| | Restoring a HD image from within a Win32 (Windows) environment is the most flexible and powerful way to restore. RSJ HD Image comes with a Win32 version of the restore program named RSJ HD Image Restore. |
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| | h3.Starting a Win32 Environment |
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| | {info}The Win32 environment used to run RSJ HD Image Restore must not be booted from the partition that is to be restored.{info} |
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| | To start an independent Windows environment, you have the following options: |
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| | * Boot your system from a USB stick or CD with Windows PE (e.g. [Barts PE|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_PE]) |
| | * Boot the system from a service (secondary) partition |
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| | We recommend the first method. A bootable USB stick or CD is quickly created using freely available tools; all you need is your Windows XP CD and a running Windows system. The result is a simple and reliable means to launch a Windows environment from USB stick or CD. |
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| | The second method means you have to install Windows to a second partition, preferably on a second hard drive. If the second partition is on the same hard disk and the reason for the restore is a hard drive fail, you are back at the start... |
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| | Whichever method is the better depends on the environment and your needs; both allow to run RSJ HD Image Restore and to restore a partition from CD/DVD´, local or network files, ... |
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| | {info}When creating your Bart's PE medium or service partition, remember to include RSJ HD Image Restore. All you need is the file named _hdrest32.exe_; you can copy it from the RSJ HD Image installation folder (usually c:\Program Files\RSJ HD Image) or download it [here|http://www.rsj.de/hdimg/RSJHDRestore.zip]. |
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| | h4.Running RSJ HD Image Restore |
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| | Launch RSJ HD Image Restore by double clicking the file named _hdrest32.exe_ |
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| | h5. Select the Source Medium |
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| | The backup may be located in a file with (virtually) unlimited size or on one or more CDs/DVDs, as long as they were created by RSJ HD Image Creator. Specify the source medium on the second wizard page of RSJ HD Image Restore: |
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| | h4. Target Partition |
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| | The following picture is a screenshot of the target partition selection page: |
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| | !rest-target.gif! |
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| | If the system contains more than one hard disk, select the appropriate hard disk using the drop down list on the top left of the window. |
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| | If the selected target hard disk contains partitions, they are displayed in the Target Partition table below. |
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| | If there is no partition, you have the following options: |
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| | * press the _Restore Partitions_ button; this will restore the partition layout of the hard disk that was backed up |
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| | * quit RSJ HD Image restore and launch a partition program (e.g. Windows Disk Management) to create the desired partitions; then return to RSJ HD Image Restore |
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| | When the correct target partition is selected, press _Next_ and _Finish_ to confirm and restore the partition. |
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| | h4. Unattended Restore |
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| | To run the program in unattended mode, use the following command line arguments: |
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| | ||Parameter || Info || |
| | | -ua | must be set to activate unattended mode | |
| | | -log <file name> | write messages (errors etc.) to the specified text file; this is important for diagnosing problems since there is nothing displayed on the screen!| |
| | | -h or -? | shows this info| |
| | | -src <name>|specifies the location of the backup; if it's on a CD/DVD, specify the drive letter; if it's in file(s), specify the path and file name if the first backup file| |
| | | -target_hd <no>|number of the hard disk to restore to; the first HD is #1 | |
| | | -target_partition <no>|number of the partition to restore; the first partition is #1{warning}If you're in doubt about the correct numbers, run RSJ HD Image Restore in normal mode and advance to the target page, which displays partitions and drives with their correct numbers.{warning}| |
| | | -restore_partitions|deletes all partitions on the target hard disk and restores the partition layout of the backed up hard disk| |
| | | | -extract | extract a CD/DVD/Bluray RSJ HD Image medium to a single ISO file; requires the _-target_file_ parameter |
| | | -target_file <path and filename>| specifies the path and file name of the ISO file to create (see _-extract_ argument above); the file name will be altered to contain the correct volume number of the medium being |
| | | | -extract | extract a CD/DVD/Bluray RSJ HD Image medium to a single ISO file |
| | | -target_file <path and filename>| specifies the path and file name of the ISO file to create (see _-extract_ argument above); the file name will be altered to contain the correct volume number of the medium being |
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| | {info}If the first argument is not -ua, RSJ HD Image Restore runs in normal, graphical mode.{info} |
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