Command Line Backup, Clone and Ram disk

Input

DiskMasterX /?

Type "DiskMasterX /?" in Command prompt to look for help

Output

DiskMasterX { /b | /c | /r | /l | /ram | /? }

-"DiskMasterX" has six functions, which are backup(/b), clone(/c), restore(/r), list(/l), ramdisk(/ram), and help(/?)

DiskMasterX /l /?

-display the complete usage of the list command

DiskMasterX /b /?

-display the complete usage of the backup command

DiskMasterX /c /?

-display the complete usage of the clone command

DiskMasterX /r /?

-display the complete usage of the restore command

DiskMasterX /ram /?

-display the complete usage of the ram disk command

Parameters

Description

{/b}

Specify the type of backup, it could be one of the following: new, inc, dif or full
new - create a new backup task

{/t}

Specify the type of source, it could be one of the following: system, disk, part or file
system - backup your system; disk - backup disks; part - backup partitions; file - backup files

{/s}

Specifies the source for the backup:
To create a disk backup, specify the disk number, such as /s 0.
For a partition or dynamic volume backup, specify the drive letter, e.g. /s C.
For partitions without a drive letter, specify the partition number, such as /s 0:1.
For a file backup specify the file path (The last character of the directory path must be "\"), e.g. /s "d:\path\|"

{/d}

Destination path for saving the backup image, e.g. /d "D:\Path\File"

Parameters

Description

{/b}

I'll rewrite the text in one paragraph shortly. However, I need you to specify the type of backup, which could be one of the following: inc (incremental), dif (differential), or full.
inc - create an incremental backup based on the last backup; dif - create a differential backup based on the last full backup; full - create a subsequent full backup.

{/d}

Specify the main file for creating incremental or differential backups from (If there is only one backup task in the directory, you can specify it as a directory), e.g. /d "d:\My Storage\disk backup"
Create an incremental or differential backup based on an image file located at "D:\My Storage\disk backup\dm.fvd".

Parameters

Description

[/n]

Assign a name for the backup to distinguish it from others

[/o]

The compression level of the image file could be one of the following: 0, 1 or 2
0 - no compression, 1 - fast standard compression, 2 - higher compression level, but takes more time to process.

[/e]

Encrypt image file, e.g. /e "123" means "123" becomes the password for the image file.

[/u]

Username; if you backup to a network and the username is required to access the network. You may set up the username by using this parameter, e.g. /u "admin"

[/p]

If you back up your data to a network location that requires a password to access, you can specify the password in the backup settings using the format /p "password". For example, if the password is "123456", you would enter it as /p "123456".

[/m]

Size in MB for splitting a large image file into smaller files.
This specifies the maximum size of each file; e.g. /m 1490.

[/k]

Backup the disk or partition in a sector-by-sector way or not, it could be decided by one of these two parameters: 0 or 1
0 - standard backup, which is the default backup option; 1 - RAW backup; This will do a RAW (pseudo forensic) sector-by-sector backup, e.g. /k 1

[/w]

Wait for the operation to complete, it could be decided by one of these two parameters: 0 or 1.
0 - not wait; 1 - wait to finish backuping, e.g. /w 1

Parameters

Description

{/r}

restore the backup of a system, disk, partition or dynamic volume, and restore the backup of files.

{/t} {system | disk | part| file}

specify restore type. "system" means to restore system backup; "disk" means to restore disk backup; "part" means to restore partition backup or dynamic volume backup; "file" means to restore file backup.

{/s}{"D:\my backup" | "\\192.168.1.1.\my backup\my backup.fvd"}

specify the path of the image file (If there is only one backup task in the directory, you can specify it as a directory).

[/v]

To restore from the latest backup version, you can specify the "/v" command in the restore operation, which will override the version corresponding to the current image file. This will restore the backup version that was taken after the current image file was created, due to the incremental or differential backup. Without the "/v" command, the backup version corresponding to the current image file will be restored.

