 System requirements System requirements e The system requirement of each operating system has to be fulfilled e 30 MB free hard disk space e Supports 32 and 64 bit operating systems e Windows Vista till Windows Server 2012 R2 all editions Professional Edi tion Mia vals edi Special Edition Windows 8 8 1 yes yes yes Windows 7 yes yes yes Windows Vista yes yes yes Windows Server 2003 no no yes Windows Server 2008 no no yes Windows Server 2008 R2 no no yes Windows Server 2012 no no yes Windows Server 2012 R2 no no yes Note A minimum of 1 GB RAM is required for booting with an O amp O Disklmage bootable medium Note When using O amp O Disklmage please make sure that the disk drivers needed by your operating system are all the most current versions available If you re unsure about this refresh the driver s Access permissions In order to install register and to use O amp O Disklmage you must be a member of a local administrator group or possess an equivalent level of permissions Domai
74. he software 8 Unauthorized transfer only when you have purchased the software with an accompanying disk are you permitted to transfer it and then only under the following conditions a resale of the software is only permitted when it involves an entire software copy i e by surrendering your own usage of the purchased copy you are entitled to transfer these rights of use of the disk onto a third party according to the terms of the agreement existing between you and O amp O When making such a transfer you are required to hand over to the third party all materials related to the software that are covered in the contract and to delete the software from any storage volumes e g hard disks remaining in your pos session 9 Unauthorized rental and service The purchase of this contract does not entitle you to any public transfer or rental of the software You are also not entitled to include the software as part of your providing services for and in the presence of any third parties You may purchase an appropriate license from O amp O for doing this 4 Payment 1 The prices are given with the corresponding sales taxes included unless otherwise indicated 2 Test versions Downloads of test versions offered by O amp O are provided free of charge unless otherwise indicated 3 If you receive updates of your programs as part of a Maintenance Agreement the terms of payment in these con tracts will apply to these Maintenance Agreements
75. hentication 000 00000000 cece ce cece cece ee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 71 Reset security confirmations 00000000 ccc cece cece ce cece nro 72 Explanation Password management 0 0 e cece cence cece IRR I RII RII 72 Network authentication o 73 Settings for NOLPFIC At OM che e oic idee Ih an babe Li epe bte n eee pu Diosc induces Na poe ae aa tel 74 Change default settings for drive imaging 2 2 c cece cece e n RR RR err rre 75 Change default settings for drive restoration 2 20 0 2222 e cece cece cece cece ccc ccc e ee RR Ree rre 75 Change presets for drive cloning 2 2 2 c cece cece cece RR ccc ececccceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeees 76 Change default settings for file backup 2 22 22 eee 76 Change default settings for file restoration 2 2 2 c cece ccc iaaa cceceeeccecceeeeeeeees 76 Change default settings for jobs and reports 2 0 00 ccc ec ceeen eee eee eee nee e e ens In rsen r rri 76 RrzyaIcon eccL 1 Me c MEM MEE 76 Use Express VW caer e ad LIO DP Ee UH ILL AIL CoD A LAU EE LU 78 Frequertly asked questions ssec ir S si due 79 Frequent questions on authentication 2 2 2 002222 e eee e cece ccc eeeeeeeeecseceeeeeeeeeees 81 Explanation of the Registry entries 2 22 eee ccc ec cee cece cece cece RI cccececeeeeeeeeeeees 83 Behavior when receiving error notices 0 22222 cece cece cece cece ccc ccc cece cece cece cece ese esses sees 85 Alloca
76. iles and folders should be overwritten with the content of the file backup CO Substitute original files Its own restoration folder C ProgramData O0O Software DiskImage images Si kal Add as job Start file restoration Create image of the changes only If you only want to store the changes since the last image you can create an Image of the change To create an image of the changes you need to have created at least one complete image of the drives or folders involved Differential incremental imaging As a base image you can use either the complete image created using the Used sector imaging Forensic imaging or Direct forensic imaging or by using a previously created incremental image differential image Follow the instructions below Please make sure that the drive containing the base image is connected to your computer Start O amp O Disklmage and select Drive imaging on the start page Enable the check for Incremental imaging Select your base image in the browser window and click Open Now click Apply if you want to specify further settings or on OK to proceed with the imaging Click Start drive imaging Now you can either select the recommended target folder for saving the image or enter a new target path For the sake of clarity we recommend saving the base image and any subsequent images in one folder The image is automatically named after the creation date You can however enter a name
77. images of drives or your entire computer and restore them back to your computer Start page of O amp O Disklmage Drive imaging File backup Tools Jobs amp Reports Start drive imaging Start file backup Create image of partition drives or Backup files and folders entire computer Image of the changes Start restoration Creates an incremental or Start restoration of data from differential image existing image Create one click image Create bootable disk Imaging of all drives from your Creation of a bootable disk computer Start O amp O Disklmage e Start O amp O Disklmage vie the Desktop shortcut or via the Windows menu Start All Programs O amp O Soft ware O amp O Disklmage O amp O Disklmage e Forthe simplified view select O amp O Disklmage Express Express View e O amp O Disklmage Tray starts the Traylcon which is shown in the info area in the task bar and informs you on the activity status of O amp O Disklmage You can access the program help by clicking on Help in the menu bar in the tab Help or by pushing F1 One click imaging Create an image of the entire computer Create images of all non imaged drives Image individual drives Restore entire computer or system partition Restore drives O amp O Disklmage 18 Quick Start Backup individual files and folders Restore individual files and folders Create image of the changes only Create images of all non imaged drives Creating images on a regular basis is your o
78. ing options Image file Security e f you then start the imaging process Drive imagings enter a password when being prompted A belated encryption of the image is possible under Convert image file Compress image Under Drive imaging Imaging options Image file you find the settings Compress image file to save storage space You can choose from the LZNT1 Standard or theBZIP2 process LZNT1 This is a compression type based on the Lempel Ziv algorithm which is laid out on a real time application Speed is preferred over the rate of data compression BZIP2 is a block type compression process Compression rate is preferred over velocity You can also compress the image after creation under Convert image file in the Tools menu Note Compression increases the time required to create an image file However the file then requires less space on the disk Exclude files from an image Note Several minutes may be needed for excluding files depending on the amount of data on the hard disk O amp O Disklmage 30 Settings for drive imaging e Drive Imaging O amp O Disklmage Server Edition mua 5 Imaging options Profile Default MO Current profile Default v Save as Manage profiles One click Description Default options contain the most frequently used settings for quickly and easily creating compact images Determine which files are not to be considered when creating the image file Using the wil
79. ing the ISO file on CD to run the installation you can now mount the ISO file as a drive with O amp O Disklmage and start the setup and installation O amp O Disklmage 10 Features at a glance Cloning Cloning allows you to make 1 1 copies of entire disks or individual drives that can be used instead of the originals This function provides you with clones of disks or individual drives including information about the hard disk layout with all the data saved on it Clones do however require a lot more storage space than an image Unlike images there are no incremental or differential clones possible for reducing the data volume of successive clones In addition a clone cannot be compressed or encrypted like an image Cloning entire disks You can create a clone from one or more drives e g hard disk This will clone all drives located on a hard disks The fol lowing hard disk layouts are supported by O amp O Disklmage e Cloning a hard disk e Cloning to or as MBR hard disk e Cloning to or as GPT hard disk e Cloning to or as dynamic hard disk Cloning single drives You are also able to clone single drives and not only complete hard disks This incorporates the hard disk layout The following cloning options are supported by O amp O Disklmage Cloning single partitions volumes Cloning of primary extended and logical partitions Cloning simple spanned mirrored volumes Cloning the system areas Cloning the Master boot rec
80. isklmage 41 Machine independent restoration M 1 R e Server Edition Tools O amp O Disklmag Please enter the path for accessing the inactive Windows system D Windows Load Current computer SID E Generate new SID Current computer name Give new name Restoration on different hardware M I R machine independent restoration Exchange hardware abstraction layer Apply currently loaded drivers of the device control Enable the installation program of the operating system after restarting Change computer identity manually The adaptations made by M I R can be divided into three activities which can be enabled disabled when selecting Res toration on different hardware machine independent restoration Exchange hardware abstraction layer HAL Windows operating systems must be compatible with a variety of hardware platforms This portability is achieved through a special layer within the operating system that is responsible for the management and control of hardware architecture and machine dependent devices such as the I O interfaces Interrupt Controller and multi processor com munication mechanisms This layer is commonly installed on and aligned to the current hardware on an installed and running Windows If the hardware is exchanged it becomes necessary to align the layer accordingly in order to ensure smooth and continued functionality of the operating system and the programs installed
81. ite to drive is the default writing method used for the Used sector and Forensic cloning methods Write directly to disk is the only writing method used during Direct Forensic cloning You can however force a user defined writing method e Enable Force writing method and select the respective method Using the option Write to drive data will be written to the drive with help from the operating system and not from the offset to the disk With the option Write directly to disk you can decide whether a restoration should be written directly to a disk bypass ing the file system driver This function applies especially to encrypted disks and is required for restoring any disks that have been imaged using the direct forensic method Create a profile for cloning Under Clone drive Cloning options you can reset the default settings for cloning or select an existing profile O amp O Disklmage 44 Settings for Cloning drives Under Current profile you can choose between Default or User defined If you wish to save your user defined set tings for cloning please follow the instructions below e Select Save as and enter a name for the new profile e Under Manage profiles you can change or delete an existing profile O amp O Disklmage 45 Start directly from bootable disk Start directly from bootable disk If you start O amp O Disklmage directly from bootable disks such as CD DVD or a USB stick you will have access to all avai
