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Introducing Image

Image takes a "snapshot" of a disk's critical file information, a process called imaging. The disk's image is used by the Norton Utilities programs UnErase Wizard and UnFormat (a DOS utility program) to restore deleted files or directories and rebuild deleted folders if you accidentally format or seriously damage a disk.

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About Image files

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About the IMAGE.BAK file

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About the IMAGE.DAT file

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About the IMAGE.IDX file

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Command-line options for Image

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 When you should not use Image

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To image a disk

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To image a disk when Windows starts

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To open Image

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 To recover from imaging a damaged disk

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Lists the drives available for imaging.

You can select more than one drive to image.


Configures Image to create a backup file (Image.bak) when imaging the selected drives. This backup file can be used to restore your file system information if the current Image data file (Image.dat) is corrupt.


Images the selected drives.


Stops imaging your disk.

If you stop the image process, you will need to image your disk again in order to have a complete image.


Displays the options for Image.


Displays the associated topics from which to choose.


Closes Image.


Configures Image to run automatically when Windows is started.


Lists the drives that can be imaged automatically when Windows is started.

You can select more than one drive to image automatically.


Configures Image to create a backup file for drives that are imaged automatically when Windows is started. This backup file can be used to restore your file system information if the current Image data file is corrupt.


Closes this dialog box and saves any changes you have made.


Closes this dialog box without saving any changes you have made.


Lists the drives that can be imaged automatically when the Norton System Doctor Image alert is triggered.

You can select more than one drive to image automatically.