Create a Disk Image

Create a Disk Image

Using Active@ UNDELETE you can create a Disk Image of a Logical Drive or a Physical Device.

To Create a Disk Image:

1. In Recovery Explorer, select a Logical Drive, a Partition or a Physical Device node.
2. To open the Create Disk Image dialog box, do one of the following:
   • From the Tools menu, choose Disk Image > Create.
   • From the Recovery Explorer toolbar, click Create Disk Image.
   • Right-click the selected item and click Create Disk Image from the context menu.
3. In the Create Disk Image dialog box, do the following:
   • To change the selected disk, choose one from the Disk drop-down list.
   • To specify an area to image, click Select. The Select Disk Area dialog box appears. Indicate the first and last sectors and click OK.
   • Enter the path to the destination folder in Destination path. To browse to the path, click the ellipsis button (…). If the disk image is saved in chunks, all chunk files will be created in the same folder.
   • Enter a brief description about this disk image for future reference.
   • To split the disk image into files of a specific size, select the Store Disk Image as chunks of size check box and select the size from the drop-down list.
   • To lock the selected disk and prevent any read or write activity during the disk image, select the Use Disk Lock check box.
   • Indicate the disk compression level. To make the disk image compatible with any third party applications, choose None [Raw Data].
4. Click Create. The Processing... dialog box appears.
5. To display disk image events and progress details, click Details.
6. To terminate the disk image process, click Stop at any time. Results may be not accurate or complete. The disk image will likely be unreadable, if you stop.