Image For Windows

Perfect.

 

OK. Shortcut works. But when I change the above setting to display GUI, it also displays the Command Prompt window. Both IFW window and Command Prompt window are sitting on the Desktop.
I would rather have no Command Prompt window and IFW window minimized on the Taskbar.

But if not, I will just have to settle with no GUI.

 

My previous scheduled full backups start with IFW minimized on the Taskbar.
No Command Prompt window. I know that one this is a script.

Also, when there is no GUI, the Windows 10 Notification doesn't come up.

 

Put this as the first line of your batch file....

Code:

if not defined RunIFWTask set RunIFWTask=1 & start "Image for Windows" /min %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe /c "%0" & goto :EOF

Add /min to
set TBIParms=
set TBIDifParms=

Now both windows will be minimized to the taskbar.

 

Lovely, Brian.
It worked. Notifications are now working too.

Are those #0 and #_# files used for restore?


Another thing, Reflect can delete (purge) old backups before or after backups.
I have it set to after backup.

I read the IFW manual that it can be done using a - before the number, but that was for number of days, not number of backups. I guess it is not a big issue if it can't be done.

 

Hadron, I don't use /purge.

You can manually delete any of the diffs at anytime.

They are only used in faster diff creation. They have nothing to do with restores.

 

OK, so you just manually delete?

The #0 file is quite big. All good though.
Thanks for this.

 

I schedule a Robocopy batch file to delete diffs older than 15 days. These are diffs associated with a different Full image from the one in use...

Code:

@echo off
net stop protectit
MD I:\TeraByte_TBI_Backups\delete
robocopy I:\TeraByte_TBI_Backups I:\TeraByte_TBI_Backups\delete *DIFF*.TBI /move /create /minage:15 /r:0 /log+:I:\Tera\OS\Robocopy\rclogdiff.log
RD I:\TeraByte_TBI_Backups\delete /s /q
net start protectit

 

How do you alter the IFWRotate for additional partitions? And does it include hidden partitions?
Different computers have different numbers of partitions.

The format you've given me is not how I read it in the readme.

 

/d:w0 is Entire Disk. All partitions. 3 partitions in your case. 7 partitions for Moosehead77

You can control the number of diffs with...

set TBIMaxDiffCnt=

Double click your TBI and TBIView will show 3 partitions.

 

OK. So /d:w0 is for en entire disk and if you want certain partitions, you use the @0x1,0x2,0x3 etc.
Could I have possibly used @0x1,0x2,0x3 also?

 

Yes, you could. Same result.

 

Hadron, all OK with making a diff backup?

 

Yes, I think so.
I'll make another one now.

 

Differential seems to be working very well.
Only 1.75 GB compared to 56.7 GB for a full.

 

Nice.

 

Hi Brian.

I had to uninstall IFW, then reinstall it in Traditional Mode.
It must have been in Simple Mode, and apparently, there is no other way to change it.

You would think that there would be something on your hard drive that interacts with the installer, but I couldn't find it.

 

OK

 

I think this has been asked before, and sorry I can't find the answer ...but is it possible to reliably image Linux ext4 partitions using IFW?

 

wat0114,

Sure. You can use IFW in Windows or in TBWinRE/PE.

Each of the TeraByte backup apps, IFW, IFD, IFL and IFU can restore images made by the other apps.

 

Excellent! Thank you so much, Brian

 

IFWRotate is working amazingly, Brian.

 

Same here.

 

MakeDisk now has a check box to: "Save selections for next time".
What selections does that save, and can I easily de-select it at a latter time?

Also, every time I uncheck the box, it is checked the next time.