* *** BINGPROCS TXT - 12 Apr 2009 21:02:17 - JKNAUTH Details about BootIt Next Generation (= BootIt NG, = BING) can be found on the TeraByte Unlimited web site, http://www.terabyteunlimited.com, and in the "BootIt Next Generation: Installation and Getting Started" manual, http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/downloads/bootitng.pdf. The following sections describe the settings and procedures I use. BootIt NG (BING) Settings ====== == ====== ======== Timeout: 7 Sound: Background: - Direct Boot Menu - Display DB Button ---------------------------------------------------- x Completion Alarm x Limit Primaries - Full Partition List - IT Mode - Virus Check - BootNow Support - Fix Swap x PATA CD Support - Use Volume Label - PATA IRQC (9) x Align on End - SATA-AHCI (1.2) x CHS Alternative - USB 2.0 Support - Align MBR End HS - IEEE 1394 Support - Align 2048 - CD Close Method Z x Make HD0 Active - Burn Extra Track - Keep HD Active - ClearSig Required x Use HD0 in BPB - ISO8601 Date/Time Maintenance Password: Time Zone: - Require Login BootIt NG (BING) Procedures ====== == ====== ========== For the following procedures it is assumed that BING has been installed in its own partition on the hard drive. (To do this, I just delete the 47 MB Dell Utilities partition and then install BING in the resulting free space. BING uses 8 MB, leaving about 39 MB of unused space after it.) If instead you are booting BING from a CD or diskette, select Maintenance on the "Floppy Disk Menu" prompt. A subset of the "BootIT NG" screen is then displayed and you can start from the third step in each of the procedures below, i.e., the step: In "BootIt NG", select Partition Work. These procedures describe how to back up and restore a Windows XP partition to/from DVDs and CDs. This can be done even if you have only a single partition in your system. Procedures are also described for doing a backup/restore to/from a file in a second hard drive partition, and to copy one partition to another; these types of procedures require multiple partitions in your system. In the following text, "WINXP" and "$$TEST$$" are names used for two primary partitions: a production and a test Windows XP partition. The specific names are not important. Also, it is assumed that BING menu items have been set up to make these two partitions have the same relative positions in their respective BING menu items. This avoids having to edit BOOT.INI files in Windows XP. For example, In the WINXP menu item, 0: Boot EMBRM, 1: WINXP, 2: $$TEST$$ In the $$TEST$$ menu item, 0: Boot EMBRM, 1: $$TEST$$, 2: WINXP Sometimes after a restore, when you next try to boot the restored partition, you get an error message from BING saying it cannot find the partition. Usually this is just because the Boot field of the boot item has been reset to blanks and needs to be reentered. This is very easy to correct. In the following example I will assume WINXP is the partition you just restored and it is identified as "Windows XP" in the boot menu. The corresponding boot item should be fixed as follows: * In "BootIt NG" (the BING desktop screen), select Boot Edit. * In "Boot Menu", select the boot item identified by "Windows XP". * In "Boot Menu", select Edit. * In "Edit Menu Item", select WINXP in the dropdown for the Boot field. * Select OK twice to get back to the "BootIt NG" screen. * In "BootIt NG", select Resume. * In "Boot Menu", select the partition to boot; select Boot. +---------------------------------+ | Backing Up WINXP to DVDs or CDs | +---------------------------------+ 1) Boot the PC and press the space bar or down arrow before the BING timer elapses. 2) In "Boot Menu", select Maintenance. 3) In "BootIt NG", select Partition Work. 4) In "Work with Partitions" in the "Partitions" section, select the source partition, WINXP, the partition to be backed up. (Select $$TEST$$ if instead you are backing up the $$TEST$$ partition.) 5) In "Work with Partitions" in the "Actions" section, select Image. 6) In "Image", select Create Image and OK. This message should then appear at the bottom of the window: "* Paste Pending for Image Create *". 7) In "Work with Partitions" in the "Hard Drives" section, select the destination drive, CDz. 8) In "Work with Partitions", choose the destination RW drive. 9) In "Work with Partitions" in the "Actions" section, select Paste, which is no longer grayed out after the destination has been chosen. 