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An image is an exact, byte by byte, copy of any object on the panel. When created, images can be processed like their original objects.
Images are very useful if there is a risk of total data loss due to hardware malfunction. If bad blocks are constantly appearing on a hard drive, you must immediately create an image of this drive. All data search, scan and restoring can be done from this image.
| 1 | Select an object on the R-Studio's panel and click the button |
 Other ways to create the image
| • | Select the object and select Create Image on the Drive menu |
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| • | Control-click the selected object and select Create Image File on the contextual menu |
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| 2 | Specify image options, a file name, and destination for the image on the Drive Image Wizard |
Note: To store an image file, you need a free space equal to at least the object size.
 | | Create Image (Main) |
Image Options (Main)
Image file name
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Specifies the name and path for the image file
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Byte to byte image
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If this option is selected, R-Studio will create a simple exact copy of the object. This image format is compatible with the previous versions of R-Studio.
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Compressed image (R-Drive Image compatible)
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If this option is selected, R-Studio will create an image file which can be compressed, split into several parts, and password-protected. This image file is fully compatible with the images created by R-Drive Image, but incompatible with the previous versions of R-Studio.
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Compression ratio
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You may compress the data in the image to save space. Active only if the Compressed image (R-Drive Image compatible) is selected.
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Estimated size
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Shows the estimated size of the image file. An actual image size depends on how much empty space is on the selected partition and what file types are there. Active only if the Compressed image (R-Drive Image compatible) is selected.
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Image split size
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You may set this option to Automatic and let the computer decide how to split the image file. This mostly depends on the file system on the destination disk. You may also either explicitly specify the split size, or choose a preset for various devices with removable storage. Select Fixed size for that. Active only if the Compressed image (R-Drive Image compatible) is selected.
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Image password
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You may protect your image file with a password. Note: This feature provides a relatively moderate protection against conventional unauthorized access. Active only if the Compressed image (R-Drive Image compatible) is selected.
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 | | Create Image (Advanced) dialog box |
Image Options (Advanced)
Read attempts
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Specifies how many times R-Studio will try to read a bad sector.
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Pattern to fill bad blocks
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Specifies a pattern R-Studio will use to fill bad sectors in in images /Hexadecimal Editor. You may specify the pattern either in the ANSI or Hex data format.
Note: R-Studio will never ever try to write anything on the disk from which data is to recover or an image is to create. This pattern fills bad sectors only in the image.
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| > | R-Studio will start creating the image, the message showing the progress. |
Select Open Image File on the Drive menu
| 2 | Select the required image file |
| > | An Image object will appear on the panel |
You may perform all data search, scan, and recovery from this image as it were a regular drive/disk object.
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