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[Q] Inconsistancies accessing Device Storage from windows

I've just noticed this today and wondered if anyone else has see this?
There seems to be an inconsistancy between the tablet and the view of the Device Storage when connected to windows via micro usb port.
For instance. I connect the tablet to windows with micro usb cable and I view files under "Device Storage" which is the contents of the internal sdcard from /mnt/sdcard.
I also start up an adb shell and cd to the /mnt/sdcard directory. As expected, both show the same files. And if I create a file or folder in the windows exporer view, the file or folder shows up in the adb shell view as well.. great..
However, If I create a file or folder using the adb shell, it does not get reflected to the windows explorer view (until the tablet is rebooted). Likewise, if I create file in the explorer view and then delete it in adb shell, it stays around in the explorer view. Also, if I delete a file in the explorer view, it stays around in the adb shell view.
Anyone know what's going on here and why it doesn't stay in sync? Is the windows explorer view using some kind of cache view?
Thanks

Euclid's Brother said:
I've just noticed this today and wondered if anyone else has see this?
There seems to be an inconsistancy between the tablet and the view of the Device Storage when connected to windows via micro usb port.
For instance. I connect the tablet to windows with micro usb cable and I view files under "Device Storage" which is the contents of the internal sdcard from /mnt/sdcard.
I also start up an adb shell and cd to the /mnt/sdcard directory. As expected, both show the same files. And if I create a file or folder in the windows exporer view, the file or folder shows up in the adb shell view as well.. great..
However, If I create a file or folder using the adb shell, it does not get reflected to the windows explorer view (until the tablet is rebooted). Likewise, if I create file in the explorer view and then delete it in adb shell, it stays around in the explorer view. Also, if I delete a file in the explorer view, it stays around in the adb shell view.
Anyone know what's going on here and why it doesn't stay in sync? Is the windows explorer view using some kind of cache view?
Thanks
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I have had 100% of the same thing happen on my A500. I often find that my files are in the wrong location and I still cannot get the external SD to read from the computer.
I have another problem concerning these issues maybe you could help with. I may have either flashed an update without the proper files to go before it; or I have have forgotton to wipe something. Nonetheless, my A500 wouldn't boot. When I did some research, I went to this site {http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?p=2127076#post2127076} because it seemed in my eyes to have pertinent information. I got the update.zip to install and my A500 booted again! However, I could not get to stop two because my insternal SD card was wiped somehow and when I get to the main screen, do the circular unlock, the launcer, and many other programs repeatedly force close, so much so that I cannot do ANYTHING. How would you approach this, and is there a way for me to get into CWM. I have a recent nandroid backup that what 100% functional, and I would hope the MD5 sums would still match....
Any help/advice is greatly appreciated!

ibrooks.. try the instruction in post#1 of thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132760
That will wipe the data, which I believe is causing all your force closes.
Once that is done, then you can root with gingerbreak.
After that, you can continue the instructions from that thread you referenced. But instead, I would suggest flashing the official 3.1 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1159443
Edit: The official 3.1 is not pre-rooted, you'll need to do the 3.1 root app if you want root access back.

Euclid's Brother said:
ibrooks.. try the instruction in post#1 of thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132760
That will wipe the data, which I believe is causing all your force closes.
Once that is done, then you can root with gingerbreak.
After that, you can continue the instructions from that thread you referenced. But instead, I would suggest flashing the official 3.1 that's pre-rooted from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1159443
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uh... it's not pre-root...it's stock and will need "iconiaroot" to root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15456928&postcount=5

UnicornKaz said:
uh... it's not pre-root...it's stock and will need "iconiaroot" to root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15456928&postcount=5
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Thanks.. I guess I was thinking about the leaked version that was released with pre-root. i've updated my post.

I've had that problem happen when I was trying to downgrade from the leaked 3.1. I was getting frustrating trying to flash different ROMs and the about kept showing the same version over and over again. Finally I realised that the files were just being copied to the device storage instead of the SD card. Taking the card out and copying the files directly did the trick.
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Great! Nice to know that I'm not cRaZy! I was having quite a time last night trying to copy files back and forth from the tablet, only to have them not show up where I knew they were in Windows explorer when connected via usb,.

Formatted sdcard (HELP)

HOW CAN I ACCES root directory SDCARD from PC so I can place there my Rom to Flash it?
I Have formated everything, including the SDCARD, And now I only can get into RECOVERY mode,
Is there any way I can Flash my rom from Recovery?
How can I get acces to the SDcard ROOT directory so tha I can place there my Rom in order to Flash It ?
Is ther an ODIN type of flashing Roms in Nexus 7 just like in the S3?
How can I flash Rom from a Formatted SDCARD?

