TeraByte Unlimited

Hello everyone,
I am currently learning how to use TeraByte software to backup and restore the entire Windows 10 operating system. I have downloaded and installed Image for Windows but I am not sure how to configure it to create a backup of the entire C drive in the safest and most effective way. In addition, I also do not know what steps to take when restoring to ensure the system operates normally again. I hope those of you who have experience using this software can guide me through each specific step or share some tips when using it. Thank you very much!

There are several good tutorials on the site...

https://www.terabyteunlimited.com/howto/

Hello

I'm also new to TeraByte Unlimited software.

I'm slowly but surely going through the thorough PDF manual for Image For Windows (IFW).

Go to the TeraByte shortcuts, Drive Image and Restore. The shortcut to the manual is in there as 'IFW-User's Guide'. It's well worth reading.

Bare in mind, that Image For DOS (IFD), Image For Linux (IFL) and Image For UEFI (IFU) are equally long but thorough. The best manuals I've read thus far. Each piece of dedicated software and its manuals is an interesting learning curve.

I've been using all sorts of file-based and sector-based backup/restore programs for over 20 years but I not only learnt how to use Image For Windows but took away a few nuggets too. It's a very complete backup/restore program.

I'm still confused about the compression options. There's too many and no real reference as a comparison for the choice to be made.

I'm also a bit confused with differential/incremental backups using the Change Only Backup and how to create an incremental backup as opposed to a differential. I might need to reread IFW and have a muck around a bit more.

Slightly confused.

Global Settings > General > Use Directory Data in Metadata Hash (there is a warning in the manual about its use in backup/restore)


BACKUP (FULL)
Options > Use Metadata Hash Files
Options > Faster Changes Only Backups

BACKUP (Changes Only)
Options > Use Metadata Hash Files
Options > Faster Changes Only Backups

BACKUP (Consolidate)
Options > Use Metadata Hash Files
Options > Faster Changes Only Backups

I'm going through RESTORE, VALIDATION and COPY

These are just teething issues using a new piece of software.

I've also used PartWork 2.05, which is a great program. It would be nice for a newbie user if 'change drive letters' was encapsulated within PartWork instead of having to go to Windows Disk Management. If it's not possible for PartWork to create volumes with the desired letters, that there would be a way in which it could make the change on the next reboot, or the user agrees to reboot and make the change now. I can see a newbie looking for it while having now experience or knowledge of Windows Disk Management.

It's been mentioned that, just use Windows Disk Management (DM), but what happens if DM cannot make the change either because it's locked for whatever reason etc.

PartWork is a great Partition Management program, with lots of options and through help file.

Without making PartWork bloaty, one nice feature would be to erase a volumes unused sectors while keeping sectors with data on it untouched.

At the moment you can wipe a volume but it will destroy any and all data residing on it.