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User's Manual

R-Drive Image

(c) 2010 R-Tools Technology Inc.

No part of this User's Manual may be copied, altered, or transferred to, any other media
without written, explicit consent from R-tools Technology Inc..

All brand or product names appearing herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective holders.

R-tools Technology Inc. has developed this User's Manual to the best of its knowledge,
but does not guarantee that the program will fulfill all the desires of the user.

No warranty is made in regard to specifications or features.

R-tools Technology Inc. retains the right to make alterations to the content of this
Manual without the obligation to inform third parties.
Contents I

Table of Contents
I R-Drive Image 1
1 R-Drive Image
...................................................................................................................................
Features 2
2 Contact Information
...................................................................................................................................
and Technical Support 3
3 R-Drive Image
...................................................................................................................................
Registration 4

II Disk Actions 5
1 Create an...................................................................................................................................
Image 6
2 Restore ...................................................................................................................................
Data from an Image 14
3 Copy a Disk
...................................................................................................................................
to a Disk 23
4 Connect...................................................................................................................................
an Image as a Virtual Logical Disk 28
5 Disconnect
...................................................................................................................................
Virtual Logical Disks 30
6 Check an
...................................................................................................................................
Image File 32

III Startup Version 33

1 Create Startup
...................................................................................................................................
Disks 34
2 Restore ...................................................................................................................................
Data to a System or Other Locked Disk 37
3 Create an
...................................................................................................................................
Image Using the Startup Disks 40
4 Disk to Disk
...................................................................................................................................
Copy Using the Startup Disks 42

IV Scheduled Actions, Command Line

Operations, and Scripting 45
1 Scheduler
...................................................................................................................................
and Unattended Actions 46
Create a Task .......................................................................................................................................................... 46
Edit a Task .......................................................................................................................................................... 51
Delete a Task .......................................................................................................................................................... 52
2 Scripting...................................................................................................................................
and Command Line Operations 52
Create a Script from R-Drive Im age
.......................................................................................................................................................... 54
Create a Script Manually
.......................................................................................................................................................... 55
3 Backup Sets
................................................................................................................................... 67

V Technical Informaiton 72
1 Creating...................................................................................................................................
Consistent Point-in-Time Backups 73
2 Support ...................................................................................................................................
for Various Non-MBR Partition Layouts 75
3 Supported
...................................................................................................................................
CD and DVD Recorders 76
4 List of Hardware
...................................................................................................................................
Devices Supported in the Startup Mode 76

VI R-Drive Image OEM kit 81

1 Create a...................................................................................................................................
Master Image 83
2 Create Startup
...................................................................................................................................
Media 84

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I R-Drive Image
R-Drive Image is unique and powerful drive image software. It creates drive image files on-the-fly, that is,
without stopping Windows. Such images may be stored anywhere including various removable media. It
compresses image data with variable compression level to save free space. It also restores such images on the
disks on-the-fly, except system partitions. R-Drive Image creates special startup disk (a startup CD/DVD disc,
USB removable storage device, or 2 floppy disks) to restore system partitions. It connects images as virtual
disks to copy only certain files from the images. It also directly copies an entire disk to another - no time spent
for file structure scanning.
System integrators and computer assemblers can use R-Drive Image OEM kit to create system recovery disks to
include them with their fully assembled computer systems.
Note: The current version has a limited support for dynamic disks or other non-MBR partition layouts. See
Support for Various Non-MBR Partition Layouts for details.
The R-Drive Image Features topic tells more about R-Drive Image.

The Disk Actions chapter explains disk actions such as:

Create an Image of a partition, logical disk, or entire hard drive
Restore Data from an Image
Copy Disk to Disk to make an exact copy of one disk on another
Connect an Image as a Virtual Logical Disk (read-only)
Disconnect Virtual Logical Disks
Check an Image File to check an existing image file

The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R-Drive Image Startup Version
such as:
Create Startup Disk
Restoring Data to a System or Other Locked Disk
Create an Image Using the Startup Disks
Disk to Disk Copy Using the Startup Disks

The Scheduled Actions, Command Line Operations, and Scripting chapter explains how to start disk actions
automatically at scheduled times/events and create scripts that can be performed from a command line.
Scheduler and Unattended Actions
Scripting and Command Line Operations
Backup sets

The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on

Creating consistent point-in-time backups
Support for Various Non-MBR Partition Layouts
Supported CD and DVD Recorders
List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode

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The R-Drive Image OEM kit chapter explains how computer system integrators can create system recovery
disks for their systems
Creatie a Master Image
Create Startup Media

Follow this link to obtain R-Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support
1.1 R-Drive Image Features
R-Drive Image is unique and powerful drive image software. It creates disk images: files that contain exact,
byte-by-byte, copies of hard drives, partitions, or logical disks. Such images may be stored in any location: other
hard disks or various removable media, such as CD-R(W) and DVD discs, Iomega Zip or Jazz disks, including
network drives. At any time, data from such images may be restored on their original disks or on any other
partitions or even on drive's free space.
Note: The current version has a limited support for dynamic disks or other non-MBR partition layouts. See
Support for Various Non-MBR Partition Layouts for details.
Using R-Drive Image, you can completely restore your system immediately after heavy data loss caused by an
operating system crash, virus attack, or hardware failure. You can also use R-Drive Image for mass system
deployment: if you need to setup many identical computers, you can setup manually only one system, than, using
R-Drive Image, you can make an image of the system, and deploy it on all other computers, saving your time
and cost.
You can copy a hard drive, partition, or logical disk directly to another one. Such copying is much faster than
traditional file by file copying, as no time spent for file structure scanning.
If you need to restore only certain files from an image, you can connect that image as a read-only virtual disk and
copy those files directly from the image using Windows Explorer or any other file utility.
If you are a system integrator, consultant, or computer assembler, you can use R-Drive Image OEM kit to create
system recovery disks to include them with your fully assembled computer systems.
R-Drive Image features:
A simple wizard interface – no in-depth computer management skills are required.
Commands in the shortcut menu to perform some disk actions, like restoring data from an image file and
connecting an image as a virtual disk directly from Windows explorer.
Image files are created on-the-fly, no need to stop and restart Windows. All other disk writes are stored in a
cache until the image is created.
Images can be created for storage devices with removable media
Images can be burned on CD/DVD recorders directly from the program
Image data can be compressed to save free space.
Image files can be stored on removable media. Support for USB 2.0 devices in the startup mode.
Images can be split into several files to fit the type of the storage medium.
Image can be created incrementally and differentially.
Image files can be password-protected and contain comments.
Support for various non-MBR partition layouts. See Support for Various Non-MBR Partition Layouts
for details.
Data from an image are restored on-the-fly, except on a system partition. Data to the system partition can be
restored either by restarting R-Drive Image in its startup mode directly from Windows, or by using

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specially created startup disks.

Special startup disks (a startup CD/DVD disc, USB removable storage device, or 2 floppy disks) can be
created to restore data to a system partition.
The file system of the restored disk can be converted to another one (FAT16 to FAT32 and vise versa.).
Data from an image can be restored on a free (unpartitioned) space on any place on a hard drive. The size of
the restored partition can be changed
Data from an image can be restored on other existing partitions. R-Drive Image deletes such partitions and
restores data on that free space.
An entire disk can be directly copied on another one.
An image can be connected as a read-only virtual drive and its content can be viewed and copied.
An image can be checked for its integrity.
A built-in scheduler automatically starts disk actions at scheduled times/events.
Scripts can be created for frequent or unattended actions. Scripts are executed from a command line and
can be included in any command file.
Support for backup sets. A backup set is a set of files (usually a file for a full image of an object and a
number of its incremental/differential backups) which R-Drive Image treats as one unit. Backup sets are
used to flexibly control the parameters of complex backup tasks such as a total size allocated for the image
files, number of image files to keep, and time for which the data will be kept.
R-Drive Image OEM System Recovery Media creation: special startup disk(s) that may be used to
restore a computer system after a complete failure when it requires a complete fresh setup (system recovery
disks).
Note: You need to purchase an OEM registration key to activate this feature.

The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions.

The R-Drive Image Technical Support Team is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and has an
average e-mail response time less than 4 hours.
Tech. Support: [email protected]
You may send a support request form from http://www.r-tt.com/Support_request.html.

Drive Imaging & Backup FAQ: http://www.r-tt.com/Drive_Imaging_Backup_FAQ.shtml

R-tt Forum: http://forum.r-tt.com

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The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions.

2 Enter the registration information and click the OK button

The panel will change its name to Registered Version and show the registration information.

The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions.

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II Disk Actions
This chapter explains how to perform disk actions. Each action starts from the Action Selection panel.

To start a required action, select

Create an Image to start creating an image of a partition, logical disk, or entire hard drive
Restore from an Image to start restoring data from an image
Copy Disk to Disk to make an exact copy of one disk on another
Connect an Image as a Virtual Logical Disk to start connecting an image as a read-only virtual disk
Disconnect Virtual Logical Disks to start disconnecting virtual logical disks
Check an Image File to check an existing image file

The Scheduled Actions, Command Line Operations, and Scripting chapter explains how to start disk
actions automatically at scheduled times/events and create scripts that can be performed from a command line.
Scheduler and Unattended Actions
Scripting and Command Line Operations
Backup sets

The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on

Creating consistent point-in-time backups

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Support for Various Non-MBR Partition Layouts

Supported CD and DVD Recorders
List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode

The R-Drive Image OEM kit chapter explains how computer system integrators can create system recovery
disks for their systems
Creatie a Master Image
Create Startup Media

Follow this link to obtain R-Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support
2.1 Create an Image
Note: The current version has a limited support for dynamic disks or other non-MBR partition layouts. See
Support for Various Non-MBR Partition Layouts for details.
To create an image:
1 Click Create an Image on the Action Selection panel
R-Drive Image will start analyzing the computer disk configuration, the Progress... message showing the
progress.

Then the Partition Selection panel will show the configuration.

More information...
Disk Configuration
Primary partition Logical disk Unallocated space Other partition type

Note: If other low-level disk software (including Windows internal services) is running, the Error: Another
partitioner is active message may appear and R-Drive Image will not go to the next panel. Stop this low-
level disk software or wait until Windows services stop this low-level disk access before proceeding further.

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2 Select the objects you want to backup on the Partition Selection panel and click the Next button

More information...
Selected Objects
Primary partition Logical disk Unallocated space Other partition type

You may select all objects on a hard drive by clicking the hard drive icon. . It will show the marked hard

drive.
Use the Refresh button if your computer disk configuration has been changed (when you connect a USB disk,
for example).

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3 Select the place on the Image Destination panel to which the image files will be written, specify the
file name, and click the Next button

You may select any place including connected network drives, supported CD and DVD Recorders, or
any other devices with removable storage.
If you try to overwrite an existing image file, the Imaging Mode panel will appear. You may either overwrite
the file or add to the existing image.

Imaging Mode Options

Append changes differentially to the Appended changes will be those between the saved full image and the
existing image current state. If there is no full image, it will be created instead. When

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restoring data, you will need the full image and ONLY the differential
file created at the instant to which you want to restore data.
Append changes incrementally to Appended changes will be those between the last saved changes and
the existing image the current state. If there is no full image, it will be created instead.
When restoring data, you will need the full image and ALL files (both
incremental and differential ones) created to the instant to which you
want to restore data.
Minimum file sizes: If you need to keep only the latest backup instant, you may use the Append changes
differentially to the existing image option and delete all previous differential files. If you need to keep all
instances, you may use the Append changes incrementally to the existing image option to keep overall file
sizes smaller.
Data safety: If any of the differential file is damaged, data will be lost only for that backup instant. If any
of the incremental file is damaged, data will be lost for all subsequent backup instances starting from the
damaged file until the next full of differential backup.
Replace the existing image file with All data in the image file will be replaced with the current one.
a new one
If you choose to overwrite the file, the You are about to overwrite an existing image file... warning will
appear on the Imaging Mode panel. You may either overwrite the file or select another file name for the
image.
If you try to append data to a password-protected image file, the Password prompt... message will appear.
Enter the password and click the OK button.

4 Specify image options on the Image Options panel and click the Next button
You may specify image options on this panel.

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Image options
Options
Image name: Shows the file name for the image. You cannot change the file name on this panel.
Check the image file Select this option if your want R-Drive Image to check the newly created file
immediately upon its image for its consistency. This may be useful for storing image files with critical
creation
data. Please note that this operation requires additional time.
Image compression You may compress the data in the image to save space. Please note that the
ratio smaller size you select the more time will be spent to create the image file and vise
versa.
Backup type You may store in the image either the exact Sector by backup copy of the object or
Backup useful information only, that is, you do not have to store empty space of
the object in image files. Backup useful information only is supported for the disk
with the following file systems: FAT, exFAT, NTFS, HFS/HFS+, Little and Big
Endian variants of UFS1/UFS2 and Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 FS (Linux).
Estimated size Shows the estimated size of the image file. An actual image size depends on how
much empty space is on the selected partition and what file types are there.
Image split size You may set this option to Automatic and let Windows decide how to split the
image file. This mostly depends on the file system on the destination disk. You
may also either explicitly specify the split size, or choose a preset for various
devices with removable storage. Select Fixed size for that.
Password You may protect your image file with a password. Note: This feature provides a
relatively moderate protection against conventional unauthorized access.
Image description You may attach a text description to the image for annotation. Maximum length of
the description is 255 characters.
5 Specify backup options on the Backup Options panel and click the Next button
You may specify backup options on this panel. They are used to create consistent point-in-time backups.

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Backup Options
Snapshot provider A snapshot provider is a service R-Drive Image uses to read the disk content
while creating its image. R-Drive Image uses the snapshot providers in the order
specified on the tab. If it fails to use the first one selected, it tries to use the second
one, and so on.
Windows Volume If this check box is selected, R-Drive Image will try to use the Windows native
Snapshot Service snapshot provider. This snapshot provider is able to notify system applications that
a snapshot is being taken.
If this option is selected, pagefile.sys and hibernate.sys files are excluded
from the image of the system disk.
R-TT Volume Snapshot If this check box is selected, R-Drive Image will try to use R-TT snapshot
Service provider. This snapshot provider is not able to notify system applications that a
snapshot is being taken.
Notify system If this check box is selected, the snapshot provider, if it supports this feature,
applications notifies system applications that a snapshot is being taken.
Ignore disk read errors If this check box is selected, will ignore possible read errors when it tries to read
(bad sectors) data from bad sectors
Backup AUX R-Drive Image is able to make applications run before and after all backup
applications operations. Please note that those application should return a 0 exit code. Leave
these fields blank if in doubt.
Before An application R-Drive Image starts before the backup operations starts. If you
need to start several application, you may use a command file. Example: "cmd.
exe /c example.bat"
After An application R-Drive Image starts after the backup operations completes. If
you need to start several application, you may use a command file. "cmd.exe /c
example.bat"

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Snapshot AUX R-Drive Image is able to make applications run before and after taking the
applications snapshot of one or several volumes. Please note that those application should
return a 0 exit code. Leave these fields blank if in doubt.
Before An application R-Drive Image starts before it takes the snapshot of one or
several volumes. If you need to start several application, you may use a command
file. "cmd.exe /c example.bat"
After An application R-Drive Image starts after it takes the snapshot of one or several
volumes. If you need to start several application, you may use a command file.
"cmd.exe /c example.bat"
Save as default Click this button to make the current settings default.
Reset Click this button to reset the current settings default.
Restore defaults Click this button to restore default settings.
See Creating consistent point-in-time backups for more details.
6 Verify that the information on the Processing panel is correct and click the Start button
You may also create a script for this action. Click the Script to Clipboard button and paste the script to any
text-processing utility.

> R-Drive Image will start creating the image file(s)

The Progress bar will show the progress of the current operation and overall process. When the image is
created, the Image created successfully. message will appear. You may cancel the current operation by
clicking the Cancel button. The Operation canceled by user message will appear.

