Partition table is bad. The Master Boot Record (MBR) can contain, at most, one extended partition, and each Extended Partition Boot Record (EPBR) can contain, at most, one link to another EPBR. This error occurs when a partition table violates the foregoing rule. Since any modifications the program makes may decrease the amount of data that is recoverable from the hard disk, the program will not recognize any of the hard disk's partitions. You can use the PARTINFO utility to print the contents of the partition tables.
Error #1015
System sector not marked unavailable. This error may indicate that there are open files on the hard disk. Shut down and restart OS/2, booting from diskettes. If this does not resolve the problem, run OS/2's CHKDSK program. Additionally, you can delete the erroneous file.
This error message may also indicate that a file is listed with a file length of zero. OS/2's CHKDSK program will not fix this problem.
Error #10278
Could not account for all sectors. This error may be resolved in one or more of the following ways:
1. If you are working with an HPFS386 partition, you must use BACKACC to back up ACL information and to change the partition to regular HPFS. You can then use the program to make changes to the partition. After using the program, use RESTACC to restore the ACL information and then change the partition back to HPFS386.
2. If you are trying to run the program from the partition that you want to modify, run the program from a different partition.
3. Delete the offending file. Files named FOUND.000 or ending in .CHK are typically the problem.
4. Turn off the disk mirroring option in PC-Tools.
5. If none of the above solutions works, back up the partition, delete it, recreate it, and restore the data.
Error #1045'
Stac volume detected-delete Stac volume before converting. This error message occurs when you attempt to convert a partition to HPFS and the existing partition contains a STAC volume. Stacker cannot access a STAC volume that is on an HPFS partition. Delete the STAC volume from the partition before converting to HPFS. NTFS-Specific Errors (1500-1647) Errors 1500 through 1647 are NTFS-specific error messages. In this context, "attribute" does not mean read-only, hidden, system, and so on. Rather, "attribute" means one of a file's data streams.
Error #104v
No sectors in partition. No partition should contain zero sectors. Delete the partition before using the program.
Errors #105, #106 and #108
Partition begins or ends on wrong boundary. The hard disk partition table contains erroneous values. The program expects FAT, HPFS, and NTFS partitions to begin and end on the boundaries used by FDISK. If they do not, the disk may be partially corrupted and any modifications the program makes may decrease the amount of data recoverable from the hard disk. Therefore, the program refuses to recognize any of the hard disk's partitions. You can use the PARTINFO utility to print the contents of the partition tables.
Errors #107, #109
Partition begins or ends after end of disk. This error can occur when you are running the program on a hard disk that uses more than 1,024 cylinders. Under DOS, the program is restricted by the BIOS 1,024 cylinder limit. If any partitions extend beyond the limit, the program cannot safely operate on the hard disk. To use the full capacity of hard disks with more than 1,024 cylinders, you must run the program executables under either OS/2 or Windows 95. This error can also occur when you are booting OS/2 from a diskette, and the correct drivers for the hard disk are not present on the diskette.
This error can also occur if a partition erroneously extends beyond the physical end of the hard disk. This may happen if the hard disk has been used on a different computer or with a different hard disk controller. You can use the PARTINFO utility to print the contents of the partition tables. Be advised that the physical geometry of the hard disk may differ from the logical geometry assigned to the hard disk by the operating system.
Error #110
Partition table number of sectors is inconsistent. The hard disk partition table contains two inconsistent descriptions of the number of sectors on the hard disk. You can use the PARTINFO utility to print the contents of the partition tables.
This error is serious if both DOS and OS/2 use the hard disk. Because DOS uses one description and OS/2 uses the other, data loss is likely once the partition is almost full.
Errors #111, #112
Logical partition starts or ends outside Extended. The hard disk partition table contains erroneous values. All logical partitions must be totally contained within the extended partition. You can use the PARTINFO utility to print the contents of the partition tables.
Error #116
Partition table Begin and Start inconsistent. The hard disk partition table contains two inconsistent descriptions of the partition's starting sector. This error can occur if the operating system reports a hard disk geometry that is different than the geometry in use when the partition table was written. Possible causes of the hard disk geometry changing are: (1) different operating systems (for example, DOS and OS/2) report different hard disk geometries, (2) you boot from a diskette that loads a different driver than is loaded when you boot from the hard disk, (3) upgrading the operating system (for example, from OS/2 2.x to OS/2 Warp) causes a different driver to be used, (4) the hard disk or controller has been changed, (5) the BIOS has been upgraded, (6) the BIOS LBA setting has been changed, or (7) there is a partition table virus present on the hard disk.
