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Table of contents About O&O DiskImage 15 Differences between the various Editions Installation, licensing and uninstall System requirements General Terms and Definitions Supported File Systems Quick Start Create an image of the entire computer Restore entire computer Restore drives Image individual drives Image of the changes File operation Drive operation 4 5 6 11 12 15 16 17 19 20 22 25 27 29 Image Restoration Cloning 30 51 58 File Operation 68 Image Restoration 69 79 Tools Image files Virtual
Using an FTP with O&O DiskImage Settings for notification Drive imaging Drive restoration Change presets for drive cloning File backup File restoration Jobs and reports TrayIcon Machine independent restoration 138 141 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 151 Restrictions of M.I.R. Restoring with M.I.R.
User's guide O&O DiskImage About O&O DiskImage 15 About O&O DiskImage 15 Thank you for choosing O&O DiskImage! This is something you probably know all too well: how suddenly important data can be lost as a result of a system crash or viral attack. O&O DiskImage is the ideal tool for quickly and easily taking the trouble out of such inconveniences! O&O DiskImage enables the convenient duplication or archiving of entire operating systems and individual disks.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Differences between the various Editions Differences between the various Editions O&O DiskImage is available for both desktop PCs and servers.In addition, there are specially-priced volume license packages (Combi Packs) available. For further information, please contact our sales team: sales@oo-software.com or an O&O Partner. The Professional Edition is intended for imaging a desktop computer or individual drives.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Installation, licensing and uninstall Installation, licensing and uninstall Installation Installing O&O DiskImage is very straight forward. Please follow the steps below: 1. Start the computer on which you would like to install O&O DiskImage. 2. Login as local administrator or as a user possessing comparable permissions. 3. Start the installation file for O&O DiskImage, which you have either downloaded from our Server or have on your personal CD ROM. 4.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Installation, licensing and uninstall 3. When you have correctly entered the license code you will receive a confirmation in the dialog window. Should you run into any problems when entering your registration code, please contact our Support Team. Information about licensing You can test O&O DiskImage for 30 days free of charge and with no obligation. The remaining trial period will be displayed each time you start the program.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Installation, licensing and uninstall To register online, start O&O DiskImage. The questions related to online registration always appear at the start, provided you haven’t registered online. Online registration What are the advantages of online registration? Online registration gives you the benefit of having your customer data kept safely in our files, which means we can provide you with even better service.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Installation, licensing and uninstall If O&O DiskImage was purchased on our Online Shop, you’ve automatically registered with us. If O&O DiskImage purchased at a retailer, you will be asked if you want to register while entering the license information. You then have the option of either registering immediately or at another time. All you’ll need is a functioning Internet connection and a valid license key. You may also complete the registration form right here: http://www.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Installation, licensing and uninstall Check for Updates So-called "Minor Updates" (Version 14.0 to 14.1, 14.2, etc.), where smaller changes in the program have been made, are free. "Major-Updates", such as from version 13 to 14, must generally be purchased. Important! If you are using O&O DiskImage from a network and performing a major update, you will need to copy the password file if you want to use the automatic authentication.
User's guide O&O DiskImage System requirements System requirements The system requirement of each operating system has to be fulfilled 30 MB free hard disk space Supports 32 and 64-bit operating systems Windows® 7 till Windows® 10 (all editions): Windows® 10 Windows® 8/8.
User's guide O&O DiskImage General Terms and Definitions General Terms and Definitions To simplify working with O&O DiskImage, certain terms will be explained in the following chapters: Drive/Partition A drive is a reserved area of the hard disk. Multiple drives can be found on a hard disk. In the following text, the term “drive” will be used to depict (single) partitions as well as logical drives in extended partitions and volumes. Drives are used, for example, to separate documents from programs.
User's guide O&O DiskImage General Terms and Definitions File format OMG O&O DiskImage generates the file extension (*OMG) for the image files it creates when imaging your entire computer or single drives. This file type can be used for further activities by O&O DiskImage, such as restoration, validation or conversion. File format OBK While creating a file backup using O&O DiskImage, the files and folder are compressed and stored as OBK file (*.obk).
User's guide O&O DiskImage General Terms and Definitions Base image A base image is an image that serves as a basis for any further image of the changes. Differential images require a complete image as a base image. Incremental images can usually be made using the last image of the changes as their base image. It's possible, for example, to use a differential image as a base image for an incremental image. In this way, an incremental image can also serve as base image for further incremental images.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Supported File Systems Supported File Systems O&O DiskImage supports the following file systems: FAT, FAT32, NTFS and as of O&O DiskImage 12, exFAT as well. Note: With O&O DiskImage you can backup the used sectors of all file systems that it supports. Whenever a volume or partition is found with an unknown file system, O&O DiskImage will automatically create a forensic image, i.e., an image of all sectors.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Quick Start Quick Start In this section we will explain how, after successfully installing O&O DiskImage, you can take images of drives or your entire computer and restore them back to your computer. Start page of O&O DiskImage Start O&O DiskImage Start O&O DiskImage vie the Desktop shortcut or via the Windows menu Start/All Programs/O&O Software/O&O DiskImage/O&O DiskImage. For the simplified view select O&O DiskImage Express(Express View).
User's guide O&O DiskImage Create an image of the entire computer Create an image of the entire computer One-click imaging is the fastest and easiest way to create a complete image of all your data and settings. One-click imaging is especially useful if you are using O&O DiskImage for the first time, or have not yet created an image of your computer. Your entire computer including the system partition can be imaged with just one click.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage Restore entire computer Restore entire computer Restore entire computer In order to restore your entire computer or system partition, you need to start O&O DiskImage from a bootable medium under Windows PE. Please proceed as described in chapter Start directly from bootable disk . Tip: For the restoration of an image onto a computer with hardware different than the source computer, please consult the notes in chapter Machine independent restoration (M.I.R.). 1.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Restore drives Restore drives To restore one or more drives from an image, proceed as follows: 1. If you want to restore one or more drives from an existing image, click Drive restoration on the O&O DiskImage start page. 2. Select the image you want to restore in the DropDown list of Select image. If the proposed images (*.obk) are not the ones you want to restore, check your drives and enter the path to the image file. 3. Select the image file (*.omg, *.vhd or *.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage Image individual drives Image individual drives O&O DiskImage will let you image individual drives (partitions/volumes). This enables you to image system and data drives separately from each other. In case of data loss, it then only becomes necessary to restore the data drive. You don't need to restore your entire computer. To create an image of one or more drives, please follow the instructions below: 1. In the start page select Drive imaging. 2.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Image individual drives Image drives (Server Edition) DiskView The interactive graphical display gives you an overview of all the hard disks. You'll be able to see used space, as well as the size of the partitions. You can select a drive for imaging.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage Image of the changes Image of the changes If you only want to store the changes since the last image, you can create an Image of the change. To create an image of the changes, you need to have created at least one complete image of the drives or folders involved.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Image of the changes 1. Please make sure that the drive containing the base image is connected to your computer. 2. Start O&O DiskImage and select Start File backup on the start page. Now select File backup of the changes. 3. Select your base image in the explorer window and click Open. 4. Now you can either select the recommended target folder for saving the image or enter a new target path.
