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You need to create a startup CD/DVD disc, or USB removable storage device to restore data to a system or other locked disk. You may also create an ISO image of a startup CD disc and burn it using your favorite CD writing software.

You may create a Linux-based or WinPE based startup disk.

A Linux-based disk

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 have problems with starting you computer up from the R-Drive Image startup disks, select configure startup media troubleshooting options . Then the Startup Media Troubleshooting Options panel will appear. You may configure these options to eliminate those problems.

Those options will help you if you have problems with starting you computer up from the R-Drive Image startup disks.

Bootable media type

You may select either a Linux-based or WindowsPE based startup version.

Display kernel startup messages

if this checkbox is enabled, R-Drive Image displays all startup messages. That may be useful to locate the source of the problem when your system hangs during R-Drive Image startup.

Trace drivers loading

Select this checkbox when you want to see loading drivers to find which one may lock the system.

Disables ACPI

Disables APIC

Select these checkboxes when your system detects some hardware incorrectly during R-Drive Image startup and displays messages like: hda: lost interrupt

Disables USB devices support

Select these checkbox if your system experiences problems with USB devices during R-Drive Image startup.

Disables SCSI devices support

Select these checkbox if your system experiences problems with SCSI devices during R-Drive Image startup.

Disables PATA devices support

Select these checkbox if your system experiences problems with Parallel ATA devices during R-Drive Image startup.

Disables PCMCIA devices support

Select these checkbox if your system experiences problems with PCMCIA devices during R-Drive Image startup.

Disables DMA for all IDE disk drives

Select these checkbox if your system experiences problems with IDE disks during R-Drive Image startup.

IRQ polling mode

Select this checkbox if R-Drive Image does not recognize a device although it is in the supported device list.

Default clocksource

Select this checkbox to select computer default clocksource.

PCI BIOS

Select an appropriate option if your system experiences problems with computer hardware.

ACPI OSI

An option informing the computer BIOS which OS type is going to start. Default is Linux, but it may cause the computer BIOS to drop support for some computer hardware. Change this option if the startup version cannot recognize some computer hardware, or it malfunctions.

Disable specified drivers

Enter the drivers that may cause system lock. Driver names should be separated by a space or comma.

To create a startup CD disc:

Supported CD and DVD Recorders

1 Select Create Startup Disks on the Action Selection panel and click the Next button
2 Select the CD-recorder in the list of supported startup devices with removable storage on the Create Sturtup Disk panel and click the Next button
3 Click the Start button on the Processing panel
> R-Drive Image will start creating the startup CD disc

When you click the Start button, R-Drive Image will open the CD-R/RW drive tray and the Insert a blank CD-R/RW disc... message will appear. Insert a blank CD-R/RW disc and click the OK button. When R-Drive Image finishes creating the startup CD disc, the Startup disks created successfully message will appear.

If you mistakenly insert a non-empty CD-R/RW disc, the CD-R/RW disc is not empty... message will appear. Change the disc to another empty CD-R/RW disc and click the OK button.

To create an ISO image:

1 Select Create Startup Disks on the Action Selection panel and click the Next button
2 Select ISO on the Create Sturtup Disk panel, specify a file name for the ISO image, and click the Next button
3 Click the Start button on the Processing panel
> When R-Drive Image finishes writing the file with the ISO image, the Startup disks created successfully message will appear
4 Create the startup CD using your favorite CD creation software

Load the created ISO image into the CD creation software. Consult documentation for the software for details.

To create a startup USB removable device:

It may be a USB flash disk, ZIP drive, etc. It should be FAT/FAT32 formatted and connected to the computer before selecting Create Startup Disks on the Action Selection panel. If there is some data on that device, it will not be overwritten.

1 Select Create Startup Disks on the Action Selection panel and click the Next button
2 Select the required removable device in the list of supported startup devices with removable storage on the Create Sturtup Disk panel and click the Next button
3 Click the Start button on the Processing panel
> R-Drive Image will start creating the startup USB disc

When R-Drive Image finishes creating the startup USB disk, the Startup disks created successfully message will appear.

A WindowsPE-based disk

1 Select Create Startup Disks on the Action Selection panel and click the Next button .
2 Click the Configuration button and select Windows-based in the Bootable media type dropbox.

You may need to install additional Windows components .

3 Click the Download button and follow the instructions.
4 Click the OK button on the message that will appear when the components have been downloaded.
5 Click the OK button on Startup Media Configuration panel,

return to the Create Sturtup Disk , and click the OK button.

R-Drive Image will format the disk before writing new data to it. Old data will be therefore deleted from the disk.

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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