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BootIt Bare Metal

Complete Partition and Drive Management

These days, with major consumer electronics retailers benefiting from overcharging for simple technical services, it pays more than ever to know how to manage your own hard drive. But when it comes to managing drive partitions, installing and booting from multiple operating systems, or salvaging misbehaving partitions and drives, you need something that's powerful, yet simple to use and understand. What you need is today's software promotion, BootIt Bare Metal, and you can get it at a discount for a limited time!

BootIt Bare Metal lets you perform a broad array of drive management tasks, including partition management, backup and restore, multiple OS installs, and so much more. It's perfect for folks at all levels, from users to enthusiasts to hardcore IT professionals. With BootIt Bare Metal, you can create, move, copy, delete, and undelete drive partitions, and even resize them in a non-destructive manner. Compatible with all versions of Microsoft Windows, from 98 all the way up to Windows 7, x64, and Windows 64-bit OS, there's direct support for PATA/SATA (AHCI) drives, plus MBR, EMBR, and GPT-type partitioning.

You don't have to choose between operating systems when you have BootIt Bare Metal at your side! Whether it's booting from multiple OS's on a single partition, or booting from one of up to 200 partitions on a hard drive, you'll enjoy unparalleled freedom with BootIt Bare Metal. The software even detected existing OS types at installation, automatically adding them to a boot menu!

Want to go deeper with BootIt Bare Metal? You're in luck! BIBM has full scripting available (full version only) using TBScript™.

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BootIt Bare Metal

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Platforms: Windows 9x, Me, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7, Servers, both 32 and 64 bit
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  • Perform a broad array of hard disk management tasks
  • Backup and restore partitions and entire drives easily
  • Create, move, copy, delete, and undelete partitions
  • Enjoy non-destructive resizing of hard disk partitions
  • Install multiple operating systems into one partition or multiple partitions
  • Purchase with BitsDuJour's discount coupon code and get all this at a promotional price!
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Carlos Oliveros Any discount for bundle?

Thanks

Regards
Nov 29 2011 at 12:29am
Genie au Travail Do you have a comparison matrix for all your products?
Nov 29 2011 at 6:39am
TeraByte This deal is for BootIt Bare Metal only.

We no longer have the matrix available at the website. If you're primarily looking for drive imaging/cloning, use our imaging products, for boot management or partition/drive management, use BootIt Bare Metal (BIBM). BIBM includes Image for DOS which uses your system BIOS. The reliability and design of your systems BIOS determines how well Image for DOS will work on your system. If you purchase BIBM without Image for Windows (IFW) you will still be able to purchase IFW for $10 off when you log in to the terabyte website.
TeraByte Unlimited Vendor - Nov 29 2011 at 10:01am
Michael R. Is it possible to create a 5th partition - I already have 4 on my harddisk - and use this one for TrueCrypt, i.e. does TrueCrypt directly support the additional partition(s)?
Nov 29 2011 at 5:45pm
Tomasz Lisowski TrueCrypt supports whatever partitions are visible in Master Boot Record - and you can have only 4 of them at maximum.

However, ...

BIBM supports Boot configurations, each of them having at maximum 4 partitions per physical hard disk. When selected, they are written down to Master Boot Record, By not limiting primaries (a configuration option), you can enable BIBM to control as many partitions, as you want on your hard disk and configure them into boot configurations restricted to 4 partitions at a time (per hard disk). Example:

HDD partitions:
1. (Win7)
2. (Win7 64 bit)
3. (Linux Swap)
4. (Linux native)
5. (Data)
6. (TrueCrypt)
7. (BIBM)

Then you may have configurations:
Linux: 4 and 3
Win7: 1, 5 and 6
Win7 64-bit: 2, 5, 6
Nov 29 2011 at 8:10pm
Noggin The Nog According to the Terabyte website, "BootIt Bare Metal (paid version) includes an enhanced version of the TeraByte OS Deployment Tool Suite Professional that includes the powerful TBScript engine. This offers you an almost unlimited number of solutions:" Those listed include "Use existing .TBS scripts to prepare Windows to run on different hardware." Where in the manual is this function explained?
Nov 30 2011 at 7:14am
Tomasz Lisowski As far as I can see, the BIBM zip file contains two PDF files: tbosdt_en_manual.pdf and tbscript_en_manual.pdf.
Nov 30 2011 at 9:32am
Martin Hamilton Do the drive sizes have to match?

