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Old July 16th 15, 06:51 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Alek
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Do you use recimg?

How does it compare with other imaging programs?

Thanks.
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Old July 18th 15, 03:12 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Paul
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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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Old July 18th 15, 05:37 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Cy Burnot
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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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Old July 18th 15, 08:54 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Paul
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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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Old July 19th 15, 12:25 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Cy Burnot
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Default recimg

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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Old July 19th 15, 01:10 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Paul
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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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Old July 19th 15, 01:35 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Cy Burnot
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Default recimg

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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Old July 19th 15, 03:02 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Paul
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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
  #9  
Old July 19th 15, 04:45 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8
Cy Burnot
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Default recimg

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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