Win7 support:

On Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at 9:40:57 AM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
On Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 7:25:16 AM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
I moved the folder to downloads and
renamed it but it still wouldn't run.

https://postimg.cc/rdK6zxLP

https://postimg.cc/6yXyR5q0


Robert
OK, in your first picture, the wimlib-imagex has "(" and ")"
in the name as well.

The Command Prompt version you typed, lacks the "(" and ")"
that can be seen in File Explorer.

You might want to go to File Explorer, highlight the item
and rename it, removing the "(" and ")" part only.

Then the Command Prompt first step should work.

cd /d %userprofile%\Downloads\wimlib-imagex

wimlib-imagex.exe info D:\sources\install.esd

where the "D:\sources\install.esd" path should be adjusted
to where your DVD drive is actually located. In File Explorer,
with the DVD in the tray, you can verify there is an install.esd
in the sources\ folder before running the actual command.

Paul



I went to file explorer but again I do
not see the quotes your referring to.

https://postimg.cc/N9RBSTWV

https://postimg.cc/tYspGKQW

I really don't understand how your
seeing something that doesn't show
on my computer. Isn't that strange?

I see no qoutes in the CMD either. It's
exactly how you typed it to me.


Robert

Keep a weather eye peeled. They're there.

https://i.postimg.cc/NFZgCNpr/brackets.gif

Paul



Ohhhhhhhhhhh I get it now. Is this what you mean?
I went back and changed it but it still doesn't work.
Should I remove the % signs?

https://postimg.cc/MnGLHpkX

https://postimg.cc/2LmcDzFk

https://postimg.cc/BXh0My4L

Robert

Robert in CA wrote:
On Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at 9:40:57 AM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
On Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 7:25:16 AM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
I moved the folder to downloads and
renamed it but it still wouldn't run.

https://postimg.cc/rdK6zxLP

https://postimg.cc/6yXyR5q0


Robert
OK, in your first picture, the wimlib-imagex has "(" and ")"
in the name as well.

The Command Prompt version you typed, lacks the "(" and ")"
that can be seen in File Explorer.

You might want to go to File Explorer, highlight the item
and rename it, removing the "(" and ")" part only.

Then the Command Prompt first step should work.

cd /d %userprofile%\Downloads\wimlib-imagex

wimlib-imagex.exe info D:\sources\install.esd

where the "D:\sources\install.esd" path should be adjusted
to where your DVD drive is actually located. In File Explorer,
with the DVD in the tray, you can verify there is an install.esd
in the sources\ folder before running the actual command.

Paul


I went to file explorer but again I do
not see the quotes your referring to.

https://postimg.cc/N9RBSTWV

https://postimg.cc/tYspGKQW

I really don't understand how your
seeing something that doesn't show
on my computer. Isn't that strange?

I see no qoutes in the CMD either. It's
exactly how you typed it to me.


Robert
Keep a weather eye peeled. They're there.

https://i.postimg.cc/NFZgCNpr/brackets.gif

Paul



Ohhhhhhhhhhh I get it now. Is this what you mean?
I went back and changed it but it still doesn't work.
Should I remove the % signs?

https://postimg.cc/MnGLHpkX

https://postimg.cc/2LmcDzFk

https://postimg.cc/BXh0My4L

Robert

Well, you have two accounts. A "limited" account, where
you probably created the wimlib-imagex folder. And an
"elevated" account, with a different name attached
to it.

Normally, in a File Explorer window, if you navigate to the
wimlib-imagex folder, if you click the cursor in the top bar,
the absolute path of the folder will be shown. While using
your administrator account, it might look like this.

cd /d C:\users\RB\Downloads\wimlib-imagex

If you want to play with the environment variables,
you can try

echo %userprofile%

and see what the path points to.

Or, you can type

set

and see all the environment variables in the currently
used account.

When you change accounts, the value of %userprofile% changes.
I hardly ever change accounts here, so don't run into this
problem of using the wrong %userprofile%. You can type out
the full path of the file your own self, if changing accounts.

Paul

If you want to play with the environment variables,
you can try

echo %userprofile%

and see what the path points to.

Or, you can type

set

and see all the environment variables in the currently
used account.

When you change accounts, the value of %userprofile% changes.
I hardly ever change accounts here, so don't run into this
problem of using the wrong %userprofile%. You can type out
the full path of the file your own self, if changing accounts.

Paul



I clicked the cursor to show the file path
then I did the echo %user profile% command
and shows just the administrator account.
Then I did the set command. I then tried the
command again twice using the file path.

https://postimg.cc/Z9p8vV90

https://postimg.cc/FYJcwDVG

https://postimg.cc/vgX65jG8

https://postimg.cc/Hr5c6jTh

https://postimg.cc/PPD5jc0L

Robert

Were trying to verify the DVD is a Win10 correct?
I was thinking that in downloads I saw Win10 exe.
and ISO files could we not use them to create a
new DVD?

https://postimg.cc/N9RBSTWV

Robert

Robert in CA wrote:
If you want to play with the environment variables,
you can try

echo %userprofile%

and see what the path points to.

Or, you can type

set

and see all the environment variables in the currently
used account.

When you change accounts, the value of %userprofile% changes.
I hardly ever change accounts here, so don't run into this
problem of using the wrong %userprofile%. You can type out
the full path of the file your own self, if changing accounts.

