Image For Windows

I just used a recent image to look at the Recovery partition.

I first tried TBIMount, but I was denied access.
But Reflects "Explore Image > Enable access to restricted folders" is a handy feature.

 

OK, so that's the same file as you have in
C:\Program Files (x86)\TeraByte Drive Image Backup and Restore Suite\tbwinre\WinRE_Backup

Strange, Win10 1909 should have updated that file, but it hasn't. See what happens when ver 2004 is released.

 

TBIView works. TBI Mount doesn't.

 

Oh.
I didn't try that one.

 

The easy way is to double click your *.TBI and select the partition.

 

I think I might leave C:\Recovery there for now.
It's a hidden system folder.

Inside is a WindowsRE folder containing: boot.sdi, ReAgent.xml and Winre.wim.
There is also another folder called: DISM60X64. It contains: WinPE-StorageWMI.cab, WinPE-StorageWMI_en-us.cab, WinPE-WMI.cab, WinPE-WMI_en-us.cab.
Those cab files are dated, July 10, 2015, but the DISM60X64 folder is dated July 13, 2019.

 

I don't have the DISM folder.

When you install ver 2004 you might get a second RE partition. Time will tell.

 

But do you have the C:\Recovery folder?

 

Yes for my main computer. No for my test computer. Not my choice. That's how Win10 installed.
I upgraded a Win10 copy in the test computer to 2004 and a RE partition appeared. We have no control over whether we get a RE partition or not.

 

You can move the Recovery files from the RE partition to the Win10 partition if you like and then delete the RE partition. A personal decision.

 

Hadron, this is a long way to check winre.wim in RE partition. It could be of use later.

Go to
C:\Program Files (x86)\TeraByte Drive Image Backup and Restore Suite\TeraByte OSD Tool Suite Pro\win

Right click tbosdtw64.exe and Run as Admin. Or use TeraByte OS Deployment Tool Suite Professional in the Start Menu.

Confirm Disk 0 is the one containing Win10 and the RE.

Code:

list hd 0 /f /u /w

You should see your partitions. Make a note of the RE partition's ID. Most likely 03. Stay in TBOSDT.
Now we'll mount the RE partition and I'll use 03 in my lines.

Code:

open fs 0: 0 0x03
0:
dir /s winre.wim

You should see details on winre.wim. Still in TBOSDT

Code:

close fs 0:
exit

Edit ... there are lots of number 0 but no letter O

 

Thanks Hadron.

Seems to have installed without issue on my system.

 

Brian, it asks me to enter a key.
I entered my IFW key, but it says that it's not valid.
It then prompts me to upgrade to Professional for BootIt.

 

Hadron,

I registered mine years ago and forgot you will need to do it.
If you have BootIt Collection, use its Name and Key.
If you have BIBM (without the Collection), use its Name and Key.

Name and Key here...

https://www.terabyteunlimited.com/product-download.php

 

Ages ago, after running TBOSDT once you weren't given an option to register on the second attempt. If this applies to you, type
register
and press Enter. Then you should see the register fields.

 

Brian, I don't have BootIt Collection or BIBM.
I was given the option to get a package deal years ago when I first purchased IFW, but I didn't get it.
I still don't even know if I would find them useful.

 

OK

BootIt Collection is my favorite app. But you need to have a use for it.

 

It says that it does disk imaging as well.

 

BIU

BIBM

 

Both products are included in the purchase. It supports hundreds of different partition types but the only ones of interest to us are NTFS, exFAT, FAT16, FAT32, Linux Native and Linux Swap.

You can multi-boot "hundreds" of OS in a single computer. Not that you would.

It has a steep learning curve. You will need help. But once you understand the concepts, it's easy.

IFW, IFD, IFL and IFU (Image for UEFI that's in BIU) create and restore each others backup images.

 

So are all the imaging application included with BootIt Collection even though it doesn't appear to mention it on the page?

 

No, BootIt Collection only includes IFU or IFD.
You can run BIU and BIBM from boot media. It really only needs to be installed if you are multi-booting.

You don't need extra Windows or Linux OS to multi-boot. I like having TBWinRE and IFL partitions so that is a multi-boot. You can also add most other WinPE so you can add Macrium, AOMEI, Active@, etc to your multi-boot.

 

How does it work to do that?
Do I select the boot partition prior to re-booting, or do do I get a boot selection at boot up?

 

You can use any of the TeraByte imaging apps to copy the UFD partition to an internal drive. Resize the partition smaller to a desired size.Then set up a Boot Item in BIU. That's it. Total time, a few minutes.

The new item will be in the BIU boot selection Boot Menu. BIU opens to the Boot Menu each time. Select your item and it boots.

 

You can also decide which item you want to boot next while still in Win10. You do this with BootNow. A component of BIU. When you restart Win10, the computer boots the desired partition. There is no BIU Boot Menu in this case.