Image For Windows

OK. Add /min to the "Add arguments". Put it in front of /b

Does it work?

/min

 

I have worse problems now.
I just tried to run the task the IFW created, and it won't even run.

 

I tried that. It should work, but prior to adding that I tested it and IFW won't even run at all with or without the /min argument.

 

I just tried it and it worked. Did you have a space before /min? And a space after /min?

Sounds like your line is corrupted. Delete the task and create another.

Better still, post your Add arguments line. Copy/Paste here.

 

/min /wait /b /uy /um /d:w0 /f:"D:\SystemBackup\Image_for_Windows\Backup-w0-$~YYYY$-$~MM$-$~DD$-$~HHMM$"


Everything above is what IFW created except for /min.
But it doesn't run with or without it.

 

Is that the whole line? Mine started with the TeraByte path. Or it did after adding /min.

 

This is in the Program Script line:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\TeraByte Drive Image Backup and Restore Suite\imagew64.exe"

This is in the Add Arguments line:
/min /wait /b /uy /um /d:w0 /f:"D:\SystemBackup\Image_for_Windows\Backup-w0-$~YYYY$-$~MM$-$~DD$-$~HHMM$"

The arguments contain the image destination, which is: D:\SystemBackup\Image_for_Windows

 

Weird. Mine is now like yours.

Try changing to

/wait /min /b ............

Does that work?

 

Here is the full thing all together in Task Scheduler.

 

No.

 

I'm going to try a reboot.
Be back soon.

 

No.
It refuses to run even after a reboot.

 

Delete it and create another. While you are creating the Task, put /min in the Run field.

/wait /min /b ......

I assume you will put a tick in "Run only if logged on". If you don't the running task will be invisible. Maybe that's what was happening?

 

This is the task copied from IFW Scheduled Tasks.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\TeraByte Drive Image Backup and Restore Suite\imagew64.exe" /min /wait /b /uy /um /d:w0 /f:"D:\SystemBackup\Image_for_Windows\Backup-w0-$~YYYY$-$~MM$-$~DD$-$~HHMM$"

 

Looks OK. Delete it.

 

OK.
By the way. I am also having trouble with PHYLock.
I have Use VSS when available, ticked, but it still wants to use PHYLock.

No problems at all using V2 last night.

 

In PHYLock Settings did you Disable Usage?

 

OK. I hadn't, but now it's done.

 

Back to Task Scheduler.
Still no good.

 

In Task Scheduler, General tab for that IFW Task, do you have...

Run with highest privileges
Configure for Windows 10
Run only when user is logged on

 

I thought I might try a manual backup. I thought it may help to get it working.
Disabling PHYLock causes other problems.

 

Good thinking. Install Ver3 again using the PHYlock setting. Over the top of your current install. Restart and try a manual PHYLock backup.

 

Configure for Windows 10 got the Task Scheduler working. Strange that IFW can't configure that correctly.
But I can't see IFW running although it is running in Task Manager. It must have an invisible setting somewhere.

Edit: It's not working.
The file it is trying to create is stuck on 70 MB.

 

Mine runs invisible if I have "Run whether the user is logged on or not".

 

That's the setting I have. Do you also have Windows 10 selected? Mine was Windows Server, Windows XP or Windows 2000.

The trouble with invisible is that I can't see if there is an error, which there probably is.