User's guide O&O DiskImage File operation File operation Do you want to backup individual folders or files instead of an entire drive? You can now do so with a file backup. Files are backed up directly during file backup. Compared to imaging a drive, file backup only includes the file information. No drive information is saved. 1. On the start page of O&O DiskImage click File backup. 2. Navigate to the folder you want to backup. 3. Check the box next to those folders you want to backup.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage Drive operation Drive operation All available features involving backup/imaging, cloning, or restoration can be found under driveoperations.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Image Image O&O DiskImage offers two different types of imaging; complete imaging and imaging of the changes. Any image, regardless of the type, can be created either file-based or forensically. A file-based complete image, such as one for partition D, contains all data found on the partition. The size of the image corresponds approximately to the used space plus the space needed for metadata.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Image of the changes Image of the changes If you only want to store the changes since the last image, you can create an Image of the change. To create an image of the changes, you need to have created at least one complete image of the drives or folders involved.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Drive imaging Drive imaging O&O DiskImage will let you image individual drives (partitions/volumes). This enables you to image system and data drives separately from each other. In case of data loss, it then only becomes necessary to restore the data drive. You don't need to restore your entire computer. To create an image of one or more drives, please follow the instructions below: 1. In the start page select Drive imaging. 2. Select one or more drives from the drive list.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Drive imaging Image drives (Server Edition) DiskView The interactive graphical display gives you an overview of all the hard disks. You'll be able to see used space, as well as the size of the partitions. You can select a drive for imaging.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage Imaging options Imaging options Under the menu heading Drive operation, you can specify settings and set them as default for every new image by clicking Drive operation/Imaging options.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Select imaging method Select imaging method Under Drive operation/Imaging options/Image file you can specify which imaging method should be applied as standard to every new image. In most cases, the default option Used sector is recommended. Used sector imaging Using this imaging method will limit the imaging process to only used sectors on a drive. This method will let you save time, computer performance, and disk space. Used sector imaging is set in the program by default.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Select imaging method Direct forensic Note: Please note that direct forensic imaging of an active operating system is only possible if our snapshot driver is installed. It will otherwise not be possible to create a consistent image. Direct forensic imaging is a special case. The difference, however, lies in data being read over deep system interfaces. As with regular forensic imaging, a complete copy of a source drive will be created.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Specify the size of an image file Specify the size of an image file An image can be split into multiple image files. If a disk doesn't have enough space to contain a full image of your selected drives, you will automatically be requested to enter another target location. It is also possible to manually set the maximum size of an image file before creating the image. If the image being created is larger than the entered file size, additional image files will be created.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Encryption Encryption Your data can be securely encrypted using the recognized AES method. This permits O&O DiskImage to provide your image with an extremely high level of security with a key length of up to 256 bits. You can select the encryption level for your files under Drive operation/Imaging options/Image file/Security. If you then start the imaging process (Drive imagings), enter a password when being prompted.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Compress image Compress image Under Drive operation/Imaging options/Image file you find the settings Compress image file to save storage space. You can choose from the LZNT1 Standard or theBZIP2 process. LZNT1:This is a compression type based on the Lempel-Ziv algorithm, which is laid out on a real time application. Speed is preferred over the rate of data compression. BZIP2: is a block type compression process. Compression rate is preferred over velocity.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Exclude files from an image Exclude files from an image Note: Several minutes may be needed for excluding files, depending on the amount of data on the hard disk. Exclude files from an image When using the imaging method Used Sector Imaging you have the option of excluding data from the image or compression. Please follow these instructions for excluding data: 1. Enable the check next to the drive to be imaged under Drive operation. 2.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Exclude files from an image Exclude from imaging. 4. In the right hand window select the files and folders you wish to exclude from the imaging and confirm this with Add. Only the data on your selected drives will be excluded. 5. You can close the window after your settings are made. The changes you made will then be applied.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Exclude data from compression Exclude data from compression Data that is already compressed, e.g. *.rar or *.zip files, will not be compressed any further during the imaging process and so may be excluded from compression. To exclude data from compression, please follow the procedure laid down in Exclude files from an image.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Lock a drive Lock a drive You can lock the drive you wish to image during the imaging process. This prevents any changes being made to the drive while the image is being created. The drive will no longer be displayed in Explorer and all applications will be closed. The drive is not locked by default. Snapshot cache view(here an empty cache) To lock a drive, under Drive operation/Imaging options/Advanced select Imaging procedure/Lock drive during imaging.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Lock a drive included in the image. This makes the image inconsistent and may render it unusable. In this case, after imaging, you should mount the image (Mount the image as a drive) and check its accuracy. Note: To avoid overloading the memory buffer, close or stop all write procedures on the source drive: for example, running a defragmentation.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Ignore bad sectors Ignore bad sectors You can specify under Drive operation/Imaging options/Advanced whether the read process should be aborted or continued in case of error. If continued, the bad sector will be saved in the image as an unused sector. The remaining data that is still readable will then be available in the image. Enable the check for Ignore and automatically skip bad sectors while reading.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Data comparison with checksums Data comparison with checksums Unchanged data resulting from incremental images is saved using checksums by default. Such a file will be slightly larger. That's why it's enough, when creating the next incremental image, to use an existing incremental image (with checksums) as the base image. This function is activated by default. If you save all images in a single folder, you can deactivate this function.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Use profiles for drive imaging Use profiles for drive imaging Under Drive operation/Imaging options/Current profile you can reset current settings to Default, or select an already existing profile. Under Current profile you can select a preset Multimedia or Archive profile. The Multimedia profile automatically excludes already compressed music and video data (i.e. *.avi, *.mp3, *.mpeg) from the compression. The Archive Profile excludes other compressed data such as *.zip or *.
