Command image

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Quick summary

Windows only. image restores/exports the drive images made by a ... -image.

Power user usage

• -image enable the physical write (otherwise output to a file)
• -ntfs handle NTFS / thin (sparse, optimized) images
• -raw raw sector-by-sector mode (bypasses the filesystem)
• -space do not check if the destination partition is empty
• .vhd files can be mounted (OSFMount, FTK Imager) and opened with 7-Zip for extraction

Lo spiegone

Dispatched as command E to restoreimage() (only in #ifdef _WIN32).

Real-world examples

Restore NTFS from f: to the physical i:

zpaqfranz image i1.zpaq f: -to i: -image -ntfs

Export NTFS from g: to the file 1.raw

zpaqfranz image i2.zpaq g: -to d:\1.raw -ntfs -raw

Create a VHD file from f:

zpaqfranz image i5.zpaq f: -to d:\3.vhd -ntfs