How to backup/restore first sectors HDD?

[paul_6]

hi,
Bing could do that (>>EMBRBK0.BIN etc..)
Has it disappeared in Bibm?
Thks
Paul
reg owner of all your products

[TeraByte Support(PP)]

You can use the TBOSDT "copy sectors" command (specify the disk, starting LBA, number of sectors, and the filename).

[paul_6]

Anybody to give some practical examples of scripts doing that ? I am not an IT specialist....

[Brian K]

copy sectors 0 0 2048 HD0.bin

[paul_6]

short and good! thks. Where will be located the file HD0.bin?

[Brian K]

In Windows...

copy sectors 0 0 2048 E:\temp\HD0.bin

In BIBM you would mount a drive...

copy sectors 0 0 2048 0:temp\HD0.bin

[paul_6]

Thanks...
ôôô not that easy..
do you confirm for BIBM >> 0:temp\HD0.bin and not 0:\temp\HD0.bin

[Brian K]

Both work but I think the following is more correct...

copy sectors 0 0 2048 0:temp\HD0.bin

[TeraByte Support(PP)]

Make sure you're only copying out (or writing in) the actual needed number of sectors. 2048 may be more than wanted on some drives (could get into partition data, for example).

[paul_6]

Thanks both of you!
Inside Windows I've run :tbosdtw.exe, then : copy sectors 0 0 2048 E:\temp\HD0.bin..
and -surprise- it worked!
Where do I find the equivalent command for BIBM? (sorry, i am afraid the question is stupid ..)