The PartImage Handbook

François Dupoux fdupoux@partimage.org

1. Introduction

• 1.1 What is it ?
• 1.2 Changes

2. Installation

• 2.1 How to obtain PartImage
• 2.2 Requirements
• 2.3 Compilation and installation

3. Usage

• 3.1 How to save a partition into an image file
• 3.2 How to restore a partition from an image file
• 3.3 What compression level to use ?
• 3.4 The splitting option

4. The BOOT/ROOT disks

• 4.1 Why theses disks ?
• 4.2 How to create these disks ?
• 4.3 How to use these disks ?

5. FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

• 5.1 Any hope of a browser like utility to allow restoring individual files from the archives? Like Ghost Explorer?
• 5.2 If I make an image file of a partition, can I restore it to an unpartitioned hard disk ?
• 5.3 Can I restore it to a smaller or bigger partition ?

6. Partition Image Internals

• 6.1 Note about the NTFS support
• 6.2 The 2 GB file limitation
• 6.3 How are the partitions read/written

7. Contributing to the project

• 7.1 Writing the documentation
• 7.2 Translators (from English)
• 7.3 Beta-testers
• 7.4 Writing C++ code

8. Copyright