User's guide O&O DiskImage One-click image One-click image One-click imaging is the fastest and easiest way to create a complete image of all your data and settings. One-click imaging is especially useful if you are using O&O DiskImage for the first time, or have not yet created an image of your computer. Your entire computer including the system partition can be imaged with just one click. The compression method (LZNT1) and the imaging method (imaging used sectors) are set as default.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage Restoration Restoration Restoration will be optimized according to the type of imaging. In most instances there’s no need to make any changes to the settings. If you want to restore an image of the changes, enter the image that contains the time frame or database you want.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Restoration options Restoration options Under Drive restoration/Restoration options you can specify additional settings for the restoration of drives from an image.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Create a restoration profile Create a restoration profile Under Drive restoration/Restoration options you can return the current settings for an imaging back to their default settings or select an already created profile. Under Current profile you can choose between Default and User-defined. If you want to save your user-defined settings, do the following: 1. Enable your settings under Restoration Options 2. Select Save as 3.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Force writing method Force writing method Under Drive restoration/Restoration options/Advanced you can force a writing method. "Write to drive" is the default writing method used during restoration of images created with the "Used sector" or "Forensic" methods. "Write directly to disk" is the only writing method used during "Direct Forensic" cloning. You can, however, force a user-defined writing method. Enable Force writing method and select the respective method.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Overwrite unused sectors Overwrite unused sectors Under Drive restoration/Restoration options you can overwrite unused sectors explicitly with zeros: Data that has been stored in these areas cannot be restored - not even with specialized data recovery software.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Drive restoration Drive restoration To restore one or more drives from an image, proceed as follows: 1. If you want to restore one or more drives from an existing image, click Drive restoration on the O&O DiskImage start page. 2. Select the image you want to restore in the DropDown list of Select image. If the proposed images (*.obk) are not the ones you want to restore, check your drives and enter the path to the image file. 3. Select the image file (*.omg, *.vhd or *.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage Cloning Cloning Cloning is recommended if you wish to replace one disk with a new one. This process combines imaging and restoration in one step. Cloning can be performed file-based or forensically. File-based cloning transfers all recognized data onto the target and this method is fully adequate in most scenarios. We recommend forensic cloning for scenarios where the disk being cloned has a file system not supported by O&O DiskImage or you need to recover data.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Clone drives Clone drives Entire storage volumes or individual drives can be cloned, which in turn can be used instead of the originals. This function allows you to clone a drive and all its saved data without creating image files. The source disks/drives will be reproduced without any changes. Please keep in mind that a clone requires much more free space than an image.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage Cloning options Cloning options Under Clone drive/Cloning options you can specify further settings to clone drives. To specify the settings, you need to open the Cloning options window.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Set read method Set read method Under Clone drive/Cloning options, you can set your individual read method just as you can when creating an image. (Cloning method). The cloning methods are constructed in a way similar to the imaging methods. It's possible to choose from “Used sector”, “Forensic” or “Direct forensic” methods. You can read more about this under Select imaging method.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Lock a drive Lock a drive You can lock the drive you want to clone during the cloning process. This prevents interim changes to the drive being made during creation. The drive will no longer be displayed in Explorer and all applications will be closed. The drive is not locked by default. 1. To lock a drive, enable it under Clone drive/Cloning options /Advanced/Read procedure 2.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Ignoring bad sectors Ignoring bad sectors You can specify under Clone drive/Cloning options/Advanced whether the read process should be aborted or continued in case of error. If continued, the bad sector will be saved in the copy as an unused sector. The remaining data that are still readable will be present in the image.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Write over unused sectors Write over unused sectors You can specify that unused sectors of the source drive be overwritten with zeros under Clone drive/Cloning options/Advanced/Clear unused sectors from old data. By enabling this function, you will not be able to restore data of the empty areas from the drive clone. This function will be run during the next clone activity of the selected drive.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Force writing method Force writing method Under Clone drive/Cloning options/Advanced you can force the writing method. "Write to drive" is the default writing method used for the "Used sector" and "Forensic" cloning methods . "Write directly to disk" is the only writing method used during "Direct Forensic" cloning. You can, however, force a user-defined writing method. Enable Force writing method and select the respective method.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Create a profile for cloning Create a profile for cloning Under Clone drive/Cloning options, you can reset the default settings for cloning or select an existing profile. Under Current profile you can choose between Default or User-defined. If you wish to save your user-defined settings for cloning, please follow the instructions below: Select Save as and enter a name for the new profile. Under Manage profiles you can change or delete an existing profile.
User's guide O&O DiskImage File Operation File Operation We strongly recommend backing up entire partitions or disks because doing so protects you from not including important data in the backup by mistake. There are some cases, however, where it may be useful to backup only certain files or folders. All features for backing up files and folders can be found under File operations.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Image Image A file backup can be created as a full backup or a backup of the changes. A full backup contains all the selected data. A backup of the changes contains only the data that has been added, changed, or deleted from the base. The base can be either a full backup or a backup of the changes.
User's guide O&O DiskImage File backup File backup Do you want to backup individual folders or files instead of an entire drive? You can now do so with a file backup. Files are backed up directly during file backup. Compared to imaging a drive, file backup only includes the file information. No drive information is saved. 1. On the start page of O&O DiskImage click File backup. 2. Navigate to the folder you want to backup. 3. Check the box next to those folders you want to backup.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage File backup of the changes File backup of the changes Backup changes in a file A complete image or a previously created image of the changes can be used as base image. Follow the instructions below: 1. Please make sure that the drive containing the base image is connected to your computer. 2. Start O&O DiskImage and select Start File backup on the start page. Now select File backup of the changes. 3. Select your base image in the explorer window and click Open. 4.
User's guide O&O DiskImage File backup options File backup options Under File operation /File backup options you can specify further settings that should be applied by default for the current or every new backup.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Apply profiles for file backups Apply profiles for file backups Under File operation/File backup options/Current profile you can reset the current settings to default for the image or select a wide ranging user-defined profile. If you would like to save your user-defined settings, please follow these instructions: 1. 2. 3. 4. Enable your settings under Drive imaging/Imaging options. Select under Imaging options Save as....
User's guide O&O DiskImage Regulate the size of a file backup Regulate the size of a file backup A file backup can be split into multiple backup files. If one disk is not enough for storing a complete backup, you will automatically be asked to indicate a different storage location. It is also possible to manually set the maximum size of an file before. If the image being created is larger than the entered file size, additional image files will be created.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Encrypt file backup Encrypt file backup Your data can be securely encrypted using the recognized AES method . This permits O&O DiskImage to support extremely high security levels with a key length of up to 256 bits. You can select the level of encryption for your files under File operation/File backup options/Security. If you then start the imaging process (Start file backup), enter a password when being prompted.