Writing images on CD-R/RW discs and other devices with removable storage
CD-R/RW and DVD discs

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If you select a CD/DVD drive to write the image file, you will see the Media Options panel
You may create a system recovery disc(s) for your system if you select the Include R-Drive Image
bootable version option on this panel. You may start your system up using such CD/DVD disc and
recover the data using the R-Drive Image startup version.
Then select appropriate CD/DVD Media Options. Leave Use ISO caching selected unless you have problems
with data recording on a disc.

When you click the Start button, R-Drive Image will open the CD-R/RW drive tray and the Insert a
blank CD-R/RW disc... message will appear. Insert a blank CD-R/RW disc and click the OK button. Each
time R-Drive Image fills the disc, the Insert the next blank CD-R/RW disc... message will appear. Insert
the next blank CD-R/RW disc and click the OK button.
Usually, a CD-R/RW drive requires some time to analyze the inserted CD disc. Sometimes, another program
(including Windows itself) may try to access the CD-R/RW drive on which the image is being written. You will
see the Device is busy message in this case. Close this program, or wait until the CD-R/RW drive stops
analyzing the CD disc, or Windows stops accessing the CD-R/RW drive, and click the OK button to continue
writing the image on CD-R/RW discs.
If you mistakenly insert a non-empty CD-R/RW disc, the CD-R/RW disc is not empty... message will
appear. Change the disc to another empty CD-R/RW disc and click the OK button.
Supported CD and DVD Recorders.
Other devices with removable storage
When the removable disk in the device is full, the Disk is full... message will appear. Change the disk and
click the OK button. Follow the device instructions on how to change its disks.
Disk/file structure for CD-R/RW discs and other devices with removable storage
If you specify the filename.arc file name for the image file, R-Drive Image will create the following disk/
file structure:
Disc File name
The first disk filename1.arc
The second disk filename2.arc
The third disk filename3.arc
... ...

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It is recommended that you mark the disk accordingly. You will start restoring the data from the last disk. Go
to the Restore Data from an Image topic for more details.

Bad Sectors
When R-Drive Image encounters a bad sector, the IO Error message will appear. You may either cancel
the current action or fill the bad sectors with zeros.
IO Error Options
Abort Click this button to cancel the action
Retry Click this button to try to read the bad sectors once again
Ignore Click this button to skip this error and fill the bad sectors with zeros
Ignore All Click this button to skip all errors and fill the bad sectors with zeros

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To restore data from an image:

1 Click Restore from an Image on the Action Selection panel
R-Drive Image will start analyzing the computer disk configuration, the Progress... message showing the
progress. Then R-Drive Image will show you the Image File Selection panel with the disks/folder
structure.
Note: If other low-level disk software (including Windows internal services) is running, the Error: Another
partitioner is active message may appear and R-Drive Image will not go to the next panel. Stop this low-
level disk software or wait until Windows services stop this low-level disk access before proceeding further.
2 Select the file with the image on the Image File Selection panel and click the Next button

When you click the file, you may view its content in the right panel.
More information...
Objects in Image Files
Primary partition Logical disk Unallocated space Other partition type

Image with one logical disk

Image with two logical disks on one hard

drive

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Image with two logical disks on two hard

drives

You may also restore data directly from Windows explorer by right-clicking the required image file with the
.arc extension and selecting Restore Image from the shortcut menu.
If you select an image with incremental data backup, the Image Date/Time Selection panel will appear.
Select the date and time of image creation and click the Next button.

If the image file is password-protected, the Password prompt... message will appear. Enter the password
and click the OK button.

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3 Select the object in the image file on the Image Object Selection panel, select a destination, and click
the Next button

Use the Refresh button if your computer disk configuration has been changed (when you connect a USB disk,
for example).
You may select all objects on a hard drive by clicking the hard drive icon. . It will show the marked hard

drive.
You may select only one object at a time, and you need to specify the destination to proceed further. After
selecting an object, you cannot go back to previous panels. Clicking the Back button will show the Image is
already selected message.

More information...
If the chosen destination is smaller than the selected image, R-Drive Image will show the Image selected
is larger than destination message and you will need to select another destination.
If you select several partitions as the destination, R-Drive Image will show the You have selected
several partitions... message. If you click the OK button, all those partitions will be deleted and data will
be restored on that free space.
Note: Although R-Drive Image shows unallocated space instead of the deleted partitions, the partitions
and their data will be actually deleted only when R-Drive Image starts restoring the data from the image.

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Selected Object and Destination

Primary partition Logical disk Unallocated space Other partition type

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4 Specify restore parameters on the Restore/Copy Parameters panel and click the Next button

Restore parameters
Restore Options
You may visually adjust the location and size of the object to be
restored. All other restore options will be adjusted accordingly.
Also, when you adjust one or several restore options directly, these
changes will be shown visually. Green marks available space.
Minimum partition size Minimum partition size that may be allocated for the data in the
image. Depends on how much free space is in the data in the image
and its file system.
Maximum partition size Maximum partition size that may be allocated for the data in the
image. Depends on the file system of the selected object.
Free space before You may specify the size of free space that will be left on the hard
drive before the beginning of the partition.
Partition size You may specify the size of the partition to be restored. Should be
between the minimum and maximum partition size.
Free space after You may specify the size of free space that will be left on the hard
drive after the end of the partition.
Partition type You may specify the type of the partition to be restored. Do not
Primary (Active)/ Primary/ change this setting unless you have serious reasons to do so.
Logical
File system for the selected You may select the file system for the partition to be restored.
partitions
Drive letter for the selected Select the letter that will be assigned to the partition. You may
partition select "Do not connect" if you do not want to connect this partition
to your system.

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To restore data from an image of an entire hard drive to a hard drive:

The Restore/Copy Parameters panel will be different with different sets of options:

HDD Copy Method

Raw disk copy R-Drive Image writes sector-by-sector the data from the original drive or
its image to the target one making an exact copy of the original disk
regardless of its partitioning method. Can be used if other methods create a
non-bootable disk due to incorrect detection of drive's geometry or non-
standard loader.
Drawback: partition sizes cannot be changed.
Copy all partitions R-Drive Image copies all partitions to their original places. If R-Drive
onto original places Image detects the drive's geometry correctly, and there is no non-standard
loader, it makes the same result as during Raw disk copy.
One partition after If there are empty (not-used) places between the partitions, R-Drive Image
another copies them one after another preserving their original sizes. Otherwise it is
similar to Copy all partitions onto original places.
Expand/Shrink If there are empty (not-used) places between the partitions or they occupy
partition to whole less or more space than the target drive, R-Drive Image proportionally
disk
expands/shrinks them to occupy the entire target drive. Otherwise it is similar
to Copy all partitions onto original places.
One partition after The same as One partition after another but preserving the original offset/size
another (Fixed active of the active partition (in case the loader has links to it).
partition)
Expand/Shrink The same as Expand/Shrink partition to whole disk but preserving the original
partition to whole offset/size of the active partition (in case the loader has links to it).
disk (Fixed active
partition)

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See Support for Various Non-MBR Partition Layouts for details.

If you try to restore data to a system or other disk locked by the system or other application, the Disk not
locked message will appear.

To continue restoring you may:

If you restore data to your system disk, select Restart computer (recommended) to continue restoring the
data in the R-Drive Image startup mode. Read carefully the Restoring Data to a System Disk topic
before you proceed.
If you restore data to a disk locked by other low-level disk software (including Windows
internal services), stop this software and select Retry to lock the disk once again.
You may also try to unlock the disk by selecting Force Windows to unlock the disk (not recommended). If
Windows fails to unlock the disk, the Disk not locked message will appear again. You will need to stop
the software locking the disk manually or select Restart computer (recommended) to continue restoring the
data in the R-Drive Image startup mode.
Note: Use this option cautiously, because it may cause unpredictable results including system crash and
data loss.
5 Verify that the information on the Processing panel is correct and click the Start button
You may add other objects from the same image and restore data to several partitions in one process. Select
Add another image object in the Next Selection on the Processing panel and click the Next button.
You may also create a script for this action. Click the Script to Clipboard button and paste the script to any
text-processing utility

> R-Drive Image will start restoring the data from the image file to the selected destination.
When the image is restored, the Image restored successfully message will appear.
If some other program (like a file manager) is accessing the partition on which the data is to be restored, the
Cannot lock the disk message will appear. Close this program or make it stop accessing the partition.
If you restore data from an image of an entire hard drive to an entire hard drive, the system may not see the
restored partitions until restarted. In this case R-Drive Image will show the Disk image restored
successfully. message. Click the Yes button to restart your system.

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Restoring data from CD-R/RW drives or other devices with removable storage
For the image with the file name filename.arc, R-Drive Image creates the following disk/file structure:
Disk File name
The first disk filename1.arc
The second disk filename2.arc
The third disk filename3.arc
... ...
You should start restoring the data from the last disk. If you insert another disk, the File is not found
message will appear. Insert the necessary disk and click the OK button.
Each time R-Drive Image requires a new disk, the Insert disk #... message will appear. Insert the
necessary disk and click the OK button. Follow the device instructions on how to change its disks.
Note: At the beginning, R-Drive Image may require you to change the first/last disks several times.

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You may select all objects on a hard drive by clicking the hard drive icon. . It will show the marked hard

drive.
Note: If other low-level disk software (including Windows internal services) is running, the Error: Another
partitioner is active message may appear and R-Drive Image will not go to the next panel. Stop this low-
level disk software or wait until Windows services stop this low-level disk access before proceeding further.

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2 Select the disk object on the Source: on the Object Selection panel, select a destination, and click the
Next button

You may select only one object at a time, and you need to specify the destination to proceed further.
Use the Refresh button if your computer disk configuration has been changed (when you connect a USB disk,
for example).
More information...
If the destination is smaller than the selected object, R-Drive Image will show the Source is larger than
Destination message and you will need to select another destination.
If you select several partitions as the destination, R-Drive Image will show the You have selected
several partitions... message. If you click the OK button, all those partitions will be deleted and data will
be restored on that free space.
Note: Although R-Drive Image shows unallocated space instead of the deleted partitions, the partitions
and their data will be actually deleted only when R-Drive Image starts copying the data.

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Selected Object and Destination

Primary partition Logical disk Unallocated space Other partition type

If you try to copy data to or from a system, or other disk locked by the system or other application, the Disk
not locked message will appear.
To continue copying you may:
If you copy data to or from your system disk, select Restart computer (recommended) to continue
restoring the data in the R-Drive Image startup mode. Read carefully the Disk to Disk Copy Using
the Startup Disks topic before you proceed.
If you copy data to a disk locked by other low-level disk software (including Windows internal
services), stop this software and select Retry to lock the disk once again.
You may also try to unlock the disk by selecting Force Windows to unlock the disk (not
recommended). If Windows fails to unlock the disk, the Disk not locked message will appear again.
You will need to stop the software locking the disk manually or select Restart computer (recommended)
to continue copying the data in the R-Drive Image startup mode.
Note: Use this option cautiously, because it may cause unpredictable results including system crash and
data loss.
You may select all objects on a hard drive by clicking the hard drive icon. . It will show the marked hard

drive.
3 Specify copy parameters on the Restore/Copy Parameters panel and click the Next button
Restore parameters
Restore Options
You may visually adjust the location and size of the object to be
restored. All other restore options will be adjusted accordingly.
Also, when you adjust one or several restore options directly, these

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changes will be shown visually. Green marks available space.

Minimum partition size Minimum partition size that may be allocated for the data in the
image. Depends on how much free space is in the data in the image
and its file system.
Maximum partition size Maximum partition size that may be allocated for the data in the
image. Depends on the file system of the selected object.
Free space before You may specify the size of free space that will be left on the hard
drive before the beginning of the partition.
Partition size You may specify the size of the partition to be restored. Should be
between the minimum and maximum partition size.
Free space after You may specify the size of free space that will be left on the hard
drive after the end of the partition.
Partition type You may specify the type of the partition to be restored. Do not
Primary (Active)/ Primary/ change this setting unless you have serious reasons to do so.
Logical
File system for the selected You may select the file system for the partition to be restored.
partitions
Drive letter for the selected Select the letter that will be assigned to the partition. You may
partition select "Do not connect" if you do not want to connect this partition
to your system.
To copy data from an entire hard drive to another hard drive:
The Restore/Copy Parameters panel will be different with different sets of options:

HDD Copy Method

Raw disk copy R-Drive Image writes sector-by-sector the data from the original drive or
its image to the target one making an exact copy of the original disk

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regardless of its partitioning method. Can be used if other methods create a

non-bootable disk due to incorrect detection of drive's geometry or non-
standard loader.
Drawback: partition sizes cannot be changed.
Copy all partitions R-Drive Image copies all partitions to their original places. If R-Drive
onto original places Image detects the drive's geometry correctly, and there is no non-standard
loader, it makes the same result as during Raw disk copy.
One partition after If there are empty (not-used) places between the partitions, R-Drive Image
another copies them one after another preserving their original sizes. Otherwise it is
similar to Copy all partitions onto original places.
Expand/Shrink If there are empty (not-used) places between the partitions or they occupy
partition to whole less or more space than the target drive, R-Drive Image proportionally
disk
expands/shrinks them to occupy the entire target drive. Otherwise it is similar
to Copy all partitions onto original places.
One partition after The same as One partition after another but preserving the original offset/size
another (Fixed active of the active partition (in case the loader has links to it).
partition)
Expand/Shrink The same as Expand/Shrink partition to whole disk but preserving the original
partition to whole offset/size of the active partition (in case the loader has links to it).
disk (Fixed active
partition)
See Support for Various Non-MBR Partition Layouts for details.
4 Verify that the information on the Processing panel is correct and click the Start button
You may add other objects and copy data to several destinations in one process. Select Add another
object to copy in the Next Selection on the Processing panel and click the Next button.
You may also create a script for this action. Click the Script to Clipboard button and paste the script to any
text-processing utility
> R-Drive Image will start copying the data from the source to the selected destination place.
When the data is copied, the Object copied successfully message will appear.
If some other program (like a file manager) is accessing the partition on which the data is to be restored, the
Cannot lock the disk message will appear. Close this program or make it stop accessing the partition.
If you copy an entire hard drive to another hard drive, two absolutely identical hard drive will appear in your
system. That will confuse it and may cause unpredictable results. To prevent that, a Disk copied
successfully message will appear. You may turn your system off to disconnect one of the disks, or restart it
to disable one of the disk in the BIOS of your system. Under Windows 95/98/Millennium, the target disk will
not appear until system restart even if you decide to click the Cancel button,.

Bad Sectors
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the current action or fill the bad sectors with zeros.

IO Error Options
Abort Click this button to cancel the action
Retry Click this button to try to read the bad sectors once again
Ignore Click this button to skip this error and fill the bad sectors with zeros
Ignore All Click this button to skip all errors and fill the bad sectors with zeros

The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions.

Image with one logical disk

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Image with two logical disks on one hard

drive

Image with two logical disks on two hard

drives

You may select all objects on a hard drive by clicking the hard drive icon. . It will show the marked hard

drive.
You may also connect the disk from Windows explorer by right-clicking the required image file with the .
arc extension and selecting Connect as Virtual Disk from the shortcut menu.
If you select an image with incremental data backup, the Image Date/Time Selection panel will appear.
Select the date and time of image creation and click the Next button.
If the image file is password-protected, the Password prompt... message will appear. Enter the password
and click the OK button.
3 Select the object in the image file on the Image Object Selection panel, select a drive letter, and click
the Next button

You may select only one object at a time, and you need to specify its drive letter to proceed further.

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More information...
Selected Object
Primary partition Logical disk Unallocated space Other partition type

4 Verify that the information on the Processing panel is correct and click the Start button
You may also create a script for this action. Click the Script to Clipboard button and paste the script to any
text-processing utility
> R-Drive Image will start connecting the selected object as a virtual logical disk.
When the disk is connected, the Virtual disk(s) connected successfully message will appear.

