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Discussion in 'backup, imaging & disk mgmt' started by Stigg, Apr 15, 2014.

  1. Brian K

    Brian K Imaging Specialist

    To answer your earlier questions.
    Generate a new GUID and type it in.

    I haven't tried DiskGenius.
     
    Last edited: Apr 21, 2024
  2. mantra

    mantra Registered Member

    Hi Brian
    but just for other users could be very useful

    Brian , how can I generate a new GUID ?
    by the way why don't give diskgenius a try ,it 's 100% free and portable , great software
    thanks
     
  3. Brian K

    Brian K Imaging Specialist

  4. mantra

    mantra Registered Member

  5. Brian K

    Brian K Imaging Specialist

    mantra,

    Use the IFL UFD in the computer where you want to change the GUID.

    I changed the partition GUID. But in a situation where you did an Entire Drive image you would need to change the Disk GUID as well.

    It's probably easier to let Windows take the drive offline and then let it repair the GUIDs.
     
  6. Mr.X

    Mr.X Registered Member

    Would you care to elaborate on that?
    TIA
     
  7. mantra

    mantra Registered Member

    Hi Mr.X
    i'm quoting Brian , just in case of hassles and problems , well there is a way to avoid and fix them

     
  8. Brian K

    Brian K Imaging Specialist

    mantra,

    Another way to change the Partition GUID. You can do this in TBWinRE and Copy/Paste the new generated GUID. See page 14 in the TBOSDT User Manual...

    SET PART ID phyhdnum partid {guid}

    For example...

    SET PART ID 0 0x2 {59DF44EA-2F63-3B6A-EDA7-975E7DB80100}
     
  9. Hadron

    Hadron Registered Member

    It would have been nice if version 4 had included a very basic function for TBI Notify so the user could clear the logs from the GUI.
    I clear them from the registry when the logs grow too long, but this should be included in the GUI.
     
  10. Brian K

    Brian K Imaging Specialist

  11. Hadron

    Hadron Registered Member

    Thanks @Brian K
    I think the most convenient and simplest method is to use a Reg Delete command.

    Code:
    @Echo off
    
    Reg Delete "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\TeraByte Unlimited\Image\SLog"
     
  12. Brian K

    Brian K Imaging Specialist

    Hadron,

    I've never used TBI Notify. How does it help you?
     
  13. Hadron

    Hadron Registered Member

    Brian, TBI Notify provides notifications. That's the only benefit for me.
    The long list of logs showing whether there was a success, failure or otherwise doesn't benefit me except for the last one.
     
  14. n8chavez

    n8chavez Registered Member

    Man, it's really nice having IFW back to it's reliable self. I don't know why the default exclusionary vss settings don't work for me. They messed my system up pretty bad. But now that it's been straightened out, IFW backups and restores have gone prefectly.
     
  15. Hadron

    Hadron Registered Member

    Was it just these two settings that caused your problems? Mine are still on. I haven't changed those settings in years.

    Image For Windows PHYLock-VSS Settings 02A.jpg
     
  16. n8chavez

    n8chavez Registered Member

    It absolutely was! And I'm not sure why either. @Brian K said the same thing as you, that's he's had those options enabled and has had no issues, but for whatever reason they don't work for me. In fact, they come as default enabled.
     
  17. TheRollbackFrog

    TheRollbackFrog Imaging Specialist

  18. Hadron

    Hadron Registered Member

    I don't mess with too many settings once everything is working fine.
    I don't even understand some of them. I could look them up, but once everything is working, I don't bother.
     
  19. n8chavez

    n8chavez Registered Member

    Oh, I do. I look everything up in the manual before I use them.
     
  20. Hadron

    Hadron Registered Member

    I just noticed this in imagew.ini located at %ProgramFiles(x86)%\TeraByte Drive Image Backup and Restore Suite\tbwinre.
    The file is dated 2012/04/26.

    This is its contents.
    I don't have any issues, but what's the story with this file? Is it obsolete?
     
  21. Hadron

    Hadron Registered Member

    Step 2: Edit the imagew.ini File in this tutorial seems to answer it.


    PS: 4.01 has been released.
     
    Last edited: Jun 12, 2024
  22. n8chavez

    n8chavez Registered Member

    Continuing this thread, in the right place. I was not able to customize TBLauncher, and I'm not sure why. I copied the programs. I edited the TBLauncher.ini per instructions, adding the below:

    [Menu_Item_11]
    Name=HBS
    Path=%TBDrive%\HBS\HBS.lnk
    WorkingDir=
    Parameters=
    Icon=0

    [Menu_Item_12]
    Name=Explorer
    Path=%TBDrive%\Explorer++\Explorer++.exe
    WorkingDir=
    Parameters=
    Icon=0

    after also changing the menu item count to 12. I added two apps to the ISO dir; Explorer++ and Hasleo Backup Suite. Both exist in the resulting ISO, but are not seen in the TBLauncher.ini menu. The only thing I can think of is that the %TBDrive% variable is somehow incorrect.

    Any ideas?
     
  23. Hadron

    Hadron Registered Member

    The first thing I would do is to backup your original TBLauncher.ini just to be sure.
    I'm using the %TBDrive% variable. My installation is in the default location. Not sure if the %TBDrive% variable requires that.

    My locations.

    TBLauncher.ini
    %ProgramFiles(x86)%\TeraByte Drive Image Backup and Restore Suite\tbwinre\config

    Programs
    %ProgramFiles(x86)%\TeraByte Drive Image Backup and Restore Suite\tbwinre\ISO\CustomProg

    As you can see by my menu items below, I created sub-folders for the programs. It's tidier for standalone programs that require more than one file. For example, Explorer++ requires at least Explorer++.exe and config.xml. Regarding Hasleo Backup Suite. I don't know a lot about it. Will it run as a standalone program?

    [Menu_Item_11]
    Name=Explorer++
    Path=%TBDrive%\CustomProg\Explorer++\Explorer++.exe
    WorkingDir=
    Parameters=
    Icon=0

    [Menu_Item_12]
    Name=Drive Snapshot
    Path=%TBDrive%\CustomProg\Snapshot\snapshot64.exe
    WorkingDir=
    Parameters=
    Icon=0

    Don't forget: ItemCount=12 in the [Menu] section.

    Once it's all set, you'll need to do a build to a UFD or make an ISO.

    Edit: If it still doesn't work, try replacing %TBDrive% with %ProgramFiles% .
     
    Last edited: Jun 19, 2024
  24. n8chavez

    n8chavez Registered Member

    Well now I'm genuinely confused. I recreated everything, and made sure the paths in the TBLauncher.ini were all correct, verified ItemCount=12, and I still have the same result. I even got rid of the %TBDrive% variable and used absolute paths with quotes, but I again had the same result as before. The custom programs dir was in the iso file, but the TBLauncher did not have any of the new entries. I'm going to have to sleep on this one. And no....that's not what she said! (dammit)
     
  25. Hadron

    Hadron Registered Member

    Are all your default menus working properly? I'm just wondering if you have the count right.
    Have you tried replacing %TBDrive% with %ProgramFiles% ?
     
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