User's guide O&O DiskImage File backup advanced settings File backup advanced settings You can specify further settings under Advanced in the File backup options. Lock drive while imaging While processing a file backup, you can lock the drive where the folders/files being backed up are located. This prevents any changes from being made to the drive while the backup is being created. The drive will no longer be displayed in Explorer and all applications will be closed. The drive is not locked by default.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Imaging method for file backup Imaging method for file backup Under File operation/File backup options/File backup /File backup method you can specify which method should be preset for every file backup. The options are: Complete Image of the changes For normal use, we recommend the Complete method which is already set by default. If you've already made one or more back ups of a folder or individual files, you can select the method Image of the changes.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Restoration Restoration File restoration If you want to restore files or folders from already existing images, proceed as follows. The first thing to do is make sure you are able to access the image (*.obk). 1. In the Quick Access bar click File restoration. 2. Select the image you want to restore in the DropDown list of Select image. If the proposed images (*.obk) are not the ones you want to restore, check your drives and enter the path to the image file. 3.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Tools Tools The tools menu includes options for processing images and further activities. Selection of tools for an activity Read image information Select Read image information to access information on existing image files (*.omg/*.obk). After you've selected an image file in the browser window, you'll see information such as the imaging method, date of creation and image contents displayed.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Image files Image files All tools that can be used for managing image files can be found in the program window under Tools. They can be used on existing image files of every type.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Image information Image information Select Read image information to access information on existing image files (*.omg/*.obk). After you've selected an image file in the browser window, you'll see information such as the imaging method, date of creation and image contents displayed.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Validate image file Validate image file Under Tools is a function called Validate image file. This function checks the structural integrity of an image file. It determines whether the logical structure is intact. Damage can be caused by virus attacks or defective hardware. In addition, encrypted and/or compressed images will be checked to determine if decryption or decompression is possible without error.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage Burn image files Burn image files With the O&O DiskImage Writer (Burn Wizard) you can burn your image on CD/DVD/Blu-ray Disk (BD), create ISO files, burn ISO files and delete rewritable disks.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Create ISO file Create ISO file 1. Under Tools click Burn image file(s). 2. To create an ISO file, select Next in the O&O DiskImage Writer and then Create an ISO file. 3. Then select the files via Add in the Windows-Explorer. 4. Before following the dialogue further, check the path for saving the source file and pay attention to the occasional notes that appear.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Burn ISO file Burn ISO file 1. Under Tools click Burn image file(s). 2. To burn an ISO file on CD/DVD, select Next in the O&O DiskImage Writer and then Burn an ISO file. 3. Then select the files via Add in the Windows-Explorer. 4. Before following the dialogue further, check the path for saving the source file and pay attention to the occasional notes that appear.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Burn image file(s) on CD/DVD/Blu-ray Burn image file(s) on CD/DVD/Blu-ray To save your image to CD/DVD/Blu-ray, you need to first create an image and save it on an internal or external drive*. Only then will it be possible to burn your image files (*.omg) or your virtual hard disk (*.vhd) to CD/DVD. It is not possible to store an image or a virtual drive directly, i.e. without buffering it, on CD/DVD/Blu-ray.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Delete rewritable disk Delete rewritable disk O&O DiskImage can help you delete rewritable disks. To delete a rewritable disk, under Tools/Burn image files select Delete rewritable disk in the O&ODiskImage Writer and follow the prompts in the dialog.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Virtual Drives Virtual Drives Virtual drives can often be very helpful which is why O&O DiskImage has the option for mounting them from images. Thanks to virtual drives, images don’t have to be restored if you only want to use individual files from the backup. Images can instead be mounted and used while the system’s running. Note: A special driver from O&O DiskImage will often be needed for mounting images.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Mount drive Mount drive You can have your created image file displayed in Windows Explorer as a virtual drive. This allows you to copy files or directories from the image file onto existing hard disks.It is, however, not possible to make changes (such as deleting or adding files) to the virtual hard disk mounted from the image file. Mount image file as a drive 1. Open Tools in the menu bar and select the option Mount drive . Or use ctrl+M. 2.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Mount drive You cannot mount a drive from an image located in the network. Enable mounting disk: If you create an image of one or more partitions/volumes, the image contains additional information about the disk (or hard disk) along with the imaged data.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Mount ISO file Mount ISO file If you have saved data as an ISO file, you can mount this ISO file as drive and view the files it contains. This allows you to copy individual files and folders from the ISO file onto existing drives. It is, however, not possible to make changes (such as deleting or adding files) to the virtual hard disk mounted from the ISO file. 1. Open Tools in the menu bar and select the option Mount ISO file as drive. 2. Select the ISO file (*.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Unmount drive Unmount drive Remove mounted drive If you no longer wish to see a virtual drive that you mounted from an ISO or imaging file, under Tools click /strong>Remove and remove the drive in the program window. Tip: The virtual drive will be automatically removed from the drive list after you restart Windows.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Convert Convert We recommend that you always create images in O&O DiskImage’s own format. This will allow you to work easily with the image in the future and use all the program’s features on it. If you do wish to use a different format, please use conversion. This feature will allow you, for example, to change the format of your O&O DiskImage file into a virtual hard disk. You can also combine the images of changes into one complete image.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Convert image file Convert image file The tool Convert image file allows you to change the properties and content of existing images (OMG) or a virtual hard disk (VHD/VHDX). It creates a copy of the image file (OMG) or virtual hard disk (VHD/VHDX), so that the original image remains intact. Further settings like compression, encryption or splitting images into several image files with a certain size are possible.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage Merge incremental images Merge incremental images If you have already created several incremental images, you can combine them to form a new base image. The newly created base image is now a "complete" image. Older images that contained only changes can be deleted once the combining has been completed. 1. Make sure your computer will be able to access all drives where the base and incremental images are located. 2. In the menu bar under Tools click Merge incremental images. 3.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Network Network Map/Disconnect network drive Under Tools in the ribbon bar, you can select the setting Map network drive.Under Disconnect network drive the connection can be interrupted. Map network drive Note: Network authentication is needed for accessing network drives when images are saved on or restored from them. Read more about it in the chapter Authentication within the network.
User's guide O&O DiskImage System System Along with specific features for imaging, O&O DiskImage offers a selection of additional tools. You can, for example, use the check drive feature to estimate your drive’s health. O&O DiskImage also provides options for Command prompt and Change computer properties. It’s advisable to create an O&O DiskImage bootable medium, either as a simple disk or To Go. Using the simple disk, you can boot the computer from it whenever needed and start restoration.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Check drive Check drive Under Tools the function Check drive for errors runs an intensive analysis of the file system and data storage interface to protect you against any possible loss of data. The Wizard (CheckDisk) will guide you step by step through the process of checking your drives. Simply follow the instructions in the dialog window and select your drive. In the next stage the analysis is carried out.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Change computer identity Change computer identity You can change the identity of your computer to avoid authentication problems whenever the same computer identity is already being used within a network. This can be helpful whenever a system image is being rolled out onto several computers across a network, meaning a fully installed and configured Windows computer is transferred onto the drives of another computer.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage Create boot medium The bootable disk is created based on the operating system you are using. This means that if you have a 64-bit system, a 64-bit boot disk will be created. Using a 64-bit boot disk you’ll be able, among other things, to restore images of GPT hard disks under UEFI/EFI systems. Creating a bootable disk with O&O DiskImage is possible by going to the menu item Tools -> Create bootable disk, switch to previous view.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Create boot medium As a last option, you can use the Windows® installation disk to create a bootable disk. If this option is selected, the Windows®installation disk itself will need to be directly inserted. Individual driver integration when creating a boot medium You can specify a driver directory so that every driver accepted by the operating system for the boot device is included in the boot media and run automatically when you boot from it.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage DiskImage To Go DiskImage To Go function automatically turns an external hard drive that you select to store an image on (or USB flash drive with enough storage space) into an O&O DiskImage boot medium, and marks this disk as the preferred storage medium for future system backups. As soon as you connect this external USB hard disk to your computer, O&O DiskImage automatically creates an image of all internal drives and the data partition onto it.