82. k before the restoration of an image In addition under Behavior you can specify which activity should be run when double clicking a drive in the list amp Tools O amp O Disklmage Server Edition Customize O amp O DiskImage to meet your needs General Security Notification Drive Imaging Drive restoration Clone drive Filebackup File restoration Jobs and reports Restoration process An automatic validity check may be run before the restoration of an image file This can be skipped manually at any time To use the program more efficiently you can specify which action should be run by double clicking on a drive Run the following activity when double clicking in the list of saved drives Select target Run the following activity in the target drive list when double clicking Select target O amp O Disklmage 75 Program settings Program settings Drive restoration Change presets for drive cloning If you re looking to change or enable the default settings for cloning click Clone drive in Program settings You can specify if drives not able to be cloned by default e g a CD DVD drive or empty disk drive should be shown in the activity window Cloning Also you can specify what should happen when you double click on a drive in the activity window Clone drive Change default settings for file backup Under File backup in the Program settings you can set specific settings for a
83. ked questions Run ES Type the name of a program folder document or Internet resource and Windows will open it for you Open cmd a emeret Call the command line e Enterthe command echo userdomain N username into the command line and confirm your entry with Enter If your computer is not signed on to a domain your computer name will appear instead of the domain name ca Command Prompt iiec Exa icrosoft Windows Version 6 2 9206 lt c 2012 Microsoft Corporation All rights reserved Users Usert gt echo userdomainzy ser Users Usert gt Get the user name in the command line Where do find the computer name for running activities If you are not sure please proceed as follows e Call the command line under Run in the Start menu Enter the command cmd in the dialogue e Enterthe command echo computername and confirm your entry with Enter O amp O Disklmage 82 Frequently asked questions C Windows system32 cmd exe icrosoft Windows Version 6 2 9200 lt c 2612 Microsoft Corporation All rights reserved Users Usert gt echo computername SER Users Usert gt m Get the computer name in the command line How can check my access rights on the target computer or the target folder If you are not sure if your entries are correct you can view them under Program settings Security and recheck them Altematively you can check your access rights on the ta
84. l be writing your images The image file can also be split at a later time using the Convert image file function It is however recommended to split images at the time they are created to avoid any confusion that may arise e UnderFile backup File backup options File size Split image into smaller image files with fixed sizes you can specify the size of individual image files Encrypt file backup Your data can be securely encrypted using the recognized AES method This permits O amp O Disklmage to support extremely high security levels with a key length of up to 256 bits e Youcan select the level of encryption for your files under File backup File backup options Security e f you then start the imaging process Start file backup enter a password when being prompted You also have the option of encrypting the image after it s been created under Convert image file File backup advanced settings You can specify further settings under Advanced in the File backup options Lock drive while imaging While processing a file backup you can lock the drive where the folders files being backed up are located This pre vents any changes from being made to the drive while the backup is being created The drive will no longer be dis played in Explorer and all applications will be closed The drive is not locked by default If the drive is not locked changes will be buffered either in the snapshot cache if installed or over the volume shadow copy
85. l if you are using O amp O Disklmage for the first time or have not yet created an image of your computer Imaging complete disks You can create an image of one or more disks e g hard disks When this happens all drives found on these disks will be automatically imaged The following disk types are supported by O amp O Disklmage e Imaging MBR disks e Imaging GPT disks e Imaging dynamical disks Imaging single drives You are not only able to image entire hard disks but also individual drives This incorporates the hard disk layout You can create images of the following drive types using O amp O Disklmage Imaging individual partitions and volumes Imaging primary extended and logical partitions Imaging simple spanned mirrored volumes Imaging the system areas Imaging the Master boot records MBR Imaging the system partitions e g Microsoft reserved partition Imaging of encrypted partitions volumes or hard disks e g SafeGuard easy of Ultimaco TrueCrypt or Mir crosoft Bitlocker e Storing of a combination from the above mentioned objects various hard disks partitions volumes or similar in an image Different imaging methods Different imaging methods allow the image to be adjusted for different purposes You get a space saving image if you select the setting Only used sectors If you want to rescue data from a damaged hard disk we recommend a forensic image all sectors are imaged exactly according to their s
86. l read method just as you can when creating an image Cloning method The cloning methods are constructed in a way similar to the imaging methods It s possible to choose from Used sector Forensic or Direct forensic methods You can read more about this under Select imaging method Lock a drive You can lock the drive you want to clone during the cloning process This prevents interim changes to the drive being made during creation The drive will no longer be displayed in Explorer and all applications will be closed The drive is not locked by default 1 Tolock a drive enable it under Clone drive Cloning options Advanced Read procedure O amp O Disklmage 43 Settings for Cloning drives 2 If you leave a drive unlocked during cloning because for instance you want to continue working on the drive the original status will be cached i e stored in the working memory buffer The working memory buffer is how ever restricted You can see how much is available in the Memory buffer display Note Locking a system partition is not possible If you want to prevent temporary files from being written on a par ticular drive make the entry NoSnapshotTmpFiles in the registry More information can be found in the chapter Explanation of registry entries Please note Should you exceed the available working memory the current changes will be written directly to the target drive This makes the image inconsistent and may render it
87. lable functions The bootable disk contains Windows PE and can be used for example to restore an entire computer or a system par tition if an image has already been created You can use the bootable disk with O amp O Disklmage even if your Windows is incapable of booting as a result of software error In addition to O amp O Disklmage the CD includes a number of other system recovery tools that can be used to try starting Windows without restoring from an image More information is available in the program help of each integrated tool Starting from CD DVD 1 Make sure that your system is able to be started from a CD You can configure the necessary settings in BIOS Further information can be obtained from your motherboard manufacturer 2 Insert the O amp O Disklmage Start CD in your computers CD DVD drive Restart the computer Follow the instructions at the start of the CD Press any key to boot from CD or DUD 4 The system settings will subsequently appear in the window Select a language and region 5 Atthe next stage you can load drivers for those devices where no drivers under Windows PE were initially found see also chapter Load Drivers 6 O amp O Disklmage will start after confirmation of the license regulation Start from USB stick To boot from an USB stick you normally have to change the boot sequence in the boot menu of your computer Alter natively you can also configure the necessary settings in BIOS Furthe
88. larity we recommend saving the base image and its subsequent images in one folder The image is automatically named after the creation date You can however enter a name manually 8 Click Start to initiate the imaging process NOORWN gt Clone drives Entire storage volumes or individual drives can be cloned which in turn can be used instead of the originals This func tion allows you to clone a drive and all its saved data without creating image files The source disks drives will be repro duced without any changes Please keep in mind that a clone requires much more free space than an image Unlike images there are no incremental or differential clones possible for reducing the data volume of successive Clone drives clones In addition a clone cannot be compressed or encrypted compared to an image Select Clone drive in the Quickaccess bar Select the drive which you want to clone by enabling the check next to each drive or the entire disk You can set additional settings for cloning under Cloning options You can then specify the target drive Simply enable the check next to the drive or the disk In the following dialog under Advanced you can specify whether certain functions should be executed when cloning is completed These functions are disabled by default Once you ve enabled all your settings click Start cloning to begin the cloning process You can also recopy your clone in exactly the same fashion to put it b
89. le PublicKey NoSnapshotT mpFiles Version ExpressFlags Type of entry String String String DWORD DWORD Short description Path and name of the password file Public key for password encryption Can be changed when ever needed This key is optional it does not need to be set If it s set this key will influence the behavior of the snapshot driver during the creation of temporary files In this way you can specify those drives where no temporary files should be created The syntax for the value is Drive letter Drive letter for example c d e Version of the type of image file Current possible versions 1 up to and including version 4 2 current version Optional key for disabling buttons in the Express view This key can help administrators limit the functionality that is avail able over the interface so that users can only have restricted access to the program s features If the key isn t set all but tons are enabled The DWORD values can be changed so that certain buttons in the Express are disabled Create image button 00 00 00 01 Restoration button 00 00 00 10 Switch to full view button 00 00 01 00 Read image information button 00 00 10 00 Mount image button 00 01 00 00 Unmount drive Button 00 10 00 00 Help button 01 00 00 00 Can also be controlled over the user interface If you re not sure make changes over the user interface There you can find additional explana
90. longer required Simplified wizard for creating and modifying jobs We have directly addressed this problem and integrated into the new version 8 a built in wizard that accompanies a user step by step through the creation of an automatic data backup This significantly easier to use backup func tionality enables even novice users to create a reliable and fast backup of their data immediately Image With O amp O Disklmage you ll be able to create reliable images of entire systems individual drives and files or folders while you re working on your computer The Snapshot function with integrated buffer memory ensures that the imaged data is remains exactly as it was when the image started to be created changes to the data caused by usage or the user do not affect the image while it s being created This ensures consistent images of systems without any inter ruptions Once you have an image you can use it to quickly restore the data and installed programs from desktops and servers whenever trouble strikes thanks to the O amp O Disklmage bootable medium BareMetal Technology and without any pre vious installation Imaging and restoring server systems is only possible with the O amp O Disklmage Server Edition O amp O Disklmage 6 Features at a glance One click imaging The one click imaging is the fastest and easiest way to create a complete image of your computer including all data and settings One click imaging is especially usefu
