Image for Windows (disk imaging)

Image for Windows
Developer(s)TeraByte Unlimited
Stable release
3.50 / 15 January 2022; 2 years ago (2022-01-15)[1]
Operating systemWindows NT 4.0 and later
TypeBackup software
LicenseTrialware
Websiteterabyteunlimited.com

Image for Windows is a disk imaging utility for Microsoft Windows developed by TeraByte Unlimited. When first released in 2002, it was one of two disk imaging software products that could create a consistent point-in-time backup of Windows while Windows was running.[citation needed]

Overview

The point-in-time technology used by Image for Windows consists of using a special driver, named PHYLock, that effectively redirects data being overwritten by Windows to a holding cache. Since Microsoft's introduction of the Volume Shadow Copy Service (vssvc.exe), this technology concept is now generally available to any Windows based backup software.

Support

Image for Windows supports Windows NT 4.0 and later. It supports both x86 and x64 versions of Windows.

See also

References

  1. ^ "TeraByte Unlimited :: Products :: Image for Windows :: Upgrade History". Retrieved 2 July 2020.

Further reading