DriveImage XML is software that can back up or restore the entire contents of a hard drive. This type of application is mainly used in order to perform maintenance on an operating system (mastering). Through this process, it is possible to quickly recover a machine on legs affected by various problems (viruses, various delays, system failures,etc) in record time.
This also avoids the long and painful phase of Windows Setup. Other height gain: after restoration, you instantly find all the programs you've installed and configured before your "backup reference. Several programs of this type exist, but it is very rare to find freeware on this niche. DriveImage XML allows you to create or restore a backup, make a copy of disk to disk or explore an image file. The basic program is simple to use, but the inability to easily create a boot media (floppy, CD, DVD) without using an application type PE Builder (BartPE) finally provided the advanced users (this is essential.
Features:
- Backup logical drives and partitions to image files
- Browse images, view and extract files
- Restore images to the same or a different drive
- Copy directly from drive to drive
- Schedule automatic backups
- Run DriveImage from WinPE boot CD-ROM
DriveImage XML is an easy to use and reliable program for imaging and backing up partitions and logical drives. Image creation uses Microsoft's Volume Shadow Services (VSS), allowing you to create safe "hot images" even from drives currently in use. Images are stored in XML files, allowing you to process them with 3rd party tools. Never again be stuck with a useless backup! Restore images to drives without having to reboot. DriveImage XML is now faster than ever, offering two different compression levels. DriveImage XML runs under Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Vista and Windows 7 only. The program will backup, image and restore drives formatted with FAT 12, 16, 32 and NTFS.
The Beginning:
Start the setup by double clicking the file DriveImage XML mlsetup.EXE. The installation is self-explanatory. The operation of the English-Tools is simple in principle, but put the problems in detail. For a backup, you must be logged on as Administrator. Also calls for the tool to disable the Vista User's Access Control, which is to be re-activated but then – annoying. It is clear: In Control Panel, User Account and Family Safety, User Accounts, User Account Control on or off to disable User Account Control, you use it, in order to help protect your computer and click OK. After a reboot is necessary. Now, you also start Drive Image again and pass on your backup operation by clicking on a backup. You can select only entire drives for backup, the backup is made in every case as an image. On our test machine, we secured together the XP and the Vista partition, Drive Image XML to need a good 40 minutes - which is very long. The size of the backup also shows: a compression does not take place in practice. Drive Image does not speak even incremental backups - bad.
The program multiplies a physical drive or a full partition as a backup. This backup copy you can view files and see. The data can be restore to the same hard disk or other physical or logical storage devices. In an emergency, the system can restore it. DriveImage XML is the format FAT 16, 32 and NTFS equally well with. The operating system Vista and XP using Drive Image XML, the so-called shadow copy, so that active system partition are backed up. These shadow copies are made automatically by Vista, and indeed as part of a system restore point. If you have shared your hard drive, have the additional logical drives by hand for the "computer protection to be involved, so that shadow copies are made. How it works: In the Windows Control Panel, click User Accounts and Family Safety. Turn User Account Control to use in order to protect the computer from contributing and click OK. Next, a restart is required.
Start DriveImage XML again and start the backup operation by clicking Backup. You can only select to backup whole partitions, the backup is as image. Drive Image XML cannot caputre the data. The possibility of forming an emergency medium offers not Drive Image XML. Start the tool could indeed from a Windows PE boot CD, which must however be put together by hand. Help's on the part of suppliers of Drive Image XML.
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