91. mage file s on CD DVD o oo ccc ccc cece cece cece ccc cc cece cece cece cece ec eeceeeeeeeeeeetenennnes 60 Create SOT cocos it DIIS a Ia 61 Bum SO flle a tocata da td da must A o SIS e O e Si ead Ee 61 Delete rewntable disk o eer ia Idi iE p WR II RUNE dure 61 Mount drives from image files 0 0 0 2 2 c cece cece cece cece e e eee RR RR RR e rr rl esee 61 Mount ISOHle aS nuce 63 Unmonnt Omen ee e E i b alae eh uA e 64 Convert image file 2 2 c cece eee c Im IIR 64 O amp O Disklmage VI Merge IITIdQ6S sust on eo acy detti dtu uen a seu aA RN Uv tcc aM LL SiL N 64 Handling virtual hard disks VHD 0 0 e adao ee ceeccccececeeeeeeeeeeees 65 Combine incremental images sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss esses cece ceeeeeeeeecesseseeseeseeees 65 Check image file for errosa aoa e c cece cece cece eee I e e RR RR e e er e ne e e eee esee senes 66 Check A 23 0 c seb Dee ot as Ga dece eoe E SE DEN SESUN EE saeco Lund sd Set doe d tenet in e pace eye es 67 Map Disconnect network drive 2 0222 22 c ccc e eee c cece cece cece cece ceeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 67 Change computer identity 2 00 00000000 e cece cence cece cece ccecceceeseeeeeeeesceeeees 68 Program settings rne cese A tate Saree oN dehet tet ebria deco c le tiis ent do eden rice ie dece T 70 General Change default settings 0 000000 cocoon ccc cece cece cece cece eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 70 Security Network aut
92. manually 8 Click Start to initiate the imaging process MO BRomc c O amp O Disklmage 25 Quick Start Note When creating an image of the changes O amp O Disklmage compares each sector of the existing image with the corresponding sector of the source disk being imaged This might require more time than a complete image The image of the changes however takes up much less space than a complete image Note The option Compare data with checksums is set by default The last incremental image is all you ll need as a base image for creating a new incremental image lt CDATA If gt Use checksums to administer unchanged data is not set you will need the last base image and all the incremental images previously created because all of them must be accessed for creating the new image Backup changes in a file A complete image or a previously created image of the changes can be used as base image Follow the instructions below Please make sure that the drive containing the base image is connected to your computer Start O amp O Disklmage and select File backup on the start page Enable the check for Incremental File backup Select your base image in the browser window and click Open Now click Apply if you want to specify further settings or OK to proceed with the imaging Click Start file backup Now you can either select the recommended target folder for saving the image or enter a new target path For the sake of c
93. minimum of one Server Edition to use a Virtual Machine Edition Amendment to 3 Rights of use including test versions unauthorized transfer and application Creation and restoration of images The source computer and each target computer are required to hold licenses to create and restore images using O amp O Disklmage One license is sufficient under the previously mentioned terms if the source and the target computer is one non virtual workstation Each virtual machine is seen as an independent computer in other words each virtual machine needs its own license O amp O DiskRecovery Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements The software requires Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Edi tions Windows 7 all Editions Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems The product at hand can only be employed according to the acquired license The following license types exist for O amp O DiskRecovery O amp O DiskRecovery Professional Edition You are authorized to install and use the software product on only one computer This should be used wholly in con junction with all hardware in your possession i e this license may not be used to provide a service to a third party Other limitations may apply in the softwa
94. mp O Disklmage 77 Use Express view Use Express view The Express view provides a simple and intuitive way of using the main features of the program You can use the Express view for creating mounting and restoring images You can also switch easily from one view to another Tip If you want to hide certain function from the user you can disable them over the Registry entry ExpressFlags For further information consult chapter Explanation of the Registry entries Note Restoring the system partition is not possible while the computer s running Benutzen Sie dazudas Boot medium for this and run O amp O Disklmage directly from it eS Start page O amp O Diskimage Server Edition MES Express view Key 1 Create image starts the imaging of one or more drives 2 Restore image starts the restoration of the image 3 Read image information displays detailed information about an image file You can also use the drop down menu small arrow on the right to mount and unmount an image from a drive 4 Restores the full view of O amp O Disklmage s user interface 5 Displays the program s Help O amp O Disklmage 78 Frequently asked questions Frequently asked questions When and how often should make images We recommend imaging on a regular basis at least once a month The more regularly it s performed the more up to date the data contained within those images will be As a guiding rule you should alw
95. mp O Disklmage 9 Additional properties of the Workstation and Server Editions You can run the following network functions when using O amp O Disklmage Workstation and Server Editions in con junction with O amp O Enterprise Management Console Images of the entire business network Manage your computers in sites Define settings for sites Plan a schedule for the automatic imaging of computers or sites across a network with just a few clicks of the mouse e Automatic remote installation of O amp O Disklmage on network computers e Execute Windows commands batches before and after the running of a job across a network The O amp O Enterprise Management Console is included in delivery if you have purchased licenses as part of the volume license program We will happily advise you on applying O amp O Enterprise Management Console in your company E Mail sales oo software com General Terms and Definitions To simplify working with O amp O Disklmage certain terms will be explained in the following chapters Drive Partition A drive is a reserved area of the hard disk Multiple drives can be found on a hard disk In the following text the term drive will be used to depict single partitions as well as logical drives in extended partitions and volumes Drives are used for example to separate documents from programs A division in two partitions has become generally accepted e Drive C for operating systems and programs e Drive D for
96. must be accessed as part of the imaging process Forensic imaging This imaging method is especially useful when creating images of non supported file systems or when for example you would like to recover deleted data from a source drive using special data recovery software With this method an exact sector level copy of the source drive is made By saving all sectors of a partition or drive the unoccupied and deleted portions of file systems can be imaged in their entirety Direct forensic Direct forensic imaging is a special case The difference however lies in data being read over deep system interfaces As with regular forensic imaging a complete copy of a source drive will be created This makes it possible to among other things image an encrypted hard disk using encryption software Please note that direct forensic imaging is intended for imaging encrypted disks using encrypted data This data remains encrypted even after the image is restored If the source drive being used is an encrypted drive only sector based restoration is possible The file based restoration or browsing of such an image is not possible In addition spanned volumes stripped spanned are also excluded from this since the logical link here between the regions is taken over by the operating system Direct forensic imaging makes no sense if the drives are not encrypted Here we recommend forensic imaging because all sectors of the drive including the sector
97. n administrators normally already possess these permissions O amp O Disklmage 5 Features at a glance Features at a glance O amp O Disklmage is a reliable and affordable solution for protecting your private or professional data O amp O Disklmage provides you with everything you ll need to protect your data just like an IT specialist it lets you image and restore entire Server systems as well as individual files New functions In addition to the great care we take in perfecting existing program functions you ll find several additional new and help ful features in Version 9 Start a job by connecting a device Users who wish to save their data to an external storage medium can take advantage of the integrated plug and play functionality which backs up and synchronizes selected files and folders automatically To optimize the memory requirements the user can specify the maximum number of backups that should be saved so that old ones are auto matically replaced by new images To offer increased data security the program also clearly displays those drives that have not yet been imaged or backed up so that the user can bring their security up to date Selected files and folders are automatically backed up and synchronized Direct creation of VHDs O amp O Disklmage 8 can now also directly create a virtual hard disk VHD Until now users had to first create an image and then convert it In the new version this intermediate process is no
98. n the start page of O amp O Disklmage You can change a job by selecting it in the job list and then clicking the symbol Edit The Job assistant will then appear with the settings of the job Make the desired changes in the properties and confirm the changes with OK If you decide not to apply the changes click Cancel o Rom For certain tasks e g deleting or importing exporting one or more jobs you have to select the desired jobs in the list Afterwards you can run desired tasks on all selected jobs O amp O Disklmage 55 Scheduling functions Drive imaging File backup Tools Completed Once 10 10 2014 Completed Once 10 13 2014 Edit jobs Check job To check if the settings for a job are valid i e to check if its contents and syntax can be executed on a local system select Jobs and reports in the file menu on the Start page of O amp O Disklmage Then select the job you want to check and click on Check job Delete job To delete a job select Jobs in the start page of O amp O Disklmage Mark the job you wish to delete with a check and then click on Delete Run jobs To run a job select Jobs and reports in the start page of O amp O Disklmage Start will begin the selected activity after a security question is answered Export jobs To export a job select Jobs and reports on the start page of O amp O Disklmage Mark the job selected in the job list and then select Export Save the job file xml on an external
99. nction Email notification on the progress of the activity The notification feature is an option that will keep you informed about the status of a task such as the running of a job You ll also be notified immediately about errors so that you can identify and resolve them faster O amp O Disklmage 8 Features at a glance File backup O amp O Disklmage makes it possible to backup and restore single files and folders O amp O Disklmage creates an image file obk of the selected folders and files during a file backup If you need the files and folders from the image you can use or unpack the image file with the help of O amp O Disklmage or a decompression program such as WinZip You don t necessarily need O amp O Disklmage to unpack the OBK file Compared to a drive image the file backup does not store the drive information The advantage of a regular Backup of your files is that the backup takes up much less time In addition you can create a job to schedule regular backups Regular backups ensure that your file backups are constantly updated and thus secure Restoration Restoring your data is as easy as creating an image If you want to restore data drives you only need to start O amp O Dis klmage under Windows You will however need the O amp O Disklmage bootable medium for restoring an entire computer or system partition If you buy the product online an ISO file for creating a bootable medium CD DVD USB Stick etc will be
100. nctions e No hard disk was selected as target only part of a hard disk partition volume empty area e While creating the layout on the target delete layout was not selected This option makes it possible to create partitions volumes on a different Offset e You did not select a hard disk as source but rather individual partitions volumes and are missing the par titions volumes containing the needed boot information e Youare trying to boot from a hard disk connected to controllers that were not initialized by Windows at the time of booting e g booting from a hard disk connected to the computer via a USB controller not a USB stick Note If error messages appear during booting you will get instructions on how to proceed in chapter Assistance when error messages occur during booting Note To make sure a restored system or clone is bootable it s important to create an image of the entire system hard disk and then restore clone it completely Restoring with M I R automatically M I R of O amp O Disklmage is available to you when restoring system partitions from an image or when cloning Meant is the direct selection of the system partition or the indirect selection e g the entire disk including the system partition O amp O Disklmage 39 Machine independent restoration M I R Whenever you want to restore or clone simply enable the M 1 R function before the restoration or cloning process is completed The automa
