Disk imagers in PE/SE: Basic build info - Comparison - News

This topic is mainly for announcing new versions of Disk imaging software

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Great Tutorial Atari800xl, thanks 

Well, you can include Gena as one of favorite PE, pe1 still many peoples favorite PE and Gena is The Only active one  ,
 I know many Disk Imagers still works on Gena  also I know you only test and use with SE 
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Well Done 

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What I meant was exactly what you are wrote,
 What I ask, only add Gena to the list and mention further tested on SE,
  we know they mostly work or can work on Gena (tricky driver adding..), but most naturally not interested in ;)
   and I do not want you to work on this task too, you don't have to, please don't feel you oblige to,
    you are very more interested in SE, keep on   
      only, do not exclude Gena's existance on such a nice topic 
       I also don't have time to work on such long tasks, maybe in future oscar   

There is no doubt that disk imaging apps are the most widely used plugins on recovery discs. It's nice to see all of them in one place. Keep up the good job mate  .

Well, you can include Gena as one of favorite PE, pe1 still many peoples favorite PE and Gena is The Only active one

Some legacy apps will only work properly on PE 1. One particular example is "Victoria" (HDD diagnostics). Some of it's functions won't work in PE3/PE4 environments. Since disk diagnostic is one thing i have to do daily in my line of work, Gena is  Indispensable for me.

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Kinda funny you mention disk related tasks, because I remember one of the reasons I left Gena behind [for a while] was that XP disk management had some trouble with my multiboot setup. I'd have to look up some notes to see what the exact problem was, but I'm sure you can tell me how Gena performs in that respect. Have you run into that problem as well? Do you use third party HD managers?

Yes, there are known issues with "PE 1" disk management. You can delete partitions but you won't be able to create and format new ones. You will receive  some sort of error message which i don't exactly remember. Also WinXP by default doesn't have support for GPT disks ( there is a workaround by using "disk.sys" from 2003 server ).

As Lancelot said in http://theoven.org/index.php?topic=1143.msg13222#msg13222, use Server 2003 SP2 as source and disable "Small Core build" to enable full file copy. This will make "Disk management" fully working and improve compatibility with newer hardwares - including GPT disks. However i strongly recommend to use "Partition Wizard" for disk management functions as it is very reliable and feature rich in my opinion. I have did countless convert/resize operations with it and always worked like a charm.

 

If you find the time, maybe you can share some details on which particular tasks only Gena (and Victoria) can do?

"Victoria" requires direct access to the disk bypassing OS API. The driver which enables direct disk access is written at XP times and thus works fine on PE 1. All functions of Victoria including bad sector remapping fully functional on Gena. But on PE3 and 4/5, remap operation doesn't seems to work. I don't recommend to fix bad sectors and reuse a hard drive but just mentioned it as an example.

One other reason i still use Gena is it's small size. It fits nicely on a CD and boots fast.  I still encounters machines which doesn't have USB boot function in my line of work. Usually i use my Gena CD on that systems for repair and recovery.

Yes, there are known issues with "PE 1" disk management. You can delete partitions but you won't be able to create and format new ones. You will receive  some sort of error message which i don't exactly remember. Also WinXP by default doesn't have support for GPT disks ( there is a workaround by using "disk.sys" from 2003 server )

What anshad means with Windows DiskManagement, MMC plugin was default selected false for such reasons ;)
I just update mmc to only disable diskmanagement  (to force using 3rd party ;))

all results from anshad here at reply 38 http://theoven.org/index.php?topic=526.msg10991#msg10991

As Lancelot said in http://theoven.org/index.php?topic=1143.msg13222#msg13222, use Server 2003 SP2 as source and disable "Small Core build" to enable full file copy.

well, maybe no need to disable "Small Core build" anymore !?!

I just update dps and add new dps nightlies, selected default,
during tests I figure out new dps nightlies packages need drivers by Removable Devices Combo (which also comes from big build !?!)

Now Gena default build see my harddrive out of box  (small build, xp/2k3 , xp needs Gena\Drivers\4 Storage\GPTSupport XP 32bit (disk.sys)  )
 Thanks to dps guys 

one thing missed, I can not get usb sticks work, they need to be formatted  (big/small ,during boot, 2k3/sp, all result same)
 well, accessing harddrive has top priority, I can live with that 

ps: on dps plugin, when changing packages, since dps plugin uses latest dps .7z, there is now "delete dps path" ;) , will be improved later by Galapo to follow scrollbox....

maybe now Gena can get disk access to other modern devices like Atari800xl have ;) at least condition is better than old stable package 

further test results on Gena with latest dps nightlies better here http://theoven.org/index.php?topic=526

anyway, now Gena default back on Disk Imager game 

Just an update,

one thing missed, I can not get usb sticks work, they need to be formatted  (big/small ,during boot, 2k3/sp, all result same)
 well, accessing harddrive has top priority, I can live with that 

it was my fault,
after adding exfat plugin, usb sticks work 
only a usb3 stick can not get drive letter automatically, MountStorPE fix that 
   (mentioned before here http://theoven.org/index.php?topic=526.msg13252#msg13252 just re testet )
      I add MountStorePE to desktop as default  aside adding new device letters, it adds letters to hidden ones, very useful 

further dps nightlies integration to Gena finished  All disks ok with my latest hardwares 

Gena seems to continue some more years operational on new devices ...

See You

Hi Atari,
I just finished a couple of script thanks to the help of Lancelot and wanted to share.

Introduction

This topic is mainly for announcing new versions of Disk imaging software ("imagers"), that can be built into your favorite PE (Using a "special" PE project from TheOven.org, of course).
It is also for sharing tips on where you can find ready-made scripts to do the work for you, and for going "behind the scenes" a bit, to see how those scripts actually work: which files are needed to make the imagers work in PE ("dependencies"), are extra drivers needed, what has changed between versions, etc.

- Terabyte Image for Windows (same)

Since the Plugin with File Container is larger I have posted a link to that file.  Just remember
put the Plugin with File Container with the script you are using in the same folder.  Something
like Projects\Win8.1SE\Apps\HD Tasks\Imaging\TeraByte.Script. The links are

http://theoven.org/index.php?topic=1290.msg15018#msg15018
Enjoy.....
 

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Hi Atari800xl,

EDIT: I was thinking a bit about your Terabyte Image script, the fact that you can't share the files, and the license key needed to make it run. Maybe you can make a new script, like others have done for Acronis/ Macrium etc, that takes the original download, then extract it, copy the needed files for PE, and add some GUI elements to add the license info?
The official download is here: http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/downloads/ifw_en_ifdgui_trial.exe
it's only a 14mb download and all files can be easily extracted with innounp.

Mark is new around, no need to force him do complex thing.


Better you create such a plugin,
 use provide file kind plugin, add a "License" and add a "Download" button to download and extract to provide file folder
  as a tip, at "PC Provide Files" check [Download_Files] and related sections
    result may demonstrate Mark a nice example.

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You seem to be a good searcher on net,

Maybe you can find a dps-x64 (or similar ;)) for Gena-x64

no idea about ghost32 12 except wiki ;)