TeraByte PartWork for Windows

I've been looking at TeraByte PartWork for Windows. It looks a lot like Partition Work in BootIt UEFI.
I know it's only early days for it, but if possible, I'd like to see a partition number column.

Although my partitions are in ascending order, they aren't always.

For those who have tried it out, what do you think of it?

 

I love it. But they kinda are in defacto order; the order that they are listed is your boot order so there's really no need for numbers. What would that accomplish?

 

The reason why I asked is because Partition Work and PartWork for Windows has the ability to reorder them using Reorder GPT. Mine got screwed up once. I can't remember how it happened, but Reorder GPT easily fixed it. I don't know of any other partition managers that have that functionality.

 

I have a OSD script for that.

Just change hdnum=1 to reflect the correct drive.

 

Hadron,

Here are a few screenshots of a crazy disk...









In the first screenshot, # is the GPT partition slot. It starts at zero. The Disk ID is the slot number plus 1. It starts at one.
The third screenshot, the TBOSDT output, shows the Partition IDs best. The name list is the physical partition order on the drive.
The last screenshot is TBIView of the partition backup.

It's nice to see the Partition IDs in sequential order, but it doesn't matter if they are not. Everything still works.

 

Yes, it is nice to see the Partition IDs in sequential order, Brian. Especially if you're an obsessive compulsive like me. How come they're all named hadron?

 

Except it can matter, if you're creating images via scripts that rely on a particular order.

 

Exactly. Like my Drive Snapshot backup scripts.

 

As long as the Partition IDs are always the same, the script will work.

 

Same. I have Drive Snapshot and IFW scripts that require the correct order. I use the script I posted above, in case PartWork doesn't work for you.

 

Not the disk guid, but the partition sequence; "@0x1,0x2,0x3,0x4" That's important too.

 

I wonder.

 

Here was my command line...

Code:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\TeraByte Drive Image Backup and Restore Suite\imagew64.exe" /wait /b /d:{BA10FBD2-ECAD-6114-A831-D26659270B00}@0x9,0x8,0x5,0x3,0x7 /f:{80B9AE34-D0D6-98EF-83AB-EF657D73FFFF}@0x3:"\Backup-w0-0x9-0x8-0x5-0x3-0x7-$~YYYY$-$~MM$-$~DD$-$~HHMM$"

0x9-0x8-0x5-0x3-0x7 is all over the place. It still works.

 

Nate, nice script. I did use it before deleting all the Hadron partitions.

 

I haven't tested using Reorder GPT in PartWork for Windows. I've only used it in Partition Work in BootIt UEFI. Same for Slide and other functionality.
Whether it prompts for a reboot, I don't know.

 

No. The partitions don't have to be in order in the scripts. What we're saying it that the partition that represents, say, 0x9 can change on reimaging. Thus the need to make sure they are correct and in order.

 

Either partwork or my script will work. They can both reorder. The only difference in PartWork has a GUI representation.

 

Anything special that I have to do to run it?

 

I haven't seen that. The Partition ID is preserved. Unless you are restoring to a different system.

 

Which? Partwork or the script?

 

It's happened to me even if if I'm restoring to the same hardware. If I restore all the partitions in the image it will likely happen. There's an even greater chance of it if another product I'm testing decides to **** the bed while restoring.

 

The script.

 

No. Nothing too special needed. Just add it to your TeraByte OSD Tool Suite Pro\scripts folder on your RE disc. It cannot be run it windows. Then give the file a .tbs extension.

 

That's what I needed. Thanks.

 

I ran it in Windows.