{"id":29,"date":"2004-07-30T16:55:00","date_gmt":"2004-07-30T23:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kb.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb-articles\/can-i-create-a-partition-image-to-a-file\/"},"modified":"2021-09-06T23:10:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T06:10:04","slug":"can-i-create-a-partition-image-to-a-file","status":"publish","type":"lsvr_kba","link":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/kb-articles\/can-i-create-a-partition-image-to-a-file\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I Create a Partition Image to a File?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, starting with version 1.19. Starting with version 1.42, the destination can also be a valid NTFS partition (Short File Names).<\/p>\r\n

To Create a Partition Image:<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

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  1. On the desktop, click Partition Work<\/strong>.

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  2. In the Partitions<\/strong> list, select the partition or volume that you want to create a compressed image of, then click Image<\/strong> under Actions<\/strong>.

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  3. In the Image<\/strong> dialog box, click Create Image<\/strong> to create a new image, then click OK<\/strong>. At the bottom of the Work with Partitions<\/strong> window, BootIt NG displays the Paste Pending for Image Create<\/strong> message.

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  4. In the Partitions<\/strong> list, select the NTFS or FAT\/FAT32 partition or volume where you want to save the partition image and then click Paste<\/strong> under Actions<\/strong>. Note: <\/strong>The destination partition cannot be the same partition as the source.

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  5. In the Save As<\/strong> dialog box under File Name<\/strong>, enter the name of the image file to be created. Note:<\/strong> This name must be 8 or less characters with no spaces.

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  6. When pasting to an NTFS or FAT\/FAT32 partition or volume, BootIt NG lets you adjust the file size being created so that you can copy the image files to a CD or DVD using another program. If you don\u0092t plan on copying the image files to a CD or DVD, then it's best to limit the image files to 2 GB because 4 GB is only valid with certain operating systems such as Windows NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, and Windows 7. Select the desired Maximum File Size<\/strong> and then click OK<\/strong>.

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  7. When BootIt NG asks if you want a validation, click Yes<\/strong> or No<\/strong>. If you click Yes<\/strong> with the Byte for Byte<\/strong> check box selected, BootIt NG rereads all of the source data again and compares it with the compressed image; otherwise, BootIt NG performs a normal Validation<\/strong> to ensure that the new file is valid (and that the crc\/checksum matches).

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  8. The image creation process will begin.

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    To Restore a Partition Image:<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

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    1. On the desktop, click Partition Work<\/strong>.

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    2. In the Partitions<\/strong> list, select the partition or volume that contains the image file you wish to restore, then click Image<\/strong> under Actions<\/strong>.

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    3. In the Image<\/strong> dialog box, click Restore from file<\/strong> to restore an existing image from a file, then click OK<\/strong>.

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    4. In the Open<\/strong> dialog box, type the File Name<\/strong> of the image file to be restored or browse and select it, then click OK<\/strong>.

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    5. In the Partitions<\/strong> list, click the free-space block or an existing partition large enough to contain the restored image, then click Paste<\/strong> under Actions<\/strong>. To see the exact required size, while the Paste Pending for Image Restore<\/strong> message is displayed, press and hold down both the Ctrl<\/strong> key and the Shift<\/strong> key.

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    6. If overwriting a partition, BootIt NG will warn you that all data on the partition will be lost. Click Yes<\/strong> to continue.

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    7. If asked to name the partition, enter the desired name in the Name<\/strong> box and then click OK<\/strong>.

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    8. If overwriting a partition, BootIt NG will ask if you would like to validate the image. This is used to ensure that the image crc\/checksum is valid. (If the process aborts on the actual restore, the partition boot sector is cleared.) Click Yes<\/strong> or No<\/strong>, per your preference.

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    9. The restore process will begin. <\/li>\r\n <\/ol>
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      For more information regarding imaging with BootIt NG, please see the BootIt Next Generation Installation and Getting Started Guide<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Yes, starting with version 1.19. Starting with version 1.42, the destination can also be a valid NTFS partition (Short File Names). To Create a Partition Image: On the desktop, click Partition Work. In the Partitions list, select the partition or volume that you want to create a compressed image of, then click Image under Actions. In the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"lsvr_kba_cat":[1771],"lsvr_kba_tag":[2118],"class_list":["post-29","lsvr_kba","type-lsvr_kba","status-publish","hentry","lsvr_kba_cat-faq-bing-archive","lsvr_kba_tag-archived"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/lsvr_kba"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6060,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba\/29\/revisions\/6060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"lsvr_kba_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba_cat?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"lsvr_kba_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lsvr_kba_tag?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}