[/i] {"0|0:0|F|path"}

The command to restore an image file to a specified source, such as a disk, partition, or dynamic volume, and destination location, such as a partition or dynamic volume, is specified using the '/i' option. For example, '/i 0' restores to disk 0, '/i 0:0' restores to partition 0 on disk 0, and '/d F' restores to partition F or dynamic volume F. If the destination is a file path, it should end with a backslash.

[/e]{"123"}

specify the password for the image file

[/d]{0|0:0|D|path}

To specify the destination location for a restore operation, use the '/d' option followed by the relevant information. For example, '/d 0' indicates that the destination is disk 0, '/d 0:0' specifies partition 0 on disk 0, '/d D' means partition D or dynamic D, and '/d path' designates a specific file path. If no '/d' option is provided, the restore will be performed to the original location.

[/f] {fill | original}

The command to resize the destination partition after a restoration, with options to either fill the entire destination partition or keep the same size as the source partition, is not available for dynamic disks.

[/a]

specify to use partition alignment to optimize for SSD.

[/u] ["admin"]

specify the user's name to access the NAS share.

[/p] ["123"]

specify the password to access the NAS share.

[/x]

To restore a system to dissimilar hardware using Acronis Universal Restore, specify it in the command line with '/t system' and '/t disk' options. This allows the system to be restored to a different hardware configuration.

[/k]

specify sector by sector restore. Only when the image file was backed up sector by sector, can it be restored using sector by sector restore

[/w] {1 | 0}

Wait for the operation to complete, it could be decided by one of these two parameters: 0 or 1.

Parameters

Description

{/c}

clone system, disk, partition or dynamic volume.

{/t} {system | disk | part}

specify clone type. "system" means system clone; "disk" means disk clone; "part" means cloning patition or dynamic volume.

[/s] {0 | 0:0 | D}

specify the source to be cloned. No need to specify the source while performing system clone; '/s 0' means cloning disk 0; '/s 0:0' means cloning partition 0 on disk 0; '/s D' means to clone partion D or dynamic D.

{/d} {0 | 0:0 | D}

specify destination location. '/d 0' means the specified destination location is disk 0; '/d 0:0' means the specified destination location is partition 0 on disk 0; '/d D' means the specified destination location is partition D or dynamic volume D.

[/k]

specify to use Sector by sector clone.

[/a]

specify to use partition alignment to optimize for SSD.

[/f]{fill | original}

The command allows adjusting the size of the destination partition after cloning, with options to "fill" the entire destination partition or keep the same size as the source partition. This feature is not available for dynamic disks.

[/w] {1 | 0}

The operation will be completed when one of these two parameters is 0 or 1.

Parameters

Description

[/l][0]

List disks and partitions on this computer. Use /l to show ALL disks on this computer, /l 0 or /l 1 shows partitions only of disk 0 or disk 1.

[/l][/s "d:\backup.fvd"]|[/e]|[/u ]|[/p]

list disk, partition, and dynamic volume. '/s' means the path of the specified image (If there is only one backup task in the directory, you can specify it as a directory); '/u' and '/p' means the users' name and password to access the specified NAS shared path; '/e' means the password of the encrypted image.

Parameters

Description

{/ram}

The command `ramdisk` followed by one of the following options: `new`, `update`, `start`, `stop`, `set`, or `unset`.

{/drv}

Drive letter for ram disk, e.g. /drv Y.

[/sz]

To create a RAM disk, you can use the command `/sz `. For example, to create a 3000 MB RAM disk, you would use the command `/sz 3000`. This will allocate 3000 MB of free RAM space to the RAM disk. Note that the size of the RAM disk is specified in megabytes (MB).

[/sv]

Save ram disk's data. e.g. /sv 1.

[/systmp]

Set system temporary directory to ram disk. e.g. /systmp 1.

[/usertmp]

Set current temporary directory to ram disk. e.g. /usertmp 1.