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If there is a non-IDE disk controller in your system, or you plan to use network disks or external hardware devices, first check the list of supported hardware.
If you plan to use any external device, turn it on before starting the system.
If the motherboard in your computer supports the Serial ATA (SATA) devices, but IDE disks are also present, only the SATA devices should be set to the Enhanced Mode in BIOS.
| 1 | Restart R-Drive Image in its startup mode |
| • | From the R-Drive Image Graphical User Interface |
| 1. | Select the file with the image, the object in the image file, select the system disk as the destination as it is described in the Restore Data from an Image topic. Do not pay much attention to the image file, as it will be eventually discarded. The only important option at this stage is the image destination. Select the system disk. |
| 3. | Select Restart computer (recommended) and click the OK button. The message will appear. Click the Yes button. (If you click the Cancel button on the message, the message will appear, and R-Drive Image will stay on the Image Object Selection panel.) |
You computer will restart. The following text will appear on the screen:
Please select the operating system to start:
R-DriveImage Autopart v.2.0
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
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| 4. | Select R-DriveImage Autopart v.2.0 and press the Enter button. You may select Microsoft Windows XP Professional to start Windows normally. |
| • | using the R-Drive Image startup floppy disks |
| 1. | Make sure that the first startup device in the system BIOS is A (Floppy). Refer to your system documentation for details. |
| 2. | Insert the first startup floppy disk and start your computer. |
The following text will appear on the screen:
Loading.............................
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Uncompressing R-Drive Image... OK, starting the kernel
VFS: Insert the second R-Drive Image boot disk and press ENTER
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| 3. | Insert the second disk and press ENTER. |
| • | using the R-Drive Image startup CD disc or USB disk |
| 1. | Make sure that the first startup device in the system BIOS is the required drive. Refer to your system documentation for details. |
| 2. | Insert the CD disc or connect the USB disk and start your computer. |
R-Drive Image will start in the startup mode.
The following text will appear on the screen:
Loading kernelcd.............................
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loading rdrive.fs.......................ready.
Decompressing... Parsing ELF... done.
Starting the kernel.
Initializing R-Drive Image...
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Use the Tab key to switch between the control areas and the arrow keys to select options within the control areas. Press the Enter key to activate the selected button.
You may also activate a key by pressing the highlighted letter key. You may exit the program by pressing the x key.
| 2 | Select Disk to disk copy on the Action Selection panel and press the N key |
R-Drive Image will start analyzing the computer disk configuration, the Progress... message showing the progress. Then the R-Drive Image: Select an object you want to archive/backup/copy panel will show the configuration.
H
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Hard drive
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P
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Primary partition
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L
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Logical disk
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U
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Unallocated space
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Use the arrow keys to switch between the options.
| 3 | Select an object which you want to copy on the Select an object you want to archive/backup/copy panel and press the N key |
Use the arrow keys to switch between the objects.
| 4 | Select the destination for the data on the Select a target for copy/restore operation panel and press the N key |
Use the arrow keys to switch between the target objects.
| 5 | Specify restore parameters on the Copy/restore options panel and press the N key |
For restoring/copying one or several partition(s):
Restore Options
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Free space before
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You may specify the size of free space that will be left on the hard drive before the beginning of the partition.
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Partition size
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You may specify the size of the partition to be restored. Should be between the minimum and maximum partition size.
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Partition type
Primary(Active)
Primary
Logical
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You may specify the type of the partition to be restored. Do not change this setting unless you have serious reasons to do so.
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For restoring/copying an entire hard drive to another hard drive:
HDD Copy Method
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Raw disk copy
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R-Drive Image writes sector-by-sector the data from the original drive or its image to the target one making an exact copy of the original disk regardless of its partitioning method. Can be used if other methods create a non-bootable disk due to incorrect detection of drive's geometry or non-standard loader.
Drawback: partition sizes cannot be changed.
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Copy all partitions onto original places
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R-Drive Image copies all partitions to their original places. If R-Drive Image detects the drive's geometry correctly, and there is no non-standard loader, it makes the same result as during Raw disk copy.
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One partition after another
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If there are empty (not-used) places between the partitions, R-Drive Image copies them one after another preserving their original sizes. Otherwise it is similar to Copy all partitions onto original places.
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Expand/Shrink partition to whole disk
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If there are empty (not-used) places between the partitions or they occupy less or more space than the target drive, R-Drive Image proportionally expands/shrinks them to occupy the entire target drive. Otherwise it is similar to Copy all partitions onto original places.
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One partition after another (Fixed active partition)
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The same as One partition after another but preserving the original offset/size of the active partition (in case the loader has links to it).
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Expand/Shrink partition to whole disk (Fixed active partition)
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The same as Expand/Shrink partition to whole disk but preserving the original offset/size of the active partition (in case the loader has links to it).
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See Support for Various Non-MBR Partition Layouts for details.
| 6 | Verify that the information on the Confirm operations panel is correct and click the N key |
| > | R-Drive Image will start copying the data from the source disk to the selected destination |
The Progress window will show the progress of the current operation and overall process. When the data is copied, the Operation completed successfully message will appear.
The Disk Actions chapter explains basic disk actions.
The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R-Drive Image Startup Version.
The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on Supported CD and DVD Recorders and List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode and another useful technical information.
Follow this link to obtain R-Drive Image Contact Information and Technical Support
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