Connecting images on devices with removable storage

You cannot connect a split image if its files are stored on separate removable disks. However you can
connect such image if you copy all the files into one folder on a hard disk.
Note: While R-Drive Image is connecting an image, Windows itself may install additional software required to
run the virtual logical disks correctly. In this case follow Windows on-screen instructions.

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More information...
Connected Virtual Logical Disks

2 Mark the disks on the Connected Virtual Logical Disks panel and click the Next button
More information...
Marked Connected Virtual Logical Disks

3 Verify that the information on the Processing panel is correct and click the Start button
You may also create a script for this action. Click the Script to Clipboard button and paste the script to any
text-processing utility
> R-Drive Image will start disconnecting the selected virtual logical disks
When the disks are disconnected, the Virtual disk(s) disconnected successfully. message will appear.

The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions.

The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R-Drive Image Startup Version
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The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and
List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information.
Follow this link to obtain R-Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support
2.6 Check an Image File
To check an image file:
1 Click Check an Image File on the Action Selection panel
R-Drive Image will show you the Image File Selection panel with the disks/folder structure.
2 Select the file with the image on the Image File Selection panel and click the Next button
When you click the file, you may view its content in the right pane.
More information...
Objects in Image Files
Primary partition Logical disk Unallocated space Other partition type

Image with one logical disk

Image with two logical disks on one hard

drive

Image with two logical disks on two hard

drives

If the image file is password-protected, the Password prompt... message will appear. Enter the password
and click the OK button.
3 Verify that the information on the Processing panel is correct and click the Start button
You may also create a script for this action. Click the Script to Clipboard button and paste the script to any
text-processing utility
> R-Drive Image will start checking the data in the image file.
When the image is checked, the Object checked successfully message will appear if the image file is good.
If it is corrupted, R-Drive Image will show the Image corrupted message.

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The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions.

III Startup Version

This chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R-Drive Image Startup Version such as:
Create Startup Disk
Restoring Data to a System or Other Locked Disk
Create an Image Using the Startup Disks
Disk to Disk Copy Using the Startup Disks

The Disk Actions chapter explains disk actions such as:

Create an Image of a partition, logical disk, or entire hard drive
Restore Data from an Image
Copy Disk to Disk to
make an exact copy of one disk on another
Connect an Image as a Virtual Logical Disk (read-only)
Disconnect Virtual Logical Disks
Check an Image File to check an existing image file

The Scheduled Actions, Command Line Operations, and Scripting chapter explains how to start disk
actions automatically at scheduled times/events and create scripts that can be performed from a command line.
Scheduler and Unattended Actions
Scripting and Command Line Operations
Backup sets

The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on

Creating consistent point-in-time backups
Support for Various Non-MBR Partition Layouts
Supported CD and DVD Recorders
List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode

The R-Drive Image OEM kit chapter explains how computer system integrators can create system recovery
disks for their systems

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Creatie a Master Image

Create Startup Media

Follow this link to obtain R-Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support
3.1 Create Startup Disks
You need to create a startup CD/DVD disc, USB removable storage device, or 2 floppy disks to restore data to
a system or other locked disk. You may also create an ISO image of a startup CD disc and burn it using your
favorite CD writing software.
If there is a non-IDE disk controller in your system, or you plan to use network disks or external
hardware devices, first check the list of supported hardware.
If you have problems with starting you computer up from the R-Drive Image startup disks, select configure
startup media troubleshooting options. Then the Startup Media Troubleshooting Options panel will appear.
You may configure these options to eliminate those problems.
Those options will help you if you have problems with starting you computer up from the R-Drive Image
startup disks. Please, contact the R-Drive Image Technical Support Team for more information.

Display kernel startup if this checkbox is enabled, R-Drive Image displays all startup messages. That
messages may be useful to locate the source of the problem when your system hangs
during R-Drive Image startup.
Disables ACPI Select these checkboxes when your system detects some hardware incorrectly
Disables APIC during R-Drive Image startup and displays messages like: hda: lost
interrupt
Disables USB devices support Select these checkbox if your system experiences problems with USB devices
during R-Drive Image startup.
Disables SCSI devices Select these checkbox if your system experiences problems with SCSI devices

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support during R-Drive Image startup.

Disables PCMCIA devices Select these checkbox if your system experiences problems with PCMCIA
support devices during R-Drive Image startup.
Disables DMA for all IDE disk Select these checkbox if your system experiences problems with IDE disks
drives during R-Drive Image startup.
IRQ polling mode Select this checkbox if R-Drive Image does not recognize a device although it
is in the supported device list.
PCI BIOS Select an appropriate option if your system experiences problems with PCI
cards.
To create a startup CD disc:
Supported CD and DVD Recorders
1 Select Create Startup Disks on the Action Selection panel and click the Next button

2 Select the CD-recorder in the list of supported startup devices with removable storage on the
Removable Storage Device Selection panel and click the Next button
3 Click the Start button on the Processing panel
> R-Drive Image will start creating the startup CD disc
When you click the Start button, R-Drive Image will open the CD-R/RW drive tray and the Insert a
blank CD-R/RW disc... message will appear. Insert a blank CD-R/RW disc and click the OK button. When
R-Drive Image finishes creating the startup CD disc, the Startup disks created successfully message will
appear.
Usually, a CD-R/RW drive requires some time to analyze the inserted CD disc. Sometimes, another
program (including Windows itself) may try to access the CD-R/RW drive on which the image is being
written. You will see the Device is busy message in this case. Close this program, or wait until the CD-R/
RW drive stops analyzing the CD disc, or Windows stops accessing the CD-R/RW drive, and click the OK
button to continue writing the image on CD-R/RW discs.
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appear. Change the disc to another empty CD-R/RW disc and click the OK button.

To create an ISO image:

1 Select Create Startup Disks on the Action Selection panel and click the Next button
2 Select ISO on the Removable Storage Device Selection panel, specify a file name for the ISO image,
and click the Next button
3 Click the Start button on the Processing panel
> When R-Drive Image finishes writing the file with the ISO image, the ISO-image created successfully
message will appear

4 Create the startup CD using your favorite CD creation software

Load the created ISO image into the CD creation software. Consult documentation for the software for
details.
To create a startup USB removable device:
It may be a USB flash disk, ZIP drive, etc. It should be FAT/FAT32 formatted and connected to the computer
before selecting Create Startup Disks on the Action Selection panel. If there is some data on that device, it will
not be overwritten.
1 Select Create Startup Disks on the Action Selection panel and click the Next button
2 Select the required removable device in the list of supported startup devices with removable storage
on the Removable Storage Device Selection panel and click the Next button
3 Click the Start button on the Processing panel
> R-Drive Image will start creating the startup USB disc
When R-Drive Image finishes creating the startup USB disk, the Startup disks created successfully
message will appear.
To create 2 floppy disks:
1 Select Create Startup Disks on the Action Selection panel and click the Next button
2 Select the floppy disk drive in the list of supported startup devices with removable storage on the
Removable Storage Device Selection panel and click the Next button
3 Click the Start button on the Processing panel
> R-Drive Image will start creating the startup disks
The Insert a blank floppy disk message will appear. Insert a blank floppy disk and click the OK button.
Then the Insert the next blank floppy disk... message will appear. Insert the second floppy disk and click
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successfully message will appear.

Note: It is recommended that you mark the floppy disks accordingly.

The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions.

The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R-Drive Image Startup Version
.
The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and
List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information.
Follow this link to obtain R-Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support
3.2 Restore Data to a System or Other Locked Disk
You cannot restore data to the system (the disk from which Windows starts) or other locked disk the same way
you do that to any other disk. You need either to restart R-Drive Image in its startup mode, or start your
computer from another computer local disk or from specially created startup disk(s).
We recommended that you print out this topic and have the hardcopy on hand while you are
performing this action.
If there is a non-IDE disk controller in your system, or you plan to use network disks or external
hardware devices, first check the List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode.
If you plan to use any external device, turn it on before starting the system.
If the motherboard in your computer supports the Serial ATA (SATA) devices, but IDE disks are also present,
only the SATA devices should be set to the Enhanced Mode in BIOS.
We recommend you stop all other programs before you start restoring data on a partition.
1 Restart R-Drive Image in its startup mode
From the R-Drive Image Graphical User Interface
1.Select the file with the image, the object in the image file, select the system disk as the destination as it is
described in the Restore Data from an Image topic. Do not pay much attention to the image file, as it will
be eventually discarded. The only important option at this stage is the image destination. Select the
system disk.
2.When you click the Next button on the Image Object Selection panel, the Disk not locked message will
appear.
3.Select Restart computer (recommended) and click the OK button. The You are about to restart...
message will appear. Click the Yes button. (If you click the Cancel button on the Disk not locked
message, the Cannot lock the disk message will appear, and R-Drive Image will stay on the Image
Object Selection panel.)

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You computer will restart. The following text will appear on the screen:
Please select the operating system to start:

R-DriveImage Autopart v.2.0

Microsoft Windows XP Professional
4.Select R-DriveImage Autopart v.2.0 and press the Enter button. You may select Microsoft
Windows XP Professional to start Windows normally.
using the R-Drive Image startup floppy disks
1. Make sure that the first startup device in the system BIOS is A (Floppy). Refer to your system
documentation for details.
2.Insert the first startup floppy disk and start your computer.
The following text will appear on the screen:
Loading.............................
........................................
Uncompressing R-Drive Image... OK, starting the kernel
VFS: Insert the second R-Drive Image boot disk and press ENTER
3.Insert the second disk and press ENTER.
using the R-Drive Image startup CD disc or USB disk
1.Make sure that the first startup device in the system BIOS is the required drive. Refer to your system
documentation for details.
2.Insert the CD disc or connect the USB disk and start your computer.
R-Drive Image will start in the startup mode.
The following text will appear on the screen:
Loading kernelcd.............................
........................................
loading rdrive.fs.......................ready.
Decompressing... Parsing ELF... done.
Starting the kernel.
Initializing R-Drive Image...
Use the Tab key to switch between the control areas and the arrow keys to select options within the control
areas. Press the Enter key to activate the selected button.
You may also activate a key by pressing the highlighted letter key. You may exit the program by pressing the
x key.
2 Select Restore from an Image on the Action Selection panel and press the N key
Use the arrow keys to switch between the options.

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3 Select the file with the image on the Open an Image File panel and press the Enter key
R/O Read-only disk. You cannot create images on such disks.
Use the Tab key to switch between the control areas and the arrow and Enter keys to navigate within the
File area.
4 Select the object in the image file on the Select an object panel from which you want to restore data
panel and press the N key
Use the arrow keys to select the object.
5 Select time and data of the data to restore on the Select Image Date/Time panel and press the N key
Use the arrow keys to select the object
6 Select the destination for the data on the Select a target for copy/restore operation panel and press
the N key
Use the arrow keys to switch between the target objects.
H Hard drive
P Primary partition
L Logical disk
U Unallocated space
7 Specify restore parameters on the Copy/restore options panel and press the N key
For restoring/copying one or several partition(s):
Restore Options
Free space before You may specify the size of free space that will be left on the hard drive
before the beginning of the partition.
Partition size You may specify the size of the partition to be restored. Should be between
the minimum and maximum partition size.
Partition type You may specify the type of the partition to be restored. Do not change this
Primary(Active) setting unless you have serious reasons to do so.
Primary
Logical
For restoring/copying an entire hard drive to another hard drive:
HDD Copy Method
Raw disk copy R-Drive Image writes sector-by-sector the data from the original drive or
its image to the target one making an exact copy of the original disk
regardless of its partitioning method. Can be used if other methods create a
non-bootable disk due to incorrect detection of drive's geometry or non-
standard loader.
Drawback: partition sizes cannot be changed.
Copy all partitions R-Drive Image copies all partitions to their original places. If R-Drive
onto original places Image detects the drive's geometry correctly, and there is no non-standard
loader, it makes the same result as during Raw disk copy.
One partition after If there are empty (not-used) places between the partitions, R-Drive Image
another copies them one after another preserving their original sizes. Otherwise it is
similar to Copy all partitions onto original places.
Expand/Shrink If there are empty (not-used) places between the partitions or they occupy
partition to whole less or more space than the target drive, R-Drive Image proportionally

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disk expands/shrinks them to occupy the entire target drive. Otherwise it is similar
to Copy all partitions onto original places.
One partition after The same as One partition after another but preserving the original offset/size
another (Fixed active of the active partition (in case the loader has links to it).
partition)
Expand/Shrink The same as Expand/Shrink partition to whole disk but preserving the original
partition to whole offset/size of the active partition (in case the loader has links to it).
disk (Fixed active
partition)
See Support for Various Non-MBR Partition Layouts for details.
8 Verify that the information on the Confirm operations panel is correct and press the N key
> R-Drive Image will start restoring the data from the image file to the selected destination
The Progress window will show the progress of the current operation and overall process. When the image is
restored, the Operation completed successfully message will appear.

The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions.

The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R-Drive Image Startup Version
.
The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and
List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information.
Follow this link to obtain R-Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support
3.3 Create an Image Using the Startup Disks
It is recommended that you print out this topic and have the hardcopy on hand while you are
performing this action.
If there is a non-IDE disk controller in your system, or you plan to use network disks or external
hardware devices, first check the list of supported hardware.
If you plan to use any external device, turn it on before starting the system.
If the motherboard in your computer supports the Serial ATA (SATA) devices, but IDE disks are also present,
only the SATA devices should be set to the Enhanced Mode in BIOS.
1 Restart R-Drive Image in its startup mode
From the R-Drive Image Graphical User Interface
1.Select the file with the image, the object in the image file, select the system disk as the destination as it is
described in the Restore Data from an Image topic. Do not pay much attention to the image file, as it will
be eventually discarded. The only important option at this stage is the image destination. Select the
system disk.
2.When you click the Next button on the Image Object Selection panel, the Disk not locked message will
appear.
3.Select Restart computer (recommended) and click the OK button. The You are about to restart...
message will appear. Click the Yes button. (If you click the Cancel button on the Disk not locked
message, the Cannot lock the disk message will appear, and R-Drive Image will stay on the Image
Object Selection panel.)

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You computer will restart. The following text will appear on the screen:
Please select the operating system to start:

R-DriveImage Autopart v.2.0

Microsoft Windows XP Professional
4.Select R-DriveImage Autopart v.2.0 and press the Enter button. You may select Microsoft
Windows XP Professional to start Windows normally.
using the R-Drive Image startup floppy disks
1. Make sure that the first startup device in the system BIOS is A (Floppy). Refer to your system
documentation for details.
2.Insert the first startup floppy disk and start your computer.
The following text will appear on the screen:
Loading.............................
........................................
Uncompressing R-Drive Image... OK, starting the kernel
VFS: Insert the second R-Drive Image boot disk and press ENTER
3.Insert the second disk and press ENTER.
using the R-Drive Image startup CD disc or USB disk
1.Make sure that the first startup device in the system BIOS is the required drive. Refer to your system
documentation for details.
2.Insert the CD disc or connect the USB disk and start your computer.
R-Drive Image will start in the startup mode.
The following text will appear on the screen:
Loading kernelcd.............................
........................................
loading rdrive.fs.......................ready.
Decompressing... Parsing ELF... done.
Starting the kernel.
Initializing R-Drive Image...
Use the Tab key to switch between the control areas and the arrow keys to select options within the control
areas. Press the Enter key to activate the selected button.
You may also activate a key by pressing the highlighted letter key. You may exit the program by pressing the
x key.
2 Select Create an Image on the Action Selection panel and press the N key
Use the arrow keys to switch between the options.
R-Drive Image will start analyzing the computer disk configuration, the Progress... message showing the
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the configuration.
H Hard drive
P Primary partition
L Logical disk
U Unallocated space
3 Select an object of which you want to create an image on the Select an object you want to archive/
backup/copy panel and press the N key
Use the arrow keys to switch between the objects and the SPACEBAR to select the object.
4 Select the place on the Create an Image panel to which the image files will be written, specify the file
name, and press the O key
R/O Read-only disk. You cannot create images on such disks
Use the Tab key to switch between the control areas.
External USB drives with the NTFS file system: the startup version of R-Drive Image can save recovered files on
such disks if they are properly disconnected in a Windows system using the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the
system tray or while shutting Windows down.
5 Verify that the information on the Confirm operations panel is correct and click the N key
> R-Drive Image will start creating the image file
The Progress window will show the progress of the current operation and overall process. If you selected a
read-only disk as the target, you will see the File is read-only. Press OK to retry . message.