If you are in Recovery, then you can still use ADB. That means you can push files to your device.
Sent from my Nexus 7

BillGoss said:
If you are in Recovery, then you can still use ADB. That means you can push files to your device.
Sent from my Nexus 7
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Plese Tell me HOW to use ADB ? What do I have to do to push the Rom files into Root Directory of SDCARD?
I am using CWM recovery TOUCH 6.0.1.0

If you are connected to your PC you are seeing the sdcard root directory. Not sure what you are looking for
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Moricon said:
If you are connected to your PC you are seeing the sdcard root directory. Not sure what you are looking for
Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk 2
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I aM Connected to PC in RECOVERY mode,
The driver is installed OK
BUT I DONT SEE MY DEVICE IN PC
So I can not Push Rom fils to Root SDCARD directory becasuse I DONT SEE IT
When I PLUG in and Unplug I hear the USB installing BUT I DONT SEE THE DEVICE in my EXPLORER...So I dont Know Where I must Put Rom files to flash my Nexus 7...

My Device is ATTACHED into RECOVERY MODE
But I dont see it in my FileExplorerSo I dont Know HOW can I copy Rom to my SDCARD root directory...
Is there a COMMAND to copy rom from the CMD ?
OR is there a COMMAND for FLASHING ROM from within CMD

HELP NEEDED PLEASE:silly:

WHAT is the COMMAND to DUMP ROM into the SDCARD with Android. SDK and the CMD?
I am using the DEXDUMP.exe command but I dont know how it works...

NDUTU said:
I aM Connected to PC in RECOVERY mode,
The driver is installed OK
BUT I DONT SEE MY DEVICE IN PC
So I can not Push Rom fils to Root SDCARD directory becasuse I DONT SEE IT
When I PLUG in and Unplug I hear the USB installing BUT I DONT SEE THE DEVICE in my EXPLORER...So I dont Know Where I must Put Rom files to flash my Nexus 7...
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Then you don't have the right drivers loaded if your pc can't see your device...
Sent from my Nexus 7

krelvinaz said:
Then you don't have the right drivers loaded if your pc can't see your device...
Sent from my Nexus 7
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Yes I DO HAVE the right drivers loaded see the attached file,

The command is adb push. I'm not at my computer and it's too hard to type and example on my phone for you. Just Google adb push and you should get your answer. Hope this helps.

adb push <where rom is stored>/<name of zip>.zip /sdcard/<any name here>.zip
ie adb push E:/cm10-UNOFFICIAL-i777.zip /sdcard/cm10.zip
you might have to reboot the device back into recovery, even if you're already in recovery, for it to come up. Then just flash it like normal. You do have CWM or TWRP, right?

THANKS
OK guys thank you all , I managed to flash STOCK rom with the tool kit using the : put_google_factory_image_here , FOLDER

Transfer Nexus7 nandroid backup to my PC?

So I would like to transfer my nexus 7 nandroid backups to my PC. Since I only have an 8GB N7, I dont want to waste alot of space with nandroid backups. My question is, when connecting my N7 to my PC via USB cable, which folders do I need to transfer? The reason I'd like to do this is because I need to do a factory restore on my device, but after I get the factory restore done, I want to be able to reflash CWM and then use the files on my computer to restore my N7 (after transferring the files back to my N7 of course) Any help would be much appreciated!

Just cut the clockworkmod folder from the internal storage. Then if you Need to restore just drop it back
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I have had to do this as well. I keep my nandroid and TiBu files on my PC between ROM updates.

bagofcrap24 said:
Just cut the clockworkmod folder from the internal storage. Then if you Need to restore just drop it back
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Sorry, but I never thought about this before. If I delete the CWM folder from my tablet, it will remain in my tablet folder on my PC? Then, if I need to do a restore, I can just connect to the PC and add it back to my tablet and restore? Is this correct?

No. Plug your tablet in
Open Nexus 7
Internal storage
Copy the folder clockworkmod to a place on your pc
Once complete delete it from internal storage
If you need to restore
Plug in
Open Nexus 7
Internal storage
Copy clockworkmod folder back from pc to internal storage
Sent from my Nexus 7

I realize this thread is a bit old, but I have been searching and I cant find the answer. My problem is simple. The clockworkmod folder simply does not show up on my PC. The directories that show are the ones for my apps etc, and I can't seem to dig deeper than that. On my Nexus 7 I can browse right to the backups, but I cannot access them from the PC. I have no clue why. I successfully rooted 4.2.2 yesterday and everything else I've done has worked fine, but I can only access the clockworkmod folder from the Nexus 7 itself or from the adb shell on the PC (but I have no idea if I can use the shell to move the backup file to the PC or not).
So in short, I have no idea what to do. I recognize that I am a noob here, but I have done my homework searching for this particular issue and I haven't been able to find anything resembling a solution.

