kelvinight
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creating customized OEM EISA partition
hey guys,
I'm wondering if there is a way to create an partition similar to OEM partition which is hidden,maybe bootable and contains tools or recovery system image.
I googled a little bit but havent seen any useful info.
ghost is not really considered, because it is too out of date
any idea?
I'm wondering if there is a way to create an partition similar to OEM partition which is hidden,maybe bootable and contains tools or recovery system image.
I googled a little bit but havent seen any useful info.
ghost is not really considered, because it is too out of date
any idea?
PCDOCAZ
I would think you would just use 3rd party software to create a backup image of your primary drive, either to a created partition on the same drive (sucks if hdd crashes tho), or on a backup drive. Then you could restore the image if your primary disk, or OS fails. Something like this: http://www.drive-image.com/ You can also hide the partion, or backup drive from view in explorer and my computer... Let me know if that helps.
The feature you are looking for is called Backup Capsule.
Paragon Drive Backup 10 Pro or Hard Disk Manager 2010 Suite: www.paragon-software.com
How it works: The product creates protected partition at the end of HDD which is called Backup Capsule. This partition is accessible only via the tool that did create it.
Since the you can save image of your system to this partition. Then enable "Make Capsule Bootable" option and get F1-12 (one of them) press suggestion each time you restart system. When you ignore this suggestion in 5-10 seconds the system will boot directly to Windows.
If you press the suggested key a Recovery environment will start that provides various tools for recovery and maintenance of the drive.
Paragon Drive Backup 10 Pro or Hard Disk Manager 2010 Suite: www.paragon-software.com
How it works: The product creates protected partition at the end of HDD which is called Backup Capsule. This partition is accessible only via the tool that did create it.
Since the you can save image of your system to this partition. Then enable "Make Capsule Bootable" option and get F1-12 (one of them) press suggestion each time you restart system. When you ignore this suggestion in 5-10 seconds the system will boot directly to Windows.
If you press the suggested key a Recovery environment will start that provides various tools for recovery and maintenance of the drive.
ASKER
thanks for suggestion
i have tried Hard disk manager 2010, it is not bad, but kinda complicated for normal user
how do we simplify to make restore job done by a couple clicks or maybe automatic ?
i have tried Hard disk manager 2010, it is not bad, but kinda complicated for normal user
how do we simplify to make restore job done by a couple clicks or maybe automatic ?
ASKER
what i meant was when user press F5(assuming set up F5 key), it will automatically restore just like OEM image does. no extra selections or steps involved
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acronis is good too, but somehow i feel it runs slower than paragon
i know there are lots of disk imaging s/w in market, but which one provide one-click restore in boot menu??
i know there are lots of disk imaging s/w in market, but which one provide one-click restore in boot menu??
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