The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions.

appear.
3.Select Restart computer (recommended) and click the OK button. The You are about to restart...
message will appear. Click the Yes button. (If you click the Cancel button on the Disk not locked
message, the Cannot lock the disk message will appear, and R-Drive Image will stay on the Image
Object Selection panel.)

You computer will restart. The following text will appear on the screen:
Please select the operating system to start:

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x key.
2 Select Disk to disk copy on the Action Selection panel and press the N key
R-Drive Image will start analyzing the computer disk configuration, the Progress... message showing the
progress. Then the R-Drive Image: Select an object you want to archive/backup/copy panel will show
the configuration.
H Hard drive
P Primary partition
L Logical disk
U Unallocated space
Use the arrow keys to switch between the options.
3 Select an object which you want to copy on the Select an object you want to archive/backup/copy
panel and press the N key
Use the arrow keys to switch between the objects.
4 Select the destination for the data on the Select a target for copy/restore operation panel and press
the N key
Use the arrow keys to switch between the target objects.
5 Specify restore parameters on the Copy/restore options panel and press the N key
For restoring/copying one or several partition(s):
Restore Options
Free space before You may specify the size of free space that will be left on the hard drive
before the beginning of the partition.
Partition size You may specify the size of the partition to be restored. Should be between
the minimum and maximum partition size.
Partition type You may specify the type of the partition to be restored. Do not change this
Primary(Active) setting unless you have serious reasons to do so.
Primary
Logical
For restoring/copying an entire hard drive to another hard drive:
HDD Copy Method
Raw disk copy R-Drive Image writes sector-by-sector the data from the original drive or
its image to the target one making an exact copy of the original disk
regardless of its partitioning method. Can be used if other methods create a
non-bootable disk due to incorrect detection of drive's geometry or non-
standard loader.
Drawback: partition sizes cannot be changed.
Copy all partitions R-Drive Image copies all partitions to their original places. If R-Drive
onto original places Image detects the drive's geometry correctly, and there is no non-standard
loader, it makes the same result as during Raw disk copy.
One partition after If there are empty (not-used) places between the partitions, R-Drive Image
another copies them one after another preserving their original sizes. Otherwise it is
similar to Copy all partitions onto original places.
Expand/Shrink If there are empty (not-used) places between the partitions or they occupy
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disk expands/shrinks them to occupy the entire target drive. Otherwise it is similar
to Copy all partitions onto original places.
One partition after The same as One partition after another but preserving the original offset/size
another (Fixed active of the active partition (in case the loader has links to it).
partition)
Expand/Shrink The same as Expand/Shrink partition to whole disk but preserving the original
partition to whole offset/size of the active partition (in case the loader has links to it).
disk (Fixed active
partition)
See Support for Various Non-MBR Partition Layouts for details.
6 Verify that the information on the Confirm operations panel is correct and click the N key
> R-Drive Image will start copying the data from the source disk to the selected destination
The Progress window will show the progress of the current operation and overall process. When the data is
copied, the Operation completed successfully message will appear.

The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions.

IV Scheduled Actions, Command Line Operations, and

Scripting
This chapter explains how to start disk actions automatically at scheduled times/events and create scripts that can
be performed from a command line or command files.
Scheduler and Unattended Actions
Scripting and Command Line Operations
Backup sets

The Disk Actions chapter explains disk actions such as:

Create an Image of a partition, logical disk, or entire hard drive
Restore Data from an Image
Copy Disk to Disk to
make an exact copy of one disk on another
Connect an Image as a Virtual Logical Disk (read-only)
Disconnect Virtual Logical Disks
Check an Image File to check an existing image file

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Disk to Disk Copy Using the Startup Disks

The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on

Creating consistent point-in-time backups
Support for Various Non-MBR Partition Layouts
Supported CD and DVD Recorders
List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode

The R-Drive Image OEM kit chapter explains how computer system integrators can create system recovery
disks for their systems
Creatie a Master Image
Create Startup Media

Follow this link to obtain R-Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support
4.1 Scheduler and Unattended Actions
You may schedule some disk actions at a certain time or event, and R-Drive Image will perform them
unattended. You may also execute a task manually. Right-click the task and select Execute Now in the context
menu.
Create a task
Edit a task
Delete a task

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2 Click the Create a Task button on the Scheduled Tasks panel

3 Select the objects you want to backup on the Partition Selection panel, image destination on the
Image Destination panel, imaging mode on the Imaging Mode panel, image options on the Image
Options panel, and backup options on the Backup Options panel.
Go to the Create an Image topic for more details.
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4 Specify the time or event at which the task should start on the Time/Event panel and click the Next
button

You may specify time/event options on this panel.

Time/event options
task is active If this options is not selected, the task will not start at its scheduled time/event
Perform this task:
Daily The task will start repeatedly on a daily time interval
Start time: Time at which the task will start
Start date: Date from which the task will start
Run this task every: Time interval in days in which the task will regularly start
End date: (optional) Date from which the task will not start anymore
Weekly The task will start repeatedly on a weekly time interval
Start time: Time at which the task will start
Start date: Date from which the task will start
Run this task every: Time interval in weeks in which the task will regularly start
On days: Days of the week on which the task will start
End date: (optional) Date from which the task will not start anymore
Monthly The task will start repeatedly on a monthly time interval
Start time: Time at which the task will start
Start date: Date from which the task will start
Month schedule
On day... of month Day of the month on which the task will start
Or... Weekdays in the month on which the task will start
Months Months when the task will start
Once The task will start once

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Start time: Time at which the task will start

Start date: Date from which the task will start
At system startup The task will start at every system startup
At user logon The task will start every time a user will log on
wake the computer to If this checkbox is selected, your computer will automatically start up to perform
run this task this task
5 Specify a user name and password of a user from the Administrators user group on the User/Password
panel and click the Next button
Click the Default button to make R-Drive Image to run as your default user.

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6 Specify mail notification options (optional) and applications you want to run when the task will end
successfully or failed (optional) on the Mail Notification/Aux Applications panel and click the Next
button

These options are not mandatory and you may leave this panel empty.
More information...
Applications
You may specify the applications of the *.com, *.exe, and *.pif types, and their parameters
delimited by a space.
Mail Notification
If a personal firewall is installed on your computer, you should allow the r-driveimagecl.exe
application to get access to the e-mail server.
Shutdown the computer on task completion
If this checkbox is selected, R-Drive Image will shut your computer down when completed the task.
Test mail account
Click this button to test whether you entered the correct mail settings.
7 Verify that the information on the Processing panel is correct and click the Save button
> A new task will appear on the Scheduled Tasks panel

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4.1.2 Edit a Task

You may edit a scheduled task.
To rename a task
1 Click Scheduler/Create Script on the Action Selection panel
The Scheduled Tasks panel will appear.
2 Right-click the task from which you want to create a script on the Scheduled Tasks panel
3 Select in the context menu Rename and enter a new task name
Note: You may also use a keyboard shortcut F2 to rename a task
To edit the time or event at which a scheduled task should start:
1 Click Scheduler/Create Script on the Action Selection panel
The Scheduled Tasks panel will appear.
2 Select a task which event you want to edit on the Scheduled Tasks panel and click the Edit an Event
button
The Time/Event panel will appear.
Note: You may also right-click the task and select Edit an event in the context menu.
3 Edit the time or event at which the task should start on the Time/Event panel and click the Next button
Go to the Create a Task topic for details
4 Click the Next button several times until you go to the Processing panel
5 Verify that the information on the Processing panel is correct and click the Save button
> The task will appear on the Scheduled Tasks panel with the new starting Time/Event
To edit an entire scheduled task:
1 Click Scheduler/Create Script on the Action Selection panel
The Scheduled Tasks panel will appear.
2 Select a task which you want to edit on the Scheduled Tasks panel and click the Edit button
Note: You may also right-click the task and select Edit a task in the context menu.
3 Edit the objects you want to backup on the Partition Selection panel, image destination on the Image
Destination panel, imaging mode on the Imaging Mode panel, image options on the Image Options
panel, and backup options on the Backup Options panel.
Go to the Create an Image topic for more details.
4 Edit the time or event at which the task should start on the Time/Event panel, the user name and
password of a user from the Administrators user group on the User/Password panel, mail notification
options (optional) and applications you want to run when the task will end successfully or failed
(optional) on the Mail Notification/Aux Applications panel, and click the Next button
Go to the Create a Task topic for more details.
5 Verify that the information on the Processing panel is correct and click the Save button
> The task will appear on the Scheduled Tasks panel with the new options

The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions.

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3 Click the OK button

> The task will disappear on the Scheduled Tasks panel

The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions.

To execute a script:
1 Type in the command line:
r-driveimagecl [/switches] cmd="<ScriptName>.rdi"
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and press the Enter key

Note: if ScriptName contains no spaces, double quotes (") may be omitted. No characters in ScriptName
should be escaped.
Incompatibilities with ver.3.x
Script name should be passed using the cmd key.
Ver. 3.x r-driveimagecl [/switches] <ScriptName>.rdi
Ver. 4.x r-driveimagecl [/switches] cmd="<ScriptName>.rdi"

Switch Description
a A non-interactive mode. R-Drive Image will not ask the user any questions. If it cannot perform
the action, it will generate an error.
d A debug mode. R-Drive Image will display all the information as it was performing the action,
but will not perform the actual action.
f If an error occurs, R-Drive Image will not exit the script and continue perform it from the
following command. Inapplicable to actions started from the command line
i Not functioning since version 4.7!
The s and d parameters will use disk indexes rather than disk numbers. Disk indexes are disk
serial numbers and can be seen either on the R-Drive Image Partition Selection panel or
Windows Disk Management.
o If a file with a specified filename exists, R-Drive Image will overwrite it quietly.
off will shut down the computer when it finishes the command.
Switches set in the command lines also is used as default values for parameters in scripts.

> R-Drive Image will start executing the script showing the operation parameters and progress.
When R-Drive Image completes the operation, the Commit OK message will appear in the command
prompt.
You may include this command to a command file and automatically run such command file either manually
or using any scheduling software for unattended disk actions.

To perform an action from the command line:

1 Type in the command line:
R-DriveImage [/switches] command <params>
to start R-Drive Image application
or
r-driveimagecl [/switches] command <params>
to start R-Drive Image console application
and press the Enter key.
> R-Drive Image will start executing the command showing the action's progress.
When R-Drive Image completes the action, the Commit OK message will appear in the command prompt.
Note: the /f switch is not applicable to the actions performed from the command prompt.

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.
The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and
List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information.
Follow this link to obtain R-Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support
4.2.1 Create a Script from R-Drive Image
You may create scripts directly from R-Drive Image the same way you set a regular action for creating an
image of a disk, partition, or an entire hard drive.
To create a script from a disk action
1 Click Create an Image on the Action Selection panel and specify all the options and parameters as it
is described on the Create an Image topic.
2 Click the Script to Clipboard button on the Processing panel and paste the script to any text-processing
utility
3 Save the script in a file
The default extension for R-Drive Image scripts is .rdi. Go to the Scripting and Command Line
Operation topic to learn how to use scripts
To create a script from an existing task
1 Click Scheduler/Create Script on the Action Selection panel
The Scheduled Tasks panel will appear.
2 Right-click the task the Scheduled Tasks panel
3 Select Save as Script in the shortcut menu and specify the name of the script

> R-Drive Image will save the script in the specified file
The default extension for R-Drive Image scripts is .rdi. Go to the Scripting and Command Line
Operation topic to learn how to use scripts
To create a new script from the Scheduler
1 Click Scheduler/Create Script on the Action Selection panel
The Scheduled Tasks panel will appear.
2 Click the Create a Script button on the Scheduled Tasks panel
3 Select the objects you want to backup on the Partition Selection panel, image destination on the
Image Destination panel, imaging mode on the Imaging Mode panel, image options on the Image
Options panel, and backup options on the Backup Options panel.
Go to the Create an Image topic for more details.
Please note that you may use backup sets for creating complex data backup tasks and maintaining data files.
4 Specify mail notification options (optional) and applications you want to run when the task will end
successfully or failed (optional) on the Mail Notification/Aux Applications panel and click the Next
button
These options are not mandatory and you may leave this panel empty.
More information...
Applications
You may specify the applications of the *.com, *.exe, and *.pif types, and their parameters
delimited by a space.

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Mail Notification
If a personal firewall is installed on your computer, you should allow the r-driveimagecl.exe
application to get access to the e-mail server.
Shutdown the computer on task completion
If this checkbox is selected, R-Drive Image will shut your computer down when completed the task.
Test mail account
Click this button to test whether you entered the correct mail settings.
5 Verify that the information on the Processing panel is correct and click the Save button
You may also click the Script to Clipboard button to copy this script into the Clipboard and paste the script to
any text-processing utility.
> R-Drive Image will save the script in the specified file
The default extension for R-Drive Image scripts is .rdi. Go to the Scripting and Command Line
Operation topic to learn how to use scripts
To create a script from a scheduled task
1 Click Scheduler/Create Script on the Action Selection panel
The Scheduled Tasks panel will appear.
2 Right-click the task from which you want to create a script on the Scheduled Tasks panel
3 Select in the context menu either Save as script to save the script in a file or Script to Clipboard
(Ctrl+C) to and paste the script to any text-processing utility.

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General:
The default extension for R-Drive Image script files is .rdi.
Parameter values may be inclosed in single (') or double (") quotes. if the value does not contain spaces, the quotes
may be omitted.
R-Drive Image ignores spaces in the beginning of a line. R-Drive Image treats multiple spaces as one space,
except when they are in a parameter value enclosed in quotes.
Examples:
Below are equal lines:
create -a = "c:\archive.arc"
create -a = "c:\archive.arc"
Below are not equal lines:
create -a = "c:\archive 1.arc"
create -a = "c:\archive 1.arc"
Comments:
R-Drive Image treats lines which the first non-space character is ; or the first non-space character is [ and the
last one is ], as comments.
Examples:
; This is a comment line
[This is a comment line]
Multiple lines:
If the last non-space character in a line is \, R-Drive Image appends the next line to it:
Example:
Lines:
create -a = "c:\archive.arc" -s = "1:1" \
c = "5"
are equal to the line:
create -a = "c:\archive.arc" -s="1:1" c= "5"
Disk size units
Values specifying disk sizes my be in units.
b bytes
Kb kilobytes 2^10 = 1,024 b
Mb megabytes 2^20 = 1,024
Kb
Gb gigabytes 2^30 = 1,024
Mb
If the units are used, enclose the value in quotes.
Default values are Mb (megabytes).
Characters to substitute
If the following characters are to appear in the parameter values, they should be substituted by the following
rules:
Character String to substitute
" "
' '
& &

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carriage return &cr;

new line &nl;
Note: This is the incompatibility with scripts created for the earlier versions of R-Drive Image.
Script commands and parameters:
Command Optional/ Description and examples
Its Parameters Mandator
y
list Returns a partition list for a local drive or an image file
Mandator
-a=<PathOfNewArchiveFile> Specifies a path (including its file name) to the image file.
y Examples:
-a=C:\Images\Test.arc or -a="C:\Image Files\Test
1.arc"
-p=<Password> Mandator Specifies an image password. Mandatory if the image file has
y/Not been already encrypted. It there is a space in the password, the
used password should be in quotes.
Examples: -p=Password or -p='My Password'
-t=<TimeSliceNumber> Optional Specifies which incremental data will be used to list the partitions
in the image. If the TimeSliceNumber is not specified, the first
data in the image will be used. -1 specifies the last incremental
data in the image.
first: R-Drive Image will use the first incremental data in the
image.
last: R-Drive Image will use the last incremental data in the
image.
+<n>: R-Drive Image will use the n-th incremental data from
the beginning in the image.
-<n>: R-Drive Image will use the n-th incremental data from
the end in the image.
Examples: -t="+2" specifies the second incremental data from
the beginning in the image will be used to list partitions.
Example:
list -a=C:\Images\Test.arc -p="mY pasSsworRrd"
This script command returns a list of partitions stored in the C:\Images\Test.arc image file protected by the
password mY pasSsworRrd.
sysdump Creates a system dump that may be necessary to obtain technical
support. An image file can be included into that system dump. In
this case, the keys -a, -p, -t from the list command should
be used.
-sysdump="<SysDumpFile>" Mandator Specifies the filename for the system dump.
y
Example:
sysdump -sysdump="MySysDump" -a=C:\Images\Test.arc -p="mY pasSsworRrd"
This script command creates a file with the system dump, its name is MySysDump. The system dump includes
the image file C:\Images\Test.arc protected by the password mY pasSsworRrd.
register Registers R-Drive Image from the command line.

