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[oriensol]

Here's a script to use the free Seagate and Western Digital versions of Acronis TrueImage 11 in a Win7PE (Winpe 3.0) project. Hope this is useful.

I have adapted the script originally made for self-use with livexp. Have tested only with W7PEX and Win7PE_SE (without shortcuts).

1. Please download the respective software from Seagate or Western Digital and install on your Windows 7 machine (mainly to gather the .sys files and the license key, which you need to provide yourself, otherwise). Links to the download URLs available in the script interface.
2. There is a provision to have both versions of the software simultaneously, but you can use the version that you need depending on the harddrive that you have. If both versions are chosen, the common files are installed only once to reduce the size.
3. Shortcuts are currently created only under W7PEX. Depending on the idiosyncracies of your respective favourite project, you have to edit [Generate_Shortcuts] to get the shortcuts that you need.
4. You might want to use the SetPageFile shortcut (which uses wpeutil) for use with a machine with low memory (currently the path is hardcoded to c:\pagefile.sys and size to 400 MB).
5. In case you started with a Seagate drive and have to now restore to a new drive of a different manufacturer, you may use the JAM startmenu shortcut under DiscWizard (no such shortcut for WD TrueImage).
6. You should be able to use the same script for the regular TrueImage 11 if you 'include' the WD version (as the nomenclatures are similar unlike the Seagate version).
7. I would like to thank Dera for the original LiveXP script that I started with (and modified extensively mainly to support two TrueImage variations in one PE) and Lancelot for the extensive feedback and advice provided by him.
8. You can choose the slimmest, slim or full version depending on your need - see the interface for details of what is left out in the slimmer versions.
9. There is NO NEED to change any upperfilters in WinPE 3.0.
10. You need to have a Western Digital harddrive to install the WD version. To use either one, you need to have the respective manufacturer's harddrive.
11. There are shortcuts to run the respective Monitors (for DiscWizard and TrueImage). I didn't find a need for them within a PE. But they are added for completeness. In case you run both, only one of DiscWizardMonitor/TrueImageMonitor will run (whichever is run first).
12. When you 'mount' a backup, the drive letter will be automatically assigned. To view it in windows explorer, please 'exit' the explorer as explained here: http://www.winhelpon...ws-7-and-vista/

I thought this would be useful because both the TrueImage versions are free. This is my first Win7PE script and feedback is very welcome.

Couldn't find the upload files option!

Here's the MF link for the script: http://www.mediafire.com/?ihmd4mgomij

PS: Sorry, haven't tested on 64 bit OS. Probably only the driver file names need to change.

[Terry_Dodson]

Where do i find the license key to put in the script box? I have both programs installed on my pc but have not found it yet.

[oriensol]

@Terry_Dodson

If the software is already installed, you do NOT need to provide the key (if you have not checked the 'Use this key' checkbox).

If you check the 'Use this key' checkbox, you can get the key from the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Acronis\TrueImage\standard - please make sure you copy everything in the key value, including leading and trailing spaces.

Hope this helps.

[Terry_Dodson]

Thanks, i will try it agin tommorrow. I am using Winbuilder 080 on Windows7 Ultimate. Itried building the Win7PE and everything else worked, but the Seagate Truespace does not show up.

[oriensol]

As you can see from point (3), the shortcuts are not created for projects other than W7PEX, as the method of creating shortcuts changes from project to project.

You should be able to run the program fine. Please add the shortcuts yourself, as needed by your project.

[Terry_Dodson]

Thanks. Where can i find "W7PEX"?

[oriensol]

Hope this helps: http://www.boot-land...?...11&hl=w7pex - hasn't been updated for some time.

You may also look at http://www.boot-land...mp;#entry103435 for another approach.

You may take at look at either of these projects also:

http://www.boot-land...?...=11852&st=0 (Make_PE3)

http://www.boot-land...showtopic=11801 (Batch - tsetya)

Hope this helps.

[Terry_Dodson]

Got it working.
On the shortcuts i had to put it like this:
for Desktop:

Add_Shortcut,Desktop,.,\Acronis\DiskWizard\dwstart.exe,Acronis-Seagate,%SystemDrive%\Program Files\Acronis\DiskWizard

for StartMenu:
Add_Shortcut,StartMenu,Imaging,\Acronis\DiskWizard\dwstart.exe,Acronis-Seagate,%SystemDrive%\Program Files\Acronis\DiskWizard

Thanks.
Terry

[oriensol]

Got it working.

Hi Terry_Dodson,

Thanks for the feedback and information.

Which project did you use? Win7PE_SE? That information would be helpful to any future reader of this post.

Regards,
oriensol

[Terry_Dodson]

Yes it was "Multi 7PE_SE" and using "Winbuilder 080".

[Rui Paz]

Here's a script to use the free Seagate and Western Digital versions of Acronis TrueImage 11 in a Win7PE (Winpe 3.0) project. Hope this is useful.

I have adapted the script originally made for self-use with livexp. Have tested only with W7PEX and Win7PE_SE (without shortcuts).

Hi,

Can you share the livexp script you use?

I'm trying to build the script based on the BartPE plugin included on Seagate DiscWizard and it doesn't work for me.

Edit: Never mind i could find the error on my script.

TIA

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Rui Paz

[BrollyLSSJ]

Could you update the script to support the new WD edition? It is based on 2011 i guess (internal version number is 14.157, which should be 2011).

[petcomp]

Oriensol would you please provide another link to the script. Looks like the mediafire one is dead. Thanks.

[dera]

for me the link (http://www.mediafire.com/?ihmd4mgomij) does work

Regards,
dera

[papu]

Thank Oriensol for ur script to insert Seagate DiscWiz to Make_pe3. I am new in the blog. I have created sgtboot.wim with segate discwiz as per your instruction but i am unable to make it sgtboo.iso. I have no idea at all how to make a WIM file to ISO. Please help me  so that I can boot in win7 environment to use discwiz.

 

Thanks

Papu