10) In "Image", select Optimal for Write Speed, then OK. 11) In "Image", leave Byte-for-Byte checked and select Yes. 12) When prompted, insert a disc and select OK. For a multi-disc backup, you will be prompted when a subsequent disc change is required. 13) The backup begins. If the "Completion Alarm" setting is checked, a chirping alarm will sound when a disc change is required or the backup operation completes. 14) When the operation completes successfully, exit and boot as follows: * In "Image", select OK. * In "Work with Partitions", select Close. * In "BootIt NG", select Resume. * In "Boot Menu", select the partition to boot; select Boot. +---------------------------------------+ | Backing Up WINXP to a Hard Drive File | +---------------------------------------+ The following assumes the destination image file is to be on hard drive HD 0 in the VOL-K partition in the BING-BU directory. For a different location, adjust the values in the procedure below. 1) Boot the PC and press the space bar or down arrow before the BING timer elapses. 2) In "Boot Menu", select Maintenance. 3) In "BootIt NG", select Partition Work. 4) In "Work with Partitions" in the "Partitions" section, select the source partition, WINXP, the partition to be backed up. (Select $$TEST$$ if instead you are backing up the $$TEST$$ partition.) 5) In "Work with Partitions" in the "Actions" section, select Image. 6) In "Image", select Create Image and OK. This message should then appear at the bottom of the window: "* Paste Pending for Image Create *". 7) In "Work with Partitions" in the "Hard Drives" section, select the destination drive, HD 0. 8) In "Work with Partitions" in the "Partitions" section, select the destination partition, VOL-K. 9) In "Work with Partitions" in the "Actions" section, select Paste, which is no longer grayed out after the destination has been chosen. 10) In "Save As", select the destination directory, BING-BU, by double-clicking the directory. 11) In "Save As", type a name for the image file (e.g., C060412) in the File Name field; then select OK. Note that you do not need to specify the ".IMG" part of the name. 12) In "Image", select 4 GB for Maximum File Size; then select OK. 13) In "Image", leave Byte-for-Byte checked and select Yes. 14) The backup begins. If the "Completion Alarm" setting is checked, a chirping alarm will sound when the backup operation completes. 15) When the operation completes successfully, exit and boot as follows: * In "Image", select OK. * In "Work with Partitions", select Close. * In "BootIt NG", select Resume. * In "Boot Menu", select the partition to boot; select Boot. +----------------------------------+ | Restoring WINXP from DVDs or CDs | +----------------------------------+ 1) Boot the PC and press the space bar or down arrow before the BING timer elapses. 2) In "Boot Menu", select Maintenance. 3) In "BootIt NG", select Partition Work. 4) In "Work with Partitions" in the "Hard Drives" section, select the source drive, CDz. 5) In "Work with Partitions", choose the drive to be restored from. 6) In "Work with Partitions" in the "Actions" section, select Image. 7) If prompted in "Image", insert disc 1 and select OK. If an appropriate disc was already in the drive, it will be used as disc 1 with no prompt. When the drive is ready, this message should appear at the bottom of the window: "* Paste Pending for Image Restore (### MB) *". 8) In "Work with Partitions" in the "Hard Drives" section, select the destination hard drive, HD 0. 9) In "Work with Partitions" in the "Partitions" section, select the destination partition or free space. 10) In "Work with Partitions" in the "Actions" section, select Paste, which is no longer grayed out after a valid destination has been chosen. 11) If prompted in "Image", select Yes to allow deletion of data in the selected destination partition; this prompt won't occur if free space was chosen for the destination. 12) In "Restore Image", enter WINXP in the Name field and select OK. (Enter $$TEST$$ if you are instead restoring to the $$TEST$$ partition.) 13) In "Image", select Yes to validate the image. 14) The restore begins, starting with validating the image file. If the "Completion Alarm" setting is checked, a chirping alarm will sound when a disc change is required or the restore operation completes. 