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-reg-user="<UserName>"Mandator Specifies the user name for registration.

y
Mandator Specifies the register key for registration.
-reg-key="<RegistrationKey>"
y
Optional Specifies the company for registration.
-reg-company="<UserCompany>"
Example:
register -reg-user="Tester 1" -reg-company=R-TT Testing Team" -reg-
key="fafaasertghzfvasfje134"
This script command registers R-Drive Image for the user Tester 1 from the company R-TT Testing Team
using the key fafaasertghzfvasfje134.
create
append Incrementally appends data to an existing image file. If such file
does not exist, it will be created.
-s=<SourceDisk> Mandator Specifies a source object to create the image or append to it.
y Examples:
for hard drive 1: -s=1
for the second partition on hard drive 1: -s=1:2
for a logical disk: -s=D:
for several logical disks: -s="D: F:"
Mandator Specifies a path (including its file name) to the image file.
-a=<PathOfNewArchiveFile>
y Examples:
-a=C:\Images\Test.arc or -a="C:\Image Files\Test
1.arc"
-c=<CompressionLevel> Optional
Specifies compression level (1...11).
Example: -c=3
-u Optional Backups useful information only. May be used as a Boolean
parameter.
-v=<ArchiveSize> Optional Specifies image split size. May be in the float-point format.
Example: -v=650 or -v='4.5 Gb'
-append-inc Optional Creates an incremental backup.
-p=<Password> Mandator Specifies an image password. Mandatory if the append
y/Not command is used and the image file has been already encrypted.
used It there is a space in the password, the password should be in
quotes.
Examples: -p=Password or -p='My Password'
Optional Specifies an image description. It there is a space in the
-r=<Description of archive>
description, the description should be in quotes.
Examples: -r=Description or -r="Image Description"
-s-xw Optional Makes R-Drive Image not to use the Windows snapshot
provider.
-s-xr Optional Makes R-Drive Image not to use the R-TT snapshot provider.
-s-n Optional Notifies system application that a snapshot is being taken.
-s-b0=<AppBeforeBack> Optional Specifies an application that will start before the backup
operation starts. The application should return a 0 exit code.
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-s-b1=<AppAfterBack> Optional Specifies an application that will start after the backup operation
completes. The application should return a 0 exit code.
Example: -s-b1="C:\commands\end.exe"
Optional
-s-s0=<AppBeforeSnapShot> Specifies an application that will start before the snapshot is
taken. The application should return a 0 exit code.
Example: -s-s0="C:\commands\startsnapshot.exe"
-s-s1=<AppAfterSnapShot>Optional Specifies an application that will start after the snapshot is taken.
The application should return a 0 exit code.
Example: -s-s1="C:\commands\endsnapshot.exe"
-xe=<AppIfError> Optional Specifies a command line that will start an application if R-Drive
Image fails to perform the specified action. If there is a space in
the command line, the command line should be in quotes.
Examples: -xe=error.exe or -xe="winamp C:
\sounds\error.mp3"
-xs=<AppIfSucc> Optional Specifies a command line that will start an application if R-Drive
Image successfully performs the specified action. If there is a
space in the command line, the command line should be in
quotes.
Examples: -xs=success.exe or -xs="winamp C:
\sounds\success.mp3"
-bs Optional Specifies that R-Drive Image will use backup sets.
-bs-size="<Quota_in_MB>"Optional May be used only if the -bs is set. Specifies the total size in MB
on the disk allocated for the backup set. If it is exceeded, the
backup set (all its files) will be removed.
Example: -bs-size="20000"
Optional
-bs-num-b="<Number_of_backs>" May be used only if the -bs is set. Specifies the number of
backup sets If it is exceeded, the older backup sets (all their
files) will be removed.
Example: -bs-num-b="10"
Optional
-bs-num-f="<Number_of_files>" May be used only if the -bs is set. Specifies the number of files
in all backup sets. If it is exceeded, the older backup sets (all
their files) will be removed.
Example: -bs-num-f="30"
-bs-age="<Days>" Optional May be used only if the -bs is set. Specifies the number of days
for which R-Drive Image will keep the backup set. Then the
backup set will be removed.
Example: -bs-age="14"
-cd-cache Optional Used when an image file is written to CD discs. R-Drive Image
creates an ISO image of the CD disc and then copies it to the
CD disc. Without it R-Drive Image writes data directly to the
CD disc.
-cd-speed=<Speed> Optional Used when an image file is written to CD discs. Specifies burning
speed in KB/sec.
Example: -cd-speed="1200"
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to the DVD disc. Without it R-Drive Image writes data directly
to the DVD disc.
-dvd-speed Optional Used when an image file is written to DVD discs. Specifies
burning speed in KB/sec.
Example: -dvd-speed="3324"
Example:
create -s="F: H:" -a="I:\Test Image.arc" -c=3 -u = true -p="My Password" -r="This
is a test image" -xe="winamp C:\sounds\error.mp3" -xs="winamp C:\sounds\success.
mp3"
This script command creates an image of logical disks F: and H:. The path and filename for this script is I:
\Test Image.arc, with compression level 3, and only useful information on this disk will be written to the
image. This image is protected with the password "My Password", and its description is "This is a test image". If
the script action has been performed successfully, the winamp application will play the success.mp3 file, and if
an error occurs, it will play the error.mp3 file.
restore Restores data from an image to a specified disk place
copy Copies a disk to a disk.
-s=<SourceDisk> Mandator Specifies a source object to copy. Examples:
y
for hard drive 1: -s=1
for the second partition on hard drive 1: -s=1:2
for a logical disk: -s=D:
-d=<DestinationDisk> Mandator Specifies a destination disk:partition on which the data is to be
y restored. Examples:
for hard drive 1: -d=1
for the second partition on hard drive 1: -d=1:2
for a logical disk: -d=D:
-a=<PathOfArchiveFile> Mandator Applicable to restore only.
y Specifies a path (including its file name) to the image file from
which data is to be restored. It there is a space in the path, the
path should be in quotes.
Examples: -a=C:\Images\Test.arc or -a="C:\Image
Files\Test.arc"
-k=<"PartitionStatus"> Optional Specifies a status (primary/active) for a partition to be restored.
Settings:
+p is a primary partition -p is a secondary partition
+a is an active partition -a is a non-active partition
Please note that the combination "-p +a" is invalid. If this
parameter is not specified, the data from the image will be used.
Examples:
-k="+p+a" the partition will be primary and active.
-k="+p" the partition will be primary. Information in the image
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-t=<TimeSliceNumber> Optional
Applicable to restore only.
Specifies which incremental data will be used to restore data
from the image. If the TimeSliceNumber is not specified, the
first data in the image will be used. -1 specifies the last
incremental data in the image.
first: R-Drive Image will use the first incremental data in the
image.
last: R-Drive Image will use the last incremental data in the
image.
+<n>: R-Drive Image will use the n-th incremental data from
the beginning in the image.
-<n>: R-Drive Image will use the n-th incremental data from
the end in the image.
Examples: -t="+2" specifies the second incremental data from
the beginning in the image will be used to restore data.
-lr=<DiskLetter> Optional Specifies a disk letter. This parameter is case-insensitive.
Examples: -lr="K" or - lr=K.
-sz=<PartitionSize> Optional Specifies a partition size. May be in the float-point format.
Example: -sz=512 or -sz='0.5 Gb'
-of=<PartitionOfset> Optional Specifies an offset from the beginning of the destination. May be
in the float-point format. Default is 0.
Example: -of=512 or -of='0.5 Gb'
-bs-use="<Parameter>" Optional Applicable to restore only.
Specifies the backup set R-Drive Image will use to restore
data. Parameter may be:
first: R-Drive Image will use the first backup set.
last: R-Drive Image will use the last backup set.
+<n>: R-Drive Image will use the n-th backup set from the
beginning.
-<n>: R-Drive Image will use the n-th backup set from the
end.
<date>: R-Drive Image will use the backup set containing the
date in its name.
Examples:
-bs-use="+3": R-Drive Image will use the 3-rd backup set
from the beginning.
-bs-use="20080521": R-Drive Image will use the backup
set containing the " 20080521" string in its name.
-p=<password> Mandator Applicable to restore only.
y / Not Mandatory for password-protected files. Specifies a password
used for the archive.
Example: -p="my password"
-hdd-mode="<ModeType>" Optional Applicable to copy/restore entire hard drives only.
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Parameter may be:

0: The default method
1: Raw disk copy
2: Copy all partitions onto original places
19: One partition after another
20: One partition after another (Fixed active partition)
51: Expand/Shrink partition to whole disk
52: Expand/Shrink partition to whole disk (Fixed active partition)
Example:
restore -a="I:\Test Image.arc" -s=1:1 -d="1:1" -lr="F" -p="My Password" -
xe="winamp C:\sounds\error.mp3" -xs="winamp C:\sounds\success.mp3"
This script command restores data to the first partition of the first hard drive, the source image is stored in the
"I:\Test Image.arc", the data is taken from the first partition in the image. This image is protected with the
password "My Password". If the script action has been performed successfully, the winamp application will play
the success.mp3 file, and if an error occurs, it will play the error.mp3 file.
check Checks consistency of the archive
-a=<PathOfArchiveFile> Mandator Specifies a path (including its file name) to the image which
y integrity is to be checked. It there is a space in the path, the path
should be in quotes.
Examples: -a=C:\Images\Test.arc or -a="C:\Image
Files\Test.arc"
Example:
check -a="I:\Test Image.arc"
This script command checks the image file I:\Test Image.arc for its consistency.
mount Connects an image file as a read-only virtual disk.
-a=<PathOfNewArchiveFile> Mandator Specifies a path (including its file name) to the image file.
y Examples:
-a=C:\Images\Test.arc or -a="C:\Image Files\Test
1.arc"
-s=<SourceDisk> Mandator Specifies an object in the image to connect. Examples:
y for the second partition on hard drive 1: -s=1:2
for a logical disk: -s=D:
-lr=<DiskLetter> Mandator Specifies a disk letter. This parameter is case-insensitive.
y Examples: -lr="K" or - lr=K.
-t=<TimeSliceNumber> Optional Specifies which incremental data in the image will be used to
connect a disk. If the TimeSliceNumber is not specified, the
first data in the image will be used. -1 specifies the last
incremental data in the image.
first: R-Drive Image will use the first incremental data in the
image.
last: R-Drive Image will use the last incremental data in the
image.
+<n>: R-Drive Image will use the n-th incremental data from
the beginning in the image.
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the end in the image.

Examples: -t="+2" specifies the second incremental data from
the beginning in the image will be used to connect a disk.
-bs-use="<Parameter>" Optional Specifies the backup set R-Drive Image will use to connect as
a logical disk. Parameter may be:
first: R-Drive Image will use the first backup set.
last: R-Drive Image will use the last backup set.
+<n>: R-Drive Image will use the n-th backup set from the
beginning.
-<n>: R-Drive Image will use the n-th backup set from the
end.
<date>: R-Drive Image will use the backup set containing the
date in its name.
Examples:
-bs-use="+3": R-Drive Image will use the 3-rd backup set
from the beginning.
-bs-use="20080521": R-Drive Image will use the backup
set containing the " 20080521" string in its name.
Example:
mount -a="I:\Test Image.arc" -s=1:2 lr=F: -t=-1
This script command connects the second partition of the first hard drive contained in the image file I:\Test
Image.arc. The virtual logical disk will have the F: letter.
unmount Disconnects a mounted virtual disk.
-lr=<DiskLetter> Mandator Specifies a disk letter. This parameter is case-insensitive.
y Examples: -lr="K" or - lr=K.
Example:
unmount lr=F:
This script command disconnects the virtual logical disk F:.
activate Sets a specified partition active.
The required partition should be specified
-s=<SourceDisk> Mandator Specifies the partition on the disk to set active. Examples:
y for the second partition on hard drive 1: -s=1:2
for a logical disk: -s=D:
Example:
activate -s=1:1
This script command set the first partition of the first hard drive active.
delete Deletes a partition on a drive
The required partition should be specified
-s=<SourceDisk> Mandator Specifies the partition on the hard drive to delete. Examples:
y for the second partition on hard drive 1: -s=1:2
for a logical disk: -s=D:
Example:
delete -s=F:
This script command deletes the logical disk F:.
clear Deletes all partition on a drive

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-s=<SourceDisk> Mandator Specifies the hard drive where all partitions should be deleted.
y Example:
for hard drive 1: -s=1
Example:
clear -s=2
This script command deletes all partitions on the second hard drive.
fixmbr Installs a default boot loader on a hard drive
-s=<SourceDisk> Mandator Specifies the hard drive where the boot loader will be installed.
y Example:
for hard drive 1: -s=1
Example:
fixmbr -s=1
This script command installs the default boot loader to the first hard drive.
mail Optional Specifies all mail options globally for the entire script
Example:
mail -ms=mail.example.com [email protected] [email protected] -ml=rtt1:
password -me -mx
This script command sends e-mails confirming success or error of the action from [email protected] to
[email protected] via the mail.example.com SMTP server using the default (25) port with the rtt1 login
and password password.
Parameters applicable to all commands
These parameters can be used in all commands
-log="<LogOptions>" Optional Controls the way R-Drive Image logs its command-line
activity. By default, it outputs its activity into WinNT event log if
started from Windows scheduler, but can create its own xml-
type log files.
LogOptions may be:
#nodefault: disables the default log output into syslog
<filename>: writes the log to the specified file name and path.
Example: c:\mylogs\mylog.txt. The "," character in the file
name should be doubled.
<filepath>: writes the log files (a separate one to each session)
to the specified folder. Each file name will have the following
filename: date_time.rdl. Examples: c:\mydir\, file name:
20081003_215302.rdl.
#syslog: output logs into WinNT event log.
#sysdir: outputs logs into C:\Documents and
Settings\All Users\Application Data\R-TT\R-Drive
Image\Logs\.
Example: -log="#nodefault,c:\mylog.txt,c:\mydir\,
#sysdir"
This will make R-Drive Image write its logs to the c:\mylog.
txt file, and to the c:\mydir\ and C:\Documents and
Settings\All Users\Application Data\R-TT\R-Drive
Image\Logs\ folders without writing to WinNT event log.