So, if I have a 500gb drive, image it and want to restore to a new 1tb drive... will it work?
Dec 1 2011 at 8:07am
Tomasz Lisowski The imaging component of BIBM is able to resize a partition to occupy the bigger space in your new drive. Even if you don't instruct it to do so, you can always resize your partition later using the partition management features of BIBM.
Dec 1 2011 at 9:45am
Eddie Tex Fantastic! I was waiting for the right time to purchase. Glad I did!
Dec 1 2011 at 1:34pm
Michael R. Thanks, Tomasz, for the explanation.

So, I suppose this maximum of 4 seeable partitions on the harddisk are a limitation of the OS, which generates the MBR by itself or is it the limitation of the harddisk's soft-/firmware?

So, if I create 5 or more partitions on the harddisk by BIBM - where four are only visible from within windows - and somethings happening to the MBR am I able to restore it again, so no partition is lost? This probably would have to be done by a boot-cd, since I can't access to windows by itself. So, is it possible to create such a boot-cd from within BIBM?

Is the full functionality of BIBM of windows available under DOS too?

You wrote 'BIBM has full scripting available (full version only) using TBScript™.: This offer for $19,98 is the full version, isn't it?

Thank you...
Dec 1 2011 at 10:12pm
Tomasz Lisowski @Michael R.
Disclaimer: I am not an employee of Terabyte Unlimited, nor have any right to represent this company. I am just a happy user of their products. If I say something wrong, I hope Terabyte will correct me :-)

The limitation of 4 partitions in a hard disk's MBR is a limitation imposed by BIOS. All partition management software must adhere to this restriction. BIBM does too, so every boot item (configuration) must not define more than 4 partitions per hard disk.

BIBM maintains its own list of partitions (EMBR - Extented MBR) - this is the reason you can define an unlimited numer of partitions within BIBM. Then, when you select a boot configuration to boot, it writes to the original MBR the definition of partitions (max. 4) defined in the configuration and boots your pc up. Within the operating system you will see these maximum 4 partitions with the remaining space seen as unallocated. Make sure you don't use the operating system's partitioning tools, because by doing this you will overwrite other partitions invisible to this particular operating system. Use BIBM for this purpose exclusively. This restriction is lifted, if you ARE limiting primary partitions in the BIBM configuration, but then you don't get the benefit of having more than 4 partitions on your hard disk, as I have pictured in my first post here.

The safest way is to place BIBM in its own small partition (8MB is enough). Then, by using a CD you can always activate BIBM and review/correct the status of the partitions, if something happened to the MBR. In worst situations, you can alway delete corrupted partition and recreate it from an image, provided that you have created it beforehand.

BIBM is not dependent on your operating system. You may have DOS, Windows, Linux, etc. Just when creating partitions and installing operating systems, observe the restrictions they have. If I remember, DOS required to be installed at the beginning of the hard disk, as the first partition ...

The TeraByte OS Deployment Tool Suite is offered free of charge for personal use. The scripting component is available in a Professional paid version, which is bundled with BIBM available on BdJ.
Dec 1 2011 at 11:27pm
DrTeeth Just to clarify, it is a maximum of 4 partitions *per disk*.

This software is amazing, the most versatile that there is. I personally have Win 7 x64, Win XP, Vista x64, Linix Mint 11, Linux Mint 12, Kubuntu, Ubuntu and Open SuSE x64 installed in their own primary partitions on the same hard disk.

DrT
Dec 2 2011 at 12:58am
Gil Chichester OldCityCat,

Will BIBM restore a Windows 7 Image to new hardware, with or without using TBS?

Thanks
OCC
Dec 2 2011 at 4:24am
Tomasz Lisowski @Gil Chichester.
It WILL restore the image - this is purely a matter of partition setup.

However, the restored partition might not boot properly until you reset the hardware information using a script and possibly using the BCD Edit feature of BIBM to update the boot configuration data. You might also need to repair the Windows 7 boot sector. See the KB article http://www.terabyteunlimi...php?id=327
Dec 2 2011 at 4:44am
Ralph Bressler Just bought this program and THEN noticed the Image for Windows deal! Can I still get Image for Windows at a reduced price?
Dec 2 2011 at 5:37am
Carlos Oliveros @ Ralph Bressler, which deal?
Dec 2 2011 at 7:19am
TeraByte For different hardware, it doesn't care for restore, but windows may, if both system using same type of stroage controller (ACHI or ATA standard) then it works without needing to do much of anything special (for it to boot). For RAID, it has to be the same type. However, you can use OSDTool, but need IFW for it to complete (see http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/howto sample moving dell to hp server).