User's guide O&O DiskImage DiskImage To Go Open the respective Microsoft Download page for the ADK or AIK. The Windows ADK/AIK is rather large, taking up between 1.7 – 3.4 GB. The download can therefore take up to a few hours, depending on download speed. Open the respective installation file (ADK/AIK) and start it. The program will first try creating a bootable disk using the Windows® recovery environment.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Command prompt Command prompt O&O DiskImage also has a command line version available. You can use it from the Windows command prompt (cmd). The O&O DiskImage command line makes it possible to manage disks, partitions/volumes, and images by use of commands. Please start the command prompt (Tools -> Command prompt). The graphical user interface of O&O DiskImage will not be shown during a start from the command line.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage Jobs and Reports Jobs and Reports The Job Assistant provides options for scheduling program functions to be run automatically. You can, for example, plan to have your data drives imaged once a week. You will be forwarded to the corresponding activity window for your selected job via Start/Jobs & reports, which lists all jobs and reports created in O&O DiskImage. With a double click you can see the corresponding report or edit the job.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage Jobs Jobs To run a job select Jobs and reports in the start page of O&O DiskImage. Start will begin the selected activity after a security question is answered.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Add as Job – General information Add as Job – General information Before setting up a job, you’ll have to select an activity. 1. On the start page, click the activity you want to perform, e.g. Drive imaging, or File backup. 2. Select a drive or, in case of a file backup, a folder. 3. Click Options if you want to specify certain settings for a job, such as the imaging method, encryption, or compression. Your settings will then be saved and applied to the subsequent job. 4.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Add as Job – General information Execute Job as User When creating a job, a recognized user can be selected in the security settings. When the task is executed it will be listed under that users account. This applies both to saving the image as well as preliminary work and editing. This enables the use of commands in preliminary work and editing, but these require authentification information and access to a network.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Start time - Scheduling Start time - Scheduling Under Scheduling in the Job assistant, you can specify the exact moment when a job should be run. A job can be performed one time only or repeatedly. The options for execution (date, day of the week) will change along with the corresponding selection. Scheduling jobs Time For weekly execution: Selection of weekday, date, and time Selection of the start and finish dates for the interval.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Notification Notification In the Job assistant under Notification, you can arrange to be notified by email about the running of tasks during events. If you want to be notified about the running of a job, select an event and enter your email address in the field for recipient. Note: In order for your entry to be successfully processed, you'll have to set the sender data of your email server in Program settings under Notification.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Image - Options Image - Options You can set additional options for your job in the fourth tab (Image) of the Job Wizard. The choice of settings is based on your selected activity. For an imaging activity, you could, for example, enter a storage location and a name for the image. Job Assistant Disable user inquiries while job is running User inquiries are questions that can arise during the normal course of running a job or while the scripts are being processed.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Image - Options enabled the option Disable user inquiries while job is being run. Should this interactive option be turned off, in a worst case scenario there will be no confirmation dialog while the job is being run and it will be aborted by default and logged as an error. Abort entire job when an error occurs The job will be aborted whenever an error occurs. Run after job is completed Here you can choose between Restart and Shut Down.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Run commands before and after a job Run commands before and after a job Carrying out commands before and/or after a job can allow you to stop certain Windows services and then restart them again afterwards. If you’re using O&O DiskImage on a Microsoft Exchange or SQL-Server, you could stop these services beforehand, create the image and then have them automatically start again once the imaging is done. You no longer need to create a script to do this.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Run commands before and after a job After Job If you select this option, the commands entered in the text field will be carried out when the job is completed. Entry and application is similar to the command instructions in “Before Job”. Note: Please make sure that all commands exist and are able be carried out on the target computer. All commands will be carried out under the SYSTEM User and his permissions.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Information Information The exact settings of a job are listed under Information in the Job assistant. The view provides information only; you will not be able to make any changes there.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Edit Edit 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. To edit a job select Jobs and reports in the start page of O&O DiskImage. You can change a job by selecting it in the job list and then clicking the symbol Edit. The Job assistant will then appear with the settings of the job. Make the desired changes in the properties and confirm the changes with OK. If you decide not to apply the changes, click Cancel. For certain tasks, e.g.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Check Check To check if the settings for a job are valid, i.e., to check if its contents and syntax can be executed on a local system, select Jobs and reports in the file menu on the Start page of O&O DiskImage. Then select the job you want to check and click on Check job.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Delete Delete To delete a job select Jobs in the start page of O&O DiskImage. Mark the job you wish to delete with a check and then click on Delete.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage Incremental or differential imaging Incremental or differential imaging In order to create a differential or incremental imaging job, you'll need a complete or base image that was previously created. This complete image will serve as a base for creating differential/ incremental imaging jobs. The first image after the complete image is always a differential image. Incremental images can be based on a differential or other incremental images. 1.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Job files Job files Import To import a job, select Jobs and reports on the start page of O&O DiskImage and select the function Import jobs. Select the desired job in the dialog window. This will then be added to the Job List. You can then transfer the created job from one computer to another, without having to make new settings for the job. Export To export a job, select Jobs and reports on the start page of O&O DiskImage.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Reports Reports A status report will be created for every action performed by O&O DiskImage. It can be accessed as a XML document from the start page of O&O DiskImage under Jobs and reports. In the report you will find all information about the progress of an installation or a job.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Program settings Program settings You can adapt O&O DiskImage to your needs in the start menu via Start/Program settings. Here it’s possible to determine, for example, whether created settings should be saved and applied as preferred settings when you start the program the next time. Note: The tabs for General, Security, and Email notification are not available in the Program Settings when starting directly from the O&O DiskImage bootable medium.
User's guide O&O DiskImage General - Change default settings General - Change default settings Under General in the Program settings you have the possibility to determine the program page that will be displayed at the start of O&O DiskImage. You can, for example, specify that the "Imaging" page appears whenever you start the program. Access removable drives Under Appearance and behavior you can decide whether removable drives should be accessed when creating images or during restoration.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage Security - Network authentication Security - Network authentication To login locally or to the network, e.g. to enable access to protected folders, you have to authenticate yourself. The authentication occurs through your user account. The user account is composed of the user name and the corresponding password, and can be coupled with additional permissions and sharing rights. It is possible to place the images on network drives while working with O&O DiskImage.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Security - Network authentication Explanation: Password management Managing the password is a program feature which allows you to store authentication data and to manage it. These data is compresses in the password file, using the Advanced Encryption StandardAlgorithm (AES) and then stored. In addition, the order of the data sets is chosen at random. A public and a private key are used to encrypt the password.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage Using an FTP with O&O DiskImage Using an FTP with O&O DiskImage O&O DiskImage supports so-calles passive FTP. In order to save your image on an FTP Server, you’ll need to authenticate yourself in your FTP user account. The user account is essentially based on your FTP user name and the corresponding FTP password. It’s important to label FTP access as “ftp://“.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Using an FTP with O&O DiskImage Drive imaging This is always done in the format “ftp://user@server/path“. User and server are needed in order to assign the entry correctly in the authentication information. Image selection The user and password must be entered if an image is being selected from an FTP server via a file selection dialog, e.g., by Open file.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Using an FTP with O&O DiskImage Select image Using “ftp://user:password@server/“ it‘s possible to scan the folder and select the image.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Settings for notification Settings for notification To receive email notification about the running of a job, you'll have to enter the corresponding login data in the SMTP server. You will also need to enter the sender data. Execute the relevant actions in Program settings under Notification. You can only enter your Email address in the Job assistant after you've entered the required data completely. Tip: Your domain does not necessarily need to be entered in the field "Domain".