You can use the PARTINFO utility to print the contents of the partition tables. You can also use a virus scanning program to remove any partition table virus. Data loss is possible if the number of heads or sectors per track has changed since you first created your partitions.
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Error #120
The logical drive chain is incompatible. DOS, OS/2, Windows 95, and Windows NT require that logical partitions be chained together in ascending order. This error occurs when one or more of the logical partitions are chained together in the wrong order. Other operating systems may not have this requirement. Some versions of Linux fdisk chain logical partitions together in the order created. This situation is very dangerous and can cause loss of one or more partitions when using DOS's FDISK.
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The first sector of the drive cannot be read. The first sector of the hard disk (cylinder 0, head 0, sector 1) contains the Master Boot Record (MBR) and the primary partition table. The program cannot make changes to this hard disk because an error occurred when it read the first sector.
Error #122*
A bad sector was found in the current or new partition area. The partition cannot be moved safely because there is a bad sector in the new or current partition area. This will occur only when the program tries to move non-FAT partitions. No corruption will occur when this error is encountered.
Error #1501
Wrong version of NTFS. The partition was created using a version of the NTFS file format that the program cannot work with.
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Bad NTFS cluster size. The NTFS cluster size must be 512, 1,024, 2,048, or 4,096 bytes.
Error #1512
Restart record mismatch. The two restart entries in the journal file are different. This may happen if Windows NT is not properly shut down. To fix this problem, restart Windows NT and shut it down using the Shut Down command.
Error #1516/
Partition improperly dismounted. The partition dirty flag is set in a restart record in the journal file. This error may have been caused by a power failure or system crash while the Windows NT operating system was writing the partition. Reboot Windows NT and execute CHKDSK /F to repair the damage.
Error #1527
Bad update sequence number. A buffer contains mismatched update sequence numbers. This error may have been caused by a power failure or system crash while the Windows NT operating system was writing to the partition. Reboot Windows NT and execute CHKDSK /F to repair the damage.
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Information mismatch in directory entry. A file attribute stored in a file record is different from the attribute stored in its directory entry. If this error is in a system file (files 0-10), Windows NT's CHKDSK program will not fix it, but Windows NT will rebuild the root directory on the partition the next time the operating system is started.
Error #1538
Can't find contiguous space to move. The partition does not contain enough contiguous free space to hold the new copy of a file that must be contiguous. You will normally encounter this error when you use the Resize option to shrink a partition.
Error #1539
File size mismatch. The size of a system file (file 0-10) recorded in its file record does not match either the size recorded in its directory entry in the root directory or the size of its data stream.
Error #1544j
External attribute list in external attribute. An external file record has an external attribute list.
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File attributes out of order. The attributes in a file must appear in order of increasing numeric type.
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Attribute neither resident nor nonresident. The attribute resident flag has a value other than resident or nonresident.
Error #1547i
Wrong run limits. A run has more clusters than the difference between its highest and lowest cluster.
Error #1548W
File table has fewer than 16 entries. The file table must have at least 16 entries.
Error #1549f
File table has more than 4 billion entries. The file table must have fewer than 4 billion entries.
Error #1644-
Bad system file sequence number. A system file has a bad sequence number. System files must have a sequence number from 0 to 10. A partition with this problem may pass a run of Windows NT's CHKDSK program, but Windows NT will not mount the partition the next time the operating system is started.
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Error in root directory index. There is an error in the root directory's index. Running Windows NT's CHKDSK program will not fix this problem, but the Windows NT operating will automatically rebuild the root directory on the partition the next time it is started. Miscellaneous Errors (2000-2024)
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Used in scripting. The DELETE ALL command failed to delete all the partitions on the drive.
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Attempted operation on a partition in an improperly opened image file.
Error #18013
Did not find requested partition in image file.
Error #1802/
Image file header information is not valid.
Error #1803e
Attempted to delete or write to a partition in the image file which was opened in Read Only mode.
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Error encountered while compressing or decompressing image file data.
Error #18080
Buffer to small to read in partition bitmap.
