AOMEI Backupper Help Guides

Input

AMBackup /?

Type “AMbackup /?” in Comand prompt to look for help

Output

AMBackup { /b | /c | /r | /l | /? }

-"AMBackup" has five functions, which are backup(/b), clone(/c), restore(/r), list(/l), and help(/?)

AMBackup /l /?

-display the complete usage of the list command

AMBackup /b /?

-display the complete usage of the backup command

AMBackup /c /?

-display the complete usage of the clone command

AMBackup /r /?

-display the complete usage of the restore command

Parameters

Description

{/b}

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

{/t}

Specify the type of source, it could be one of the following: system, disk or part

{/s}

Specifies the source for the backup:
For a disk backup specify the number of the disk, e.g. /s 0.
For a partition backup, specify the drive letter, e.g. /s C.
For partitions without a drive letter, specify the partition number, e.g. /s 0:1

{/d}

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

Parameters

Description

{/b}

Specify the type of backup, it could be one of the following: inc, dif or full

{/s}

Specify the main file for creating incremental or differential backups from, e.g. "/s d:\backup\ab.adi"
This means creating an incremental or a differential backup based on image--"d:\backup\ab.adi"

Parameters

Description

[/n]

Assign a name for the backup to distinguish it from others

[/c]

The compression level of the image file could be one of the following: 0, 1 or 2

[/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]

Password; if you backup to a network and a password is required to access the network; e.g. /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.

[/r]

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

Parameters

Description

[/l]

List disks and partitions on this computer. Use /l to show ALL disks on this computer, /l0 or /l1 shows partitions only of disk 0 or disk 1. (Note: there is no space between the "/l" and "0")

Parameters

Description

{/r}

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

{/t} {system | disk | part}

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.

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

specify the path of the image file.

[/v]

specify to use the latest backup version to restore(because of incremental or diferential backup).The backup version corresponding to the current image file will be restored without this "/v" command.

[/I] {0 | 0:0}|[null]

specify the source , which means the disk, partition or dynamic volume to be restored in the image file . /i 0 means disk 0 or dynamic volume 0;/ i 0:0 means partition 0 on disk 0; "null" means no need to specify the partition to be restored while performing system restore.

[/e]{"123"}

specify the password for the image file

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

specify the destination location to restore to. "/d 0" means destination location is disk 0; /d 0:0 means the destination location is partition 0 on disk 0; /d D means the destination location is partition D; "null" means not to use "/d", and restore to the original location.

[/f] {fill | original}

adjust the size of the destination partition. "fill" means to fill the entire destination partition after restoration; "original" means to keep the same size as the source partition after restoration. This command 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]

specify universal restore to restore system to dissimilar hardware. It has to be used with "/t system" and "/t disk".

[/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

[/o] {yes | no}

switch off the interactive prompt."yes" means to execute automatically the next operation when interactive operation is needed; "no" means to cancel the operation when interactive operation is needed. By default, the program will wait for user's confirmation.

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}

adjust the size of the destination partition. "fill" means to fill the entire destination partition after cloning; "original" means to keep the same size as the source partition after cloning. This command is not available for dynamic disks.

[/o] {yes | no}

switch off the interactive prompt."yes" means to execute automatically the next operation when an interactive operation is needed; "no" means to cancel the operation when an interactive operation is needed. By default, the program will wait for user's confirmation.

Parameters

Description

[/l][0]|[/s D:\backup.adi]|[1 /s
D:\disk-backup.adi]|[/e]|[/u ] |[/p]|[null]

list disk, partition, and dynamic volume."/s" means the path of the specified image; "/u" and "/p" means the users' name and password to access the specified NAS shared path;"/e" means the password of the encrypted image.