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  1. mantra

    mantra Registered Member

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    hi
    thanks
    the data of the source drive will remain intact ?
    i tried to restore an image to virtualbox without luck ,it doesn't boot
    but this afternnon i will try deeply
    thanks MudCrab!!!
     
  2. mantra

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    Hi Mudcrab
    may i know i have created an image with image for windows ,but i doesn't boot via virutal box ,it's windows 10 pro , may i know the best file and settings (VHD/VHDX/VMDK formats are all supported) to save?
    thanks
     
  3. MudCrab

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    For this scenario, yes, that's correct. Manually compacting the source can still be done, though, and would make changes to the source.

    What error are you getting when trying to boot it?

    Which method did you use for the restore? Assuming the image is from a real physical computer it would need to be configured to boot in the VM. This usually involves changing the storage drivers, at the very least. It's not that much different from restoring on a different physical system -- it won't boot it the drivers aren't correct for the system.

    I don't normally use VirtualBox so I'm not familiar with what "hardware" it supports. If you use the copyp2v script you could try both the VHD and VMDK options and see if one works better. You could also try the "Make Virtual HD file bootable" option in copyp2v and see if that works.
     
  4. mantra

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    hi
    i have create an image of my windows 10 drive , and after restored to a virtual drive (300GB)
    the error is different hardware
    http://i.imgur.com/yGL5eRJ.png
     
  5. MudCrab

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    It's not clear exactly what you restored to the VM or how you did it. Was it just the Windows partition? If so, is it bootable? Otherwise, there would be another partition with the booting files (System Reserved, for example). What type of disk is it (MBR or GPT)? I assume MBR.

    Did you just restore the image to the virtual drive and try to boot it? As previously mentioned, that usually doesn't work as there are drivers and booting fix-ups that wouldn't be applied. You could try doing a Windows startup repair and see if that helps. Or you would need to manually do any boot fix-ups and driver tweaking.

    Did you try using the copyp2v script?
     
  6. mantra

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    hi
    i was able to do it , few hours ago
    i used the copy mode , fit to scale ,change some setting and create with image for windows a virtual file of 300GB
    now it boot under virtualbox , i found different hardware can't understand it , because the virtual machine should virtualize the same hardware , now it works
    thanks !
     
  7. n8chavez

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    I'm looking to have IFW create differential images, as well as full images created on a schedule. The goal would be to create something similar to the Macrium Grandfather-Father-Son scheme. Since IFW is not service-based, this is easier said than done. Can that be done via scheduled scripts?
     
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  8. Brian K

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    Nate,

    Would something like this be suitable...

    Full1
    10 diffs
    Full2
    10 diffs
    Delete Full1
    Full3
    10 diffs
    Delete Full2
    Full4
    10 diffs
    etc
     
  9. n8chavez

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    Yeah, something like that would work. Except, only 6 daily diffs with weekly fulls. I think that'll work best. I'm trying to rig a rollback rx-type-of-situation.
     
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  10. Brian K

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    Yes, that's it. Simple. You just have to edit the "set" lines.

    Here are mine...

    set TBIBase=I:\Tera\OS
    set TBIName=Win10ssd
    set TBIParms=/b /uy /d:w0@0x1,0x1A /vb /hash /comp:14
    set TBIDifParms=/uy /vb /comp:14
    set TBIMaxFullCnt=2
    set TBIMaxDiffCnt=15

    If you have ver2 IFW you will need to edit...

    set TBIPath=
     
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  13. mantra

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    hi Brian
    is there a command line to overwrite without confirmation ?
    thanks
     
  14. Brian K

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    mantra,

    What did you want to overwrite?
     
  15. n8chavez

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    The script seems to work, in part. It creates a full image at the location I set in the script, using the parameters that were in the script too. However, it does not seem to ever create differential images; when I manually execute the script, after having created a full image with it once before, it says that there are no current full images. So it creates one. I have the script set to 4 full images and 6 differential images, so that's not the problem.
     
  16. Brian K

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    Can you post your "set" lines as it should be creating diffs once a full image is present.
     
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    set TBIBase=D:\My Backups
    set TBIName=$~MM$-$~DD$-$~YYYY$-$~HHMM$
    set TBIParms=/b /d:w1 /comp:12 /enc:3 /nt /geoa2k /pw:
    set TBIPath=C:\Program Files\IFW\
    set TBIMaxFullCnt=4
    set TBIMaxDiffCnt=6
    set TBIDifParms=/v
     
  18. Brian K

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    I think this is your problem...

    set TBIPath=C:\Program Files\IFW\

    Change it to...

    set TBIPath=C:\Program Files\IFW

    I don't think it likes trailing backslashes anywhere. It will make fulls but not diffs.
     
  19. mantra

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    hi Brian
    i want to schedule a differential backup , but i want only 1 file
    so in the command line i would like to know if i can add overwrite and without confirmation so image for windows start to create a dirrential image of my drive without asking me "overwrite?"
    thanks
     
  20. n8chavez

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    i don't think so. (FYI, the password has to do with the Dave Matthews Band and not advertising the fact that I'm an idiot.)
    [​IMG]
     

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  21. Brian K

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    You can do this with a custom script. Not with the above script. Use the /uy switch.
     
  22. Brian K

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    Nate, you are correct. A trailing backslash in that path is OK.

    Try changing your image name to something simple for testing purposes.

    set TBIName=abc
     
  23. Brian K

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    That's what it is. Your filename. I used your filename in a test and it wouldn't create diffs.

    set TBIName=$~MM$-$~DD$-$~YYYY$-$~HHMM$

    You don't need a timestamp here as IFW puts a timestamp in the image name.
     
  24. Brian K

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    And the diffs are double timestamped.

    Win10ssd_2016-12-03-1745_DIFF_2016-12-14-1745.TBI
     
  25. n8chavez

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    Yeah. I used set TBIName=System and now it works. Is there a way to create those in the background, without window or intervention?

    Wow! I just saw that it'll take four times longer to create a differential images than it will a full one.
     
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