Drive Snapshot

Discussion in 'backup, imaging & disk mgmt' started by Hadron, Nov 11, 2019.

  1. mantra

    mantra Registered Member

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    Hi @Adric
    i have used for several times always clicked on map virtual drive , i 'm going to try it right now
    I have always tried to select the drive letter on drive up image..in the first screenshot
    thank you so much
     
  2. Mr.X

    Mr.X Registered Member

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    Were you able to map and open the virtual drive?
    What WinPE you have? Strelec's or any other or a self-made build?
    Note that WinPEs by default have no working explorer you have to add one manually.
    Strelec's winpes have Windows Explorer added by default and DS is able to mount and open a virtual drive to explore backup images.
     
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  3. mantra

    mantra Registered Member

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    hi
    i have used Strelec'winpe ,only few software failed in my tests Drive snapnshot and macrium reflect 7 or 8 under STrelec winpe
    thanks
     
  4. lyldz

    lyldz Registered Member

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    i'm a novice.sorry for the question.
    does it have a structure that will save me at startup like other backup applications?or a guide on how to get back when my computer doesn't turn on.
    does anyone have an idea or knowledge?
    now using win 11 :thumb:
     
  5. Hadron

    Hadron Registered Member

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    As much as I love Drive Snapshot, it's probably not going to be what you're looking for.
    If your computer won't boot, you really need to have made some boot media to be able to restore the image(s).
     
  6. tyee

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    Anyone tried restoring a Win10 image to an external usb drive and then tried to boot from it? I just got it to work using IFW. I would like to see if DS works also.
     
  7. Brian K

    Brian K Imaging Specialist

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    tyee,

    You used IFW with restores, not copies? Did you also use usbboot.tbs?
     
  8. tyee

    tyee Registered Member

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    I did the copy mode with the script after just like you said.
     
  9. Brian K

    Brian K Imaging Specialist

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    Unlike IFW, DS doesn't have a Copy mode.

    DS won't allow restoring the OS image to a USB drive while Windows is running.
     
  10. tyee

    tyee Registered Member

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    Even to an external usb drive? What's the theory behind that?
     
  11. Brian K

    Brian K Imaging Specialist

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    DS seems to think you are restoring the OS image to a booted OS. When you aren't. Try it.
     
  12. tyee

    tyee Registered Member

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    That could be fixed easy but Tom has his reasons I guess. Maybe because of the disk signature collision. DS probably doesn't change the signature when making an image.
     
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