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An image is an exact,
byte by byte, copy of any object on the panel. When created, images can be
processed like their original objects.
Images are very useful if there is a risk of total data loss due
to hardware malfunction. If bad blocks are constantly appearing on
a hard drive, you must immediately create an image of this drive.
All data search, scan and restoring can be done from this
image.
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Select an object on the
R-Studio's panel and click
the button |
Other ways to create the image
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Select the object and select
Create Image on the Drive menu |
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Right-click the selected object and
select Create Image File
on the shortcut menu |
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Specify image options, a file name, and
destination for the image on
the Create Image dialog box |
Note: To
store an image file, you need a free space equal to at least the
object size.
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Create Image dialog box
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Create Image dialog box
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Image Options
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Image name
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Specifies the name and
path for the image file
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Byte to byte
image
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If this option is
selected, R-Studio
will create a simple exact copy of the
object. This image format is compatible with the previous versions
of R-Studio.
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Compressed image
(R-Drive Image compatible)
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If this option is
selected, R-Studio
will create an image file which can be
compressed, split into several parts, and password-protected. This
image file is fully compatible with the images created by
R-Drive Image, but incompatible with the previous versions of
R-Studio.
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Image
compression ratio
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You may compress the
data in the image to save space. Active only if the
Compressed image (R-Drive Image
compatible) is selected.
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Estimated size
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Shows the estimated
size of the image file. An actual image size depends on how much
empty space is on the selected partition and what file types are
there. Active only if the Compressed image (R-Drive Image compatible)
is selected.
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Image split size
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You may set this
option to Automatic
and let Windows decide how to split the
image file. This mostly depends on the file system on the
destination disk. You may also either explicitly specify the split
size, or choose a preset for various devices with removable
storage. Select Fixed size
for that. Active only if the
Compressed image (R-Drive Image
compatible) is selected.
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Password
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You may protect your
image file with a password. Note: This
feature provides a relatively moderate protection against
conventional unauthorized access. Active only if the
Compressed image (R-Drive Image
compatible) is selected.
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Read attempts
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Specifies a value
for I/O Tries, or how many times R-Studio will try to
read a bad sector.
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Pattern to
fill bad blocks
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Specifies a
pattern R-Studio will use to fill bad sectors in this image. You may
specify the pattern either in the ANSI or
Hex data
format.
Note: R-Studio
will never ever try to write anything on
the disk from which data is to recover or an image is to create.
This pattern fills bad sectors only in the image.
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R-Studio will start creating the image, the message
showing the progress. |
Select
Open Image File on the
Drive menu
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Select the required image file
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An Image object will
appear on the panel |
Depending
whether this is a byte-by-byte or compressed (R-Drive Image compatible), its appearance in the
panels is
different.
You may perform
all data search, scan, and recovery from this image as it were a
regular drive/disk object.
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