Q. How do I restore an image back to a working state?
A. Note that you must put the image into an existing partition. If necessary create a new partition with Windows Disk Management first. You do not need to format the drive. The size of the partition you create will determine the size of the drive - for example if you create a 20GB partition and then restore a 10GB size image to it, the size of the drive will still be 20GB.
To start Windows Disk Management click:
Start>Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Disk Management
If Windows Disk Management does not start, you can use the following commands from the command prompt:
net start dmserver
net start dmadmin
diskpart
To restore an image to an existing partition, click Restore in the main program window.
Note on boot drives: If you want your computer to boot from the new partition you must set it to "active" with Windows Disk Management.