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To: maceng2 who wrote (80338)	12/14/2012 10:47:29 PM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 110653

opps make that six steps including saving the partition structure and the validate image archive. three steps in total for just one partition.

To: maceng2 who wrote (80338)	12/15/2012 8:08:58 AM
From: PMS Witch	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110653

Permit me to stick my nose in here. . . In picture 2, the boxes for Disk 1 and all the partitions are checked. I believe that this will create an image of the entire disk, including the Boot code and Partition information. In picture 7, this seems confirmed by operation 5, Saving partition structure. Please note that if you alter this disk's partitions between making this image and trying to restore this disk, you should NOT attempt to restore your partition structure unless you're restoring the entire disk. Doing so will leave you with partition information that is inconsistent with the data stored on your disk, rendering the disk unusable. A simple rule: After altering partitions, always create a new, full, backup of the entire disk. (Data and structure.) And consider deleting your old backups -- they may offer far more risk than utility. Cheers, PW. P.S. Fortunately, Disk Structure rarely becomes corrupt and needs restoring. Without solid reasons to do otherwise, restore a disk's data only.