Error #1809A
No more free space available to process remaining partitions.
Error #1810
Could not open image file.
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Could not read from image file.
Error #1900D
Used in scripting. The script contains an invalid drive number.
Error #2001
FAT copies are not identical. Run SCANDISK to fix this error. This problem may also be caused by a virus. Run a virus checker and remove the virus if possible.
Error #2005S
One or more lost clusters were found. Run SCANDISK or CHKDSK to fix this error.
Error #2012]
Formatted FAT file system too big for partition. This error can be caused by the following circumstances:
1. The number of sectors in the partition is larger than 65,536, and the bsHugeSects field of the boot sector ("Big total number of sectors" in Norton's DISKEDIT utility) shows that there are more sectors in the partition than the partition table shows.
2. The number of sectors in the partition is less than 65,536, and the bsSects field of the boot sector ("Total sectors on disk" in Norton's DISKEDIT utility) shows that there are more sectors in the partition than the partition table shows.
This situation can result in data loss when the FAT file system tries to use space outside the partition that does not exist or that belongs to another partition. Since file data may exist outside the partition boundary, you cannot fix the problem by simply patching the boot sector.
To correct the error, back up all data on the partition, delete the partition, recreate the partition, and restore the data. Alternately, it has been reported that you can use Norton Disk Doctor to fix this problem.
Error #2013
A component of FAT geometry is bad. This error can be caused by the following circumstances:
1. The number of clusters on the hard disk is greater than the FAT limits allow. This can result from bad values in the boot sector for the number of sectors, FATs, root entries, reserved sectors, and sectors per cluster.
2. The number of sectors in the FAT is not large enough to hold the number of clusters present on the hard disk.
A qualified consultant may be able to fix the hard disk by performing simple patches. Alternately, you can back up the data on the partition, delete the partition, recreate the partition, and restore the files.
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Error #2024
The OS/2 Extended Attribute file is corrupt. This error is caused by any program that mistakenly writes to or overwrites the OS/2 Extended Attribute file. If this error occurs, you should back up your data, delete the partition, recreate the partition, and restore your data.
Error #23
Unsupported version of operating system. The operating system versions that are required to run the program are listed in the System Requirements table in the introduction to this user guide.
Error #34
This beta or evaluation version is no longer safe to use. PowerQuest occasionally releases beta versions of the program. Beta versions are not as safe as release versions; therefore, PowerQuest builds an expiration date into each beta version. After a predetermined test period, the beta version will no longer function. The error is also returned if you use an evaluation version after the expiration date.
Error #36
DPMI Server error. The program's DOS executables use a DOS extender. This error indicates a failure during a call made from the program through the DOS extender (to DOS or to the BIOS). The DOS extender may be in conflict with other programs that use extended memory. DOS would load the conflicting programs from your CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT file, during the normal boot sequence.
You may be able to resolve this problem by pressing the F8 key while booting DOS. After DOS boots and starts to read the commands from your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files, DOS will ask you if you want to execute each command. When you see commands that load device drivers or TSR programs that you think might be conflicting with the program's DOS extender, answer "N" (no) to tell DOS not to execute that command (not to load that software into memory). You will often be able to find a program configuration that will enable the program (the DOS extender) to run without error.
Error #49
Write fault. The program is unable to write to a specific sector on the hard disk. There are a number of possible causes of this error:
1. If your PC beeps or displays a black box in the middle of the screen, virus protection is enabled in your computer's BIOS. Disable virus or boot sector protection in the BIOS.
2. A virus protection application (which may be a TSR or DLL program) is in use. Disable the application before using the program.
3. There is a bad sector on the hard disk (this is usually the case only with older hard disks). Run SCANDISK on the hard disk to perform a surface scan.
4. You have set up disk mirroring with PC-Tools. Disable the disk mirroring option.
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Subdirectory is corrupted. Copy the files out of the corrupted subdirectory and delete it.
Errors #506, #511, #512 and #513
Not enough free space on partition to make changes. Some free space (which is dependent on the hard disk's current contents) is required to change a partition. Delete unneeded and duplicate files in the partition and then attempt the operation again.
Errors #508, #952 and #953
As specified, the operation does not change the partition. You have entered a value that is the same as or (when rounded to the required cylinder boundary) rounds to the same as the partition's present value. Enter a larger change.
