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User Manual

TeraByte Unlimited Las Vegas, Nevada, USA http://www.terabyteunlimited.com

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Trademarks
BootIt, BING, TBOS, PHYLock, TBScript, TBIMount, and TBIView are trademarks of TeraByte, Inc. Microsoft, MS, MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. IBM, PC-DOS and OS/2 areregistered trademarks of the International Business Machines Corporation. All other trademarks and copyrights referred to are the property of their respective owners.

Technical Support Policy
Technical support is provided online. Software and documentation updates are available at www.terabyteunlimited.com. * The Image for Windows home page, with software and documentation update information, andsupport resources, can be found at www.terabyteunlimited.com/image-for-windows.htm. A support knowledge base for all TeraByte Unlimited products, including Image for Windows, can be found at www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb.

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Registered users can email their questions to support@terabyteunlimited.com if you can’t find a suitable resolution via the aforementioned support resources. If we cannotresolve the issue via email, we may provide telephone support. Unregistered users will be provided technical support and product information through email only. In all cases, TeraByte Unlimited reserves the right to refuse any communication method that would incur a cost.

Ombudsman Statement
This program is produced by a member of the Association of Software Professionals (ASP). ASP wants tomake sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please contact the ASP Ombudsman online at www.asp-software.org/omb.Image for Windows User Manual

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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................ 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................. 5 DATA STORAGE SIZE UNIT CONVENTIONS .................................................... 5 HOW IMAGE FOR WINDOWSWORKS .............................................................. 6 WAYS TO USE IMAGE FOR WINDOWS ............................................................. 7 IMAGE FOR WINDOWS QUICK START .............................................................. 8
QUICKSTART: CREATING A RECOVERY BOOT DISC........................................................ 8 QUICKSTART: MAKING A BACKUP.................................................................................9 QUICKSTART: RESTORING AN IMAGE .......................................................................... 10 QUICKSTART: VALIDATING AN IMAGE .......................................................................... 11

OBTAINING IMAGE FOR WINDOWS ................................................................ 11 INSTALLINGIMAGE FOR WINDOWS ............................................................... 13 FORMULATING A BACKUP PLAN .................................................................... 22
CONSIDER THE DESTINATION FOR YOUR BACKUP ....................................................... 22 PLAN YOUR BACKUP WITH A RESTORE STRATEGY IN MIND .......................................... 22 STRIKE YOUR OWN BALANCEBETWEEN CONVENIENCE AND RESILIENCY ...................... 23

CREATING BACKUPS WITH IMAGE FOR WINDOWS ..................................... 23
CREATING A FULL BACKUP ........................................................................................ 23 UNDERSTANDING OPTIONS ........................................................................................ 31
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