Note: If Windows Ransomware protection in Windows Security and/or other utilities that block direct access to disks are enabled, R-Drive Image may not be able to access disks in some cases.

This chapter explains how to perform  disk actions. Each action starts from the Action Selection panel. Click the controls to go to the respective help pages.

Keyboard Navigation

Changing the program language

You may select the language of R-Drive Image panels . To do so, click the H elp button and select the required language on the Language menu.

To start a required action, select

• Create an Image of a partition, logical disk, or entire hard drive

• Create an Image from Files

• Copy Files to a Folder

• Restore Data from an Image

• Copy Disk to Disk to make an exact copy of one disk on another

• Manage partition and logical disks

• Mount an Image as a Virtual Logical Disk (read-only)

• Unmount Virtual Logical Disks

• Check an Image File to check an existing image file

The RAIDs, and Various Disk and Volume Managers chapter explains how to perform disk actions with various compound volumes such as:

• Hardware RAIDs

• BitLocker Drive Encryption

• Windows Software RAIDs, Spanned, and Other Volumes

• Windows Storage Spaces

• Apple RAIDs

• Apple CoreStorage/File Vault/Fusion Drive Volumes

• Linux mdadm RAIDs

• Linux Logical Volume Manager Volumes

The Startup Version chapter explains how to perform disk actions using the R-Drive Image Startup Version such as:

• Create Startup Disk

• Restoring Data to a System or Other Locked Disk

• Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems

• Disk to Disk Copy Using the Startup Disks

The Scheduled Actions, Command Line Operations, and Scripting chapter explains how to start disk actions automatically at scheduled times/events and create scripts that can be performed from a command line.

• Scheduler and Unattended Actions

• Scripting and Command Line Operations

• Rotation schemes (backup sets)

The Technical Information chapter gives technical information on

• Updates

• Cloud Services

• FTP/FTPS/SFTP Servers

• Network-Drives

• Image Replications

• Logging

• Creating consistent point-in-time backups

• Support for Various Disk Partition Schemes and File Systems

• Supported Virtual Disk and Disk Image Formats:

• Disk Wiping Algorithms

• Supported CD and DVD Recorders

• List of Hardware Devices Supported in the Startup Mode

The R-Drive Image OEM kit chapter explains how computer system integrators can create system recovery disks for their systems

• Create a Master Image

• Create Startup Media

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