101. nd folders from the image onto existing drives Making changes to the image however Such as deleting or adding files is not possible O amp O Disklmage 9 Features at a glance Modifications for restoration Several settings can be configured for restoration You can adapt the restoration to meet your requirements according to your intended purpose Bare Metal restoration including bootable disk for Windows PE Restoration of multi boot systems Restoration of encrypted partitions hard disks from a direct forensic image Image restoration with damaged or missing parts e g due to disk loss or disk errors Restoration of damaged images if the structural integrity of the image is ok e g due to purposeful destruction or disk errors Direct restoration of a Microsoft Virtual PC Disk VHD e M I R Machine Independent Restoring Adapting to different hardware Bootable disks with BuildPE The bootable disk contains Windows PE with all the default drivers necessary for running O amp O Disklmage without installation and without a Windows operating system This enables you to for instance perform a system restoration that would otherwise not be possible e Bootable disk for using O amp O Disklmage without prior installation includes effective system recovery programs from O amp O BlueCon Interface O amp O Tasktray Start menu and program shortcuts are based on Windows Load drivers for hardware that is not immediately recognized e g
102. nd or after a job can allow you to stop certain Windows services and then restart them again afterwards If you re using O amp O Disklmage on a Microsoft Exchange or SQL Server you could stop these serv ices beforehand create the image and then have them automatically start again once the imaging is done You no longer need to create a script to do this Before Job If you select this option the commands entered in the text field will be carried out before the job begins You can also import existing command files so that their contents will be shown in the text field Just click on Import select the file in the dialog BAT CMD or TXT Confirm with OK Note Please make sure that all commands exist and are able be carried out on the target computer All commands will be carried out under the SYSTEM User and his permissions After Job If you select this option the commands entered in the text field will be carried out when the job is completed Entry and application is similar to the command instructions in Before Job Note Please make sure that all commands exist and are able be carried out on the target computer All commands will be carried out under the SYSTEM User and his permissions Job information The exact settings of a job are listed under Information in the Job assistant The view provides information only you will not be able to make any changes there Edit jobs To edit a job select Jobs and reports i
103. nd pri vate Private Key This ensures that you are the only one who can open and read the password file The O amp O Disklmage Service will have automatic access to this password as well To continue please enter the password with which the Authentication Data should be encrypted and protected from unauthorized access Password Confirmation Then click Add in the security dialog Under Computer Folder enter the path under which the image is to be saved or from where it is supposed to be loaded Computer name Folder nameOrDomain name Folder name User name Alter natively you can enter the computer name only if all the sharing options can be opened by the selected user You have to enter a qualified name of a user account when entering the user name For example the cor responding domain for the specific domain account has to be entered and covered e g domain user1 or Userl8domain Enter the network password of the user or of his user account Please keep in mind that the user under which you login has to hold access rights for the target or original folder You can check for them under Properties in the corresponding target directory under Security e g Server Share or ftp server_ optional e g DomainlUser 7 Youcanalso add descriptions to the credentials 8 Afterthe authentication you can for instance enter a new network path as saving location and also restore
104. nly protection against data loss Working daily on your computer causes it to collect ever larger amounts of data If your last image was created some time ago it does not include your most cur rent files In the O amp O Disklmage control center start page you get an overview of drives that have either not been imaged or whose image is considerably old The color on display reflects the lapse of time since the last image was created 0 10 Days Green 10 20 Days GreenYellow 20 30 Days Yellow Over 30 Days Orange Never been imaged Red We strongly advise you to prevent data loss and protect yourself with just a few clicks 1 Click Image now 2 Then check the target path entered for the image We recommend saving the image on an extemal drive e g USB hard drive 3 Click Startto continue with the imaging process The process might take some time depending on the size of the drive Note An image of all the listed drives will be created using default settings Image of used sectors Tip You can create a job for automatically imaging your drives on a regular basis See chapter Scheduling functions Tip If you want to create an image of your entire computer you can also use One click imaging One click imaging Create an image of the entire computer One click imaging is the fastest and easiest way to create a complete image of all your data and settings One click imaging is especially useful i
105. nvert image file into a virtual hard disk Combine incremental images If you have already created several incremental images you can combine them to form a new base image The newly created base image is now a complete image Older images that contained only changes can be deleted once the combining has been completed 1 Make sure your computer will be able to access all drives where the base and incremental images are located 2 Inthe menu bar under Tools click Merge incremental images O amp O Disklmage 65 Tools 3 A program window will appear where you can select and merge the existing image files Note Only consecutive image files Image of the changes with the same base image may be merged By clicking Image information and the corresponding Drive information you will find all details about the image s Check image file for errors Under Tools is a function called Check image file for errors This function checks the structural integrity of an image file It determines whether the logical structure is intact Damage can be caused by virus attacks or defective hard ware In addition encrypted and or compressed images will be checked to determine if decryption or decompression is possible without error Reasons for an abortive validation Encryption and decryption are not functioning Compression and decompression are not functioning Windows API System interfaces The user has changed the image file Image has been c
106. o the creation of images and restoration of these on the same computers O amp O Disklmage now offers you the option of restoring an image even the system partition onto a computer with dif ferent hardware using the M I R function Machine Independent Restoration You can also clone a computer with dif ferent hardware Enable M I R if you ve made changes to the hardware after imaging and these changes affect the functionality of the Windows operating system being started M I R is also necessary if you want to transfer an already existing computer configuration onto a new computer M I R can therefore be used or enabled in the following cases e Restoration of an image onto a computer with different hardware or cloning duplication of a computer e With the help of a bootable disk M I R can be used for exchanging damaged or malfunctioning drivers of an existing system e Migration of physical computers onto virtual machines or virtual machines on physical computers Note When duplicating a source system i e duplicating installed Microsoft Windows operating system versions and programs we recommend changing the computer name and SID to avoid future problems when using the con figured computer within the network Restrictions when restoring on different hardware Under certain circumstances it s possible that the restored or duplicated system does not start or is malfunctioning The following constellations may lead to malfu
107. o the delivery or E mail address can only be considered if they are supplied in writing or by E mail to the address or E mail address indicated on http www oo software com at least two weeks before delivery of the update 6 A printed copy of the documentation will not be included in the delivery The documentation consists primarily of elec tronic aids 2 Requirements for application system requirements 1 Installation of the software is not part of the agreement 2 Depending on the software there are certain system requirements that must be met in order to use the software according to the terms of this contract These will be defined according to each product in the specialized section of this contract 3 Rights of use including test versions unauthorized transfer and application 1 O amp O grants you upon payment of the agreed one time fee a permanent spatially unlimited and non exclusive right to use the software 2 Test versions if you have installed a test version of one of our products taken from the O amp O Website http www oo software com the right of use will be according to the program for a limited time only and or tech nically restricted 3 One copy of the software is entitled to be used on a maximum of one 1 output device workstation simultaneously O amp O Disklmage 89 End user license agreement 4 0 EULA 4 If you want to use the software on more than one output device workstation the
108. ogram functions to be run automatically You can for example plan to have your data drives imaged once a week e You will be forwarded to the corresponding activity window for your selected job via Start Jobs and reports which lists all jobs and reports created in O amp O Disklmage With a double click you can see the corresponding report or edit the job e You can create a new job schedule by clicking the Add as job symbol after selecting the drive or a folder in the Note In order to execute jobs on a regular basis the starting conditions e g source drive images or target drives have to be the same If you make changes to a drive s name the storage location of the image or on the layout of a target drive the job may no longer be executed successfully Example If you ve created a job for incremental imaging you need to enter where you saved all the previous images serving as a basis for the new incremental image If you ve moved the base image to another storage loca tion you ll need to enter the new storage location in the Job Assistant otherwise the new path will not be found and the job cannot be run successfully activity window Note The tabs for Scheduling and Notification are not available in the Job Assistant when starting from the O amp O DIskImage bootable medium Create a Job General information Before setting up a job you ll have to select an activity 1 2 3 4 5 6 On the st
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110. onnection can be interrupted What network folder would you like to map Specify the drive letter for the connection and the folder that you want to connect to Drive Zz Y Example server share Reconnect at sign in CI Connect using different credentials Connect to a website that you can use to store your documents and pictures Finish ei Check drive aeS Change computer properties Checks a drive for errors r Changes the computer properties of an mai Create bootable disk Map network drive Note Network authentication is needed for accessing network drives when images are saved on or restored from them Read more about it in the chapter Authentication within the network O amp O Disklmage 67 Tools Change computer identity You can change the identity of your computer to avoid authentication problems whenever the same computer identity is already being used within a network This can be helpful whenever a system image is being rolled out onto several com puters across a network meaning a fully installed and configured Windows computer is transferred onto the drives of another computer Although this method does save time and effort compared to other kinds of duplication there is a problem arising with each cloned system having the identical computer SID This influences the security in working group environments In addition the security of transfer media might be inhibited in netwo
