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How to Perform an Unattended Installation of Image for Windows

To perform an unattended installation of Image for Windows:

  1. Download Image for Windows.

  2. Open a command prompt window. If UAC is enabled in Windows and you don't want the installer to trigger the UAC prompt, open an Administrator Command Prompt.

  3. Navigate to the folder where the Image for Windows installer is located. The folder D:\Temp will be used in this example. To change the current directory, issue the applicable cd command.  Following this example, you would enter the command:

    cd /d "D:\Temp"

  4. Depending on how you would like the installation to proceed, enter a command similar to one of the following in the Command Prompt window:

    • Note: The installation program filename will vary depending on which Image for Windows package you have downloaded. The installers for the purchased version are shown here:
          terabyte_drive_image_backup_and_restore_suite_en_gui.exe
          terabyte_drive_image_backup_and_restore_suite_en_cui.exe

    • Note: Program defaults will be used if it's a clean install. This includes Simple Operations mode being enabled. Depending on the options you want, you may need to first do a normal install and select those options, which will then be used by future silent installs.

    1. Using the /silent option (command should all be on one line):

      terabyte_drive_image_backup_and_restore_suite_en_gui.exe /silent
      If you will be running setup from a .CMD/.BAT script and don't want the Command Prompt window remaining open during the installation process, run the command as follows using the START command (command should all be on one line):

      start "" "D:\Temp\terabyte_drive_image_backup_and_restore_suite_en_gui.exe" /silent
      The /silent parameter will cause setup to run with a progress bar shown. You will be prompted to reboot at the end of setup, if a reboot is necessary. 

    2. Using the /verysilent option (command should all be on one line):

      terabyte_drive_image_backup_and_restore_suite_en_gui.exe /verysilent

      If you will be running setup from a .CMD/.BAT script and don't want the Command Prompt window remaining open during the installation process, run the command as follows using the START command (command should all be on one line):

      start "" "D:\Temp\terabyte_drive_image_backup_and_restore_suite_en_gui.exe" /verysilent

      The /verysilent parameter will cause setup to run with no progress bar shown. You will not be prompted to reboot at the end of setup if a reboot is necessary (the system will restart automatically).

  5. If either the TBIView installer or the TBOSDT installer are displayed the unattended install will not be able to complete silently (the installer remembers the options selected on the last manual run). You will need to reconfigure the installer to run without showing the TBIView and TBOSDT install wizards. This can be accomplished by doing one of the following:

    • Reinstall Image for Windows using the setup wizard and unselect the Show TBIView Setup Wizard and Show TBOSDT Setup Wizard options.

    • Using the Command Prompt, perform a silent uninstall and then reinstall:
      1. Save your IFW.INI file (located in the IFW installation folder)
      2. Run unins000.exe /silent (located in the IFW installation folder)
      3. Run install command (should all be on one line)
        terabyte_drive_image_backup_and_restore_suite_en_gui.exe /silent
      4. Restore your IFW.INI file

More information on the command line parameters available for the installer can be found here:
https://jrsoftware.org/ishelp/index.php?topic=setupcmdline

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