IFL is fast. I think it's the fastest imaging app. Not having to make selections on the GUI at restore time shortens the restore process even more. Download IFL, the No Net or standard version. I prefer the No Net version. Unzip and double click makedisk.exe Next Traditional - You have control over options. (Custom) Accept In Global Geometry, put a tick in Align Partitions on 1 MiB Boundaries In Miscellaneous Global, put a tick in Use Windows 9x MBR In Additional ifi.ini Options type OutputDiskID=1 ISO8601=1 LogFile=/tbu/boot/ifl.log Licensed Name and Product Key Leave Boot Drive Mounted as /tbu/boot Run List - Run Scripts Listed in scriptslist.txt BootIt License if you have it (not essential for this UFD) Select the UFD drive letter and click Finish Boot the UFD Ignore the No User Script window and click OK IFL Restore Normal, not Automatic File Linux Select the File drive Select partition containing the backup image Navigate to the image (choose any image as we'll change the name later) Single Pass Restore From. Tick in what you want to restore. If the image contains multiple partitions, tick Drive and all will be selected. If it's a single partition restore, select the partition. {{{Restore From window when restoring a single partition. Select the backup. Restore To Linux. Restore to Drive. Select the partition to restore to. Yes on the Warning. etc}}} Restore To. Linux Restore To. Select the Target Drive. With a multi-partition restore, the first partition will be highlighted on the next window. Yes on the Warning, if you agree. In Option window, put a tick in Write Changed Sectors Only Reboot when Completed Leave the default ticks alone Next Show Command Save to File You now see a Save As window After --r type --uy so you will have tbu/imagel --r --uy --d: etc Go to the image name you selected and replace it with restore* So I replaced 11_01 with restore*. 11_01 was my image. You won't see a TBI file extension. Click OK Double click boot Double click scripts In the Name field, type restore.tbs click OK click Exit on the IFL window The computer restarts Boot IFL UFD Ignore the Run Scripts window. Press Enter Click Editor at the top. The pen File, Open File double click boot/ double click scripts/ double click scriptslist.txt type restore.tbs File, Save File Close the scriptslist.txt window Right click the IFL desktop Reboot, Yes In Windows, go to your backup folder Select the backup image you want to restore and type restore in front of the name So if my image was abcd.TBS it will become restoreabcd.TBS When you want to restore the backup, boot the UFD, the restore will happen and Windows will load. Now, remove the UFD and remove the restore word from the image name.
It's called IFL because it can be installed in a Linux OS. But it can backup/restore Windows, Linux and DOS partitions. From IFL boot media. You can run IFL from a Linux OS, UFD, CD or an IFL partition on your SSD.
I think I'll have to check IFL again. I used it many years ago and found it somehow much more complicated than Clonezilla.
It does take a while to get used to the IFL GUI. That's why I outlined the steps in detail. Edit... When you add --uy in the Save As window, make sure there are two - in front of uy. --uy makes the script automated, instead of IFL stopping to ask if you want to continue.
@Brian K Hi Brian, You mention in your original post, Image for Linux 'no net' version Do you have a link for the Image for Linux 'no net' version, I can't seem to find it or identify it? I've used IFL to restore to a number of laptop drives saving Linux Mint image and restoring image successfully with all my saved stuff using a dvd of Image for Linux and an external hardrive (using usb sata adapter) as my image store. It was just my mint with a few extra bits so not all that large. I'm not an expert in imaging and quite new to it . I've always cloned over the years but a like having that saved image on a hardrive. I don't know if I just had beginners luck with it but the process was fast and painless. Just a bit tricky (for me) working out and using the options.
sdmod, The no net version loads a few seconds faster than the net version. That's its only advantage. It's available from your TeraByte downloads page... https://www.terabyteunlimited.com/product-download.php You can't use an IFL DVD for the automated procedure. It has to be a UFD so you can edit files. Good luck with your testing.
Hi Brian I have always liked the linux version is faster first i would love to thank you for the thread , should be pinned but can I ask you just a question ? about the no net , does not it include network features or what? I mean what 's the meaning of "no net" , i understood only it used to boot faster thanks Brian
mantra, That's correct. The "no net" version doesn't have networking. I rarely use networking when creating/restoring images. Networking allows you to have your image on another computer. If you use the full (networking) IFL version and you don't have an ethernet cable plugged in, IFL takes 20 seconds longer to load as it searches for a network. Once network IFL has loaded you can choose an ethernet or wireless network, if desired.
hi Brian good to know about no net about i don't need it ,but would be nice a video to watch how do it or even if could be possibile to use a single desktop (network ) to restore many desktops with the same hardware via network just because i will never do ,just for curiosity thanks Brian
