New free system imaging program

Hi mj,

I am no security expert, but here is why, roughly.

When you scan a file ( in this case an executable) , the a/v will check which modules it loads and the calls it is capable of making.

They use different algorithms so results will vary. Some will compare what they think might be dangerous against their own white list - of course the a/v developer has to know an app. to put it on the white list in the first place.

Coincidentally, I saw Windows Defender in action for the first time just the other day.

It popped up warning about a possibly suspicious app. Link for more info went to MS site, where they confirmed it as an FP. ( That was different app. - not produkey )

Just tried a test.

Easeus performed remarkably.

1. Imaged a 28gb o/s partition ( 21gb used ) to another partition on the same drive.

Took 6mins 48 seconds. Image size 12gb.



Much better than I expected.


2. Shrank the original partition a little to test how well it restored to a smaller drive.

It allows resizing during restore - down as well as up. ( Obviously the minimum is the used space in the image )


No problem at all - took exactly the same time and worked perfectly.



Strange it doesn't allow mounting with the pe component.

Unlikely to be needed, but odd .

Both operations from pe3 media.

SIW2 said:

Strange it doesn't allow mounting with the pe component.

Unlikely to be needed, but odd .

Both operations from pe3 media.

I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're saying here. It appears that from your Windows Desktop you recovered an image of a C:\ partition to another drive labeled K:\

But you're saying that desktop is the PE environment? By "doesn't allow mounting" you mean...what that having booted your PC to the PE environment you can't mount-and-examine/extract individual files?

From the pics alone that desktop looks like Win7 so I'm confused.

Hi Max,

1. That is one of my custom pe3 builds I made.

It has full windows explorer with themes, thumbnails, audio, video, etc.

It looks like a regular windows 7.


2.

By "doesn't allow mounting" you mean...what that having booted your PC to the PE environment you can't mount-and-examine/extract individual files?

Yes, that is correct. With Easeus pe component , the mount option is greyed out.

I assume that is because you need some kind of Explorer to see a mounted image. You don't get that in a standard winpe recovery environment made from WAIK .

Some imaging companies therefore make their own explorer, which they include in their pe component.

Macrium has it's own explorer. Not especially marvelous, but it does the job.

Paragon doesn't need a separate explorer as it has it' own file system drivers and you can view image contents within the paragon app interface.


3.

It appears that from your Windows Desktop you recovered an image of a C:\ partition to another drive labeled K:\

Don't worry about the drive letters. That is the same partition.

Drive letters are different depending on where you are looking at the drive from.

It is always best to double check you are restoring to the right place by the drive Label ( i.e. the name ) and the size.


4. Easeus can mount in pe3 - very well and quickly - I have tricked it into doing so. They must have disabled it deliberately.

5. I have asked if there is a permanent method of doing that.

SIW2 said:

That is one of my custom pe3 builds I made. It has full windows explorer with themes, thumbnails, audio, video, etc. It looks like a regular windows 7.

Of course, and I missed that completely i.e. the pics looked like full W7 so I got lost w/the PE comment. I understand now.

Thanks for your detailed reply! :)

This is a very nice topic here. Thanks SIW2 for the very good information shared:)

@ SWI2

I like the idea of you App.
It would have been so much better if I had seen this topic before downloading and burning to DVD and installing the WAIK ! ! !
Next I have to uninstall WAIK and hope it comes out clean.

Easeus ToDo seems O.K. under Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit for which I downloaded KB3AIK_EN.iso

I am now working on a friend's 32 bit Vista.
Will your App work on that ?
Or can I re-use the KB3AIK_EN.iso installation DVD.

Regards
Alan

alan10 said:

It would have been so much better if I had seen this topic before downloading and burning to DVD and installing the WAIK ! ! !
Next I have to uninstall WAIK and hope it comes out clean.

I may have missed the point. I have WAIK installed this way.
Why do you see the need to uninstall it?

Hi Alan ,

No, my app. needs dism - it isn't included in Vista.

You will be able to install WAIK on Vista and then Todo will be able to make it's own winpe media.


However, you don't need to.

If you already made Todo pe media - just make a copy and give it to your friend.

Why do you see the need to uninstall it?

It's enormous and he probably won't want to use it again.