Mjolniir said:
I realize this thread is a bit old, but I have been searching and I cant find the answer. My problem is simple. The clockworkmod folder simply does not show up on my PC. The directories that show are the ones for my apps etc, and I can't seem to dig deeper than that. On my Nexus 7 I can browse right to the backups, but I cannot access them from the PC. I have no clue why. I successfully rooted 4.2.2 yesterday and everything else I've done has worked fine, but I can only access the clockworkmod folder from the Nexus 7 itself or from the adb shell on the PC (but I have no idea if I can use the shell to move the backup file to the PC or not).
So in short, I have no idea what to do. I recognize that I am a noob here, but I have done my homework searching for this particular issue and I haven't been able to find anything resembling a solution.
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The pathway for nandroid backup is not /storage/emulated/0 or /storage/sdcard0 or /sdcard
It's somewhere else, but I'm not sure exactly where. Download a root file manager like root explorer then search.
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stfudude said:
The pathway for nandroid backup is not /storage/emulated/0 or /storage/sdcard0 or /sdcard
It's somewhere else, but I'm not sure exactly where. Download a root file manager like root explorer then search.
Sent from Nexus 7 3G using Tapatalk HD
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Thanks, I have been using the one that comes with ROM Toolbox. The path is data/media/clockworkmod but the problem is I can't access that from the PC. When I try to copy or move the backup file to a directory that I can reach from the PC, It fails. I just get a message saying copy failed or move failed and thats it. That happens with both ES file Explorer and the ROM Toolbox root file explorer. I can see the files just fine and they also appear to have read, write and execute permissions.
Perhaps I am doing something wrong as a user with these apps that I am not being allowed to copy or move these files.

Mjolniir said:
Thanks, I have been using the one that comes with ROM Toolbox. The path is data/media/clockworkmod but the problem is I can't access that from the PC. When I try to copy or move the backup file to a directory that I can reach from the PC, It fails. I just get a message saying copy failed or move failed and thats it. That happens with both ES file Explorer and the ROM Toolbox root file explorer. I can see the files just fine and they also appear to have read, write and execute permissions.
Perhaps I am doing something wrong as a user with these apps that I am not being allowed to copy or move these files.
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OK, something occurred to me right after writing that reply. I have been trying to copy the whole folder containing the backup files instead of just copying the files themselves. So I went in one level deeper and selected all the individual backup files and was able to copy/paste them into a directory my PC can see and was able to copy them from there onto my PC hard drive. So problem solved I guess.

Difficult to transfer Nandroid to Win8 PC
I have spent the morning trying to find a certain way to transfer my TWRP folders/files to a Windows 8 PC, without luck:
If anyone knows of a simple way to do this please chip in.
Luckily I have an iMac which allows easy transfer from a Nexus device, so I was able to copy TWRP to the iMac and from there to a 32GB Flash drive, then carry that to the Win8 for copying. Not exactly what one would hope for in 2013.. but it works.
I looked at pulling TWRP using WUGfresh and a Nexus Toolkit and think myself lucky not to have ended up with a brick.
Any links to Howto for Windows 8 much appreciated
Mvh

Its as simple as
adb pull /data
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

Pirateghost said:
Its as simple as
adb pull /data
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
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Can't get much simpler than that I guess
Thanks

So it's okay to just copy the backup itself to the computer desktop, then when I need it, transfer it back? I've been just going in to the CWM folder and copying the folder directly to my desktop. So if I need to I can just copy it back provided I put in the same folder?

nicholi2789 said:
So it's okay to just copy the backup itself to the computer desktop, then when I need it, transfer it back? I've been just going in to the CWM folder and copying the folder directly to my desktop. So if I need to I can just copy it back provided I put in the same folder?
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of course....why would it NOT be ok?