111. ons File backup File backup method you can specify which method should be preset for every file backup The options are e Complete e Image of the changes For normal use we recommend the Complete method which is already set by default If you ve already made one or more back ups of a folder or individual files you can select the method Image of the changes Only changes made since the last base image will be saved When creating an image of the changes O amp O Disklmage compares the data of the existing image with corresponding data from the current folder That s why this backup method might require more time than the creation of a complete image On the other hand an image of the changes normally requires much less disk space than a complete image O amp O Disklmage 34 File backup options Regulate the size of a file backup A file backup can be split into multiple backup files If one disk is not enough for storing a complete backup you will automatically be asked to indicate a different storage location It is also possible to manually set the maximum size of an file before If the image being created is larger than the entered file size additional image files will be created This function is especially useful when you plan to burn your image onto a CD DVD at a later time Sometimes a CD DVD is not large enough to contain the entire image file We recommend limiting image files to the size of the blank CD DVD onto which you wil
112. operating systems The O amp O DriveLED Work station Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface You are entitled to control this program over the separately obtainable network manager O amp O DriveLED Server Edition The software requires Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Edi tions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems The O amp O DriveLED Server Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface You are entitled to control this program over the sep arately obtainable network manager O amp O DriveLED Virtual Machine Edition The O amp O Defrag Workstation Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface You must own a minimum of one Server Edition to use a Virtual Machine Edition O amp O Enterprise Management Console Important note on the Microsoft SQL Server This product uses the Microsoft SQL Server or Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition To the extent that these pro grams are part of the installation of this product the terms of their licensing related to the use of this software will also apply to the terms of this agreement O amp O Disklmage 96 End user license agreement 4 0 EULA The use of Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition is free of charge in conj
113. ords MBR Exclusive cloning of the Master boot records MBR Storing of a combination from the above mentioned objects various hard disks partitions volumes or similar in an image Modifications for cloning You can make various adaptations for cloning Some of these are configured automatically or you can set them your self The following adaptations can be set e Buffer the original data before a change Snapshot e Automatic conversion of the free areas to an extended partition if the areas are larger than the partition being cloned and no extended partition exists e MIR Machine Independent Restoration adjust to the different hardware of the clone Management functions The management function provides several options for adapting O amp O Disklmage to meet your individual requirements and automate activities Express view The Express View shows a very compact user interface with the main functions of the programs You can use the Express view for creating and mounting images as well as for restoring drives Individual functions of the Express view can also be manually disabled so that another user won t be able to use a particular feature Run scheduled activities O amp O Disklmage lets you setup a schedule for running activities Thanks to a helpful Wizard you can for example setup to have your data imaged automatically on a regular basis according to a schedule Further settings for O amp O Disklmage 11 Features
114. our email server in Program settings under Notification O amp O Disklmage 51 Scheduling functions General Startup event Notification Image Before job After job Information a A notification will be sent never Settings for a job Job Notification You can set additional options for your job in the fourth tab Image of the Job Wizard The choice of settings is based on your selected activity For an imaging activity you could for example enter a storage location and a name for the image O amp O Disklmage 52 Scheduling functions Drive Imaging O amp O Disklmage Server Edition Image file Enter the storage path and file name of the image file that is being created Use parameters to create unique file names Storage path STEMPL ImageDefaultPath a File name Image TEMPL Year STEMPL Month STEMPL Day omg Preview C ProgramData OO Software DiskImage images image 20 141013 0mg Use the newly created image in the following run through as base image Imaging process Y Disable user inquiries while job is running Y Cancel entire job when errors occurr Run after job is completed Shut down Maximum number of image files Start drive imaging Job Assistant Imaging Disable user inquiries while job is running User inquiries are questions tha
115. p the files are backed up directly in the form of data This type of backup contains only file information no drive information is included 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Click File backupon the start page of O amp O Disklmage It may take some time to display your files and folders Please observe the loading progress in the status bar Navigate to the folder you want to backup Check the box next to the folders you want to backup Multiple selections are also possible You can also select an entire drive All files saved on the drive will be backed up Then click Start file backup In the dialog that follows please verify whether the default target indicated corresponds to the target you want If desired you may also change the file name Click Start to continue with the file backup A compressed file will then be created with the file extension OBK obk Selection criteria Before starting file backup there s an option for selecting files or file types in the folder that you want to have included or excluded from the backup e Inthe dialog click Criteria and specify the settings you want O amp O Disklmage 21 Quick Start Tip You can specify further settings by clicking the icon File backup options If you want to repeat the file backup at a later time you can create a job for it To do this click the icon Add as job Jobs amp Reports Type Last modified Size 001 jpg JPEG image 10 22 2012 10 05 218
116. p O CleverCache Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements O amp O CleverCache Professional Edition The software requires the Windows Vista all Editions or Windows 7 all editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems O amp O CleverCache Server Edition O amp O Disklmage 93 End user license agreement 4 0 EULA The software requires Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Edi tions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions operating systems Application within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the use of one of these operating systems O amp O Defrag Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements O amp O Defrag Professional Edition The software requires Windows Vista all Editions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows 8 operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems Control of the pro gram through a network management is not possible O amp O Defrag Workstation Edition The software requires the Windows Vista all Editions Windows 7 all editions or Windows 8 operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems The O amp O Defrag Workstation Edition may
117. pply dynamically generated file names For a file name the terms Image and the dynamically mounted parameters year month and day will be used by default In addition you can select from a list of alternative parameters If you re making for example a number of images on a single day it s advisable to include the time in the file name Otherwise files with the same name would emerge and that could lead to the imaging process being aborted Note If you re using O amp O Disklmage on a computer in a network the data from the computer will be automatically read and file names will be dynamically generated You could for example add the Computer Name to the image name for use in a network Create a job for incremental or differential imaging In order to create a differential or incremental imaging job you ll need a complete or base image that was previously created This complete image will serve as a base for creating differential incremental imaging jobs The first image after the complete image is always a differential image Incremental images can be based on a differential or other incre mental images 1 Select Start drive imaging from the O amp O Disklmage Start Page 2 Click top right on Imaging Options and activate Image of the changes then select the base image Now close the options Window 3 Now click on Add as job 4 Enterthe name and the schedule for the image in the job dialogue 5 Under
118. ption C0000240 Prompting was cancelled O amp O Disklmage 86 Frequently asked questions C 0000022 Access denied process requires access to an object to which access is being denied C0000033 Object path file is invalid e g is especially marked C0000034 Object path file not found C0000035 Same object path file already exists Allocating objects When cloning or restoring an image the source and target can be linked differently Source is the name for a drive or disk that is being restored from an image or that has been used as the base for cloning Terminology e Disk A hard disk or disk in general that contains one or more drives e Area An area ona disk It may be empty contain disk information MBR GPT LDM or belong to a drive e Drive A partition or a volume that is found on one or more hard disks Source and target may be linked in the following combinations link from to 1 Source disk Target disk 2 Source disk Target drive 3 Source disk Target area 4 Source drive s Target disk s 5 Source drive Target drive 6 Source drive Target area s T Source area s Target disk 8 Source area Target drive 9 Source area Target area O amp O Disklmage 87 Support and Contact Support and Contact To receive more information about O amp O Disklmage please visit our website http www oo software com and get the latest information about product developments and support Also included on our website are
119. r information can be obtained from your moth erboard manufacturer 1 Openthe boot menu while the computer is booting 2 Youcan change the sequence in the menu by placing the USB entry removable devices at the beginning 3 Afterthat your computer will recognize your USB stick as boot medium and will start the program from there 2 Hard Drive de CD ROM Drive 4 Network boot from AMD Am 9C970A lt Enter Setup gt Note The sequence in the boot menu is normally only valid for the current computer status This step might have to be repeated the next time your computer is booted Tip If you purchased O amp O Disklmage electronically you will find more information on the creation of bootable disk here Create boot medium O amp O Disklmage 46 Start directly from bootable disk Note If you want to restore on different hardware you should also consider the notes in chapter Machine inde pendent restoration M I R Note The Start CD needed for running O amp O Disklmage without an operating system and for restoring system par titions is not included n the O amp O Disklmage Special Edition Loading drivers If a device such as a hard disk or network card is not automatically recognized when using the bootable medium under Windows PE a necessary controller driver e g RAID controllers might be missing You can start loading a new driver immediately after inserting the Start CD u