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mail options Optional

Sends e-mail messages if the action fails or succeeds and
specifies e-mail parameters. If a personal firewall is installed on
your computer, you should allow the r-driveimagecl.exe
application to get access to the e-mail server.
-me Optional Sends an e-mail message when R-Drive Image fails to perform
the specified action. May be used as a Boolean parameter.
-mx Optional Sends an e-mail message when R-Drive Image successfully
performs the specified action. May be used as a Boolean
parameter.
-ms=<SMTPServer[:port]> Mandator Mandatory if the -me or/and -mx option is used. Specifies an
y/Not SMTP server and port (optional).
used Examples: -ms=mail.example.com or -ms=mail.example.
com:25
-ma=<SenderEmail> Mandator Mandatory if the -me or/and -mx option is used. Specifies a
y/Not sender's e-mail address.
used Example: [email protected]
-mr=<RecepientEmail> Mandator Mandatory if the -me or/and -mx option is used. Specifies a
y/Not recipient's e-mail address or addresses.
used Example: [email protected]
-ml=<Login:Password> Optional Specifies a login and password at the SMTP server.
Example: -ml=rtt1:password
Boolean parameters
Those are parameters that may have Boolean values:
true, 1, yes, false, 0, no.
They may be used as keys (example: -u) or as parameters with values (example: -u=true).
Entities or Variables.
Entities may be used as variables to create various text strings. They are start with & and end with ;.
Version Entities.
In the examples below, the R-Drive Image version is assumed as 4.1.67
Entity Description
&rdi.ver; The R-Drive Image version. Example: "4.1"
&rdi.ver.build; The R-Drive Image build. Example: "4167"
&rdi.ver.major; The R-Drive Image major version. Example: "4"
&rdi.ver.minor; The R-Drive Image minor version. Example: "1"
&rdi.ver.subminor; The R-Drive Image sub-minor version. Example: "67"
Result Entities
Entity Description
Returns the last result of
&rdi.last_result; R-Drive Image operation. May be undefined, success,
failed.
Time Entities.
In the examples below, the system time is assumed as 11:10:04 AM
Entity Description

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&sys.time; System time in the locale format. Example: "11:10:04". Please note that it is impossible
to use this entity in file names because it contains an invalid character :.
&sys.time.m; Minutes
&sys.time.h; Hours in the 24 h format
&sys.time.h12; Hours in the 12 h format
&sys.time.h24; Hours in the 24 h format
&sys.time.s; Seconds
&sys.time._m; PM or AM
Date Entities.
In the examples below, the system date is assumed as February 1, 2007, Thursday
Entity Description
&sys.date; System date in the locale format. Example: "29/01/07". Please note that it is not
recommended to use this entity in file names because that will create a chunk of folders.
&sys.date.d; Month day. Example: "01"
&sys.date.m; Month. Example: "02"
&sys.date.y; Short year. Example: "07"
&sys.date.yyyy; Long year. Example: "2007"
&sys.date.m.name; Month name. Example: "February"
&sys.date.m.nm; Short month name. Example: "Feb"
&sys.date.wd; Week day number, starting from Sunday. Example: "5"
&sys.date.wd.name; Week day name. Example: "Thursday"
&sys.date.wd.nm;Short week day name. Example: "Th"
Enumeration Entities
Entity Description
&rdi.enum; Defines the number of calls to this entity. Starts from 0.
&rdi.enum.<Num>;Defines the number of calls to this entity. Starts from 0. Num specifies the format of the
number. Example: &rdi.enum.3; will return 001 for the second calls to this entity.
User-defined entities
You may create your own entities using the set command. Example:
set creat_date = "&sys.date.m.name;-&sys.date.d;-&sys.date.y;"
You may use this entity, for instance, set a command creating files with their date of creation as the file name:
create -a="D:\archive\&creat_date;.arc" -s="c:"
If the date when the script has been run is February 1, 2007, Thursday, this command will create an image of the
logical disk C: and write it to the D:\archive\February-01-07.arc file.
Please note that the set command defines the entities rather than specifies their value. The actual value of an
entity will be determined each time the entity is used. Example:
set creat_time = "&sys.time.h24;-&sys.time.m;-&sys.time.s;"
and the creat_time entity is used in two commands in a script:
create -a="D:\archive\&creat_time;.arc" -s="c:"
create -a="D:\archive\&creat_time;.arc" -s="c:"
R-Drive Image will create two different files with different file names, each representing the time of file creation.

The unset command deletes entities. Example:

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unset creat_date creat_time

After this command the creat_date and creat_time entities cannot be used and cause R-Drive Image to
generate an error if they appear further in the script.

The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions.

The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R-Drive Image Startup Version
.
The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and
List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information.
Follow this link to obtain R-Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support
4.3 Backup Sets
A backup set is a set of files (usually a file for a full image of an object and a number of its incremental/differential
backups) which R-Drive Image treats as one unit. Backup sets may be used when a number of tasks/scripts
are used to create images of the same objects with the same filenames but with different parameters. Backup sets
make it possible for you to flexibly control the parameters of complex backup tasks.
You may specify a total size allocated for the image files, a number of image files you want to keep, and the time
for which you want to keep the data, etc.
You may do that on the Imaging Mode panel.
Backup sets parameters
Note: R-Drive Image will keep at least one backup set, regardless of the parameters specified.
Zero parameter value disables the parameter.
Backup set size quota Specifies the total size on the disk in MB allocated for the backup
set. If it is exceeded, the older backup set (all its files) will be
removed when a new backup set is created.
Maximum number of backup sets Specifies the number of backup sets If it is exceeded, the older
backup sets (all their files) will be removed when a new backup set
is created.
Maximum number of image files Specifies the number of files in all backup sets. If it is exceeded, the
older backup sets (all their files) will be removed when a new
backup set is created.
Maximum backup set age Specifies the number of days for which R-Drive Image will keep
the oldest backup set. Then the backup set will be removed when a
new backup set is created.
Backup set example
For example, you want to create an image file of your disk with the following conditions:
A full backup of a disk once a week (Friday, 8:00 PM) and incremental backups on other days at the same
time.
The total size on the disk that may be used to store the image files is 20 GB.
The number of backup sets is 3, the total number of files not exceeding 30.
The oldest backup set should be removed in 21 days when a new backup set is created.
The you need to create two tasks: one for the full data backup on Friday, the second one for the incremental

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data backup at 8:00 PM on all days except Friday.

The setting should be the following:
On the Image Destination panel
For the both task:
File name: I:\Test_Image.arc
On the Imaging Mode panel:
For the both task:
Use backup sets Selected
Backup size quota 20000
Maximum number of 3
backup sets
Maximum number of 30
image files
Maximum backup set 21
age
For the full data backup task
Create a new full Selected
image
For the incremental backup task
Append changes incrementally to the last Selected
image in the backup set
On the Time/Event panel:
For the full data backup task
Perform the Weekly
task
Run this task 1 week(s)
every
On the days Friday
Start time 8:00 PM
Start Date: 4/4/2008
For the incremental backup task
Perform the Weekly
task
Run this task 1 week(s)
every
On the days Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday
Start time 8:00 PM
Start Date: 4/4/2008
File name convention:
Full backup: <FIleName>_<Date>_<Time>_1.arc
Incremental <FIleName>_<Date>_<Time>_N+1.arc
backup:
N is the number of incremental backup
The files created
Date Day Files created on the destination;Comments
4/4/2008 Friday Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 1

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4/5/2008 Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 1

Saturday Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 1:1
4/6/2008 Sunday Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 1
Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 1:1
Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 1:2
4/7/2008 Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 1
Monday Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 1:1
Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 1:2
Test_Image_04042008_200000_4.arc ;Incremental backup 1:3
4/8/2008 Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 1
Tuesday Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 1:1
Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 1:2
Test_Image_04042008_200000_4.arc ;Incremental backup 1:3
Test_Image_04042008_200000_5.arc ;Incremental backup 1:4
4/9/2008 Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 1
Wednesday Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 1:1
Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 1:2
Test_Image_04042008_200000_4.arc ;Incremental backup 1:3
Test_Image_04042008_200000_5.arc ;Incremental backup 1:4
Test_Image_04042008_200000_6.arc ;Incremental backup 1:5
4/10/2008 Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 1
Thursday Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 1:1
Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 1:2
Test_Image_04042008_200000_4.arc ;Incremental backup 1:3
Test_Image_04042008_200000_5.arc ;Incremental backup 1:4
Test_Image_04042008_200000_6.arc ;Incremental backup 1:5
Test_Image_04042008_200000_7.arc ;Incremental backup 1:6
4/11/2008 Friday Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 1
Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 1:1
Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 1:2
Test_Image_04042008_200000_4.arc ;Incremental backup 1:3
Test_Image_04042008_200000_5.arc ;Incremental backup 1:4
Test_Image_04042008_200000_6.arc ;Incremental backup 1:5
Test_Image_04042008_200000_7.arc ;Incremental backup 1:6
Test_Image_11042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 2
4/12/2008 Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 1
Saturday Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 1:1
Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 1:2
Test_Image_04042008_200000_4.arc ;Incremental backup 1:3
Test_Image_04042008_200000_5.arc ;Incremental backup 1:4
Test_Image_04042008_200000_6.arc ;Incremental backup 1:5
Test_Image_04042008_200000_7.arc ;Incremental backup 1:6
Test_Image_11042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 2
Test_Image_11042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 2:1
4/13/2008 Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 1
Sunday Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 1:1
Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 1:2
Test_Image_04042008_200000_4.arc ;Incremental backup 1:3
Test_Image_04042008_200000_5.arc ;Incremental backup 1:4
Test_Image_04042008_200000_6.arc ;Incremental backup 1:5
Test_Image_04042008_200000_7.arc ;Incremental backup 1:6
Test_Image_11042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 2
Test_Image_11042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 2:1

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Test_Image_11042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 2:2

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4/17/2008 Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 1
Thursday Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 1:1
Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 1:2
Test_Image_04042008_200000_4.arc ;Incremental backup 1:3
Test_Image_04042008_200000_5.arc ;Incremental backup 1:4
Test_Image_04042008_200000_6.arc ;Incremental backup 1:5
Test_Image_04042008_200000_7.arc ;Incremental backup 1:6
Test_Image_11042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 2
Test_Image_11042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 2:1
Test_Image_11042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 2:2
Test_Image_11042008_200000_4.arc ;Incremental backup 2:3
Test_Image_11042008_200000_5.arc ;Incremental backup 2:4
Test_Image_11042008_200000_6.arc ;Incremental backup 2:5
Test_Image_11042008_200000_7.arc ;Incremental backup 2:6
4/18/2008 Friday Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 1
Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 1:1
Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 1:2
Test_Image_04042008_200000_4.arc ;Incremental backup 1:3
Test_Image_04042008_200000_5.arc ;Incremental backup 1:4
Test_Image_04042008_200000_6.arc ;Incremental backup 1:5
Test_Image_04042008_200000_7.arc ;Incremental backup 1:6
Test_Image_11042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 2
Test_Image_11042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 2:1
Test_Image_11042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 2:2
Test_Image_11042008_200000_4.arc ;Incremental backup 2:3
Test_Image_11042008_200000_5.arc ;Incremental backup 2:4
Test_Image_11042008_200000_6.arc ;Incremental backup 2:5
Test_Image_11042008_200000_7.arc ;Incremental backup 2:6
Test_Image_18042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 3
4/19/2008 Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 1
Saturday Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 1:1
Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 1:2
Test_Image_04042008_200000_4.arc ;Incremental backup 1:3
Test_Image_04042008_200000_5.arc ;Incremental backup 1:4
Test_Image_04042008_200000_6.arc ;Incremental backup 1:5
Test_Image_04042008_200000_7.arc ;Incremental backup 1:6
Test_Image_11042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 2
Test_Image_11042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 2:1
Test_Image_11042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 2:2
Test_Image_11042008_200000_4.arc ;Incremental backup 2:3
Test_Image_11042008_200000_5.arc ;Incremental backup 2:4
Test_Image_11042008_200000_6.arc ;Incremental backup 2:5
Test_Image_11042008_200000_7.arc ;Incremental backup 2:6
Test_Image_18042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 3
Test_Image_18042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 3:1
4/20/2008 Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 1
Sunday Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 1:1
Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 1:2
Test_Image_04042008_200000_4.arc ;Incremental backup 1:3
Test_Image_04042008_200000_5.arc ;Incremental backup 1:4
Test_Image_04042008_200000_6.arc ;Incremental backup 1:5

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Test_Image_04042008_200000_7.arc ;Incremental backup 1:6

Test_Image_11042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 2
Test_Image_11042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 2:1
Test_Image_11042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 2:2
Test_Image_11042008_200000_4.arc ;Incremental backup 2:3
Test_Image_11042008_200000_5.arc ;Incremental backup 2:4
Test_Image_11042008_200000_6.arc ;Incremental backup 2:5
Test_Image_11042008_200000_7.arc ;Incremental backup 2:6
Test_Image_18042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 3
Test_Image_18042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 3:1
Test_Image_18042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 3:2
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4/24/2008 Test_Image_04042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 1
Thursday Test_Image_04042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 1:1
Test_Image_04042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 1:2
Test_Image_04042008_200000_4.arc ;Incremental backup 1:3
Test_Image_04042008_200000_5.arc ;Incremental backup 1:4
Test_Image_04042008_200000_6.arc ;Incremental backup 1:5
Test_Image_04042008_200000_7.arc ;Incremental backup 1:6
Test_Image_11042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 2
Test_Image_11042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 2:1
Test_Image_11042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 2:2
Test_Image_11042008_200000_4.arc ;Incremental backup 2:3
Test_Image_11042008_200000_5.arc ;Incremental backup 2:4
Test_Image_11042008_200000_6.arc ;Incremental backup 2:5
Test_Image_11042008_200000_7.arc ;Incremental backup 2:6
Test_Image_18042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 3
Test_Image_18042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 3:1
Test_Image_18042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 3:2
Test_Image_18042008_200000_4.arc ;Incremental backup 3:3
Test_Image_18042008_200000_5.arc ;Incremental backup 3:4
Test_Image_18042008_200000_6.arc ;Incremental backup 3:5
Test_Image_18042008_200000_7.arc ;Incremental backup 3:6
4/25/2008 Friday ;Full backup 1 is deleted (All its files)
Test_Image_11042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 2
Test_Image_11042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 2:1
Test_Image_11042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 2:2
Test_Image_11042008_200000_4.arc ;Incremental backup 2:3
Test_Image_11042008_200000_5.arc ;Incremental backup 2:4
Test_Image_11042008_200000_6.arc ;Incremental backup 2:5
Test_Image_11042008_200000_7.arc ;Incremental backup 2:6
Test_Image_18042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 3
Test_Image_18042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 3:1
Test_Image_18042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 3:2
Test_Image_18042008_200000_4.arc ;Incremental backup 3:3
Test_Image_18042008_200000_5.arc ;Incremental backup 3:4
Test_Image_18042008_200000_6.arc ;Incremental backup 3:5
Test_Image_18042008_200000_7.arc ;Incremental backup 3:6
Test_Image_25042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 4
4/26/2008 Test_Image_11042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 2
Saturday Test_Image_11042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 2:1
Test_Image_11042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 2:2
Test_Image_11042008_200000_4.arc ;Incremental backup 2:3

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Test_Image_11042008_200000_5.arc ;Incremental backup 2:4

Test_Image_11042008_200000_6.arc ;Incremental backup 2:5
Test_Image_11042008_200000_7.arc ;Incremental backup 2:6
Test_Image_18042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 3
Test_Image_18042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 3:1
Test_Image_18042008_200000_3.arc ;Incremental backup 3:2
Test_Image_18042008_200000_4.arc ;Incremental backup 3:3
Test_Image_18042008_200000_5.arc ;Incremental backup 3:4
Test_Image_18042008_200000_6.arc ;Incremental backup 3:5
Test_Image_18042008_200000_7.arc ;Incremental backup 3:6
Test_Image_25042008_200000_1.arc ;Full backup 4
Test_Image_18042008_200000_2.arc ;Incremental backup 4:1
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Please note, that the oldest backup set would be deleted if the total size exceeds 20 GB or the number of all files
from all backup sets exceeds 30.

