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An image is an exact, byte by byte, copy of any object on the Step1. Select disk 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 and recovery can be done from this image.
| 1 | Right-click the disk on the R-Undelete Step1. Select disk panel and select Create Image File on the shortcut menu |
| 2 | Specify image options, a file name, and destination for the image on the Create Image dialog box |
Note: To store an image file, you need a free space equal to at least the object size.
 | | Create Image File dialog box |
 Image Options
Image 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-Undelete will create a simple exact copy of the object. This image format is compatible with the previous versions of R-Undelete.
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Compressed image (R-Drive Image compatible)
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If this option is selected, R-Undelete 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-Undelete.
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Image 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 Windows 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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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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You may also specify how to process files with bad sectors. You may specify the number of attempts to read the bad sectors and a pattern to fill the bad block.
 | | Create Image File dialog box |
| > | R-Undelete will start creating the image |
| 1 | Right-click any object on the Step1. Select disk panel and select Open Image File on the shortcut menu |
| 2 | Select the required image file |
| > | An Image object will appear on the Step1. Select disk panel |
You may perform all data search and recovery from this image as it were a regular drive/disk object.
 | | Step1. Select disk panel |
| * | Right-click the image and select Remove Image From List on the shortcut menu |
| > | The image will disappear from the Step1. Select disk panel |
Note: When you remove an image from the Step1. Select disk panel, the original image file will remain in its place.
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