120. r is recommended Used sector imaging Using this imaging method will limit the imaging process to only used sectors on a drive This method will let you save time computer performance and disk space Used sector imaging is set in the program by default Image of the changes If you only want to save changes made since the last imaging select Image of the changes as method under Imaging options This will allow you to create an image that saves only those changes that have occurred since the last base image O amp O Disklmage 28 Settings for drive imaging While creating an image of the changes O amp O Disklmage compares each sector of the existing image with the cor responding sector of the disk source being imaged This might require more time than a complete image An image of the changes however takes up much less space than a complete image Note If you want to create an image of the changes you must have created at least one complete image of each drive that can then serve as a base image Afterwards the image of the changes you ve created can also serve as a new base image Note The option Use checksums to administer unchanged data is always set by default The last incre mental differential image created is enough to serve as the base image when creating an Image of the changes If Use checksums to administer unchanged data is not set you will need the last base image and all existing incre mental images because these
121. ract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems The O amp O DiskStat Work station Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface You are entitled to control this program over the separately obtainable network manager O amp O DiskStat Server Edition The software requires Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Edi tions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions operating systems Application within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the use of one of these operating systems O amp O DiskStat Virtual Machine Edition The O amp O Defrag Workstation Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface You must own a minimum of one Server Edition to use a Virtual Machine Edition O amp O DriveLED Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements O amp O DriveL ED Professional Edition The software requires Windows Vista all Editions or Windows 7 all Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems Control of the program through a network management is not possible O amp O DriveLED Workstation Edition The software requires Windows Vista all Editions or Windows 7 all Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these
122. re itself Please consult the software documentation for more information on these limitations O amp O DiskRecovery Admin Edition You are authorized to install and use the software product on all computers a inthe possession of the company legal person or natural person s in the case of corporations owning the license and b all located at a single site This should be used wholly in conjunction with all hardware in your possession i e this license may not be used to provide a service to a third party This license is bound to a single natural person and is non transferable O amp O DiskRecovery Tech Edition You are authorized to install and use the software product on all computers This includes computers that do not belong to the company owning the license also known as Service Technician s License This license is bound to a single nat ural person and is non transferable O amp O DiskStat Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements O amp O DiskStat Professional Edition O amp O Disklmage 95 End user license agreement 4 0 EULA The software requires Windows Vista all Editions or Windows 7 all Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems O amp O DiskStat Workstation Edition The software requires Windows Vista all Editions or Windows 7 all Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this cont
123. rect forensic or used sector images can be combined e Simply addthe drive from the list O amp O Disklmage 64 Tools Handling virtual hard disks VHD To simplify working with Microsoft Virtual PCs VPC you can now convert image files into virtual drives VHD The converted image can be integrated as a virtual drive in the VPC without having to install O amp O Disklmage there In a similar way images OMG can be created of virtual hard disks VHD 1 Toconvert an image to a virtual drive file VHD click Convert image file in the Tools menu 2 Select Image file OMG as source in the Convert image file dialog and attach the desired image file 3 Enter Virtual hard disk VHD as target and click Start You can also convert virtual hard disks VHD into an image file OMG Note The following options cannot be selected for a VHD Compression Encryption and Split In addition only the following imaging methods are available Only used sectors or Forensic Target type Image file OMG Virtual hard disk VHD Virtual hard disk VHD Target path C ProgramData 00 Software skim Convert only sources with the following imaging type Used sector V Compression LZNT1 Standard Encryption AES 128 Split 700 MB gt Check drive 7 o Change computer properties Checks a drive for errors M Changes the computer properties of an si Create bootable disk Co
124. regularly updated FAQs and Knowledge Bases that address the most common issues regarding our products All registered customers receive installation support free of charge for the first 30 days after registration When con tacting our support team please remember to have your registration code available In addition it may be helpful to read the frequently asked questions FAQ section of the website before contacting our Support Team It s always possible that your specific question or problem has already been addressed O amp O Software Address Am Borsigturm 48 13507 Berlin Germany Telephone 49 0 30 991 9162 00 Fax 49 0 30 991 9162 99 Web http www oo software com e mail support oo software com sales oo software com Authorized Resellers Our authorized reseller partners in over 30 countries stand ready to assist you with answers to all questions regarding the licensing and purchase of our software products Their names and addresses can be found on our website under the heading Partner Find Resellers Just ask us and we ll be happy to help you find an authorized partner in your vicinity O amp O Disklmage 88 End user license agreement 4 0 EULA End user license agreement 4 0 EULA O amp O Software GmbH GENERAL and SPECIALIZED SECTION GENERAL SECTION IMPORTANT PLEASE READ CAREFULLY This End User License Agreement EULA is organized into 2 sections a general part which is valid for all O amp O p
125. rget computer in the properties of the corresponding target folder under Security in Windows Explorer e Click in the context menu of the folder on Properties and then Security All users with access to the folders will be listed Although have already entered my authentication data for a network drive am asked once again for every activity It is possible that you are requested to re enter your authentication data for an activity like the restoration of an network drive image The reason for this can be traced back to Windows Certain dialogs e g the browser dialog are not orig inally from O amp O Disklmage but from Windows Because Windows doesn t have access to your O amp O Disklmage authentication data it is necessary to re enter the access data for the selected drive Explanation of the Registry entries In the Windows registry under HKEY LOCAL MACHINE Software O amp OVO amp O Disklmage 9 you can configure cer tain settings for O amp O Disklmage Please note that changes in the registry can influence the functionality of O amp O Disklmage and such changes will continue to be applied after restarting the computer Name of the entry Type of entry Short description Image path String Path to the storage location from the image files JobPath String Path to the storage location from jobs ReportPath String Path to the storage location from reports O amp O Disklmage 83 Frequently asked questions Name of the entry PwdFi
126. rks with many computer SIDs To avoid this problem O amp O Disklmage provides an option for changing the computer identity Note The SID can only be changed when you run O amp O Disklmage from the bootable medium Start CD and not during normal Windows operation Note If an error occurs while changing the current computer SID we recommend resetting the registration struc tures SECURITY and SAM 1 Under Tools click Change computer identity 2 Loadthe computer s non active Windows system The active system is the Windows PE being run on the boot able medium This means that the non active Windows system is the one not being booted by the hard disk The path to the non active Windows system is normally C Windows 3 You should then enter a computer name for your computer Give new name Change saves your settings and the computer identity after you have changed them Close cancels the dialog without applying any changes O amp O Disklmage 68 Tools Please enter the path for accessing the inactive Windows system Current computer SID E Generate new SID Current computer name Give new name Restoration on different hardware M I R machine independent restoration E Exchange hardware abstraction layer Apply currently loaded drivers of the device control E Enable the installation program of the operating system after restarting Change computer identity O amp O
127. rod ucts and a specialized part which includes the particular terms of each corresponding product By accepting both parts of the license terms they automatically form part of your contract with O amp O Software Am Borsigturm 48 13507 Berlin If you have any questions regarding this contract and the license terms our Service Team is available to help you under info oo software com The software product is protected by copyright laws and international copyright contracts as well as other laws and agreements concerning intellectual property 1 Object and form of delivery 1 You receive the software covered by the contract in executable for Binary code together with the relevant doc umentation released by O amp O according to Section 6 2 The software provides the range of functions described in the given documentation The documentation regarding func tionality may be consulted prior to concluding the contract in the internet presentation on the following site www oo soft ware com 3 Delivery will be made according to the way in which you have purchased the software either by having a disk directly handed over or sent by mail to an address you have supplied or through the forwarding of a license as well as any required download information to a given E mail address 4 If you are currently receiving updates as part of a maintenance agreement these will be made available electronically to you for downloading b Changes t
128. rosoft Windows Registry O amp O Disklmage 97 End user license agreement 4 0 EULA Before making changes to the Microsoft Windows Registry in the following Registry you should prepare a backup copy of the Registry and ensure that you ll be able to restore the Registry if a problem should arise O amp O formally declares that it is not responsible for damages arising from the improper use of O amp O RegEdit Changes to the Registry should only be made by experienced users who are aware of the consequences of such changes A defective Registry can influence the entire stability of the system and lead to a crash of the computer or make it unable to start This can further lead to loss of data Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements The software requires Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Edi tions Windows 7 all Editions Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems Amendment to 4 Payment O amp O demands no fee for the use of O amp O RegEditor In addition a fee forthis license and this program may not be demanded by any Third Parties unless this is done with the expressed approval of O amp O When in doubt please get in touch with us You can find our contact data at the end of this license agreement
