Acronis v 10, restore of Vista to new drive . . . problem
I have restored the drive 3 times now and every time, it won't start, Windows does a repair and it starts . . . each time something is wrong and I'm beginning to think it's in the order of the restore. I have tried several different ways and I can't find a proper list of steps and there is no option to just restore entire disk.
I finally got the OS partician restored and increased in size to use up the allocated portion of the larger drive . . . I was certain I had it right, but once again, it wouldn't start . . . Windows did a repair and it started and things looked pretty good EXCEPT that Windows Update will not work. It tell me it isn't running, but it looks as if it is. AND, though Windows Explorer is reading the drive allocations right, the disk manager is not.
There is the Dell Recovery partition, the MBR, the OS partition and the Fat 16 partition. In what order do I load them and why, O, WHY is there not a simple restore entire disk? This was always so easy on an XP system!
OK, the last time, I started with the Fat 16, then the recovery, then Cdrive with the MBR . . .
This is trying to go on a Dell Inspiron 1720 with Vista 32 bit. . . .
can someone please give me the proper order to load this and tell me how to get it done so that it starts without doing a windows repair and screwing up the restore??
Grand-daughter needs this thing right away; school has already started and I can't fingure it out . . .
It is TI 10 and I only up'd to it because it was supposed to cover Vista . . . but that's the way it does and didn't upgrade again until I got stuck with Windows 7 I will see if I can get a screen image but I don't kknow how much more isn't working right . . . apparently, the repair is screwing with a lot more than just the update . . . but I got it. portable USB drives are a good thing!
I do have 2012 on Win 7 system and made a bootable disk but I didn't think I could restore a version 10 backup with it.
TI 2012 should not have a problem restoring the TI 10 backup. It's certainly worth a try.
From your screenshot it appears that the backup did not include all the partitions on the drive (at least one was not backed up). When all partitions are included there is a checkmark next to the Disk # that allows doing the Entire Disk Image restore.
all 4 were restored . . . according to the software when I went back in to restore again . . . I would pick one and it would ask me which partition I wanted to restore it to and showed a list of all 4 partitions. The blasted Windows update agent seems to be the only thing not working right now . . . I have sent emails, connected to home network, and it seems the only problems are that I can't check for updates . . . and the Vista disk manager is different information that the Windows Explorer . . . Windows Explorer is reporting right arrangements and amounts . . . if I can't find an easy way to get the Windows Update Agent working, I guess I will have to start over . . .
OK . . . another image of the [artitians I can assign a restore to . . . and below is the final order for the full restore just as I did before, but I only called it up, I didn't run it again . . . I selected the Fat16, then the Cdrive, then the Recovery drive, then the MBR & track 0 . . . I think it's all showing up right and looks to me like they are all selected.
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Disk Partition Recovery from Archive
From file:"F: \RubyRestore.tib"
Operation 1 of 7
Deleting partition
Hard disk:1
Drive letter:-
Type:0xDE (EISA configuration)
File system:FAT16
Volume label:
Size:78.41 MB
Operation 2 of 7
Restoring partition
Hard disk:1
Drive letter:-
Type:0xDE (EISA configuration)
File system:FAT16
Volume label:
Size:78.41 MB
Operation 3 of 7 (Reboot required)
Deleting partition
Hard disk:1
Drive letter:C:
File system:NTFS
Volume label:OS
Size:454.7 GB
Operation 4 of 7
Restoring partition
Hard disk:1
Drive letter:C:
File system:NTFS
Volume label:OS
Size:220.3 GB -> 444.7 GB
Operation 5 of 7
Deleting partition
Hard disk:1
Drive letter:D:
File system:NTFS
Volume label:RECOVERY
Size:10.00 GB
Operation 6 of 7
Restoring partition
Hard disk:1
Drive letter:D:
File system:NTFS
Volume label:RECOVERY
Size:10 GB -> 10.00 GB
Operation 7 of 7
Restoring MBR
Hard disk:1
Are you doing the restores by using TI in Windows and letting it reboot? If so, it's recommended to use the TI Boot Media to perform the restore.
If you the MBR & Track 0 and the partitions without resizing any of them does it work?
Did you try the restore with TI 2012?
without resizing any of them does it work? NO; that's why I wondered if there was a particular order to run the partitions in or if my listing doesn't matter and TI puts them in a logical order . . . because it appears that it's running them in the order I list them . . .
TI 2012? NO, not yet . . . I'm still searching for an easy way to get rid of the 'Windows update agent' and reinstall it because it looks like it's working OK other than that. But think I will give up and try running the image again.
So, as far as you know, there is not difference as to weather I list the MBR and track 0 first or last in the sequence, just so long as I get all four parts in it? and from their it's wither a Dell or Vista problem?
It's recommended to restore the partitions in the same order as they were originally. It shouldn't matter when the MBR is restored since the partition table is restored separately from the boot code. However, I think most users recommend restoring it last. It can even be restored separately.
Thank you! will try it one more time! If it doesn't start without repairing, then I'll try it with the 2012 CD . . . if that doesn't work, I'll try a system restore and hope the computer can find the factory install partitian OK, If that doesn't work, then I'm stick with a wipe and to just install from disks and I hate to loose the factory restore drive but if it's no good, then it's useless . . .
when I made the restore image, I just did the entire disk in case I'd loose a hard drive . . .
so will follow suggestions and try again . . . thank you