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how to create disk image in TI?

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 hi,

im new to disk imaging and using TI; im not able to find any section from where i could create complete image of my primary partition C:

im in look for advices to do following:

-create a image of the OS running in C: [winxp sp3]; also i have ms office and some other tools installed

-i need a solution to restore the above image during boot up process in case something goes wrong with my machine

-i have 2 partitions on machine C and D so if i create image of only C and restore it during boot up process then will i be still able to use D after complete system restoration?

any suggestions will be very useful.

thanks,

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You haven't stated what version of True Image you are using.

Are you wanting to make a scheduled task or do you want to make your images manually, that is, you specifically run the imaging program rather than it working automatically?

To make an image

1. make sure you have True Image installed on your machine.

2. Have either an external (USB, Firewire or NAS drive) or a second internal disk drive.

3. Make a rescue CD (the suggested option) or alternatively activate the Acronis Start Up Manager. As you are having trouble with the help file, I'd suggest making the CD is the better option.

3a. Reboot the computer with the Rescue CD in the CD drive to make sure the Rescue Environment can see all your drives and that your mouse and keyboard work.

3b. Homework, read up on how to make a Rescue CD.

4. Make sure your external drive is attached and running (if using an external drive for precording the images.

4a. Open the program by double clicking the True Image Desktop icon.

5. These instructions are assuming either TI2009 or TI 2010.

    After re-opening TI from your reboot.

  Click on BACKUP tab on left hand side of the GUI.

Select from the right hand side  BACKUP MyDisks | Files and Folders.

6. From the backup wizard.

 Click on the Disk 1 checkbox, or if you have two drives you will see a Disk 2 option as well, select the one that has the drive C: listed underneath it. MAKE SURE you have the tick mark in the Disk checkbox NOT the partition check box which is the drive C:

Click NEXT.

7. Click on browse and navigate to your external drive.

8. Click on finish and tick the run task now box if that is what you want.

9. True image will then make a complete DISK image.

That means both your C and D partition will be imaged into the same archive file. There is an advantage to do this, in that a restore will restore everything the C: and D: partition as well as the MBR.

Until you feel comfortable with the imaging process, I would reccommend that you perform the full disk image.

You could just restore the C: partition, and your D: partition will be in tact. Howver, if you've had a disk failure your D: partition contents would be lost, another good reason to make sure that you have both partitions imaged. You could do this separately, which is what I do, mainly because I have two drives my OS 's are on one and all my data files and programs are on another drive.

Give your drives meaningful names by opening up My Computer, right clicking on the partition names, choose Properties and on the General tab in the top edit box type in a meaningful name. Do this to both partitions as the Rescue Environment doesn't show disks in the same way as Windows does.