Paul



I clicked the cursor to show the file path
then I did the echo %user profile% command
and shows just the administrator account.
Then I did the set command. I then tried the
command again twice using the file path.

https://postimg.cc/Z9p8vV90 === path in picture, use for command

https://postimg.cc/FYJcwDVG %userprofile% of admin account

https://postimg.cc/vgX65jG8 output of "set"

https://postimg.cc/Hr5c6jTh

https://postimg.cc/PPD5jc0L we'll find a way...

Robert

Your first picture has the path we need, to verify the
contents of the Windows 10 DVD.

cd /d C:\Users\RB\Downloads\wimlib-imagex

wimlib-imagex info D:\sources\install.ESD

The D: part is the part you substitute with the
actual letter of your DVD drive, while the Win10 DVD
is in the tray.

Paul

Your first picture has the path we need, to verify the
contents of the Windows 10 DVD.

cd /d C:\Users\RB\Downloads\wimlib-imagex

wimlib-imagex info D:\sources\install.ESD

The D: part is the part you substitute with the
actual letter of your DVD drive, while the Win10 DVD
is in the tray.

Paul


I changed it and gave it another try:

https://postimg.cc/bdR8rsqn

Also I was running an Mrimg on the 8500
and it says it's out of space. I thought
they were suppose to write over the oldest
Mrimg?

So how do I fix this so that it writes
over the oldest?

Robert

https://postimg.cc/grzQM4Pw

https://postimg.cc/NKHzyzRn

Robert

Robert in CA wrote:
https://postimg.cc/grzQM4Pw

https://postimg.cc/NKHzyzRn

Robert


Each of your backups appears to be custom-defined
each time you run one. One backup will not delete
files from sets it is not related to.

If you were using the Scheduler (defined a Win7 backup
that runs every month on its own with no prompting),
it's possible the backups will roll over.

Using the names and dates on the destination drive,
you can examine the backups and decide which ones
to keep, which ones to toss. And do the job, manually.

I don't recommend doing anything fancy for backups,
because it might require keeping the backup drive
connected, powered, and running at all times. And
that's not a very good thing if ransomware appears
and wipes out the computer room.

I think I tested this on an older version of Macrium,
and "Set A" of backups, deleted *all* the files from
"Set B" when space was needed, which is a pretty ugly
way to "run the drive". Then I had no backups to restore
computer B if the need arose. Be glad in this case, that
the program did the "safe" thing, instead of the
"expedient" thing.

Paul

On Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 5:26:13 PM UTC-7, Paul wrote:
Robert in CA wrote:
https://postimg.cc/grzQM4Pw

https://postimg.cc/NKHzyzRn

Robert


Each of your backups appears to be custom-defined
each time you run one. One backup will not delete
files from sets it is not related to.

If you were using the Scheduler (defined a Win7 backup
that runs every month on its own with no prompting),
it's possible the backups will roll over.

Using the names and dates on the destination drive,
you can examine the backups and decide which ones
to keep, which ones to toss. And do the job, manually.

I don't recommend doing anything fancy for backups,
because it might require keeping the backup drive
connected, powered, and running at all times. And
that's not a very good thing if ransomware appears
and wipes out the computer room.

I think I tested this on an older version of Macrium,
and "Set A" of backups, deleted *all* the files from
"Set B" when space was needed, which is a pretty ugly
way to "run the drive". Then I had no backups to restore
computer B if the need arose. Be glad in this case, that
the program did the "safe" thing, instead of the
"expedient" thing.

Paul

So manually go through all the Mrimgs
and delete the oldest or whichever I
deem OK to delete?

Here are the Mrimgs:

https://postimg.cc/0byxkd3L

I see I have duplicates and some dates
near to each other. I can delete those.

Robert

btw what did you think of the CMD?
Is that is what suppose to happen?
It didn't reject it this time so
does that mean the DVD is Win10?

Robert

I had started the Mrimg again before
I read your message because I thought
I had missed something.

In the top panel it says:

Free space threshold; Delete oldest
backup sets when free space is less
than 5.00 GB

https://postimg.cc/7JkxqF74

So shouldn't it be doing that?

Robert

Here are the Mrimgs:

https://postimg.cc/0byxkd3L

I see I have duplicates and some dates
near to each other. I can delete those.

Robert

Here's the edited Mrimgs:

https://postimg.cc/LYDFtnwq

Robert

Mrimg completed:

https://postimg.cc/cK6b43Kh

Robert

Robert in CA wrote:
I had started the Mrimg again before
I read your message because I thought
I had missed something.

In the top panel it says:

Free space threshold; Delete oldest
backup sets when free space is less
than 5.00 GB

https://postimg.cc/7JkxqF74

So shouldn't it be doing that?

Robert

I would think, it would do that within an automated
backup set.

If you set the schedule to do the same backup every
two weeks, then it could delete the oldest backup
from that "set".

But when you set up and issue a custom command for each
one, it does not associate the "other" MRIMGs with the
one it is working on, so it won't delete them.

I manage my MRIMG storage totally manually, just like
you did, by deleting some of the items to make room.
This is suitable for "complex" backup patterns, where
there is no predicting "which backup is valuable".

Paul

Robert in CA wrote:
Here are the Mrimgs:

https://postimg.cc/0byxkd3L

I see I have duplicates and some dates
near to each other. I can delete those.

Robert

Here's the edited Mrimgs:

https://postimg.cc/LYDFtnwq

Robert

OK, so most of the dates in that collection
are from 2016.

Paul