15) When the operation completes successfully, exit and boot as follows: * In "Image", select OK. * In "Work with Partitions", select Close. * In "BootIt NG", select Resume. * In "Boot Menu", select the partition to boot; select Boot. +----------------------------------------+ | Restoring WINXP from a Hard Drive File | +----------------------------------------+ The following assumes the source image file is on hard drive HD 0 in the VOL-K partition in the BING-BU directory. For a different location, adjust the values in the procedure below. 1) Boot the PC and press the space bar or down arrow before the BING timer elapses. 2) In "Boot Menu", select Maintenance. 3) In "BootIt NG", select Partition Work. 4) In "Work with Partitions" in the "Hard Drives" section, select the source drive, HD 0. 5) In "Work with Partitions" in the "Partitions" section, select the source partition, VOL-K. 6) In "Work with Partitions" in the "Actions" section, select Image. 7) In "Image", select Restore from File; select OK. 8) In "Open", select the source directory, BING-BU, by double-clicking that directory. 9) In "Open", select the source image file, e.g., C060419.IMG, by double-clicking that file. (Alternatively, single-click the file to put the name in the File Name field and select OK.) This message should appear at the bottom of the window: "* Paste Pending for Image Restore (### MB) *". 10) In "Work with Partitions" in the "Hard Drives" section, select the destination hard drive, HD 0. 11) In "Work with Partitions" in the "Partitions" section, select the destination partition, $$TEST$$, or free space. 12) In "Work with Partitions" in the "Actions" section, select Paste, which is no longer grayed out after a valid destination has been chosen. 13) If prompted in "Image", select Yes to allow deletion of data in the selected destination partition; this prompt won't occur if free space was chosen for the destination. 14) In "Restore Image", enter WINXP in the Name field and select OK. (Enter $$TEST$$ if you are instead restoring to the $$TEST$$ partition.) 15) In "Image", select Yes to validate the image. 16) The restore begins, starting with validating the image file. If the "Completion Alarm" setting is checked, a chirping alarm will sound when the restore operation completes. 17) When the operation completes successfully, exit and boot as follows: * In "Image", select OK. * In "Work with Partitions", select Close. * In "BootIt NG", select Resume. * In "Boot Menu", select the partition to boot; select Boot. +---------------------------+ | Copying WINXP to $$TEST$$ | +---------------------------+ If instead of copying WINXP to $$TEST$$ you are copying $$TEST$$ to WINXP, just reverse these two names in the following procedure. 1) Boot the PC and press the space bar or down arrow before the BING timer elapses. 2) In "Boot Menu", select Maintenance. 3) In "BootIt NG", select Partition Work. 4) BING Copy (in contrast to BING Restore) requires that the destination be free space. If the $$TEST$$ partition currently exists, delete it first by doing this: * In "Work with Partitions" in the "Partitions" section, select the destination partition location, $$TEST$$. * In "Work with Partitions" in the "Actions" section, select Delete. * In "Confirm Delete", leave these options unchecked and select Yes. - Clear Boot Sector - Wipe Partition - Secure Wipe 5) In "Work with Partitions" in the "Partitions" section, select the source partition, WINXP, the partition to be copied. 6) In "Work with Partitions" in the "Actions" section, select Copy. This message should then appear at the bottom of the window: "* Paste Pending for Copy *". 7) In "Work with Partitions" in the "Partitions" section, select the destination free space area for the copy, the space previously occupied by $$TEST$$. 8) In "Work with Partitions" in the "Actions" section, select Paste, which is no longer grayed out after a valid destination has been chosen. 9) In "Copy", fill in the Name field as $$TEST$$ and leave the other fields with their default values; select OK. The defaults are: - Delete Source - Multi-OS - Allocate High x Data Only 10) The copy begins. If the "Completion Alarm" setting is checked, a chirping alarm will sound when the copy operation completes. 11) When the operation completes successfully, exit and boot as follows: * In "Copying", select Close. * In "Work with Partitions", select Close. * In "BootIt NG", select Resume. * In "Boot Menu", select the partition to boot; select Boot.