Error #509c
A bad sector was detected in the current or new FS area. This error may occur when you attempt to create a partition. To fix the problem, create an unformatted partition and use DOS to format it. If this error occurs while you are trying to resize a partition, turn off Skip Bad Sector Checks, resize the partition, exit the program, and run SCANDISK.
Error #510
The version of the file system is not supported. An updated version of the program is required to operate on this new version of the file system. Visit http://www.powerquest.com for information about updated versions of the program.
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Could not allocate/deallocate DOS real mode memory. The DOS Drive Image executable running under DOS, Windows 3.x, and Windows 95 requires a minimum of 585K of memory in the first 640K of the computer's address space (conventional memory). If not enough memory is available, the program cannot access the hard disk.
Create: Create Image Advanced Options
The Create Image Advanced Options group box appears when you click Advanced Options at the Ready To Create Image File screen. The following options are available from the Create Image Advanced Options group box:
1. Check for File System Errors
Unmark the Check for File System Errors check box if you want to disable error checking. If you have already used a disk utility program such as ScanDisk to check your hard drive for errors, it is not necessary to have Drive Image check for file system errors. Unmarking Check for File System Errors saves time in creating the image file.
If you did not run a disk utility program before loading Drive Image, leave the Check for File System Errors check box marked.
2. Disable SmartSector Copying
Drive Image's SmartSector technology speeds up the data copying process by only copying clusters and sectors that contain data. However, in some cases, such as high-security environments, it may be desirable to copy all clusters and sectors in their original layout, whether or not they contain data. If you wish to copy both used and unused clusters and sectors, mark the Disable SmartSector Copying check box.
Mark the Verify Disk Writes check box if you want to enable DOS disk write verification.
Note: Disk write verification is not critical to safely create image files. Enabling disk write verification can slow down the image file create process by as much as seven times.
4. ImageShield
If you wish to password-protect your image file, mark the Password Protect Image File check box and type a password in the Password field. Be sure to note image file passwords and store them in a safe place. If you forget an image file's password, you cannot restore the file.
5. Split Image File Into Multiple Files
Because Drive Image does not directly support CD-R, it cannot span large image files over several CDs. Therefore, you must force Drive Image to split the large file into smaller, discrete files which you can save to CDs after you exit Drive Image.
To force Drive Image to split large image files into smaller files, mark the Split Image File Into Multiple Files check box and enter the maximum byte size for each file in the File Size (bytes) field. If you wish to save the files to CDs, specify a file size of 650,000,000 bytes (650 MB) or less.
6. Image File Comments
You can type brief comments about your image file in the Image File Comments field.
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Create: Compress Image File
No Compression is the fastest method for creating an image file and is useful if storage space is not an issue. (For an exception to this, see the tip below.) Drive Image selects No Compression by default.
Low offers a 40% average compression ratio.
High offers a 50% average compression ratio.
Tip: If you are saving your image file to a busy network drive or to a relatively slow removable media device, compression may be faster than no compression since there is less data to write to the file.
Create: Ready to Create Image File
Drive Image displays all the information you have entered to this point:
(a) Source Drive
(b) Source Partitions (partition(s) to be included in the image file are marked with an "X")
(c) Image Filename
(d) Compression Level
1. If you wish to modify any settings, click Previous to backtrack and make changes.
2. Click Advanced Options to set such options as disabling file system error-checking or password-protecting your image file.
3. Click Finish to begin creating the image file.
Note: If Drive Image detects that you are saving your image file to a floppy drive or removable media, it enables a media-spanning feature that spreads the image file over a series of disks. Drive Image permits you to span a maximum of 50 disks with a limit of 12 partitions per image file. You must have at least 100K of available space on each disk in the series. If you use the media-spanning feature, be sure to number the disks in order, since you must insert them in sequence when restoring the image file.
Create: Name Image File,
Type the desired path and image filename in the Image File field, for example: D:\MYIMAGE.PQI.
Note: Drive Image uses .PQI as the default image filename extension.
IMPORTANT: You must save your image file to a partition that you are NOT including in your image file. If the drive and directory are not specified in the filename, Drive Image automatically saves the image file to the Drive Image program directory, PQDI.
You may also click Browse to browse the directory tree for your desired path and/or filename. If you select a pre-existing image file, the following message appears: "<Image Filename> exists. Do you want to overwrite it? Yes/No." If you select Yes, Drive Image immediately deletes the existing file.
