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really one-time settings – review them and make changes only if necessary. Once
you establish a set of options that works for you, you don’t need to make changes
each time you run Image for Linux.
Geometry Settings:
Disable - Check this box to disable the global geometry settings and revert to using
program defaults or drive specific overrides equivalent to versions prior to 2.52.
Align MBR for BIOS Auto Mode - This option is enabled by default to prevent
problems with unaligned partitions on systems with their BIOS using Auto Mode.
Many newer systems use auto mode by default, and some even don't have an
option to turn it off. This is equivalent to enabling the individual overrides Align
MBR Ending HS and Align MBR HS when Truncated.
Align Partitions on 1MiB Boundaries – This option provides a convenient way to
enable 1MiB partition alignment for all drives (drives with 512 byte sectors will be
aligned on 2048 sectors; drives with 4096 byte sectors will be aligned on 256
sectors). This is popular with users of SSD type drives. It is the equivalent to
enabling the individual overrides Align on 1MiB Boundaries, Align MBR Ending HS,
Align MBR HS when Truncated, and disabling Align on End.
Assume Same Target System – Enable this option to prevent problems where
users restore an image from another system to a drive that will be put back in the
other system. For example, the hard drive from PC-A is backed up; PC-B is used
to restore to a new hard; that new drive is placed back in PC-A. Without this option
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