Help with DriveImage XML please.
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From: Josiah Jenkins on 15 Oct 2009 07:52 Hoping someone who has used this program can advise. Briefly, it looks as though I may have to re-install Vista (Home Premium) on my C: drive. I don't have a Windows CD, I have a 'Recovery Disk' supplied by the manufacturer, Fujitsu-Siemens, which clearly states : 'All data, applications and settings will be deleted' I have made a backup of C: to an external drive using DriveImage. Q1 If I end up with a clean Windows install . . . Can I restore *PART* of the backup ? For example, the 'Program Files' folder ? Q2 What happens with registry entries relating to these ? As a fallback, I'm currently building a folder with the installation files for the programs I have loaded. Any help appreciated. -- http://www.ian-stewart.eu
From: Caesar Romano on 15 Oct 2009 08:37 On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:52:41 +0100, Josiah Jenkins <josiah-jenkins(a)somewhere_else.invalid> wrote Re Help with DriveImage XML please.: >Hoping someone who has used this program can advise. > >Briefly, it looks as though I may have to re-install Vista >(Home Premium) on my C: drive. I don't have a Windows >CD, I have a 'Recovery Disk' supplied by the manufacturer, >Fujitsu-Siemens, which clearly states : >'All data, applications and settings will be deleted' > >I have made a backup of C: to an external drive using >DriveImage. > >Q1 >If I end up with a clean Windows install . . . >Can I restore *PART* of the backup ? >For example, the 'Program Files' folder ? Yes, you can do that. You can also restore individual files from a DIxml backup. > >Q2 >What happens with registry entries relating to these ? > Nothing. No changes to the registry. >As a fallback, I'm currently building a folder with the >installation files for the programs I have loaded. > >Any help appreciated. If you used DIxml to make a C: image, why not just restore the entire image? You will need a bootable Vista CD. -- I filter all messages from google groups.
From: Josiah Jenkins on 15 Oct 2009 09:50 On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:37:18 -0500, Caesar Romano <Spam(a)uce.gov> wrote: >On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:52:41 +0100, Josiah Jenkins ><josiah-jenkins(a)somewhere_else.invalid> wrote Re Help with DriveImage >XML please.: > >>Hoping someone who has used this program can advise. >> >>Briefly, it looks as though I may have to re-install Vista >>(Home Premium) on my C: drive. I don't have a Windows >>CD, I have a 'Recovery Disk' supplied by the manufacturer, >>Fujitsu-Siemens, which clearly states : >>'All data, applications and settings will be deleted' >> >>I have made a backup of C: to an external drive using >>DriveImage. >> >>Q1 >>If I end up with a clean Windows install . . . >>Can I restore *PART* of the backup ? >>For example, the 'Program Files' folder ? > >Yes, you can do that. You can also restore individual files from a >DIxml backup. > >> >>Q2 >>What happens with registry entries relating to these ? >> > >Nothing. No changes to the registry. > >>As a fallback, I'm currently building a folder with the >>installation files for the programs I have loaded. >> >>Any help appreciated. > >If you used DIxml to make a C: image, why not just restore the entire >image? You will need a bootable Vista CD. Long story . . . I can't get SP1 (and therefore SP2) to install. The MS tech says the issue is most likely caused by corrupted system files and suggests that we (?) perform an In-place Upgrade to repair the corrupted system files. I'm just trying to get a Plan B in place in case it goes pear-shaped ! -- http://www.ian-stewart.eu
From: Fred on 15 Oct 2009 17:49 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josiah Jenkins" <josiah-jenkins(a)somewhere_else.invalid> > Briefly, it looks as though I may have to re-install Vista > (Home Premium) on my C: drive. I don't have a Windows > CD, I have a 'Recovery Disk' supplied by the manufacturer, > Fujitsu-Siemens, which clearly states : > 'All data, applications and settings will be deleted' > > Any help appreciated. > -- > > http://www.ian-stewart.eu I don't know if this applies to recent Fujitsu-Siemens systems, but my oldish Amilo M3438 requires the associated Fujitsu-Siemens driver cd as well as the recovery one when a complete reinstall is undertaken otherwise it is a major operation trying to find the necessary drivers. -- Fred
From: Maurice Helwig on 15 Oct 2009 21:19 Josiah Jenkins wrote: > Hoping someone who has used this program can advise. > > Briefly, it looks as though I may have to re-install Vista > (Home Premium) on my C: drive. I don't have a Windows > CD, I have a 'Recovery Disk' supplied by the manufacturer, > Fujitsu-Siemens, which clearly states : > 'All data, applications and settings will be deleted' > > I have made a backup of C: to an external drive using > DriveImage. > > Q1 > If I end up with a clean Windows install . . . > Can I restore *PART* of the backup ? > For example, the 'Program Files' folder ? > > Q2 > What happens with registry entries relating to these ? > > As a fallback, I'm currently building a folder with the > installation files for the programs I have loaded. > > Any help appreciated. > -- > > > http://www.ian-stewart.eu I have used DriveImageXML to do my "C" Drive backup image every 6 weeks or so. I have WinXP OS and have no experience with Vista at all. I have had occasion to restore my computer to a previous image on 2 occasions without any problems at all. You need to have a boot CD called Bart PE Rescue Disk to access the image and restore it to the "C" Drive. Now I do not know if you can access an external drive from the Rescue Disk as I have not tried to do this. You can include extra Drivers on the Rescue disk as you are making it. I included ACHI drivers on mine and it works well. This site will help you with details re making the Boot CD http://www.runtime.org/ and http://tech-informer.com/microsoft/windows-vista/146/free-tool-to-take-image-backups-of-all-servers-and-workstations/ has some videos on how to do it also. I hope this helps Maurice Helwig
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