Hi,
Can't help with Paragon DBE-specific stuff as I haven't used it, but someone else might kick in.
Here's a link for the Paragon boot disc. This is from a 3rd party and not tested in any way so you need to scan it well for nasties and also test it before you need it for real.
mediafire[DOT]com/?jxmjvnnmlud
[rebuild the URL to the conventional form]
I don't understand the Paragon situation you report ("no boot disk build available with the DBE edition") as without it the image can't be restored, but anyway a link to it is above.
Boot CD operation etc works like this:
- you make an image file of your current hard disk
- you create that directly onto a USB external disk
- you then create the boot CD, from within the program (normally)
- you then TEST YOUR IMAGE, & THE RESTORE PROCEDURE, on another PC or spare disk or whatever (not on your main disk that you just imaged, dohh)
- when you need to rebuild a drive or maybe start a new larger disk you bought, then boot up with the Boot CD, this gets a cut-down OS running
- navigate to where your image file is, maybe on a USB disk
- restore it via the controls the Boot CD gives you
- you're done
So maybe that answers some of your questions? Sorry I can't answer the Paragon-specific ones.
Also you might find that any boot disc of this type will work, such as the UBCD4Win one, which is recommended. There are some issues here but it's worth trying if there is no alternative.
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