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This chapter gives technical information on
Creating consistent point-in-time backups
Support for Various Non-MBR Partition Layouts
Supported CD and DVD Recorders
List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode

The Disk Actions chapter explains disk actions such as:

Create an Image of a partition, logical disk, or entire hard drive
Restore Data from an Image
Copy Disk to Disk to
make an exact copy of one disk on another
Connect an Image as a Virtual Logical Disk (read-only)
Disconnect Virtual Logical Disks
Check an Image File to check an existing image file

The Scheduled Actions, Command Line Operations, and Scripting chapter explains how to start disk
actions automatically at scheduled times/events and create scripts that can be performed from a command line.
Scheduler and Unattended Actions
Scripting and Command Line Operations
Backup sets

The R-Drive Image OEM kit chapter explains how computer system integrators can create system recovery

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disks for their systems

Creatie a Master Image
Create Startup Media

Follow this link to obtain R-Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support
5.1 Creating Consistent Point-in-Time Backups
Some programs may write some data on the disk while R-Drive Image is creating a data backup. To avoid
data inconsistency, R-Drive Image uses two mechanisms for creating consistent point-in-time backups.
Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and later
R-Drive Image uses Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) to notify other applications supporting
this service that it is going to start a data backup process in order for them to flash all necessary data to the disk.
Most applications like Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle software support this
service.
Options Windows Volume Snapshot Service and Notify system application on the Backup Options panel enable/
disable the use of this service.
If a software that does not support VSS runs on your computer, you may use Backup AUX applications and
Snapshot AUX applications on the Backup Options panel (and their respective commands/parameters in scripts)
to send special commands to your application that will make that application flush its data to the disk before the
backup process starts.
Windows 2000 and earlier
R-Drive Image uses its own driver to create a file system snapshot but it does not notify other applications that
it is going to start a backup process. Therefore, if an application stores some of its data in memory, they will not
be saved in the backup file. To avoid data inconsistency, we recommend you to use Backup AUX applications and
Snapshot AUX applications on the Backup Options panel (and their respective commands/parameters in scripts)
to send special commands to your application that will make that application flush its data to the disk before the
backup process starts.
Option R-TT Volume Snapshot Service on the Backup Options panel enables/disables the use of this service.
Backup Options
Snapshot provider A snapshot provider is a service R-Drive Image uses to read the disk content
while creating its image. R-Drive Image uses the snapshot providers in the order
specified on the tab. If it fails to use the first one selected, it tries to use the second
one, and so on.
Windows Volume If this check box is selected, R-Drive Image will try to use the Windows native
Snapshot Service snapshot provider. This snapshot provider is able to notify system applications that
a snapshot is being taken.
If this option is selected, pagefile.sys and hibernate.sys files are excluded
from the image of the system disk.
R-TT Volume Snapshot If this check box is selected, R-Drive Image will try to use R-TT snapshot
Service provider. This snapshot provider is not able to notify system applications that a
snapshot is being taken.
Notify system If this check box is selected, the snapshot provider, if it supports this feature,
applications notifies system applications that a snapshot is being taken.

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Ignore disk read errors If this check box is selected, will ignore possible read errors when it tries to read
(bad sectors) data from bad sectors
Backup AUX R-Drive Image is able to make applications run before and after all backup
applications operations. Please note that those application should return a 0 exit code. Leave
these fields blank if in doubt.
Before An application R-Drive Image starts before the backup operations starts. If you
need to start several application, you may use a command file. Example: "cmd.
exe /c example.bat"
After An application R-Drive Image starts after the backup operations completes. If
you need to start several application, you may use a command file. "cmd.exe /c
example.bat"
Snapshot AUX R-Drive Image is able to make applications run before and after taking the
applications snapshot of one or several volumes. Please note that those application should
return a 0 exit code. Leave these fields blank if in doubt.
Before An application R-Drive Image starts before it takes the snapshot of one or
several volumes. If you need to start several application, you may use a command
file. "cmd.exe /c example.bat"
After An application R-Drive Image starts after it takes the snapshot of one or several
volumes. If you need to start several application, you may use a command file.
"cmd.exe /c example.bat"
Save as default Click this button to make the current settings default.
Reset Click this button to reset the current settings default.
Restore defaults Click this button to restore default settings.
If any of Backup AUX applications and Snapshot AUX applications are executed, the following environment variables
are set:
R_CALLBACK_UID A unique digital backup id used in all calls for external commands pertaining to that
backup process.
R_CALLBACK_STAGE Takes the following values:
BEFORE_BACKUP
AFTER_BACKUP
BEFORE_SNAPSHOT
AFTER_SNAPSHOT
R_VOLUME_NAMES A comma-separated name list of partitions to be processed.
R_VOLUME_GUIDS A comma-separated GUID list of partitions to be processed
Therefore, the same command may be used for all the fields provided it will determine using
R_CALLBACK_STAGE in which context it is called.
Below is an example of the variables when disks C: and D: are being backed up:
R_CALLBACK_UID=2008
R_CALLBACK_STAGE=BEFORE_BACKUP
R_VOLUME_NAMES=C:,D:
R_VOLUME_GUIDS={d5f570a1-2978-11dc-83bf-005056c00008},{9636e065-f75e-11dc-981a-829328f78201}

R_CALLBACK_UID=2008
R_CALLBACK_STAGE=BEFORE_SNAPSHOT
R_VOLUME_NAMES=C:
R_VOLUME_GUIDS={d5f570a1-2978-11dc-83bf-005056c00008}

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R_CALLBACK_UID=2008
R_CALLBACK_STAGE=AFTER_SNAPSHOT
R_VOLUME_NAMES=C:
R_VOLUME_GUIDS={d5f570a1-2978-11dc-83bf-005056c00008}

R_CALLBACK_UID=2008
R_CALLBACK_STAGE=BEFORE_SNAPSHOT
R_VOLUME_NAMES=D:
R_VOLUME_GUIDS={9636e065-f75e-11dc-981a-829328f78201}

R_CALLBACK_UID=2008
R_CALLBACK_STAGE=AFTER_SNAPSHOT
R_VOLUME_NAMES=D:
R_VOLUME_GUIDS={9636e065-f75e-11dc-981a-829328f78201}

R_CALLBACK_UID=2008
R_CALLBACK_STAGE=AFTER_BACKUP
R_VOLUME_NAMES=C:,D:
R_VOLUME_GUIDS={d5f570a1-2978-11dc-83bf-005056c00008},{9636e065-f75e-11dc-981a-829328f78201}

Note: If the system settings permit, several disks may appear in one snapshot. Then the following calls will
appear:
R_CALLBACK_UID=2008
R_CALLBACK_STAGE=BEFORE_BACKUP
R_VOLUME_NAMES=?:,D:
R_VOLUME_GUIDS={d5f570a1-2978-11dc-83bf-005056c00008},{9636e065-f75e-11dc-981a-829328f78201}

R_CALLBACK_UID=2008
R_CALLBACK_STAGE=BEFORE_SNAPSHOT
R_VOLUME_NAMES=?:,D:
R_VOLUME_GUIDS={d5f570a1-2978-11dc-83bf-005056c00008},{9636e065-f75e-11dc-981a-829328f78201}

R_CALLBACK_UID=2008
R_CALLBACK_STAGE=AFTER_SNAPSHOT
R_VOLUME_NAMES=?:,D:
R_VOLUME_GUIDS={d5f570a1-2978-11dc-83bf-005056c00008},{9636e065-f75e-11dc-981a-829328f78201}

R_CALLBACK_UID=2008
R_CALLBACK_STAGE=AFTER_BACKUP
R_VOLUME_NAMES=?:,D:
R_VOLUME_GUIDS={d5f570a1-2978-11dc-83bf-005056c00008},{9636e065-f75e-11dc-981a-829328f78201}
5.2 Support for Various Non-MBR Partition Layouts
R-Drive Image supports various non-MBR partition layouts: Dynamic disk, BSD Slice, Apple Partition Map,
GPT with the following restrictions:
Changes are supported for basic (regular) disks. That is, only when a partition is being restored onto a basic
disk, its size may be changed.
The other partition layouts may be backed up and then restored only on their original places. For example, a
backup of dynamic disk D: may be restored on disk D:, or on any other dynamic partition provided that its
size matches exactly that of disk D:.
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A basic partition may be restored on another partition of another layout with the above limitation, and a
partition of another layout may be restored as a basic one without limitations.
5.3 Supported CD and DVD Recorders
Supported CD recorders
All IDE/SCSI/USB/FireWire (IEEE1394) CD recorders compatible with the MMC specification.
Supported DVD recorders
Any DVD+R/RW or DVD-R/RW drives for which packet (UDF) record software is installed (DirectCD/
InCD/DLA). DVD discs should be formatted.

The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions.

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HPT 366/368 PATA Cabletron E21xx

HPT 370/370A/371/372/374/302 PATA DECchip Tulip (dc2114x) PCI
HPT 372N/302N PATA Dave ethernet support (DNET)
IT8211/2 PATA Davicom DM910x/DM980x
IT8213 PATA Early DECchip Tulip (dc2104x) PCI
Initio 162x SATA EtherExpress 16
Intel ESB, ICH, PIIX3, PIIX4 PATA/SATA EtherExpressPro support/EtherExpress 10 (i82595)
Intel PATA MPIIX Generic DECchip & DIGITAL EtherWORKS PCI/
Intel PATA old PIIX EISA
Intel SCH PATA HP 10/100VG PCLAN (ISA, EISA, PCI)
JMicron PATA HP PCLAN (27245 and other 27xxx series)
Legacy ISA PATA HP PCLAN+ (27247B and 27252A)
Marvell PATA support via legacy mode ICL EtherTeam 16i/32
Marvell SATA Intel(R) PRO/100+
NETCELL Revolution RAID LP486E on board Ethernet
NVIDIA SATA Myson MTD-8xx PCI Ethernet
Nat Semi NS87410 PATA NE2000/NE1000
Nat Semi NS87415 PATA NI5010
Ninja32/Delkin Cardbus ATA NI5210
OPTI FireStar PATA NI6510
OPTI621/6215 PATA National Semiconductor DP8381x series PCI
Older Promise PATA controller Ethernet
PCMCIA PATA OpenCores 10/100 Mbps Ethernet MAC
Pacific Digital ADMA PCI NE2000 and clones support (see help)
Pacific Digital SATA QStor RDC R6040 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Platform AHCI SATA RealTek RTL-8129/8130/8139 PCI Fast Ethernet
Promise PATA 2027x Adapter
Promise SATA SX4 RealTek RTL-8139 C+ PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Promise SATA TX2/TX4 SEEQ8005
QDI VLB PATA SMC 9194
RADISYS 82600 PATA SMC EtherPower II
RDC PATA SMC Ultra
SC1200 PATA SMSC LAN9420 PCI ethernet adapter
SERVERWORKS OSB4/CSB5/CSB6/HT1000 SiS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
PATA Silan SC92031 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter driver
ServerWorks Frodo / Apple K2 SATA Sun Cassini
SiS 964/965/966/180 SATA Sun GEM
SiS PATA Sun Happy Meal 10/100baseT
Silicon Image 3124/3132 SATA Sundance Alta
Silicon Image SATA TI ThunderLAN
ULi M526x controller

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ULi Electronics SATA VIA Rhine

VIA PATA WD80*3
VIA SATA Winbond W89c840 Ethernet
VITESSE VSC-7174 / INTEL 31244 SATA Zenith Z-Note
Winbond SL82C105 PATA nForce Ethernet
Winbond W83759A VLB PATA Ethernet (1000 Mbit)
SCSI low-level drivers Alteon AceNIC/3Com 3C985/NetGear GA620
3ware 5/6/7/8xxx ATA-RAID Gigabit
3ware 97xx SAS/SATA-RAID Atheros L1C Gigabit Ethernet
3ware 9xxx SATA-RAID Atheros L1E Gigabit Ethernet
7000FASST SCSI Atheros/Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet
ACARD SCSI Broadcom CNIC
ARECA (ARC11xx/12xx/13xx/16xx) SATA/ Broadcom NetXtremeII
SAS RAID Host Adapter Broadcom Tigon3
Adaptec AACRAID DL2000/TC902x-based Gigabit Ethernet
Adaptec AHA152X/2825 IP1000 Gigabit Ethernet
Adaptec AHA1542 Intel(R) 82575/82576 PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet
Adaptec AIC79xx U320 Intel(R) 82576 Virtual Function Ethernet
Adaptec AIC7xxx Intel(R) PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet
Adaptec AIC7xxx Fast -> U160 Intel(R) PRO/1000 PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet
Adaptec AIC94xx SAS/SATA JMicron(R) PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet
Adaptec I2O RAID National Semiconductor DP83820
AdvanSys SCSI New SysKonnect GigaEthernet
Always IN2000 SCSI Packet Engines Hamachi GNIC-II
BusLogic SCSI Packet Engines Yellowfin Gigabit-NIC
DMX3191D SCSI QLogic QLA3XXX Network Driver Support
DTC3180/3280 SCSI Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet
EATA ISA/EISA/PCI (DPT and generic EATA/ SiS190/SiS191 gigabit ethernet
DMA-compliant boards) SysKonnect Yukon2
Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel Support VIA Velocity
Future Domain 16xx SCSI/AHA-2920A Ethernet (10000 Mbit)
Generic NCR5380/53c400 SCSI MMIO Broadcom NetXtremeII 10Gb
Generic NCR5380/53c400 SCSI PIO Chelsio 10Gb Ethernet
HP Smart Array SCSI driver Chelsio Communications T3 10Gb Ethernet
HighPoint RocketRAID 3xxx/4xxx Controller Chelsio Communications T4 Ethernet
IBM Power Linux RAID adapter Cisco VIC Ethernet NIC Support
IBM ServeRAID Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express adapters
Initio 9100U(W) Intel(R) PRO/10GbE
Initio INI-A100U2W Mellanox Technologies 10Gbit Ethernet
Intel/ICP (former GDT SCSI Disk Array) RAID Myricom Myri-10G Ethernet

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Controller NetXen Multi port (1/10) Gigabit Ethernet NIC

