Moderated Re: create a system image.
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James Bentley
Hi Dave,
Assuming that you are using a newer version of Image For Windows, does IFW still incorporate the Narrator Screen reader on its recovery disk?
My version of Image for Windows is around 6years old. My version of IFW itself will make you a recovery disk that includes the Microsoft screen reader, Narrator. So a blind person can use speech during a recovery.
However, one would still have to memorize the steps to get their particular PC to boot off of that bootable USB recovery disk. It is also possible to get a sighted person to make a one time change in the boot sequence in the BIOS so the computer will always boot from any USB device that may be inserted during PC start up.
I have needed to make several emergency recovery’s over the years because Windows was too corrupted to even boot. One time I restored my complete system on to a brand new drive with no problems. IFW never let me down.
I paid around $40.00, around 6 years ago for my copy. The do have a 30 day trial version.
I just wonder if Narrator still comes with IFW. James B
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Dave Durber
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2021 6:05 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: create a system image.
Randy:
I use Image for Windows, produced by Terabyte. You get a 30 day trial, then you need to purchase a license, to go on using the program. I do not think the purchase price is that expensive, probably about 50 dollars, US.
As far as I know, there are 2 versions of a Talking Windoes Preinstall Environment (TWPE). One produced by Brian Smart for Windows 7 and another by someone by the name of Carlos, sorry I do not know his last name, for Windows 10. Once you boot into either TWPE, hopefully You should be able to run Macrium Reflect Free, to restore a previously created image to your system drive, using NVDA to speak the prompts and menues.
I use Brian Smart's Windows 7 TWPE and the Image for Windows restore utility, to restore images. I use this TWPE because, I find that it boots faster, an it definitely shuts down the computer correctly, when you have finished restoring an image or, when you have finished using the TWPE for any other reason.
When I have used Carlos's TWPE, I have found that when you shut down the computer, it occasionally hangs, and you need to press and hold the power button, until the system switches off.
HTH
Dave
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