129. s marked as free will be included in the image Specify the size of an image file An image can be split into multiple image files If a disk doesn t have enough space to contain a full image of your selected drives you will automatically be requested to enter another target location It is also possible to manually set the maximum size of an image file before creating the image If the image being created is larger than the entered file Size additional image files will be created This function is especially useful when you plan to bum your image onto a CD DVD at a later time Sometimes a CD DVD is not large enough to contain the entire image file We recommend your limiting image files to the size of the blank CD DVD onto which you will be writing your images The image file can also be split at a later time using the Convert image file function It is however recommended to split images at the time they are created to avoid any confusion that may arise e Under Drive imaging Imaging options File size Split image into smaller files with fixed sizes you can spec ify the size of individual image files O amp O Disklmage 29 Settings for drive imaging Encryption Your data can be securely encrypted using the recognized AES method This permits O amp O Disklmage to provide your image with an extremely high level of security with a key length of up to 256 bits e You can select the encryption level for your files under Drive imaging Imag
130. sable In this case after imaging you should mount the image Mount the image as a drive and check its accuracy Note To avoid overloading the memory buffer close or stop all write procedures on the source drive for example running a defragmentation O amp O Disklmage 32 Settings for drive imaging Ignore bad sectors You can specify under Drive imaging Imaging options Advanced whether the read process should be aborted or con tinued in case of error If continued the bad sector will be saved in the image as an unused sector The remaining data that is still readable will then be available in the image e Enable the check for Ignore and automatically skip bad sectors while reading Data comparison with checksums Unchanged data resulting from incremental images is saved using checksums by default Such a file will be slightly larger That s why it s enough when creating the next incremental image to use an existing incremental image with checksums as the base image This function is activated by default If you save all images in a single folder you can deactivate this function Your images will then take up less space on disk e Please make sure that the function Use checksums to administer unchanged data under Drive imag ing Imaging options Advanced is enabled Use profiles for drive imaging Under Drive imaging Imaging options Current profile you can reset current settings to Default or select an already existing pro
131. service of Windows so that these changed won t influence the backup Use check sums to administer unchanged data for incremental file backup Unchanged data is saved by default using checksums by the method Image of the changes The file is slightly larger It s therefore enough if you enter an existing image of the changes as source image for the next Image of the changes with checksums This function is enabled by default If you save all images in a single folder you can also disable this function Your images will then take up less space on the disk e Make sure that the optionUse checksums to administer unchanged data under File backup File backup options Advanced is enabled Apply profiles for file backups Under File backup File backup options Current profile you can reset the current settings to default for the image or select a wide ranging user defined profile If you would like to save your user defined settings please follow these instructions O amp O Disklmage 35 File backup options Enable your settings under Drive imaging Imaging options Select under Imaging options Save as Give your newly created profile a name in the dialogue window and confirm Under Manage profiles you can change or delete an existing profile Pon O amp O Disklmage 36 Settings for the restoration of drives Settings for the restoration of drives Under Drive restoration Restoration options you can specify additional settings for the
132. sing the dialog O amp O System settings and the tab Drivers Please follow these instructions for loading a new driver 1 Open the tab Drivers in the dialog O amp O System settings as described above All recognized Windows devices as well as all devices missing installed drivers will be displayed Select the device for which you want to load a driver Click Load Select the desired driver such as one on a connected hard disk USB Stick or CD In the dialog select Open to install the driver You ll then see a program message informing you about the status of the installation Note You can remove the Start CD from the drive in order to insert a driver CD from a manufacturer Note Under certain circumstances you may receive a notice requiring you to restart if you have loaded an addi tional driver under Windows PE This message is automatically generated by Windows PE but is irrelevant when starting from a CD Simply reject the request and follow the further instructions in the pop up window oo Rom Note Encrypted drives are not supported under Windows PE O amp O Disklmage 47 Start directly from bootable disk x Target system Locale Drivers Screen Network Paging file This boot capable CD contains a limited range of device drivers Only those devices whose drivers are induded with Microsoft Windows Vista will be recognized Please ensure that your mass storage controller and network card are loaded
133. t can arise during the normal course of running a job or while the scripts are being proc essed If in doubt you will need to confirm questions e g with a security check if the name of the image already exists The job will thereby be interrupted because the user either has to make a decision or additional information is required for continuing You can setup some user queries with special parameters for this please consult the script documentation User queries are currently made only if the user interface of O amp O Disklmage is open User queries will not be filed until the user interface is closed during job execution or if you have enabled the option Dis able user inquiries while job is being run Should this interactive option be turned off in a worst case scenario there will be no confirmation dialog while the job is being run and it will be aborted by default and logged as an error Abort entire job when an error occurs The job will be aborted whenever an error occurs O amp O Disklmage 53 Scheduling functions Run after job is completed Here you can choose between Restart and Shut Down If you don t select anything the computer will return to its con dition prior to imaging It will usually just remain on Characteristics of an imaging job Storage path The target path to the storage location of the image will be applied from the program settings by default You may how ever select or enter a new path manually A
134. the Workstation and Server Edition Manage computer identity With O amp O Disklmage you can change the identity of a computer to avoid authentication problems e g two computers with the same computer identity This might be helpful when rolling out a system image onto multiple computers across a network e Change the computer name of an operating system that has not been started e Change the SID Security ID of anoperating system that has not been started e M I R Machine Independent Restoration Adaption to different hardware from an operating system that has not been started Supports the most current technologies O amp O Software remains what it has always been a trailblazer when it comes to information technology All current Win dows systems and 64 bit versions are fully supported so creating and restoring images can be done as quickly as pos sible Monitoring your drives In the control center of O amp O Disklmage you get an overview of the security status of your drives If you have not created an image before you will receive a security warning This is also valid for drives whose last image was created more then 10 days ago In just a few steps you can easily create images of your system s drives Doing so will protect you against data loss at all times O amp O Disklmage 12 Features at a glance Better user guidance O amp O Disklmage is always adapted to meet current user habits In the latest version the con
135. tic adaptation will do the rest For restoration on different hardware proceed as follows The example here describes restoration from an image 1 Torestore an entire system or a system partition you ll need to start your computer with an O amp O Disklmage bootable medium and perform the restoration from there To boot from CD proceed as described in chapter Start directly from bootable disk 2 Onthe start page of O amp O Disklmage click Drive restoration 3 O amp O Disklmage by default will always go the place where the last image was saved If the image file pre sented is not the one you want browse through your drives and enter the path to the image file 4 Select the image file in the browser and click Open 5 All drives contained in the image will then be displayed 6 Click the drive that you want to restore play back 7 Thenselect the target drive for restoration by checking the box next to it You can either replace an existing drive or create a new one for example in an empty sector 8 Once you have specified all the settings click Start drive restoration to begin the restoration 9 Under Additional options enable the setting Adapt to different hardware afterwards in the restoration or clon ing dialog 10 Youcan then follow the other dialog prompts and restart your computer once restoration is successful Important During restoration the image overwrites your selected drive with the data of the drive contain
136. ting objects 22 22 22 ccc cece cece cece IR RI RI IR ee cece eee e cece cece III etel lll lll 87 Supportand Contact etuer E D e eene i ree iach taeda edad bru sieved thous 88 Authorized Resellers oou eL iere e ome n E eem bitum 88 End user license agreement 4 0 EULA 2 2 2 se e ees e nenne 89 O amp O Disklmage VIl 93 O amp O Disklmage VIll About O amp O Disklmage 9 About O amp O Disklmage 9 Thank you for choosing O amp O Disklmage This is something you probably know all too well how suddenly important data can be lost as a result of a system crash or viral attack O amp O Disklmage is the ideal tool for quickly and easily taking the trouble out of such incon veniences O amp O Disklmage enables the convenient duplication or archiving of entire operating systems and individual disks It even supports dynamic drives and RAID systems Create image files of your drives on a regular basis and you ll be fully protected against data loss You can customize the imaging methods to suit your own individual needs Even a 1 1 image of your system or user defined images are possible O amp O Disklmage features many other options for creating and restoring images exactly the way you d like As a result of the special O amp O Disklmage program settings a substantial amount of computer per formance is saved allowing you to continue working on your PC parallel to the imaging The following chapters will explain how
137. tion of these operating systems O amp O EventViewer Virtual Machine Edition The O amp O Defrag Workstation Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface You must own a minimum of one Server Edition to use a Virtual Machine Edition O amp O MediaRecovery Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements The software requires Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Edi tions Windows 7 all Editions Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems O amp O PartitionManager Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements O amp O PartitionManager Professional Edition The software requires Windows Vista all Editions or Windows 7 all Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems O amp O PartitionManager Server Edition The software requires Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Edi tions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems O amp O RegEditor Important note for working with the Mic
138. tions and selection options The format of image files was extended in O amp O Disklmage 4 In addition to the imaged data checksums are placed in the image so that an identity check can be carried out for data inside the image Older versions of O amp O Disklmage do not recognize this extended image format and would label the image as invalid To help older versions of O amp O Dis klmage work with images created by a newer version the new version can create an image using the old format O amp O Disklmage 84 Frequently asked questions a Registry Editor m File Edit View Favorites Help J HARDWARE Name Type Data de iis A ab Default REG SZ value not sei H ace ab CustomWeblD REG SZ e8b4a17ef9b7ed64dd3bb20a4af y AMD ab DefaultPath REG_SZ C ProgramData OO Software Disklmage pat DriverFlags REG DWORD 0x00000000 0 Ul ATI Technologies mo ExpressFlags REG DWORD 0x00000000 0 Ji Classes M9 IdleTime REG DWORD 0x00000005 5 n Clients ab ImageKeyword REG_SZ f17c4f35364034e2abb53296f086ab33a5c712857444d ab magePath REG_SZ C ProgramData OO Software Disklmage lmages DebugMode n Intel ab JobPath REG_SZ C ProgramData OO Software Disklmage Jobs j Khronos ab Keyword REG_SZ ol B Laplink ListenerPort REG DWORD 0x0000c47e 50302 Macromedia ab LogFile REG SZ C ProgramData OO Software Disklmage OODI log g g Jo Microsoft ab MailSettings REG_SZ Mozila Edit DWORD 32 bit Value AF35 14B5BBE
