User`s guide

Drive Image Professional Chapter Seven - Software Utilities
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errors. Clearing Check for File System Errors saves time in creating the image
file.
If you did not run a disk check utility program before loading Drive Image, leave
the Check for File System Errors check box selected.
Disable SmartSector Copying
Drive Image’s SmartSector technology speeds up the imaging process by only
copying clusters and sectors which contain data. However, in some cases, such
as high-security environments, it may be desirable to copy all clusters and sectors
in their original layout, whether or not they contain data.
To copy both used and unused clusters and sectors, click Disable SmartSector
Copying. Disabling SmartSector copying increases processing time and the size
of the generated.PQI file.
Verify Disk Writes
Click Verify Disk Writes if you want to enable DOS disk write verification.
Disk write verification is not critical to safely create image files. Enabling disk write
verification can slow the image file creation by as much as seven times.
ImageShield
To password-protect your image file, click Password Protect Image File and
type a password in the Password field.
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Note image file passwords and store them in a safe place. If you forget an image
file’s password, you cannot restore the file.
Split Image File Into Multiple Files
Sometimes it is useful to force Drive Image to split a large image file into smaller
files. To do so, click Split Image File Into Multiple Files and enter the maximum
byte size for each file in the File Size (bytes) field. If you wish to save the files to
CDs, specify a file size of 650,000,000 bytes (650 MB) or less.
Restoring Image Files
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If you are restoring an image file to set up a new hard drive on a machine
with a BIOS older than 1994, see “Using Drive Image with Drive Overlay
Software” in the Drive Image manual on the MRestore CD, located at
PQtools\userinfo.
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To restore selected files from a compressed or spanned image file, see
“Restoring Files from Spanned or Compressed Images” in Drive Image
manual included on the MRestore CD.