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Do you use recimg?
How does it compare with other imaging programs? Thanks. |
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Alek wrote:
Do you use recimg? How does it compare with other imaging programs? Thanks. Example here. I've never used it. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/matt-harring...ecimg-exe.aspx Paul |
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Paul wrote on 7/18/2015 10:12 AM:
Alek wrote: Do you use recimg? How does it compare with other imaging programs? Thanks. Example here. I've never used it. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/matt-harring...ecimg-exe.aspx Paul Thanks. That shows how one guy used it, not why. :-) |
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Cy Burnot wrote:
Paul wrote on 7/18/2015 10:12 AM: Alek wrote: Do you use recimg? How does it compare with other imaging programs? Thanks. Example here. I've never used it. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/matt-harring...ecimg-exe.aspx Paul Thanks. That shows how one guy used it, not why. :-) "1. Refresh your PC without affecting your files. This choice keeps your personal data, system settings, and Metro style applications. Desktop applications will be removed, *unless you create a custom image as I detail below*. "Reinstalling all of your Desktop apps can be time consuming, so Windows 8 offers a command called recimg.exe to make this easier." So what you're doing, is making an "image" of key windows components, so later, when you use the "Refresh" option from a blue colored menu, your programs are already installed. Naturally, if you recimg a busted OS, you will be restoring a busted OS. Make sure the OS is "clean" enough to make a recimg from it. So once you recimg, the top button here installs your customized OS, rather than a vanilla OS, and keeps your data files. http://thewindowsclub.thewindowsclub....2-400x253.jpg Troubleshoot Refresh your PC Reload Windows without losing personal files Reset your PC Factory reset, clean enough to sell Advanced options And if I was selling a PC, I'd do a wee bit better job of cleaning it, than just using Reset. I'd wipe the drive with zeros to start, removing everything. Then, I'd reinstall a fresh copy of the OS. Then, no buyer of my gear, can hoover up my old files using Photorec. Deleting files, doesn't remove them. They're still there. Only overwriting techniques will clean up a drive well enough to sell it. Even new-style Format isn't enough. But a little "dd" with /dev/zero will take care of it :-) HTH, Paul |
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Paul wrote on 7/18/2015 3:54 PM:
Cy Burnot wrote: Paul wrote on 7/18/2015 10:12 AM: Alek wrote: Do you use recimg? How does it compare with other imaging programs? I guess I wasn't clear. I have EASEUS and and Reflect for making images. Would using recimg have any advantage over either of those? Thanks. |
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Cy Burnot wrote:
Paul wrote on 7/18/2015 3:54 PM: Cy Burnot wrote: Paul wrote on 7/18/2015 10:12 AM: Alek wrote: Do you use recimg? How does it compare with other imaging programs? I guess I wasn't clear. I have EASEUS and and Reflect for making images. Would using recimg have any advantage over either of those? Thanks. If you're on an SSD, don't make one. If you're on a hard drive, you have space to burn, so go ahead. When it's finished, have a look to see what it saved. It's for reinstalling the OS, and saving time on installing your programs. On OSes where the twirps at Microsoft busted the support for Refresh and Reset, it might make them actually work :-) Maybe you're in a situation one day, where some work needs to be done, you're not sitting next to your mammoth NAS and have no backup collection in hand, the OS is busted, and you need to get back to work quickly. Maybe then it would pay off. Paul |
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Paul wrote on 7/18/2015 8:10 PM:
Cy Burnot wrote: Paul wrote on 7/18/2015 3:54 PM: Cy Burnot wrote: Paul wrote on 7/18/2015 10:12 AM: Alek wrote: Do you use recimg? How does it compare with other imaging programs? I guess I wasn't clear. I have EASEUS and and Reflect for making images. Would using recimg have any advantage over either of those? Thanks. If you're on an SSD, don't make one. OK, why not? (BTW, I think you're answering a different question than the one I asked. :-) If you're on a hard drive, you have space to burn, so go ahead. When it's finished, have a look to see what it saved. Interesting suggestion! How does one see what's in an image? It's for reinstalling the OS, and saving time on installing your programs. Don't all imaging programs do that? |
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Cy Burnot wrote:
Paul wrote on 7/18/2015 8:10 PM: Cy Burnot wrote: Paul wrote on 7/18/2015 3:54 PM: Cy Burnot wrote: Paul wrote on 7/18/2015 10:12 AM: Alek wrote: Do you use recimg? How does it compare with other imaging programs? I guess I wasn't clear. I have EASEUS and and Reflect for making images. Would using recimg have any advantage over either of those? Thanks. If you're on an SSD, don't make one. OK, why not? (BTW, I think you're answering a different question than the one I asked. :-) If you're on a hard drive, you have space to burn, so go ahead. When it's finished, have a look to see what it saved. Interesting suggestion! How does one see what's in an image? It's for reinstalling the OS, and saving time on installing your programs. Don't all imaging programs do that? Most people with SSDs have "range anxiety". They don't want their "precious" to be used to hold crap. This is crap. People who spend all day running CCleaner to save a couple megabytes, those are the people who *freak* when a topic like this comes up. We got people who run with 64GB drives, so space is at a premium. The recimg is not a "backup". It's a custom OS installer, with just enough stuff to put your programs back. It doesn't have your letter to grandma in it. When the OS is borked, you use that recimage to "refresh" C:\Windows and C:\Program Files. It's not for reloading C:\users\username. My tool of choice for poking stuff, is 7ZIP. 7ZIP can now open bitmap images of disk drives. It can open a VHD file (such as one made by Windows Backup in Win7). It can open a .wim file but (not currently) an .esd file. You try "open" or "open inside" and see if a file system is visible. In this case, it would be natural if the recimg made a .wim, but that's what you're going to find out, as an intrepid researcher :-) Paul |
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Paul wrote on 7/18/2015 10:02 PM:
Cy Burnot wrote: Paul wrote on 7/18/2015 8:10 PM: Cy Burnot wrote: Paul wrote on 7/18/2015 3:54 PM: Cy Burnot wrote: Paul wrote on 7/18/2015 10:12 AM: Alek wrote: Do you use recimg? How does it compare with other imaging programs? I guess I wasn't clear. I have EASEUS and and Reflect for making images. Would using recimg have any advantage over either of those? Thanks. If you're on an SSD, don't make one. OK, why not? (BTW, I think you're answering a different question than the one I asked. :-) If you're on a hard drive, you have space to burn, so go ahead. When it's finished, have a look to see what it saved. Interesting suggestion! How does one see what's in an image? It's for reinstalling the OS, and saving time on installing your programs. Don't all imaging programs do that? Most people with SSDs have "range anxiety". They don't want their "precious" to be used to hold crap. This is crap. People who spend all day running CCleaner to save a couple megabytes, those are the people who *freak* when a topic like this comes up. We got people who run with 64GB drives, so space is at a premium. No idea why you wrote the above. The recimg is not a "backup". It's a custom OS installer, with just enough stuff to put your programs back. It doesn't have your letter to grandma in it. When the OS is borked, you use that recimage to "refresh" C:\Windows and C:\Program Files. It's not for reloading C:\users\username. Aha! Thanks. My tool of choice for poking stuff, is 7ZIP. 7ZIP can now open bitmap images of disk drives. It can open a VHD file (such as one made by Windows Backup in Win7). It can open a .wim file but (not currently) an .esd file. You try "open" or "open inside" and see if a file system is visible. In this case, it would be natural if the recimg made a .wim, but that's what you're going to find out, as an intrepid researcher :-) Didn't know that about 7-Zip. Thanks. |
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