You can save your image file to any physical or logical drive which has a drive letter. That includes floppy drives, secondary hard drives, network drives, and removable media storage devices such as Jaz, Zip, SyQuest drives, etc. (For more information, see the "Scenarios" section of Chapter 3 in the Drive Image 2.0 User Guide.)
Create: Select Source Drive
If your computer has more than one hard drive, select the drive that contains the partitions you wish to include in the image file.
Create: Select Source Partition(s)
Select the source drive partition(s) you wish to include in the image file, or click Select All to automatically select all partitions.
To deselect partitions, re-click a selected partition or click Select None to deselect all partitions at once.
The Total Selected field keeps a running total of the disk space for all selected partitions, as well as the total used and free space within the partitions.
Browse Directory Tree
The Browse feature allows you to browse for existing image files on your system.
To access an existing file, you can either enter the name in the Image File field or click Browse to browse the directory tree for the file.
In the Open Image File dialog, other image files in the current directory are displayed in the list box below the Filename field. To quickly access an existing image file, double-click on the desired file.
The List Files of Type drop-down list box determines the type of files that are displayed in the Filename list box. Selecting the " *.* " extension displays all files in the current directory. To list only image files, select the ".PQI" extension.
The current directory is shown in the Directories field. Your file will be saved to this directory. If you want to save your image file to a different directory, select (click) the desired directory in the list box below the Directories field. To display the contents of a directory (folder), double-click the folder.
The Drives drop-down list box displays the currently selected drive. Selecting a different drive displays that drive's filenames and directories in their respective fields.
Disk to Disk: Select Destination DriveB
Select the drive to which you wish to copy the partition(s).
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Disk to Disk: Select Destination Partition or Free Space
Select an existing partition or free space (non-partitioned disk space) on the destination drive.
If the destination partition or free space is not large enough to accommodate the partition(s) you wish to copy, or if you are copying the partition to a larger drive and want to set a specific size for partition rather than use the proportional resize option, you can click Resize Partitions to specify a different size for the copied partition.
Disk to Disk: Ready to Copy Disk to Disk
Drive Image displays all the information you have entered to this point:
(a) Source drive
(b) Source partitions
(c) Destination drive
(d) Destination space
1. If you wish to alter any settings, click Previous to backtrack and make changes.
2. If you wish to set options such as disabling file system error-checking or hiding partitions after copy, click Advanced Options.
WARNING: Copying multiple logical partitions can cause the drive letters of subsequent partitions to change. This may make the computer unbootable or cause applications to fail. For information on why drive letters change and how to fix them, refer to Background Information: "How the OS Assigns Drive Letters" and "Problems Caused by Drive Letter Changes." (In Windows 95, Background Information is located in the Start menu under Programs>Drive Image 2.0.)
3. Click Finish to begin copying the selected partition(s).
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Select the drive that contains the partition(s) you wish to copy.
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Select the source partition(s) you wish to copy, or click Select All to automatically select all partitions.
To deselect partitions, re-click a selected partition or click Select None to deselect all partitions at once.
The Total Selected field keeps a running total of the disk space for all selected partitions, as well as the total used and free space within the partitions.
IMPORTANT: In order to copy partitions, the destination partition or drive must have free space equivalent to the total space (used and unused) of the selected source partition(s).
General Help
Drive Image provides context-sensitive help for all windows and dialog boxes. Click the Help button to access help information. To close a Help window, click the Close button. To display a different topic, select Show Index, select the desired topic, and then select Show Topic.
Resize Partitions (main window)
If the destination partition or free space is not large enough to accommodate the partition(s) you wish to restore, or if you are restoring the image file to a larger drive and want to set a specific size for partitions rather than use the proportional resize option, you can click Resize Partitions to specify different sizes for restored partitions. To resize partitions, perform the following:
1. Click Resize Partitions.
The Resize Partitions window appears.
The Selected Source Partitions group box displays the partition(s) you selected to restore. The Totals field displays the disk space for the source partition(s), as well as the total used and free space within the partition(s).
A formula box below the Totals field displays the following information: (a) Destination Size
(b) Current Size of Selected Partition
(c) Remaining Space in Destination
2. Click Resize to access a dialog where you can enter a new size for the selected partition.
Resize Options
The following options are available when restoring partitions if the free space on the destination drive is greater than the space required by the partition(s).
