Image For Windows

I don't think I have, or at least I have searched for it.

 

Here is AOMEI....

 

Thanks. Win11 is 146.48 GB. What size would you like it to be?

 

Also, when AOMEI opened, I got this:

 

Probably, another 50 GB. Shouldn't that be Win10?

 

Is it Win10? All ok.

I'd disable Windows Controlled Folders before doing this.

AOMEI. In the rectangles at the bottom, select Data partition. Right click, Resize/Move. Reduce the partition size by 50 GB. OK. Apply. Proceed. Yes.

Right click the Data partition, Resize/Move. Put your mouse in the middle of the partition to see a 4 arrowhead icon. Drag it to the right, as far as it will go. OK. Apply. Proceed. Yes.

Right click the Win10 partition, Resize/Move, Get a 2 arrowhead icon on the right hand end of the partition. Drag it to the right as far as it will go. OK. Apply. Proceed. Yes.

I have an old AOMEI so I hope my instructions are good.

 

It is time for a meal, and then relax and watch some TV.

So, I will take this up again later this evening, or tomorrow.

 

I have to admit I was not aware of this feature and obviously since I was able to delete redundant images in the past straight via explorer, I am not protected in this respect. I have my images stored on an external drive in a folder directory along the lines of private/images/Terabyte... I guess I will have to direct the storage of my next image differently. Thank you guys for bringing this up.

 

Tarnak, if you have any problems with partitioning, don't click Apply. Get back to us.
What you are doing is creating 50 GB of Free Space after the Data partition. Then moving (sliding) the Data partition so the Free Space is in front of the Data partition. That 50 GB of Free Space will also be behind the Win10 partition. The Win10 partition will now be resized to take up the Free Space and be 50 GB larger.

 

beethoven,

You can still have your private\images\Terabyte folder structure inside the protected folder. You can put any folder or file inside the protected folder. They don't have to be Terabyte related.

 

Windows Explorer can't access files and folders in \TeraByte_TBI_Backups. TeraByte Explorer can but it's a bit clunky to use. I disable ProtectIt for a minute or two, use Windows Explorer and then re-enable ProtectIt.

Copy these into an Admin Command Prompt.

To stop ProtectIt...

Code:

net stop protectit

To start ProtectIt...

Code:

net start protectit

If ProtectIt is stopped and you restart your computer, ProtectIt will be re-started.

 

Or you can use a batch file that stops ProtectIt for 2 minutes.

Code:

if not defined RunTask set RunTask=1 & start "protectit" /min %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe /c "%0" & goto :EOF
net stop protectit
timeout 120
net start protectit

 

Cool. That one's worth keeping.

 

You can change the timeout to your desired seconds.

 

So you are saying that the protection from Terabyte is much more general. My question then would be how to delete files myself when necessary. In Macrium I would find the images using Macrium and delete them that way - attempts to use the normal windows explorer fail - Macrium protects Macrium images. With Terabyte, I had assumed it would be similar and was going to dig around but if you can put other files into the same folder and these are also protected, then I assume the deletion has to be different. Based on your post 2361, is that how I should do it?

 

Whatever is in \TeraByte_TBI_Backups can be deleted/edited with Windows Explorer, if you stop ProtectIt. That's how I do it. It's messy deleting images using IFW. I've never done it that way.

If you are using scripts such as ifwrotateoncountv3 ver 1.3, the deletions are automatic.

 

Thanks Brian

 

I've been using that script for years. I love it. And it's so easy to use.

 

Same here. It's used daily.

 

Is there a link for ifwrotateoncountv3 ver 1.3?

 

https://www.terabyteunlimited.com/downloads-image-for-windows/

Get
Sample Backup Batch Script 2 – Rotate based on count.

 

Ok. Apparently I'm already using 1.3 as well. I thought there was an update I didn't have. Thx.

 

In that script, I use this ProtectIt setting. It works.

 

In the case of the ifwrotateoncountv3 script, how are the older images being deleted? From context I assume it's not IFW, but rather cmd.exe And in that case the script is not actually deleting anything if set ProtectIt=0. Are those correct assumptions?

 

The images are being deleted by TBOSDT in my example above.
I don't understand the 0 = option.