That’s why I use command line switches, you can always write a batch file of course.
> On 20 Aug 2018, at 10:20 am, Gordon Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, I did make this point during my post. I fully intend to check out the > text-only version. If, that is, I can get access to DOS. I don’t think I even > possess a screen-reader for that environment now. > > > On 20 Aug 2018, at 01:12, Dane Trethowan <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi! > I've not installed this on my system for a good while but I certainly intend > to. > Last time I used the software - about a year ago - I found that the main > Backup App had been simplified out of sight and was as accessible as ever. > Regarding restore? I was able to make a bootable DOS CD-ROM and use command > lines and switches to do the restore without a problem, that ability exists > still today if you believe the web site, 2 versions of the DOS restore > utility are available, one is a Graphics restore and the other a Text restore > utility. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gordon Smith <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Monday, 20 August 2018 10:05 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: [Techno-Chat]: Terabyte Drive Backup & Restore Suite > > Good morning everybody, or whatever it happens to be in your timeline as you > read this post. > > I just wanted to open a brief discussion about a product which, in all > honesty, I haven’t used for quite a few years, but really must get back too. > > It’s called: “TeraByte Drive Backup And Restore Suite”, these days. When I > first used it, it was simply called: “Image For Windows”. For the convenience > of anybody who would like to check this out, it can be found at the below > secure website: > <https://www.terabyteunlimited.com/image-for-windows.htm > <https://www.terabyteunlimited.com/image-for-windows.htm>> > > Now, it would appear, that product has changed out of sight since I last > looked at it! There is now an integrated suite of applications, of which > Image For Windows is an integral part. > > You have the ability to backup to network devices, even whilst Windows is in > everyday use. You can burn images of your backup to CD/DVD/Blu-Ray, as well > as to USB devices such as external storage media. > > Naturally, as with any other professional disaster recovery suite, you can > create DOS, Linux and Efi recovery disks, and I think those can be tailored > to your requirements. > > The one thing I’m unsure about just at this moment is how, exactly, one is > supposed to boot into an environment whereby one can perform a complete > restore, given the need, (at least here), for accessibility during the > restore process. If there is anybody on list who uses this product who can > advise me on this point, I’d be grateful in the extreme. > > But that aside for a moment, it certainly looks as though this product has a > lot to recommend it if you’re serious about full-system disaster recovery > backups. Something which I think everybody who values their personal data and > their working operating system environment would concur with. I for one know > from experience just how troublesome those occasions where something gos > disastrously wrong and your computer is left US as a consequence. If I can > avoid it, despite the fact that Windows now has an accessible restore > process, I have every intention of preserving my working system now, whilst > it’s good to go. I have invested significantly in terms of both the operating > system and associated software, plus the man-hours it has taken to build the > system up to its current working status. I can assure you, I have absolutely > no intention of repeating the laborious and intensely frustrating task of > building this thing up again from scratch! > > If only, if only, it were possible to do things as simply as it is in MacOS. > Although I do not wish to create a debate about which system is superior. > That is entirely down to the individual or entity responsible for the device. > But, I digress. > > Having had only the opportunity to play briefly with the software since I > installed it on Sunday, it would appear that much has changed since I > originally bought a license for the product. Since that time, there has been > an upgrade charge for access to the current version. However, I don’t > begrudge that in the slightest, given how much more powerful this product now > is. The cost of the upgrade was minimal, so I opted to pay it without > question, and I regard it as an investment. Believe me, if it saves me the > countless hours of work, and all the frustrations of a total reinstall, then > I consider the upgrade fee to be a most worthwhile investment. > > Getting back to the product itself. The options presented even in the Windows > shell context menus appear to put lots of control at your fingertips. > Although it is true to say that, if you’re prepared to spend the time > required to learn the interface, the command-line version is, as the > developer states on their website, more powerful than the GUI interface. > However, one thing at a time. Possibly though, the command-line, (text-only) > version is the way to go for a full system restore. > > I do like the fact that, if you configure it as such, your every change to > the hard drive is shadowed in a contiguous backup. It sort of puts me in mind > of Data Horizon Systems RollBack RX Professional, but this seems to be a much > more flexible system. > > Another product which I intend to reevaluate shortly is NTI Corporation’s NTI > Drive Shadow. That, too, has undoubtedly evolved since I last tried it. > > Thoughts, anybody? > > ======================================== > > My compliments and kindest regards > Gordon Smith: > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. > > This Message Was Created Using 100% Recycled Electrons. If you can avoid > printing it, please do so. Think of the environment, save a tree! > > Contact: > > Twitter: @maciosaccess > > • UK Free Phone: > 0800 8620538 > • UK Geographic / Global: > +44(0) 1642 688095 > • UK Mobile/SMS: > +44 (0) 7804 983849 > • Vic. 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