Pirateghost said:
of course....why would it NOT be ok?
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Well, I just wasn't sure if in the process of being transferred that windows might alter it somehow. I just transferred my Nandroid to my computer, deleted it off my phone, then transferred it back and booted into CWM. I went to restore just to see if it would show up and it did just fine.
I just wasn't 100% sure about it. It just seems too easy... lol. I have Nandroids of quite a few different Rom setups on my computer, I just never had to restore them yet. So hypothetically, if you had the storage space, you could take a Nandroid of every Rom setup you've had and be able to revert to them anytime?
I saw some video guides of people using Adb to transfer to their computers and wondered why they didn't just copy and paste it. I thought there must be a reason. I'm still relatively new to this (only been a few months since my first flash), so I'm still learning.
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Pirateghost said:
Its as simple as
adb pull /data
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
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And what would the advantage of doing it through adb pull command instead of just simply copying it to the desktop? Is it safer or what? That's why I wonder if doing it this way is safe, when everyone else does adb commands...
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nicholi2789 said:
Well, I just wasn't sure if in the process of being transferred that windows might alter it somehow. I just transferred my Nandroid to my computer, deleted it off my phone, then transferred it back and booted into CWM. I went to restore just to see if it would show up and it did just fine.
I just wasn't 100% sure about it. It just seems too easy... lol. I have Nandroids of quite a few different Rom setups on my computer, I just never had to restore them yet. So hypothetically, if you had the storage space, you could take a Nandroid of every Rom setup you've had and be able to revert to them anytime?
I saw some video guides of people using Adb to transfer to their computers and wondered why they didn't just copy and paste it. I thought there must be a reason. I'm still relatively new to this (only been a few months since my first flash), so I'm still learning.
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And what would the advantage of doing it through adb pull command instead of just simply copying it to the desktop? Is it safer or what? That's why I wonder if doing it this way is safe, when everyone else does adb commands...
Sent from my Galaxy S3 on Beans build 15 via tapatalk 2
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If you are using cwm, the backups are not user accessible and do not show up under /sdcard, and the only way of accessing them is with ROM manager or with a root explorer... Which makes it hard to transfer back and forth from a computer. If you use adb you will be able to pull everything available under /data/media
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That's weird... The backups show up on my computer.... I just plug in and open my phone through my computer, then I go to the CWM folder and drag and drop it to the desktop. Usually takes about ten minutes to transfer because my nandroids are huge (2.2 gb). That easy. I now have transferred it to the computer and then transferred it back to my ext SD card and used it to successfully restore. Did it yesterday.
That's weird. I wonder why it would show up on my computer and not everyone else's?

nicholi2789 said:
That's weird... The backups show up on my computer.... I just plug in and open my phone through my computer, then I go to the CWM folder and drag and drop it to the desktop. Usually takes about ten minutes to transfer because my nandroids are huge (2.2 gb). That easy. I now have transferred it to the computer and then transferred it back to my ext SD card and used it to successfully restore. Did it yesterday.
That's weird. I wonder why it would show up on my computer and not everyone else's?
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Depends on what version you are on
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

Pirateghost said:
Depends on what version you are on
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Well i guess on windows 7/Beams build 15 it's visible.... But even when I still had the stock Jellybean Rom I was able to transfer my backups no problem...
In any event, I should probably get more familiar with adb so i am able to transfer that way or restore if I get bricked somehow... Adb is just so complicated to me though. I've read countless threads and other how tos, but i'm still hesitant to try anything serious. It's friggen intimidating. I have the toolkit installed and the path all set up on my computer and everything, I just haven't done much with it yet.
Sent from my Galaxy S3 on Beans build 15 via tapatalk 2

not your version of windows OR ROM.
are you on 4.2.2 with latest CWM?

[Q] Rooting help needed!

I am trying to root my new Nexus 4 and I am stumped. I am trying to follow efrant's instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
I successfully completed part D and now am trying to work through part E. I am stuck at step 3 of E: I downloaded SuperSU v 0.98 (is that really the one to get?) and I'm supposed to put that in /sdcard. Where is /sdcard? There is no SD Card in a Nexus 4. Is this a hidden folder somewhere? Do I have to make it? How can I see that folder? I am using a Mac and the Android File Transfer program window shows no sdcard folder anywhere.
Also: Why does another unlock guide talk (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2018179) about pressing "Build Number" seven times? Why doesn't efrant's guide mention this?
I don't follow this part at all. How do I put that damn file where it needs to be?

