TeraByte Product Release Thread

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Thanks for the update news! I've already downloaded the newest IFL, made an image and restored my Chrome profile from that image. Awesome, rock solid program!!

 

cool, thanks for the update. Just updated my IFL boot USB to the latest version.

 

to make a partition or hard disk not bootble , is enough to set it no active?

if it enough set no active , should i set no active the drive or the partition where is the windows OS?

thanks

 

hi
i start image for windows winpe , copy my ssd128 to ssd256 with only scale to fit , after i shut down and disconnected the serial ata and pcu of the 128
i boot with ssd 256 only , after i shut down and coneect the 128 ssd
just like the suggestions
but in my event i got this warning

 

Depends on the OS being used. Some don't use the Active flag. Setting the Windows boot partition non-active will generally cause booting problems.

You can't set a drive as active or not active. You just either boot it or you don't.

 

I assume you got that event when you booted back to Windows with both SSD drives connected? If so, that's normal and expected. Windows won't allow duplicate signatures/ID's.

 

i got these error at every boot
but i did exactly what suggested
when i finished to copy ,i unplugged the source drive
and i boot with only 1 solid disk plugged (the copy)

 

mantra,

But you said....

So do you have both SSDs in the computer? You must have because...

 

no sorry brian
1)i copied the source to destination, shut down the pc
2)disconnect the source ,psu and sata cable
3) turn on , windows 7 boots perfectly
4) reboot several time i guess 3 o 4 times without the source
5) turn off
6) connect the source to psu and sata
7) turn on the pc now with 2 source and destination, in my event i found this warning

what's wrong?
and is

a nasty problem? could generate problems ,issues or instability?

 

mantra,

Do you have both SSDs in the computer?

 

right now yes and plugged
i used bibm to detele the partitions of the source

 

As we pointed out, you can't have two drives installed with identical Disk Signatures. Deleting the partitions doesn't change the Disk Signature. All you have to do is run BIBM Clear Sig on the drive without an OS. Then the error message will be gone.

 

hi Brian , Thanks!
now the warning disapeard
but there is no mention about use bibm and clear sig in the previous page
image for windows should add this feature

may i ask you should i restore again the previous image ? because now the source signature is gone, i mean to avoid issues?

 

Hi Brian,

This product release thread arouses my curiosity. I realize that as one of Wilders' Terabyte gurus you always update your Terabyte apps with every release, but I'm wondering about the necessity of my doing that. I'm still running Win7 and I find IFW 2.80 (+ all corresponding Terabyte apps) doing their job very well, so I've been reluctant to upgrade with each newer release. What sayeth thou?

TS

 

IFL has it. In Partition Work. TBWinRE (containing IFW) can zero/edit the Disk Signature from the TBOSDT icon.

mantra, I'm confused as to why you want to clone your SSD. I'd be better able to advise you if I understood what you wanted to accomplish. Is is just a test or do you want two OS?

 

TS,

That's not unreasonable. I like to try the new features with each release but in many cases the new features may not be relevant to ones system. Have a look at the update page and "see what's in it for you".

eg http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/upgradehist-image-for-windows.htm

 

i cloned because i bought a bigger ssd
and now i have w7 in a 256 ssd ,and w8.1 in the 128ssd

 

mantra,

OK. Are you using BIBM to boot the OS?

Did you have both OS on the 128 GB SSD before you bought the 256 GB SSD?

 

hi Brian
no i dont' use bibm to boot os

no , i did not
i bought a second ssd ,moved w7 to the 256gb ssd with the procedure listed above

after with bibm i delete the partitions on the 128gb , and installed w8.1

i use the bios to boot in w8 when i want to do it

 

mantra,

Understood.

 

mantra,

It seems that SSD did have an OS. If the OS doesn't boot after the Clear Sig, run a BIBM BCD Edit.

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=492

 

Brian thanks!

but image for windows had always to compact the data to restore an image to a smaller drive/partition?

 

mantra,

IFW does sector based restores so if your original partition was....( * is sectors in use, - is free space)

[---**----**--]

then the target partition to restore into can not be smaller than...

[-----------]

So the above would be OK. Let's say the original partition was...

[---**----***-]

It would need to be compacted to...

[---**---***--]

Then it would fit into the above target partition. IFW will tell you the sector spread before you create the image so you will know in advance if compaction is needed. Here is an example where compaction isn't needed to copy a large to a small partition.

[*****--*-----------------------------------------------]

into a target of

[------------]

 

Brian , if i had to sell or give or return a ssd with sensible data , can BIBM perform a fast wipe like Samsung Magician Software or PartedMagic ?

thanks Brian