1. Automatically resize partitions proportionally to fit.
Mark this option to allow Drive Image to automatically expand the partitions in equal proportions to occupy the destination drive's remaining free space.
2. Leave remaining free space.
Mark this option if you want to leave any remaining free space unused on the destination drive after the partitions are restored.
3. Resize partitions manually to fit.
Mark this option to display the Resize Partition window where you can manually set the size of the partitions to fit in the destination drive's remaining free space.
Resize Partition Dialog
After you click Resize in the Resize Partitions main window, the Resize Partition dialog appears.
The Maximum Size field displays the largest possible size the source partition(s) can have and still fit in the destination space.
The Minimum Size field shows the smallest possible size the source partition(s) can occupy.
To enter a new size for the selected partition, perform the following:
1. In the New Size field, enter a number that is less than the Maximum Size and greater than or equal to the Minimum Size.
2. Click OK.
Since partitions must end on a cylinder boundary, Drive Image rounds the New Size up to the next cylinder boundary.
3. Click Accept.
Later, when you restore the image file, Drive Image resizes the partition.
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Select the drive to which you want to restore the image file.
Restore: Select Destination Partition or Free Space
Select an existing partition or free space (non-partitioned disk space).
If the destination partition or free space is not large enough to accommodate the partition(s) you wish to restore, or if you are restoring the image file to a larger drive and want to set a specific size for partitions rather than use the proportional resize option, you can click Resize Partitions to specify different sizes for restored partitions.
Restore: Ready to Restore Image FileT
Drive Image displays all the information you have entered to this point:
(a) Image filename
(b) Selected image file partitions
(c) Destination drive
(d) Destination space
If you wish to alter any settings, click Previous to backtrack and make changes.
If you wish to enable bad-sector checking or hide partition(s) after restore, click Advanced Options.
WARNING: Restoring multiple logical partitions can cause the drive letters of subsequent partitions to change. This may make the computer unbootable or cause applications to fail. For information on why drive letters change and how to fix them, refer to Background Information: "How the OS Assigns Drive Letters" and "Problems Caused by Drive Letter Changes." (In Windows 95, Background Information is located in the Start menu under Programs>Drive Image 2.0.)
Click Finish to begin restoring the image file.
If you assigned a password to the image file when you created it, the Get Image File Password dialog appears. You must enter the password in order to restore the image file.
Note: If Drive Image detects that you are restoring your image file from a floppy drive or removable medium, it enables a media-spanning feature that is capable of reading the image file from a series of disks. As Drive Image prompts you for each disk, be careful to insert the disks sequentially.
Restore: Select Image File Partition(s) to Restore
Select the image file partition(s) you wish to restore, or click Select All to automatically select all partitions.
To deselect partitions, re-click a selected partition or click Select None to deselect all partitions at once.
The Total Selected field keeps a running total of the disk space for all selected partitions, as well as the total used and free space within the partitions.
Restore: Select Image File
In the Image File field, enter the complete filename of the image file you wish to restore, or click Browse to browse the directory tree for the desired path and image filename.
Tools: Create Extended Partition
If you create an image of a primary partition and want to restore it as a logical partition, you must first have an extended partition on your hard drive.
Note: It is not necessary to manually create an extended partition when you restore an image of a logical partition. Drive Image automatically creates an extended partition if one does not already exist.
To create an extended partition, perform the following:
1. At the Drive Image main screen, select Tools>Create Extended Partition.
2. If you have more than one hard drive on your system, select the desired drive from the Physical Drives drop-down list box.
3. Click on a free space.
If there is no free space (unpartitioned area) on your drive, you must delete an existing partition to create free space (for more information, see Tools: Delete Partition(s)).
4. Click Create.
Drive Image creates an extended partition in the selected free space.
5. Click Close to return to the Drive Image main screen.
Tools: Delete Partition(s)u
This feature deletes existing partition(s) to create free space on your hard drive.
WARNING: Be aware that deleting existing partitions DESTROYS any data they contain.
To delete partition(s), perform the following:
1. At the Drive Image main screen, select Tools>Delete Partition(s).
2. If you have more than one hard drive on your system, select the desired drive from the Physical Drives drop-down list box.