Just download the N4 toolkit. Will do everything you want.
Toolkit

Doggonit said:
I am trying to root my new Nexus 4 and I am stumped. I am trying to follow efrant's instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
I successfully completed part D and now am trying to work through part E. I am stuck at step 3 of E: I downloaded SuperSU v 0.98 (is that really the one to get?) and I'm supposed to put that in /sdcard. Where is /sdcard? There is no SD Card in a Nexus 4. Is this a hidden folder somewhere? Do I have to make it? How can I see that folder? I am using a Mac and the Android File Transfer program window shows no sdcard folder anywhere.
Also: Why does another unlock guide talk (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2018179) about pressing "Build Number" seven times? Why doesn't efrant's guide mention this?
I don't follow this part at all. How do I put that damn file where it needs to be?
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When you plug the phone into the computer /sdcard is the folder that comes up. Just place it in there.
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DO NOT USE TOOLKITS. Especially if you're new to modding.
That's like saying, I want to overclockmy computer. Just give me a toolkit where I can one click and overclock my computer.
Read more here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1469909
Do it the proper way and download ADB drivers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514942 (enable USB debugging)
set up ADB environment
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem unlock
unlock bootloader on phone
download clockwork recovery or TWRP (i suggest TWRP)
put the .img file of recovery into your /platform-tools/
fastboot flash recovery <name-of-file>.img
then boot into recovery and there you can flash your ROM, gapps, kernel.
In the long run, IT WILL PAY OFF because eventually YOU will be faced with a problem with your phone and you won't be able to recover your phone because you dont know basic fastboot or adb commands all simply because you wanted to use a toolkit. People are already asking on how to use adb / fastboot in Q&A, we can reduce the clutter by not having people use toolkits and actually learning how adb / fastboot works when it isn't a very complicated thing to do at all

As stated in my original post, I am using a Mac. Not a PC. Therefore I don't use ADB, nor any other drivers. I also do not see, as stated before, any sdcard folder. I don't, I repeat, don't see it.

Doggonit said:
As stated in my original post, I am using a Mac. Not a PC. Therefore I don't use ADB, nor any other drivers. I also do not see, as stated before, any sdcard folder. I don't, I repeat, don't see it.
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you dont need drivers on mac then... you can still ADB connect using mac.
simple: google search..... http://lmgtfy.com/?q=mac+adb first link

Doggonit said:
Where is /sdcard? There is no SD Card in a Nexus 4. Is this a hidden folder somewhere?
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On the Nexus 4, /sdcard is the same as /storage/emulated/0. As mentioned earlier in the thread, this is the default location for native USB file transfer.
Sent from my Nexus 4

[Q] can i recover files on nexus 7

i moved file via mtp mode，because copy/paste is so slow while you have so many files(I move about 5 or 6 files/directory every ) But
while i Move 2 or 3 times, all files on nexus 7 disappeared. Indeed I only moved about a half files, there should be many files left on nexus 7.too weird. after this action I lost many photos. The nexus 7 has no files. Photos doesn't exist my computer too.
I know if nexus 7 could mount as USB mass storage I can recovery files through recovery software like recuva, But I didn't very familiar with this device and I didn't find a solution to mount nexus 7 as USB storage on the Web.
So I want to ask is there a method to recovery files through some file recovery software or some other method. please help me, this nexus 7 is my friend's.

You could try to do a image backup of your /sdcard and loop mount it later on your PC. Then you have something like a virtual disk where you could run some photo recovery programs. I wrote / am still writing a program which is able to back up the partitions of your device directly to the PC. You might want to have a look at http://anddisa.tk. It's still in alpha/beta state, but the backup functions are working.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

thannnk you
thannnk you very much.AndDiSa
Is it art.jar(0.2), which on your site, which can make a full image backup.
It seems can't run on windows,I will try it after I installed a linux client on virtualbox. I will rely if it works
but I wonder whether nexus7 could connected through virtual machine.

It should work in Windows, too, but I didn't check yet. Have a look at art.sh, which is a wrapper to start the java program. The Windows .cmd file should be similar. For starting the application, open a command shell and then
art.cmd ...
Be sure to have java 1.6 / 1.7 installed and a working adb environment. Good luck!
BTW. as soon as I find some time I will write the windows wrapper and test it on Windows.
Edit: I've added a windows wrapper file which can be downloaded from http://anddisa.tk
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I tried many times arguments of ART.cmd, but don't work. like:
art.jar -backup -i -bd /backups -tsf yyyy-MM-dd-hh-mm UDA or RECOVERY or CACHE or userdata...
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always show "unknown partition name for device: XXX.
if without type the last argument. like
art.jar -backup -i -bd /backups -tsf yyyy-MM-dd-hh-mm
it will show no errors, but the programe will terminated, and i can't get any image file also.

Could you try to call
art.cmd -info
it will print you some device informations and also the partitions known for the device connected.
Btw.: do you have grouper or talipa? Only grouper partitions are build in, otherwise you need to pass a pif as parameter.