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Chapter 9. Exploring archives and mounting
images
Apricorn EZ Gig II offers two kinds of archive contents management: mounting for images
and exploring for both images and file-level archives. Both operations are performed via the
Backup Archives category.
Exploring images and file-level archives lets you view their contents and copy the
selected files to the hard disk.
Mounting images as virtual drives lets you access them as though they were physical
drives. This means that:
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a new disk with its own letter will appear in the drives list
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using Windows Explorer and other file managers, you can view the image contents as if
they were located on a physical disk or partition
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you will be able to use the virtual disk in the same way as the real one: open, save,
copy, move, create, delete files or folders. If necessary, the image can be mounted in
read-only mode
Please keep in mind that, though both file archives and disk/partition images have a default
".tib" extension, only images can be mounted. If you want to view file archive contents, use
the Explore operation. The following is a brief summary of the Explore vs Mount operation:
Archive type
Assigning a letter
Archive modification
Files extraction
The current version of Apricorn EZ Gig II can mount or explore an image archive only if all
its volumes reside in the same directory. If your archive spans several CD-R/RW discs and
you wish to mount the image, you should copy all volumes to a hard disk drive or network
drive.
9.1 Exploring an archive
1. Click Explore and Validate Backup Archives in the Tools group or select the Backup
Archives category on the sidebar to navigate to the Manage Backup Archives window. Then
select Explore Backup Archive. Or, you can select Tools -> Explore Backup Archive in
the main program menu.
2. Select an archive and click Open.
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Explore
File-level, disk or partition image
No
No
Yes
Mount
Partition image
Yes
Yes (in R/W mode)
Yes
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