Setting Image Options

Configure the compression settings, image splitting, password protection and enter a description for the archive.

Compression

The effectiveness of compression depends on the type of files in the data you are going to back up. Text documents can be reduced in size significantly. Trying to compress picture files or data that is already compressed, (for example, ZIP files) will yield a small file size difference.

There are three compression settings indicated here by the affect each one has on the speed of the operation:

• None is in many cases the fastest option but will consume the most space.
• Normal (standard compression) is a compromise between a smaller file size and a faster operation speed.
• High provides the smallest file size and takes the longest time to complete.

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Image splitting

All image contents can be written into one file, depending on the size of the partition. When a disk image can be written into one file, the image file and the archive are the same thing. When Image splitting is set to Automatic (try single file), the resulting archive may be written into one file.

Archive backups can be written to multiple files. Here are the situations when it is necessary to split the image:

• Burning an image onto CD/DVDs. If you plan to create a disk image and then subsequently burn the created image onto CDs or DVDs, you must split the archive into files that can fit onto the media. Select the Fixed size (MB) check box and either type a file size in megabytes or make a choice from the drop-down list. Choices are:
• 100 MB (ZIP)
• 650 MB (CD)
• 700 MB (CD)
• 4GB (DVD)
• Saving image onto a FAT disk. You cannot create a file greater than 4Gb on a FAT partition. In some situations, even 4Gb files cannot be handled properly. To provide the best data integrity on a FAT disk, select 2GB (FAT) from the drop-down list or enter a smaller number manually.

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Password protection

To protect sensitive data on a disk image, use password protection. Choose a password with a maximum of 16 characters. Type the password in the Password and Confirm password fields. Store your password in safe place. You will not be able to restore data from an image if you forget the password.

Image description

You may give a short description to the contents of your image. Enter descriptive text (maximum 1,024 characters) into the Image description text box. In this text box, you may use the Enter key to make a line breaks.

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Separating backups and naming images

If you selected partitions belonging to different disks you have an option to split data into separate image files, placing data for each disk to separate image. To do so, check “Create separate image for each disk” option. In this case the image name and location you specified before will become a root folder where two or more images for each disk will be placed. The names for these images are made based on disk’s numbers and names. You can change them by clicking on “edit names” link.

 Fig. 6 – Edit image names

You may rename the default names by selecting a name in the list and editing it in the text box above.
Any CD/DVD images will be placed separately from the rest of the data automatically despite of “Create separate image for each disk” checkbox state, which controls all other data types.

See Also

Creating a Disk Image

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