3. Click on the partition you wish to delete.
4. Click Delete.
The following message appears: "Selected partition:<partition letter>. Deleting this partition will DESTROY any existing data! Current volume label is <volume label>. Enter current volume label to confirm partition deletion:"
5. Enter the volume label exactly as it appears and click OK. Drive Image deletes the partition.
6. Click Close to return to the Drive Image main screen.
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Tools: Hide or Unhide Partitiont
This feature allows you to protect partitions from unwanted user access. When you hide a partition, it is not assigned a drive letter the next time you boot your computer and therefore is inaccessible. Alternately, if you unhide a partition, it is assigned a drive letter the next time you boot your computer and becomes accessible again.
Before hiding and unhiding partitions, be aware of the following:
(a) Hiding or unhiding a partition can cause the drive letters of subsequent partitions to change. This may make the computer fail to boot or cause applications to fail. For information on why drive letters change and how to fix them, see "How the OS Assigns Drive Letters" and "Problems Caused by Drive Letter Changes" in Background Information. (In Windows 95, Background Information is located in the Start menu under Programs>Drive Image 2.0.)
(b) If your hard drive contains more than one primary partition, only one is visible by default. When you use the Set Active Partition feature, Drive Image unhides the selected primary partition and automatically hides all other primary partitions.
(c) Because a hidden partition is not bootable or accessible, if you hide the partition where Drive Image is installed, you must re-install Drive Image on your new active (bootable) partition to run it again.
To hide or unhide partition(s), perform the following:
1. At the Drive Image main screen, select Tools>Hide/Unhide Partition(s).
2. If you click on a visible partition, the Hide button is available. Click Hide to hide the selected partition. The partition status changes to "Hidden".
3. If you click on a hidden partition, the Unhide button is available. Click Unhide to unhide the selected partition. The partition status changes to "None".
4. Click Close to return to the Drive Image main screen.
5. Click Exit to exit Drive Image.
6. Reboot your computer.
Tools: Set Active Partition
The Set Active Partition feature allows you to make a primary partition the active (bootable) partition. Only one primary partition can be active at a time. To be bootable, a primary partition must be located on the first (Master) drive, and it must contain an operating system. When your computer boots, it scans the partition table of the first drive to find the active partition, then boots from that partition.
WARNING: Before you set a partition active, be sure it is bootable. If it is not bootable or if you are not sure, locate the boot disk you created when you installed Drive Image. If you restart your computer and it does not boot normally, you must boot from the floppy disk, run Drive Image from the program disk you created during Drive Image install, and set a different active partition.
To set a partition active, perform the following:
1. At the Drive Image main screen, select Tools>Set Active Partition.
2. Make sure that Disk 1 is selected in the Physical Drives drop-down list box.
3. Select a primary partition that is not currently active.
4. Click Set Active. The status of the selected partition changes to "Active".
5. Click Close.
6. Click Exit to exit Drive Image.
7. Reboot your computer.
Tools: Display Drive Information
The Display Drive Information feature lets you view information about the current partitions on your hard drive(s).
It displays the following partition information:
-- Drive letters(s)
-- Volume (partition) labels(s)
-- Color-coded volume (partition) type(s)
-- Partition status
-- Partition size(s)
-- Used MB in partition(s)
-- Free MB in partition(s)
-- Primary or logical
If you have more than one hard drive on your system, select the drive you wish to view from the Physical Drives drop-down list box.
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Not enough memory. The DOS Drive Image executable running under DOS, Windows 3.x, and Windows 95 requires a minimum of 585K of memory in the first 640K of the computer's address space (conventional memory). If not enough memory is available, the program cannot access the hard disk. For solutions, see Freeing Enough Conventional Memory to Run Drive Image on page 101.
Error #50:
Read fault. The program is unable to read a certain sector on the hard disk. If you encounter this error, try one or more of the following:
1. If the computer has an Extended BIOS, run the program by entering PQDI /UEB at the DOS prompt.
2. If the hard disk contains a bad sector, a surface scan by SCANDISK will show which sector is bad.
3. If the error is caused by your computer's BIOS virus checking routine (your PC will either beep or display a black box in the middle of the screen), disable the virus checking, write protect, or boot sector protect.
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Error encountered while writing image to file.
