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Which metod is that, #1547?

 

You can always use the screenshot you posted. The method I used was from before that was an option.

 

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No. Those are two different subjects. Meta restores require you to create metadata hash files when the image is created.

 

Are you saying you don't have this option when you are restoring an image from within windows?

 

Yes, two different subjects.
If you create metadata hash files you can do metadata restores. The restore process is the same except for a metadata restore you have to select "Metadata Based Restore" in the Restore Options.

 

No, I am not talking about that.

1. I am saying that I don't have all the files and folders that you suggested in your previous post.
2. I can't understand what "Create / Update TBWinRE WIM Used for Reboot" from Utilities achieves. I run it, but it doesn't offer a reboot.

 

If that's the case then those files/options were deselected when you installed IFW. Reinstall it with TBWinRE enabled. Then run it from the utilities menu. If you do not get a message like the one below after running that utility option, it's not installed. You're only offered a reboot if it's installed correctly, and during the restore process.

 

You don't need to use that until the next IFW update. Really, it doesn't matter if you never use it. It is a convenience option.

 

When i try to put in a name for the file of my own it says i have to append .TB, but the last letter, the letter after the B i can not read. Is it l or i or what.
The backup just becomes a blank.

 

IFW/IFL, creates *.tbi images files. You shouldn't change the extension.

 

It was an I. He.

 

I'm not sure what you are seeing. I never get asked about appending .TBI unless I have . in the filename. Then it says...

"Invalid Extension. You must append ".TBI" to the filename."

Maybe your screen resolution is distorting ".TBI"

 

Right you are.
I can only add to it, not change.

I want an easier way to immediately see the difference in the files text

 

What? I'm not quite sure what you're wanting.

 

Yeah i am foling around now with it. It is late now here in sweden so i should go to bed now and read the help file tomorrow instead.
Thank guys for now.

I`ll be back, because this was interesting!

 

Oh, one last thing.
The log out screen that shows up before the rebooting when restoring, is there a way to eliminate it? It only takes time away from the speed of the restore.

 

Try this, but that's a Windows feature and beyond Terabyte's control.

 

Did you have a . in your filename?

 

Yeah that was what i found to but i do not think that it will remove the time, just the message.
It would be good if one could do away with that log out feature totaly.

 

OK. I'll forget it's there.

 

When you install the next IFW version and attempt to do a restore the .wim will be updated prior to the reboot into TBWinRE. This takes about a minute.
You can update the .wim at a more convenient time by using the Utilities icon we discussed. It still takes about a minute but it doesn't happen while you are waiting for your computer to reboot into a restore.

Your choice.

 

Now that explains it, Brian.

It gets updated either way.
"Create / Update TBWinRE WIM Used for Reboot" in Utilities allows you to do it ahead of time instead of it getting done in a restore operation prior to reboot.

The User Manual really needs to be updated.
I have the latest user manual dated January 14, 2022, and there is no mention of it.

A thought for a future IFW update.
Maybe the developers could implement tooltips on the Utilities when you hover over them to explain their usage in more detail.

 

Is there any advantages speedwise using TBWinPE compared to the other alternatives?

How reliable would you say this program is i am asking as a spoiled Macrium user?

 

Messing with the file name was not fruitfull.

How reliable would you say this program is i am asking as a spoiled Macrium user?

 

That depends. There are other things a winpe and do that TBWinRE cannot, but mostly it just acts as a safety net in case of booting issues.