Restoring from an image on a USB external drive
I am running Windows 7 on a computer with Acronis True Image 2013 Home installed. I used it to create two images on an external USB drive that are in directory H:/mybackups/My Partitions.
The filenames are My Partitions_full_b1_s1_v1.tib (dated 7/25/13) and
My Partitions_full_b1_s1_v1-2.tib (dated 3/6/14). Both were created as full backups, so hopefully the earlier file is not necessary.
I am looking at restoration as my system slowed down to a crawl on 4/10. By that I mean that while it appears to be intact, it takes forever (5, 10, 30 minutes) to respond to a click to open a program, switch programs, follow a link, etc. Sometimes it does not respond at all. Sometimes I have to activate a new program to get an already running one to respond; sometimes I have to activate the task manager; sometimes I have to reboot. Meanwhile, it "runs" fine in safe mode with networking - no hiccups, no delays (other than the things that a PC won't do in safe mode). From what I've seen both in regular mode and safe mode, it appears that my program and data files are intact, but Windows seems to be hosed. Maybe something about the way that manages processes. I've tried uninstalling recently updated software, running Norton 360, System Mechanic etc. I downloaded and ran Malwarebytes and CCleaner. They did stuff, but they didn't solve the problem.
So unless anyone has any other ideas, I'm left with trying to restore my system to its 3/6 state. I do not have a recovery disk. I can't say that I recall being asked to create one, but regardless, I don't have one. Also, I don't have my serial number handy although it's possible that I could root through my email to find it. (I purchased an upgrade from a prior version through Acronis.) True Image Home is still on my machine. I haven't tried running it in safe mode and don't know if it would run, and I haven't tried running it in normal mode since 3/6 when I made the backup.
If anyone has any suggestions as to either what I might do to make a restoration from True Image unnecessary, or the steps to follow to do a restoration from the .tib file on my external HD, I'd greatly appreciate it. I think I've furnished about as much information as one would want to know, but if I've missed anything, please just ask.
Thanks.
Artie
I have a USB drive with backups, and when I try to restore, the computer says is cannot find backup. If I create a bootable media, how do I direct it to the backup I want restored?
Nancy,
Which version of TrueImage and which version of Widows?
Using the TI Recovery CD is the preferred method of Recovery.
What are you wanting to recover? Is it files only, or is it a single partition such as C only; or do you want to recover the entire disk?
From within the program, you will need to browse to the desired backup storage location and adivise the program (add to backup list) which tib file you wish to restore.
Review my signature liink #3 below and review items 2 and items 1 and items 3 and items 5 inside that link Each reference is for a specific type of restore but all should be usable on 2010-2014 versions of TI. You can also find additional references by clicking on my signature link #1 below.