Thanks for the pat on the back. It doesn't help you but TeraByte Support always gets back to me. Often within minutes.
I've seen R-Drive Image mentioned a few times I don't see a thread for it on Wilders ... maybe a user could care to start one? @imdb - I know you use R-Wipe and Clean ... you don't use R-Drive Image?
+1 Brian is the best! without Brian I would have dropped terabyte years ago! @Brian K Yes ,but very often is unless , be honest...
I confess being off topic. I had never even heard of R-Drive but evidently it has been around for a long time. Here is at least one writer who likes it: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3344438/r-drive-image-review-super-reliable-imaging-backup.html Acadia
A follow up on creating a different language version of IFL. We've confirmed a different language boot disk can be created in Linux. We're having trouble doing it in Windows. Use the language files from your paid downloads page. Don't use the trial language files as they are for the IFL trial. Edit... Different language versions of IFW and IFD are easy to create. BootIt only has an English version.
I am making my first TBWinPE with TeraByte Drive Image Backup And Restore Suite v3.47 since upgrading to Windows 11 and have just hit a small bump in the road. I am going to install/reinstall ADK For Windows 11, then install the WinPE add-on. I just went to do it, and the installer wants to install ADK For Windows 11 to C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\ as opposed to C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\11\. Normally, I let installers install to the default location, but is that going to cause problems for third party programs down the track with the expected location? I am just trying to pre-emt any problems before installing it.
If it's your first time, create a TBWinRE as you don't need the ADK. Performance wise, TBWinRE and TBWinPE are the same. I don't like having the installed ADK in my C:\ drive. It's a couple of GB. I install the ADK and copy this folder to the D:\ drive. 10_2004. It contains two folders... Assessment and Deployment Kit Catalogs Then my path in TBWinPE Settings is... D:\My_files\_ADKs extracted\10_2004 You can put 10_2004 anywhere you like in your data partition. Then I restore an image of the C:\ drive taken immediately prior to the ADK install. Or you could just uninstall the ADK. Now you don't have a few GB of ADK in the C:\ drive anymore. Keep the C:\ drive lean and mean. I haven't tried the Win11 ADK yet.
Yes, Brian, I have read that. I guess the confusion arises when both ADK For Windows 11 and ADK For Windows 10 both have the same default installation path. Posted above. I am going to change the default ADK For Windows 11 installation folder slightly from: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\ to C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\11\ Hopefully that'll avoid problems.
I just installed the Win11 ADK. It takes up 6.2 GB of space in the C:\ drive. Much more than with Win10. I copied 3.15 GB to my D:\drive.
The TBWinPE/RE Builder found the ADK For Windows 11 in the slightly modified folder location without having to point to it in the settings. I made ISOs to compare the size difference. Making a PE ISO is about 30 MB bigger with ADK For Windows 11 than with ADK For Windows 10.
It seems like it's all sorted, Brian. I haven't booted to the new TBWinPE yet though. I'm upgrading my other PCs.
It's a shame we can't have something like Drive Snapshot for automatic restores, from running Windows itself and automatic reboots. Something like this: Spoiler
Oh, I know! That's the one think that keeps me using Macrium Reflect instead. I asked about that recenly, and it is possible (kinds of) but you have to rename some things before restore. It's not set and run auto-restore like DriveSnapshot or Macrium.
It should! Image for Windows is a powerful awesome imaging software. They need to implement such straightforward functionality.
We all have our preferences. You can do an IFW restore without using the GUI. I know you have to use the DS GUI. I'm not sure about Macrium. Do you have to use the GUI or is it a double click restore like IFW?
What are these automatic restores that you are all talking about? I didn't know that any of the three above mentioned image applications could do something like that. I use all three of them (DS, IFW and Reflect). Most likely, I am misunderstanding the requests. Edit: OK. I have checked with Reflect, and in my brief readings, you can set a golden image.
Sorry if I chose a bad wording. By "automatic" I mean, in a restore image scenario, to run IFW from Windows itself then select an image file containing my C drive (system) to restore, then my machine reboots to a WinPE (MR) or DOS (DS) and automatically start processing the restore, then after finishing, the machine restarts again booting the recent restored Windows. All above without need to create scripts or do some file editing or manually create WinPE for IFW to properly work.
To auto restore in my test computer just involves double clicking a script. I fail to see how using the app GUI in Windows is materially different from using the app GUI in a recovery environment. It takes the same time. You are making the same choices. We all have UFD/optical recovery media because they are needed if you can't boot into Windows. No automation if you are restoring after a failed drive.