User's guide O&O DiskImage Settings for notification Suggestion: Try sending yourself a test email to make sure your entries are correct.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Drive imaging Drive imaging Under Drive imaging in the Program settings you can set specific settings for imaging. Prefer external USB drive to store image files If you enable this function, external USB drives will be preferred as the target drives for storing images. Under the option Automatically check image file for errors after creation you can specify whether image files should be checked for errors immediately after they are created.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Drive restoration Drive restoration You can specify the default settings for restoration behavior under Drive restoration in the Program settings. Under Drive restoration you can enable a validity check before the restoration of an image. In addition, under Behavior you can specify which activity should be run when double-clicking a drive in the list.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Change presets for drive cloning Change presets for drive cloning If you're looking to change or enable the default settings for cloning, click Clone drive in Program settings You can specify, if drives not able to be cloned by default e.g. a CD/DVD drive or empty disk drive should be shown in the activity window "Cloning". Also, you can specify what should happen when you double-click on a drive in the activity window "Clone drive".
User's guide O&O DiskImage File backup File backup Under File backup in the Program settings you can set specific settings for a backup. Prefer external USB drive to store image files If you enable this function, external USB drives will be the preferred target for storing images. Under the option Check file backup automatically after its creation you can determine if image files should be checked for errors immediately after they are created.
User's guide O&O DiskImage File restoration File restoration Under File restoration in the Program settings you can change the default settings for behavior during restoration . You can set the Behavior by double-clicking a drive in the activity window "File restoration".
User's guide O&O DiskImage Jobs and reports Jobs and reports If you want to change or use the default settings for jobs and reports, click Start/ Program settings and then Jobs and reports. Reporting Detailed reports can be created for all program activities. To save space, you can select the activities you need for reports. Running a job always creates a report. Behavior Under Behavior you can specify which activities to run, if you double-click on a job in the job list.
User's guide O&O DiskImage TrayIcon TrayIcon The O&O DiskImage Tray icon is displayed by default in the info area of the task tray following successful installation of O&O DiskImage. The tray icon will indicate whether O&O DiskImage is currently enabled. The icon will be animated while an action is being processed, otherwise, the tray icon will remain still. Right-clicking the tray icon will show you various control options for O&O DiskImage.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage Machine independent restoration Machine independent restoration Until now, you were only able to restore a system partition onto a computer having hardware identical to the source computer. The same goes for the restoration of clones.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Restrictions of M.I.R. Restrictions of M.I.R. Under certain circumstances, it's possible that the restored or duplicated system does not start or is malfunctioning. The following constellations may lead to malfunctions: No hard disk was selected as target, only part of a hard disk (partition/volume/empty area). While creating the layout on the target, "delete layout" was not selected. This option makes it possible to create partitions/volumes on a different Offset.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Restoring with M.I.R. automatically Restoring with M.I.R. automatically M.I.R. of O&O DiskImage is available to you when restoring system partitions from an image or when cloning. Meant is the direct selection of the system partition or the indirect selection, e.g. the entire disk including the system partition. Whenever you want to restore or clone, simply enable the M.I.R. function before the restoration or cloning process is completed.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage Manual adaptation Manual adaptation You can make manual adaptation to the changed hardware following restoration orcloning. To do this, run a restoration or cloning of the system partition or the entire computer. After successful restoration, please open the O&O DiskImage dialog to change the computer properties Tools/Change computer identity. Change computer identity manually The adaptations made by M.I.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Manual adaptation smooth and continued functionality of the operating system and the programs installed. Apply currently loaded drivers of the device control Drivers are an interface between the I/O-Manager and the corresponding hardware. They are not accessed directly, but over the hardware abstraction layer. After replacement, the corresponding driver of new hardware has got to be installed in order to make sure it can work properly with this layer.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Start directly from bootable disk Start directly from bootable disk If you start O&O DiskImage directly from bootable disks such as CD, DVD or a USB stick, you will have access to all available functions. The bootable disk contains Windows PE and can be used, for example, to restore an entire computer or a system partition, if an image has already been created.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Start directly from bootable disk Note: The Start CD, needed for running O&O DiskImage without an operating system and for restoring system partitions, is not included n the O&O DiskImage Special Edition.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Loading drivers Loading drivers If a device such as a hard disk or network card is not automatically recognized when using the bootable medium under Windows PE, a necessary controller driver (e.g., RAID controllers) might be missing. You can start loading a new driver immediately after inserting the Start CD using the dialog O&O System settings and the tab Drivers. Please follow these instructions for loading a new driver: 1.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage Use Express view Use Express view The Express view provides a simple and intuitive way of using the main features of the program. You can use the Express view for creating, mounting, and restoring images. You can also switch easily from one view to another. Tip: If you want to hide certain function from the user, you can disable them over the Registry entry ExpressFlags. For further information consult chapter Explaining the Registry entries.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Frequently asked questions Frequently asked questions When and how often should I make images? Which drives should I image? Where should I store my image? I just bought myself a new computer.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Frequently asked questions ↑ Top ↑ Where should I store my image? Don’t save the image on the same hard disk where the imaged drive is located. It should be ideally stored on an external hard disk or a CD/DVD. ↑ Top ↑ I just bought myself a new computer. If I take a complete image of my old computer, can I restore it to my new one? Restoring data drives is not a problem even with differing hardware.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Frequently asked questions files. 4. You can then burn the image files to CD/DVD. 5. Select Tools on the start page, then on Burn image file(s) and follow the instructions. What do I do when my image is too big for a CD/DVD? 1. If the Image you already saved to your hard disk is too big for the blank CD/DVD, you can, of course, still split the image file. 2. Under Tools, open up Convert image file. 3. Select the Image you wish to change by using Add. 4.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Frequently asked questions I have created an image of several drives. Can I extract the image from just one of those drives and store it separately? Follow the instructions below: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Under Tools select Convert image file. Select the image using Add and then select the drive you wish to separately image. Click Open and select a drive. After confirming with OK, click Start. After confirming with (OK) click Start. The old image remains unaltered.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Frequently asked questions ↑ Top ↑ My incremental image is not smaller than my base image. Where does this file come from? This can occur if you have, for example, defragmented your computer in the meantime. The newly structured file segments will then be recognized as “changes” and imaged as new files.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Frequently asked questions Please read the note about System requirements and make sure you're using the latest versions of your drivers. ↑ Top ↑ During restoration, O&O DiskImage created a new temporary file on my hard disk. Where does this file come from? Before creating an image, O&O DiskImage normally deposits a number of metadata in a local file. This data is needed by O&O DiskImage in order to create the image.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Frequently asked questions Call the command line under Run... in the Start menu. Enter the command cmd in the dialogue. Enter the command: echo %userdomain%%username% into the command line and confirm your entry with Enter. If your computer is not signed on to a domain, your computer name will appear instead of the domain name. ↑ Top ↑ Where do I find the computer name for, running activities? If you are not sure, please proceed as follows: Call the command line under Run...