139. tore authentication data and to manage it These data is compresses in the password file using the Advanced Encryption Standard Algorithm AES and then stored In addition the order of the data sets is chosen at random A public and a private key are used to encrypt the password The public key is set by default and can be changed in the registry under HKEY LOCAL MACHINE Software O amp OYO amp O DiskImage 9 Please bear in mind that the key has to hold a value An empty key will not be accepted The private key is preset to a size of 64 Byte Important Changes in the Registry may cause severe problems affecting the entire system and may cause the need to reinstall the complete operating system Before making changes in the Windows Registry database you should create an image of all the important data on your computer using O amp O Disklmage Note If you make changes in the Registry it will require loading the database again In the following chapter you ll find brief explanations of the registry entries O amp O Disklmage 72 Program settings Network authentication Enter the following settings under Start Program settings Security 1 2 If you have not yet created a database click Create database Enter any password you d like and confirm your entry This password will then be encrypted and filed In order to encrypt the password a new one will be generated that is composed of two parts public Public Key a
140. trol center will warn you of potential data loss resulting from a drive s never having been imaged or the image is too old The Quick access bar contains frequently used functions You will easily be able to reach all important functions from there e g drive image and restoration You can use advanced functions via the menu bar of O amp O Disklmage User Interface GUI Function oriented user guidance requires fewer interactions for reaching your target Default and customized option profile for completing various recurring jobs faster Windows Explorer extension for directly loading imaging files or removing loaded drives Minimize the user interface onto a Traylcon in the info area of the start page Graphical interactive drive overview overview of the hard disk allocation free and used space and the size of individual partitions Autark Tray application supplies information about service activities and job status e Status display of elapsed time and expected duration of an activity O amp O Disklmage 13 Installation and registration Installation and registration Installing O amp O Disklmage is very straight forward Please follow the steps below 1 Start the computer on which you would like to install O amp O Disklmage 2 Login as local administrator or as a user possessing comparable permissions 3 Start the installation file for O amp O DiskImage which you have either downloaded from our Server or have on your personal C
141. tructure This enables a later data rescue using special soft ware such as O amp O DiskRecovery without affecting the original disk e Image the used sectors of drives partitions volumes unencrypted data is included in the image e Complete image of all sectors of the object to be imaged forensic image e Direct forensic image encrypted data is also included in the image After a base imaging you can create subsequent images as incremental or differential for storing only the changes e Incremental image saves changes between previous images and the current disk e Differential image saves changes between the very first image and the current status of the disk Save image After creating the image you can save it on all Windows recognized disks You only need to enter the network path before starting the imaging process The following destinations can be used to store the images e Local drives e External USB or firewire hard disks e Drive Folder in the network e Storing images as ISO files to burn them later O amp O Disklmage 7 Features at a glance Integrated burn function Besides the burn function O amp O Disklmage supports CD DVDs Blue Ray Disks and HD DVDs You also create ISO files from your images Note Before being able to burn an image omg onto an optical disk you ll need to buffer it It is not possible to bum a drive while an image of it is being created Edit image file The following editin
142. ts a drive from an ima J Unmount drive Mount ISO file m e Removes a mounted drive Convert 7 N Merge incremental images Merges one or more incremental image Network Map network drive 1 Disconnect network drive Initiates a connection to a network drive Disconnects from a network drive Computer i Check drive Change computer properties Checks a drive for errors J Changes the computer properties of an im i Create bootable disk Select ISO file Unmount drive If you no longer want to display a virtual drive you ve mounted from an image file click under Tools on Unmount drive and remove the drive in the program window Tip After restarting from Windows the virtual drive is removed automatically from the drive list Convert image file The tool Convert image file allows you to change the properties and content of existing images OMG or a virtual hard disk VHD It creates a copy of the image file OMG or virtual hard disk VHD so that the original image remains intact Further settings like compression encryption or splitting images into several image files with a certain size are pos sible Please note the restrictions that apply to Handling virtual hard disks VHD Merge images In Tools under Convert image file Add you can select the drives for merging This enables separate image files to be merged together Only image files of similar types can be merged that means only forensic di
143. unction with this product The purchase of licenses for O amp O Enterprise Management Console and related products is separate from any possible purchase of SQL Server products Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements The software requires Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Edi tions Windows 7 all Editions Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems O amp O EventViewer Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements O amp O EventViewer Workstation Edition The software requires Windows Vista all Editions Windows 7 all Editions or Windows 8 operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems The O amp O Event Viewer Workstation Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface Y ou are entitled to control this program over the separately obtainable network manager O amp O EventViewer Server Edition The software requires Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Edi tions Windows 7 all Editions Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions or Windows 8 operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the applica
144. unusable Note To avoid overloading the memory buffer close or stop all write procedures on the source drive for example running a defragmentation Ignoring bad sectors You can specify under Clone drive Cloning options Advanced whether the read process should be aborted or con tinued in case of error If continued the bad sector will be saved in the copy as an unused sector The remaining data that are still readable will be present in the image Write over unused sectors You can specify that unused sectors of the source drive be overwritten with zeros under Clone drive Cloning options Advanced Clear unused sectors from old data By enabling this function you will not be able to restore data of the empty areas from the drive clone This function will be run during the next clone activity of the selected drive Tip If you delete data normally under Windows it still remains intact on the hard disk The data will no longer be accessed by the operating system and remains invisible forthe user The space is declared as free area by Win dows This data can still be restored using special software To make sure that nobody can restore data from the drive clone enable the function Clear unused sectors from old data After overwriting not even specialized data recovery software will be able to restore this deleted data Force writing method Under Clone drive Cloning options Advanced you can force the writing method Wr
145. w The uniform UN purchasing law CISG as well as the UNIDROIT Factoring Agreement of Ottawa do not apply 4 Any general terms and conditions on your part will not be applied 5 In the event you are not a private individual or a resident of the Federal Republic of Germany we agree that the dis trict court in Berlin will be the competent court for litigation arising from this contract 8 Contact If you have any questions concerning the O amp O Software License Agreement or wish to speak with O amp O please get in touch with us O amp O Software GmbH Am Borsigturm 48 13507 Berlin Germany Telephone 49 0 30 991 9162 00 Fax 49 0 30 991 9162 99 O amp O Disklmage 92 End user license agreement 4 0 EULA E Mail info oo software com sales oo software com Web www oo software com SPECIALIZED SECTION O amp O BlueCon Amendment to 2 Requirements for application system requirements The software requires Windows Server 2003 all Editions Windows Vista all Editions Windows Server 2008 all Edi tions Windows 7 all Editions Windows Server 2008 R2 all Editions Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 operating systems Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems The product at hand can only be employed according to the acquired license The following license types exist for O amp O BlueCon O amp O BlueCon Admin Edition You are authorized to install and
146. want to save the image isn t large enough you can split the image onto multiple disks When you split your image onto several disks a new image file will be created on each disk and together these image files will be parts of one entire image It s important to number the disks CD DVD in case you want to later restore a drive using the image or use it as a base for an incre mental imaging File formats O amp O Disklmage creates its own file formats when imaging but is also able to process other file formats File format OMG O amp O Disklmage generates the file extension OMG for the image files it creates when imaging your entire computer or single drives This file type can be used for further activities by O amp O Disklmage such as restoration validation or con version File format OBK While creating a file backup using O amp O Disklmage the files and folder are compressed and stored as OBK file obk An advantage of the OBK files are that you can also use and extract the data with a decompression program like Win Zip You don t necessarily need O amp O Disklmage to extract these files Encrypted file backups are the exception They can only be processed with O amp O Disklmage File format VHD O amp O Disklmage is able to create and edit file formats for virtual computers VPC VM Ware This allows you to also mount a drive from an image as a virtual drive in the VPC or your VM Ware Complete image Using the Complete image
147. you can get started and obtain the optimum usage from O amp O Disklmage We hope you enjoy our product and that it saves you valuable time both at work and at home Yours O amp O Software http www oo software com Quick Start One click imaging Create an image of the entire computer Image individual drives Backup individual files and folders Restore drives Restore individual files and folders Note The bootable medium for starting O amp O DIsklmage without an operating system and restoring system par titions is not included in the Special Edition Differences between the three Editions O amp O Disklmage 9is available for both desktop PCs and servers I n addition there are specially priced volume license packages Combi Packs available For further information please contact our sales team sales oo software com or an O amp O Partner The Professional Edition is intended for imaging a desktop computer or individual drives It cannot be used on a server operating system and has no network capabilities The Workstation Edition contains interfaces for running O amp O Disklmage across a network in conjunction with O amp O Enterprise Management Console 2 It can only be used on desktop computers The Server Edition contains interfaces for running O amp O Disklmage across a network in conjunction with O amp O Enter prise Management Console It can be used on both servers and desktop computers O amp O Disklmage 1 About O a

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