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Obtaining and Installing DriveImage XML

To obtain the latest version of DriveImage XML, please visit Runtime Software's website
located at http://www.runtime.org. A direct link to DriveImage XML's product page can be found
here . Download the DriveImage XML software and save it to a temporary location on your C:
drive such as C:\WorkingDir.

Downloading the BartPE Boot Disk DriveImage XML Plug in

You will also need to download the DriveImage XML BartPE plugin to be able to run DriveImage
XML from a boot CD. I will talk more about what to do with this download and how to use it in
the Obtaining & Installing BartPE Installing BartPE Plug-Ins sections. The BartPE plugin can be
found here and look for DriveImage XML V1.21 plugin. Please download this file and store it in
a temporary location, such as C:\WorkingDir.

Downloading the BartPE Boot Disk SwissKnife Plug in

Finally you will also need a disk partitioning tool for your BartPE boot disk which I will go over
this in detail in Installing BartPE Plug-Ins section. The tool is made by a company called
CompuApps and their homepage is can be found by clicking here. The tool they make is a
freeware product called SwissKnife which can be downloaded at the following location by
clicking here. Please scroll to the bottom of that page and look for a BartPE plug in section,
and click that link to begin the download. It is important to note that there are two versions of
SwissKnife : A full Windows version and a BartPE plugin version. Please ensure you download
the BartPE plugin version and then save it in the same temporary location such as
C:\WorkingDir.

Downloading Active ISO Burner

During the BartPE process you will need to burn an ISO file to cdrom. The tool I will be using in
my tutorial is Active ISO Burner from ntfs.com. A direct link to the Active ISO burner page can
be found here. There are 3 different versions of the ISO burner (a ZIP, Setup and EXE version).
Please download the ISO-Burner.EXE version and save it to a temporary location such as
C:\WorkingDir.

Installing DriveImage XML

Once the files are downloaded (they are very small downloads), double click the dixmlsetup
icon (located in the temporary location you chose - C:\WorkingDir) to begin the installation, at
which you are present with the Welcome screen (click screenshot to enlarge) :