User's guide O&O DiskImage Frequently asked questions ↑ Top ↑ How can I check my access rights on the target computer or the target folder? If you are not sure if your entries are correct, you can view them under Program settings/Security and recheck them. Alternatively, you can check your access rights on the target computer in the properties of the corresponding target folder under "Security" in Windows Explorer. Click in the context menu of the folder on Properties and then Security.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Frequently asked questions NoSnapshotTmpFiles String Version DWORD ExpressFlags DWORD This key is optional: it does not need to be set. If it's set, this key will influence the behavior of the snapshot driver during the creation of temporary files. In this way you can specify those drives where no temporary files should be created. The syntax for the value is: ;; (for example: c;d;e;) Version of the type of image file.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage Introduction Introduction The O&O DiskImage Command Interpreter makes it possible to manage disks, partitions, or volumes and images with the assistance of command files (XML documents). All scenarios displayed by O&O DiskImage directly or indirectly can in this way be re-enacted. Note: The O&O DiskImage program prevents a large number of user activities that might unintentionally result in loss of data.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Environment and template parameter Environment and template parameter The command interpreter has been extended with an option for validating environment variables and conditions. A value included in the string "$ENV:()" is replaced at running time with the value of the environment variable.Similarly at running time, a set environment variable "image_name" with the value "C:Image20990226.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Environment and template parameter The file name in the example will become the running time, if the current date would be 26.02.2099, it would be changed into “20990226”.The image file called „image20990226.omg“ found in partition „C:“ would be used for restoration.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Conditions Conditions In a command file, commands and/or parameters can be connected with conditions when needed to run or apply them.A condition is labelled with the string "CONDITION".
User's guide O&O DiskImage Commands Commands A command refers to a functioning part or special feature of the program. With the help of the relevant command, an operation such as “Creating an Image” can be implemented.An operation is specialized through parameters. These parameters are divided in optional, non-optional, and dependent parameters. Optional parameters are not required to be used; however, they do expand the program’s usefulness.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Sector-based imaging functions Sector-based imaging functions clone device With this function you can clone a device and all its saved data without creating image files. The device will be saved directly and without compression on another device. A device can be a partition, a volume or an entire disk.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Sector-based imaging functions Example used sector image yes 2 1 forensic sector image 2 E I F conver
User's guide O&O DiskImage Sector-based imaging functions Note The original image file remains intact and will not be modified. A new image file will be created with the selected settings. Example AES 192 filesystem c:oodiconvert.omg filesystem C:OODIImage_I.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Sector-based imaging functions [ ignored_file_pattern | ignored_file ] [ uncompressed_file ] [ ignored_read_errors ] [ ignore_invalid_free_size_appointment ] [ automatically_validate_image ] [ automatically_overwrite_image ] [ target_image_type ] [ ignore_snapshot_cache_overflow ] [ automatically_convert_to_vhd ] [ automatically_convert_to_vhdx ] Note When the maximum file size of the target drive's file system is reached or the target drive is full, the image file will be autom
User's guide O&O DiskImage Sector-based imaging functions create incremental Creates an incremental image.An image will be created which contains only the changes made to a selected existing image.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Sector-based imaging functions yes yes -1 pagefile.sys hiberfil.sys dismount image Unmounts a mounted image file as a virtual drive.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Sector-based imaging functions filesystem C:OODIImage_I.omg 1 filesystem C:OODIImage_I.omg F passwort I restore image Restores data from an image file onto one or more drives.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Sector-based imaging functions If the source hard disk is still contained in the current system and the image will not be restored on it, the serial number of the target hard disk will be converted into the serial number of a hard disk with an MBR. Under certain conditions, this can lead to encrypted systems being identified as defective. Example filesystem C:OODIImage_I.
User's guide O&O DiskImage File-based backup functions File-based backup functions create backup Creates a file-based backup using transferred criteria.
User's guide O&O DiskImage File-based backup functions create incremental backup Creates an incremental file-based backup. A backup will be created that contains only the changed files from a selected existing backup.
User's guide O&O DiskImage File-based backup functions [ target_path ] [ overwrite_target_data ] [ ignored_read_errors ] [ ignore_data_modification ] Note: If no target parameter (target_path)is indicated, the original data will be overwritten with data from the backup. Example filesystem c:OODIImage20117005.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Disk management functions Disk management functions assign drive letter Assigns a drive letter to the selected drive or changes it. Parameters driveletter_to_set { devicename | driveletter | drivenumber | serialnumber | begin } Note Drive letters of current system volumes and the startup volume cannot be changed. A maximum of 26 letters are allowed for one computer. The drive letters A and B are reserved for floppy drives.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Disk management functions Example E no yes no no clear disk Removes all formatting from partitions and volumes on the selected storage volume.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Disk management functions It is possible to mirror a simple available volume. Mirrored volumes are error-tolerant and use RAID-1. Redundancy is assured through the creation of two identical copies of a volume. It is not possible to extend mirrored volumes or to convert them into stripe set volumes. Both copies (mirrors) of the mirrored volumes use the same drive letters. You can install an operating system on a simple or mirrored dynamic volume only.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Disk management functions Example 2 3 4 8589934592 8589934592 R create simple volume Creates a simple volume.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Disk management functions Note You can create spanned volumes on dynamic volumes only. At least two dynamic volumes are needed for creating an spanned volume. A spanned volume can be expanded for as many as 32 dynamic volumes. It is not possible to mirror spanned volumes or to convert them into stripe set volumes. Spanned volumes are not fault-tolerant.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Disk management functions S create partition Creates a partition on a basic disk.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Disk management functions Important! As a result of deleting a partition, all data on the deleted partition or logical drive will be lost Important! Deleted partitions or logical drives cannot be restored. You cannot delete the system volume, the start volume and any volumes upon which the active swap file or crash dump (memory dump) are found. An extended partition can only be deleted when it is empty.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Disk management functions disconnect network drive Disconnects an existing connection between the computer and an available resource. Parameter localname Note This will attempt to break the connection to this resource with the highest priority; i.e., all links and uses of files and/or folders from this resource will become invalid.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Disk management functions format Formats a disk for use under Windows. Parameter quickformat enable_compression force_dismount { devicename | driveletter | drivenumber | serialnumber | begin } { NTFS | FAT16 | FAT32 } [ allocation_unit_size ] [ label ] Note It is not possible to format current system or boot partitions. Compression will only be supported by NTFS volumes.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Disk management functions If the previous partition was formatted with the NTFS file system, the file system will be so extended that the larger partition will be occupied.A loss of data does not occur. If the previous partition was formatted with a file system other than the NTFS, the command fails and no changes will be made to the partition. It is not possible to extend the current system or boot partition.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Functions for system properties Functions for system properties activate setup Enables the setup of the operating system after restart. Parameter operating_system_path setup_type { unattended } Note In order for the operating system to consider changes to the computer name, a restart is required.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Functions for system properties Parameter Computer_name { registry_information_path } Note In order for the operating system to consider changes to the computer name, a restart is required. Example MyComputer change computer sid Change the SID of the current or the underlying operating system.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage Formatting legend Formatting legend Format Ellipsis (...) Between square brackets ([]) Curly brackets ({}) Separate options from each other with a pipe sign (|).