Disk to Disk: Disk to Disk Advanced Options
The Disk to Disk Advanced Options group box appears when you click Advanced Options at the Ready To Copy Disk To Disk screen. The following options are available from the Disk To Disk Advanced Options group box:
1. Source Options
(a) Check for File System Errors
Unmark the Check for File System Errors check box if you want to disable error checking. If you have already used a disk utility program such as ScanDisk to check your hard drive for errors, it is not necessary to have Drive Image check for file system errors. Unmarking Check for File System Errors saves time in copying data.
If you did not run a disk utility program before loading Drive Image, leave the Check for File System Errors check box marked.
(b) Disable SmartSector Copying
Drive Image's SmartSector technology speeds up the data copying process by only copying clusters and sectors that contain data. However, in some cases, such as high-security environments, it may be desirable to copy all clusters and sectors in their original layout, whether or not they contain data. If you wish to copy both used and unused clusters and sectors, mark the Disable SmartSector Copying check box.
Although most drives do not have bad sectors, the potential for problems increases during the lifetime of the hard drive. If you have an older hard drive, it is wise to enable bad-sector checking by removing the mark from the Skip Bad Sector Check box.
(b) Verify Disk Writes
Mark the Verify Disk Writes check box if you want to enable disk write verification.
Note: Disk write verification is not critical to safely copy partitions. Enabling disk write verification can significantly slow down the copy process.
(c) Hide Partition After Copy
Most operating systems only allow one primary partition to be visible (bootable) at a time. If you are copying a primary partition and you do not want to make that partition your visible (bootable) partition, mark the Hide Partition After Copy box. Also, if you are using your secondary hard drive as a complete backup of your primary drive, marking the Hide Partition After Copy box preserves all the secondary drive information without changing any drive letters.
Disk to Disk: Select Disk Write Mode
The Disk Write Mode determines what level of integrity checking Drive Image will perform on the target hard drive media while copying partitions.
Fast Mode
When Fast Mode is selected, Drive Image bypasses all hard drive media integrity checking. This is the quickest way to copy partitions.
Safe Mode
When Safe Mode is selected, the user can select two different types of integrity checking:
(a) Check For Bad Sectors
Although most drives do not have bad sectors, the potential for problems increases during the lifetime of the hard drive. If you have an older hard drive, it is wise to enable bad-sector checking by marking the Check For Bad Sectors Check box.
(b) Verify Disk Writes
Mark the Verify Disk Writes check box if you want Drive Image to perform disk write verification.
Note: Disk write verification is not critical to safely copy partitions. Enabling disk write verification can significantly slow down the copy process.
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Restore: Select Disk Write Mode
The Disk Write Mode determines what level of integrity checking Drive Image will perform on the target hard drive media while restoring an image file.
Fast Mode
When Fast Mode is selected, Drive Image bypasses all hard drive media integrity checking. This is the quickest way to copy partitions.
Safe Mode
When Safe Mode is selected, the user can select two different types of integrity checking:
(a) Check For Bad Sectors
Although most drives do not have bad sectors, the potential for problems increases during the lifetime of the hard drive. If you have an older hard drive, it is wise to enable bad-sector checking by marking the Check For Bad Sectors Check box.
(b) Verify Disk Writes
Mark the Verify Disk Writes check box if you want to enable disk write verification.
Note: Disk write verification is not critical to safely restore image files. Enabling disk write verification can significantly slow down the image file restore process.
Restore: Restore Image Advanced Options
The Restore Image Advanced Options group box appears when you click Advanced Options at the Ready To Restore Image File screen. The following options are available from the Restore Image Advanced Options group box:
1. Skip Bad Sector Check
This is marked by default to save time in restoring the image file. Although most drives do not have bad sectors, the potential for problems increases during the lifetime of the hard drive. If you have an older hard drive, it is wise to enable bad-sector checking by removing the mark from the Skip Bad Sector Check box.
2. Verify Disk Writes
Mark the Verify Disk Writes check box if you want to enable disk write verification.
Note: Disk write verification is not critical to safely restore image files. Enabling disk write verification can significantly slow down the image file restore process.
3. Hide Partition After Restore
Most operating systems only allow one primary partition to be visible (bootable) at a time. If you are restoring an image of a primary partition and you do not want to make that partition your visible (bootable) partition, mark the Hide Partition After Restore box.