For special deal on IFW, log in to https://terabyteunlimited...wnload.php and you'll have a $10 discount.
TeraByte Unlimited Vendor - Dec 2 2011 at 7:50am
Nico Westerdale @a a, I get what you're saying about the Policy, but it's actually fine the way it is. It is licensed per computer, as opposed to per user. You can also install it on up to three computers at a time.
BitsDuJour Admin - Dec 2 2011 at 12:23pm
TeraByte yes, per computer, up to three for home- / personal- use. For business it's one per computer.
TeraByte Unlimited Vendor - Dec 2 2011 at 12:44pm
Carlos Oliveros Dear Customer,
We were unable to verify that the information you entered on the order form is valid.
Please contact our customer service department for assistance.
For reference, your order id is XXXXXXX

What´s the problem?
Dec 2 2011 at 12:59pm
SoftCollector Dear TeraByte,

1. How is this software different from Norton Ghost (which I already have)?
2. I visited the site and find it very difficult to find out what the different products do: does BootIt Bare Metal contain all of the rest? If so, then why are they sold at the same price?

Kind Regards,
SC
Dec 2 2011 at 1:53pm
Carlos Oliveros Problem resolved. License received.

Thanks

Regards
Dec 2 2011 at 4:04pm
a a Best sottware of it's type! Coupled with IFW/IFD/IFL/TBOSDT, you have all imaging/partition management operations covered.

Coupled with superb support, cheap price and regular updates, what more could you ask for!

BTW, the BDJ policy tab may need updating as one part says "BootIt Bare Metal is licensed per computer", but the very next line contradicts this by saying "BootIt Bare Metal may be installed and used on 3 computers."
Dec 2 2011 at 5:05pm
Steven Avery Hi,

I have Bootit NG from the 2010 BIts, however my active partition life got delayed a bit and it has been dormant. (And somehow I had my info hidden, I've improved my registration keeping since then, so the little partitioning I did do was done another way, a product with less tech support savvy.)

Could you explain whether there is a major advantage to going to the new Bare Metal and if NG is still downloadable and supportable (earlier version) from the March 2010 licence ?

Either way, new purchase or not, I look forward to using the Terabyte software. When you are dealing with partitions, solidity, and support and communication is key.

Does Bootit Bare Metal work entirely from within Windows, or does it have more than one mode ?

Thanks.

Steven
Dec 2 2011 at 6:27pm
TeraByte BIBM is mainly a boot and partition manager. It comes with Image for DOS. The imaging products come with Image for Windows and Image for Linux as well. See the prior reply on the difference.

Your BING update is free from 2010, so just go to https://www.terabyteunlim...wnload.php
TeraByte Unlimited Vendor - Dec 2 2011 at 7:58pm
Steven Avery Thanks, nice to see you handled the product upgrade well, which is not always the case:

("new name, new product, registration expired " is a drill we hear too often)

I am not real big on imaging, except right after OS installs, so the emphasis on partition and boot managing of BootIt Bare Metal is excellent.

Thanks.
Dec 2 2011 at 9:16pm
Tomasz Lisowski @Steven Avery:
Just to make it clear: BIBM does NOT work from within Windows. It comes into action BEFORE any operating system is loaded. Its "modes" of action are the boot configuration management and the partitions management
Dec 2 2011 at 11:28pm
Steven Avery Thanks. That is what I thought. The frequent use of the word "compaitble" in the descriptions threw me a bit, since that does not give the impression of running under, or more directly. We usually use that word in discussing running as an install.

More precisely, Bootit is "Windows 7 aware" or capable.

If I remember, there was a time when partition creation (first) within Windows would limit what could be done later by external partition software. In that sense, compatible lines up ok, if you mean you can take over from the partitioning even when begun in Windows ? Everything remains in synch, and you do not lose out wherever the partitioning is begun

And of course you can create whatever partitions are actually going to be use by the WIndows OS. Which is one sense of compatible.

Steven

Steven
Dec 2 2011 at 11:46pm
Tomasz Lisowski Yes, BIBM is Windows 7 aware - it can use Windows 7 Boot record (imaging tool), if required, it can let you edit BCD configuration.

However, please read my warning in one of the above posts about the setting, limiting (or not) the number of primary partitions on a hard disk. Once you stop limiting primary partitions, DON'T use Windows' or any other operating system's partitioning tools - just BIBM
Dec 3 2011 at 12:00am
a a Thanks, nice to see you handled the product upgrade well,
which is not always the case:

That's one thing I forgot to mention - generous (although I prefer to think of it as being reasonable) upgrade policy.

Terabyte Unlimited have been going for a long time, and I like to think that's because they have all the qualities I've mentioned in my last couple of posts

TU is here to stay!.

PS. For anyone who thinks I'm a fanboy - I'm not in the normal sense. I just like the company, the people and its products. And I don't say that, that often.
Dec 3 2011 at 12:58am
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