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User's guide O&O DiskImage Global parameter, parameter without command shortcut Global parameter, parameter without command shortcut logfile Creation of a log file to communicate the status of the processing. Example C:DiskImageLogfile.log interaction During the command processing, denotes if a confirmation dialogue is possible or if the processing should take place in the background. No processing in the background is default.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Command specific parameter Command specific parameter all_devices Initializes and displays all drive types of system. Valid values: "yes", "no", "true" and "false" Example yes all_sources All (Source-) objects from an image should be included in the processing. Valid values: "yes", "no", "true" and "false" Example yes all_splits All parts of an image should be used for the processing.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Command specific parameter Example true device_type Indicates the type or description of the target or source drive. filesystem Comment: Standard – file system Reserved for future versions. A value other than "filesystem" is currently invalid and will lead to error.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Command specific parameter dynamic_disk Initializing a disk as a „dynamic disk“. Valid values: "yes", "no", "true" and "false" Example true enable_compression Files created on a new volume or partition will be compressed by default. Valid values: "yes", "no", "true" and "false" Example yes encryption_type Label indicating the type of encryption.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Command specific parameter fill_empty_blocks Fills empty regions on the target drive with the value „0“. Valid values: "yes", "no", "true" and "false" Example no floppy_devices Use this parameter when you only want to initialize floppy drives and prepare them for display.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Command specific parameter Valid values: "yes", "no", "true" and "false" Example yes ignore_data_modification Influences the behavior while restoring or validating images, if it was detected that data was changed within the image. If these parameters are not set with a negation, the handling will be cancelled. Otherwise, only the change will be recorded in the report and the process will continue.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Command specific parameter Possible read errors that occur should be ignored without a confirmation dialogue. These sectors will be skipped during the read procedure and noted in the log file. Valid values: "yes", "no", "true" and "false" Example yes image_begin Defines a position at the beginning of a disk and indicates a region of the image file.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Command specific parameter Example yes label Label of the selected drive based on the drive´s name. Example localname The local name of the resource. Example Z locates_bad_sectors_recover_readable_information An investigation of bad sectors and the restoration of the readable data are requested.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Command specific parameter Reserved for future versions.A value other than "filesystem" is currently invalid and will lead to error. Example filesystem new_backup_name Describes the name of the new backup file including path. Example C:backup20111006_new.obk new_image_name Describes the name of the new image file including path. Example C:TempImage20071031.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Command specific parameter Valid values: "yes", "no", "true" and "false" part_of_disk_size Part of the selected size of the drive being created in relation to the size of the disk. Example 1/3 password Marks a password as a parameter. Example My_Passwort quickformat Runs a formatting with quick formatting.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Command specific parameter Valid values: "yes", "no", "true" and "false" Example true set_active Labels whether "enable" or "disable" should be set for the selected drive. Valid values: "yes", "no", "true" and "false" Example true set_bootable_partition_bootable Automatic setting of the bootable source partition as bootable. The confirmation dialogue will be disabled with this parameter.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Command specific parameter target_devicename The name of the requested target drive/target disk. Example DeviceHarddiskVolume6 target_drivenumber Number of the target drive. Example 2 target_driveletter Drive letter of the target drive. Example G target_image_type Type of the image to be created.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Command specific parameter Example domainHMuster value_to_fill Label indicating the value which will be used to fill (overwrite) an object. Possible are values from 0 to 9. Example 0 verbose Display of extended information.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage Examples of command files Examples of command files Create an image of the "C" drive Example 1: Create an image of the "C"drive.This image will be compressed and saved whereby sectors not being imaged (those sectors that have not changed since the base image was created) will be given a hash value to check for changes in the future.The image will be compressed and split into files that have a maximum size of 650 MByte each.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Examples of command files filesystem E:image20100120.omg LZNT1 standard filesystem E:image_$TEMPL:(Year)$TEMPL:(Month)$TEMPL:(Day)_inc.
User's guide O&O DiskImage Examples of command files 0 32256 2147483648 YES YES Create a file-based backup Example 4: A file-based backup of the file “Documents" will be created and saved on drive "Z". The backup’s name will be based on the current date at the time of creation. PAGE 220User's guide O&O DiskImage End user license agreement End user license agreement O&O Software GmbH End User License Agreement 5.4 (EULA) GENERAL SECTION and SPECIALIZED SECTION GENERAL SECTION IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ CAREFULLY This End User License Agreement (EULA) is organized into 2 sections: a general part, which is valid for all O&O products, and a specialized part, which includes the particular terms of each corresponding product.
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User's guide O&O DiskImage End user license agreement that you created. Separate installation of the software product itself or any of its components on individual computers is not part of this licensing agreement. This license is bound to a single natural person and is non-transferable. O&O BuildPE Important note for working with O&O BuildPE The program overwrites the target storage volume (these volumes include re-writable CDs or USB Sticks, amongst others).
User's guide O&O DiskImage End user license agreement Editions) operating systems. Application within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the use of one of these operating systems. The O&O Defrag Workstation Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface. You are entitled to control this program over the separately obtainable network manager.
User's guide O&O DiskImage End user license agreement Windows Server 2019 (all Editions) operating systems. Application within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the use of one of these operating systems. The O&O DiskImage Server Edition may be used on computers with or without the user interface. You are entitled to control this program over the separately obtainable network manager.
User's guide O&O DiskImage End user license agreement Technician's License). This license is bound to a single natural person and is non-transferable. O&O DiskStat Amendment to: 2. Requirements for application (system requirements) O&O DiskStat Professional Edition The software requires Windows 7 (all Editions) operating systems. Application within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the use of one of these operating systems.
User's guide O&O DiskImage End user license agreement over the separately obtainable network manager. O&O DriveLED Virtual Machine Edition The software may only be used on the appropriate operating system in accordance with the previously mentioned conditions for the Workstation and Server Editions. You must own a minimum of one Server Edition to use a Virtual Machine Edition.
User's guide O&O DiskImage End user license agreement O&O FileDirect Amendment to: 2. Requirements for application (system requirements) The software requires Windows 10 (all Editions) operating systems. Application within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the use of one of these operating systems. Amendment to: 3. Rights of use, including test versions, unauthorized transfer, and application Distribution.
User's guide O&O DiskImage End user license agreement Before making changes to the Microsoft Windows Registry (in the following Registry), you should prepare a backup copy of the Registry and ensure that you’ll be able to restore the Registry if a problem should arise. O&O formally declares that it is not responsible for damages arising from the improper use of O&O RegEdit. Changes to the Registry should only be made by experienced users who are aware of the consequences of such changes.
User's guide O&O DiskImage End user license agreement O&O SafeErase Workstation Edition The software requires Windows 7 (all Editions), Windows 8 (all Editions) or Windows 10 (all Editions) operating systems. Usage within the terms of this contract is not achieved without the application of these operating systems.