LSI Logic Legacy MegaRAID Driver Neterion X3100 Series 10GbE PCIe Server Adapter
LSI Logic Management Module QLOGIC QLCNIC 1/10Gb Converged Ethernet
LSI Logic MegaRAID Driver NIC Support
LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS RAID Module QLogic QLGE 10Gb Ethernet Driver Support
LSI MPT Fusion SAS 2.0 Device Driver S2IO 10Gbe XFrame NIC
Marvell 88SE64XX/88SE94XX SAS/SATA ServerEngines' 10Gbps NIC - BladeEngine
NCR53c406a SCSI Solarflare Solarstorm SFC4000/SFC9000-family
PAS16 SCSI Sun Neptune 10Gbit Ethernet
PMC SIERRA Linux MaxRAID adapter Tehuti Networks 10G Ethernet
PMC-Sierra SPC 8001 SAS/SATA Based HostToken Ring driver support
Adapter driver 3Com 3C359 Token Link Velocity XL adapter
Promise SuperTrak EX Series Generic TMS380 PCI
QLogic ISP4XXX host adapter family Generic TMS380 Token Ring ISA/PCI adapter
QLogic QLA2XXX Fibre Channel Support IBM Lanstreamer chipset PCI adapter
Qlogic FAS SCSI IBM Olympic chipset PCI adapter
Qlogic QLA 1240/1x80/1x160 SCSI IBM Tropic chipset based adapter
SYM53C8XX Version 2 SCSI Madge Smart 16/4 PCI Mk2
Symbios 53c416 SCSI Proteon ISA
Tekram DC390(T) and Am53/79C974 SCSI SMC ISA/MCA adapter
Tekram DC395(U/UW/F) and DC315(U) SCSI SysKonnect TR4/16 ISA
Trantor T128/T128F/T228 SCSI USB Network Adapters
UltraStor 14F/34F ASIX AX88xxx Based USB 2.0 Ethernet Adapters
UltraStor SCSI CDC EEM
VMware PVSCSI driver CDC Ethernet support (smart devices such as cable
Workbit NinjaSCSI-32Bi/UDE modems)
USB support Davicom DM9601 based USB 1.1 10/100 ethernet
Cypress C67x00 HCD devices
Datafab Compact Flash Reader GeneSys GL620USB-A based cables
Freecom USB/ATAPI Bridge Host for RNDIS and ActiveSync devices
ISD-200 USB/ATA Bridge MosChip MCS7830 based Ethernet adapters
ISP 1760 HCD NetChip 1080 based cables (Laplink, ...)
ISP116X HCD Prolific PL-2301/2302 based cables
ISP1362 HCD SMSC LAN95XX based USB 2.0 10/100 ethernet
Lexar Jumpshot Compact Flash Reader devices
OXU210HP HCD Sharp Zaurus (stock ROMs) and compatible
Olympus MAUSB-10/Fuji DPC-R1 Simple USB Network Links (CDC Ethernet subset)
R8A66597 HCD USB CATC NetMate-based Ethernet device
SL811HS HCD USB KLSI KL5USB101-based ethernet device
SanDisk SDDR-09 (and other SmartMedia, USB Pegasus/Pegasus-II based ethernet device

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including DPCM) USB RTL8150 based ethernet device

SanDisk SDDR-55 SmartMedia
USB 2.0
USB Mass Storage
USB Monitor
USBAT/USBAT02-based storage
xHCI HCD (USB 3.0)
Block devices
Compaq SMART2
Compaq Smart Array 5xxx
Mylex DAC960/DAC1100 PCI RAID Controller
Normal floppy disk
Promise SATA SX8
IEEE 1394 (FireWire) support
Legacy alternative FireWire driver stack
Storage devices (SBP-2 protocol)
PCMCIA network device support
3Com 3c574 PCMCIA
3Com 3c589 PCMCIA
Asix AX88190 PCMCIA
COM20020 ARCnet PCMCIA
Fujitsu FMV-J18x PCMCIA
NE2000 compatible PCMCIA
New Media PCMCIA
SMC 91Cxx PCMCIA
Xircom 16-bit PCMCIA
Other devices
Microsoft Hyper-V Utilities driver
Microsoft Hyper-V client drivers
Microsoft Hyper-V virtual block driver
Microsoft Hyper-V virtual network driver
Microsoft Hyper-V virtual storage driver
The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions.
The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R-Drive Image Startup Version
.
The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and
List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information.
Follow this link to obtain R-Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support

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VI R-Drive Image OEM kit

R-Drive Image OEM kit allows system integrators, consultants, and computer assemblers to create special system
recovery disks/devices and include them with their fully assembled computer systems. The license for R-Drive
Image OEM kit allows its licensee to distribute unlimited number of those system recovery devices with its
computers provided that a an unregistered copy of R-Drive Image OEM is pre-installed on each distributed
computer and the R-Drive Image software icon is placed on the end-user desktop.
The end user of such computer systems can use those system recovery disks to restore the system files, registry
keys, installed programs, etc., to a state the computer system or hardware was initially set up (a fresh setup).
R-Drive Image OEM kit is intended only to restore the original system disk configuration as part of a service
or maintenance procedure. Use of this kit to install software on any other computer or system is strictly
prohibited.
R-Drive Image OEM kit consists of three components:

R-Drive Image System Recovery Media Creator (R-Drive Image SRMC)

It can create a special R-Drive Image System Recovery OEM media device, that is, startup disk(s) that may be
used to restore a computer system after a complete failure when it requires a complete fresh setup (system recovery disks).
It may be a CD/DVD/USB disk, ZIP drive or any other removable media device.
R-Drive Image System Recovery OEM
Actually, R-Drive Image System Recovery OEM is a startup device containing a special R-Drive Image startup
version with a master disk image. This R-Drive Image startup version restores data from a master image only to a hard
drive or logical disk of a target system.
R-Drive Image OEM
This is a R-Drive Image version similar in its functionality to a conventional R-Drive Image.

Note: You need to obtain an OEM license to activate the OEM functionality in R-Drive Image. You may
obtain a free demo key on the R-Drive Image site to test that functionality. OEM System Recovery Media
created in the demo mode will perform all the required operations but without actual data recovery. If you want
to disable the OEM functionality after tests, simply enter that free demo key once again. The the OEM
functionality will disappear.

When you enter the OEM registration key, a new item will appear on the Action Selection Panel.

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R-Drive Image SRMC Features:

The master image can be placed on the startup disk(s) or on a separate device.
Flexible data restoring: R-Drive Image may automatically find the disk to restore data to, or the user can
manually select places for data recovery.
Creating OEM System Recovery Media consists of two steps:
1. Creating the master image of the system
2. Creating the startup media
When the user will start the system up with such disk(s), R-Drive Image will either restore the system
automatically, or ask the user to specify the source and target for system requirement, depending on the options
specified during the disk creation.

The Disk Actions chapter explains disk actions such as:

Create an Image of a partition, logical disk, or entire hard drive
Restore Data from an Image
Copy Disk to Disk to
make an exact copy of one disk on another
Connect an Image as a Virtual Logical Disk (read-only)
Disconnect Virtual Logical Disks
Check an Image File to check an existing image file

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The Scheduled Actions, Command Line Operations, and Scripting chapter explains how to start disk
actions automatically at scheduled times/events and create scripts that can be performed from a command line.
Scheduler and Unattended Actions
Scripting and Command Line Operations
Backup sets

The R-Drive Image Features topic tells more about R-Drive Image.
Follow this link to obtain R-Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support.
6.1 Create a Master Image
A master image is the image of the hard drive/logical disk or partition which you will used to restore the system.
The safest way to create a master image for a system rescue disk is to set the system up, turn it off, then start it
up with the R-Drive Image startup version and write the master image file either to a network drive or to a USB
disk. Please note that you have to connect the USB disk before you start up the system.
If you are going to create the master image in the same way as a regular image, it is necessary to understand how
OEM System Recovery Media searches for the target drives/partitions to restore data to.
Hard drives: OEM System Recovery Media identifies drives by their identity info (vendor+model+revision).
So, when creating the master image, avoid connecting the source drive to a non-standard drive controller. It may
change the drive name and/or size, making it impossible for OEM System Recovery Media to identify the
target drive correctly when restoring data.
Partitions: OEM System Recovery Media identifies partitions by their offset+size and, with lesser priority,
by their file system information (file system type and label). if OEM System Recovery Media find one object
which properties coincide with those in the master image, it believes that it has found the target partition. If there
are several same partitions on different drives, OEM System Recovery Media selects the target partition by
its HDD identity info.
Note: When creating the master image, specify the Image split size option on the Image Options panel
according to the requirements of the target where you want to store the master image and do not pay attention to
the size requirements of the media type you plan to use. When producing the startup disk, R-Drive Image will
split the image accordingly.

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6.2 Create Startup Media

When the master image of the system is created, you may create the startup data recovery disk(s).
To create an image:
1 Click Create OEM System Recovery Media on the Action Selection panel
2 Select the file with the master image on the Master Image File Selection panel and click the Next
button

When you click the file, you may view its content below.
3 Select the device you want to use to create the the system recovery disks on the Removable Media
Device Selection panel and click the Next button

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If you have problems with starting the computers up from the R-Drive Image startup disks, select
configure startup media troubleshooting options. Then the Startup Media Troubleshooting Options
panel will appear. You may configure these options to eliminate those problems.
4 Specify the options for the system recovery disks on the OEM System Recovery Media Options panel
and click the Next button

OEM System Recovery Media Options

Media: Select.the media type you would like to have. R-Drive Image will
automatically split the data accordingly.
Options
If this check box is
selected
Create media in test mode R-Drive Image will create a test recovery disk. During the recovery
process, it will be possible to perform all the required operations without
actual data recovery. The license count will not be decremented. .
Don't copy the master image R-Drive Image will create the startup version only without copying the
master image to the media. Select this option if you want to store the master
image separately from the R-Drive Image startup version. The master image
may be stored on a hidden partition of th hard drive.
Client will search image on R-Drive Image will search for the master image in on all disks (in their root
all disks only) in the system rather than on the startup disk only.
Disable target (and source) the user will not be able to specify the target object to which the data will be
disk selection restored if R-Drive Image could not find the target for data recovery
automatically. If this option is clear, the user could click the Back button on
the Confirm Operation panel and manually select the target to which the data
will be restored. When this option is selected, the Disable source disk selection
option will also be selected.
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selection image manually. If this option is clear, the user could click the Back button on
the Confirm Operation panel and manually select the source for data
recovery in the image.
Automatically reboot on R-Drive Image will open the disk tray for the data recovery CD disc, and
successful restore restart the system automatically upon data recovery.
Perform restoration without R-Drive Image will not require action confirmation from the user. If R-
confirmation Drive Image finds the drive/disk corresponding to the master image, it will
start data recovery automatically. If not, either an error message will appear,
or the user will be asked about the target for data recovery, depending on
the Disable target disk selection option.
If you want to start data recovery automatically, select the two last check boxes.
5 Click the Start button on the Processing panel
> R-Drive Image will start creating the startup data recovery disk(s)

Index 87

Delete a task 52

Index Edit a task

Edit an event
51
51
Execute Now 46
Rename 51
-.- Save as Script 54
Script to Clipboard 54
.rdi 52
Copy a disk to a disk 23
Create a Master Image 83
-A- Create a script 54
Create a script from an existing task 54
Advanced disk actions 33 Create a script from R-Drive Image 54
Create a script manually 55

-B- Create a task

Create an image
46
6
Backup Options Create an image using the startup disks 40
After 73 Create startup disks 34
Backup AUX applications 6, 73 Creating consistent point-in-time bakups 73
Before 73 Creating OEM Client Media 81
Ignore disk read errors (bad sectors) 6, 73
Notify system applications
R-TT Volume Snapshot Service
6, 73
6, 73
-D-
Snapshot AUX applications 6, 73 Delete a task 52
Snapshot provider 6, 73 Disconnect virtual logical disks 30
Windows Volume Snapshot Service 6, 73 Disk actions 5
Backup sets 67 Disk to disk copy 42
Backup sets parameters
Backup size quota 67
Maximum backup set age 67 -E-
Maximum number of backup sets 67
Edit a task 51
Maximum number of image files 67
Edit time or event 51
Bad Sectors 6, 14, 23
Buttons
Delete a task
Edit a task 51
52 -H-
Edit an event 51 HDD Copy Method
Copy all partitions onto original places 14, 23,
37, 42
-C- Expand/Shrink partition to whole disk
37, 42
14, 23,

Check an image file 32 Expand/Shrink partition to whole disk (Fixed active

Command line actions 52 partition) 14, 23, 37, 42
configure startup media troubleshooting options 34 One partition after another 14, 23, 37, 42
Connect One partition after another (Fixed active partition)
Drive letter for the selected partition 28 14, 23, 37, 42
Connect an image as a virtual logical disk 28 Raw disk copy 14, 23, 37, 42
Contact information and technical support 3
Context menu

88 R-Drive Image

Use ISO caching 6

Write method 6
-I- Write speed 6
Message
Image Options
Please register R-Drive Image 4
Backup type 6
Check the image file immediately upon its Messages
creation 6 Cannot lock the disk 37, 42
Estimated size 6 CD-R/RW disk is not empty... 6, 34
Image compression ratio 6 Device is busy 6, 34
Image description 6 Disk is full... 6
Image name: 6 Disk not locked 14, 37, 42
Image split size 6 Error: Another partitioner is active 6, 14, 23
Password 6 File is not found 14
Imaging Mode Options Image corrupted 32
Append changes differentially to the existing Image created successfully 6
image 6 Image is already selected! 14
Append changes incrementally to the existing Image restored successfully 14
image 6 Image selected is larger than destination 14, 23
Replace the existing image file with a new one Insert a blank CD-R/RW disk... 6, 34
6 Insert a blank floppy disk... 34
Insert disk #... 14
Insert the next blank CD-R/RW disk... 6
-L- Insert the next blank floppy disk... 34
ISO-image created successfully 34
List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup
Mode 76 Object checked successfully 32
Object copied successfully 23
Operation canceled by user 6
-M- Password prompt... 6, 14, 28, 32
Progress... 6, 14, 23
Mail Notification Options Startup disks created successfully 34
Authorization 46
Virtual disk(s) connected successfully 28
Authorization: 54
Virtual disk(s) disconnected successfully 30
E-mail notifications 46, 54
You are about to restart... 14, 37, 42
Error occurred 46, 54
You have selected several partitions... 14
Login 46, 54
Password 46, 54
Port 46, 54
Recipient e-mail addresses 46, 54
-O-
Run application if 46, 54 OEM Client Media Options
Send mail if 46, 54 Automatically reboot on successful restore 84
Server 46, 54 Client will search image on all disks 84
Success 46, 54 Create media in test mode 84
Your e-mail address 46, 54 Disable source disk selection 84
Media Options Disable target disk selection 84
CD Media Options 6 Don't copy the master image 84
Direct 6 Media: 84
DVD Media Options 6 Perform restoration without confirmation 84
Include R-Drive Image bootable version 6

Index 89

Free space after 14, 23

Free space before 14, 23, 37, 42
-P- Maximum partition size 14, 23
Minimum partition size 14, 23
Panels
Partition size 14, 23, 37, 42
Action Selection 5
Partition type 14, 23, 37, 42
Backup Options 73
Connected Virtual Logical Disks 30
Image Date/Time Selection
Image Destination
14, 28
6, 46, 51, 54
-S-
Image File Selection 14, 28, 32 Safely Remove Hardware icon 40
Image Object Selection 14, 28 Scheduled actions, command line operations, and
Image Options 6 scripting 45
Imaging Mode 6, 46, 51, 54 Scheduler and unattended actions 46
Mail Notification/Aux Applications 46, 51, 54 Script 52
Master Image File Selection 84 Script commands 52
Media Options 6 Script commands and parameters 55
Object Selection 23 Scripting and command line operations 52
OEM Client Media Options 84 Startup Media Troubleshooting Options 34
Partition Selection 6, 46, 51, 54 Support for Various Non-MBR Partition Layouts 75
Processing 6, 14, 23, 28, 30, 32, 46, 51, 54 Supported CD and DVD recorders 76
Removable Media Device Selection 84 System recovery disc 6
Removable Storage Device Selection 34
Restore/Copy Parameters
Scheduled Tasks
14, 23
46, 51, 52, 54 -T-
Time/Event 46, 51 Technical Information 72
User/Password 46, 51 Time/Event Options
Partition layouts At system startup 46
Apple Partition Map 75 At user logon 46
BSD Slice 75 Daily 46
Dynamic disk 75 End date: 46
GPT 75 Month schedule 46
Point-in-time bakups 73 Monthly 46
Months 46

-R- On day... of month

On days: 46
46

R-Drive image features 2 Once 46

R-Drive Image OEM kit 81 Or... 46
r-driveimagecl.exe 46, 52 Perform this task: 46
Registration 4 Run this task every: 46
Registration information 4 Start date: 46
Registration key 4 Start time: 46
Rename a task 51 task is active 46
Restore data from an image 14 wake the computer to run this task 46
Restore data to a system or another locked disk 37 Weekly 46
Restore Options
Drive letter for the selected partition 14, 23
File system for the selected partitions 14, 23

90 R-Drive Image

-U-
User/Password Options 46

-W-
Windiows explorer shortcut menu
Connect as Virtual Disk 28
Restore Image 14

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