TI Home (TI 10) hangs during recovery... HELP!
Well I guess I’ve screwed up the wife’s computer.
Computer: HP dv6375 laptop running up to date Vista Home Premium, 160GB HDD (I think), 2GB RAM, 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU.
There are 4 accounts on this machine of which I am the administrator. There is no network per say.
My desktop was pretty full so I thought I would get rid of a bunch of Icons… that’s where the trouble started. I was trying to move some items to a desktop folder and trash others that I didn’t use. Clearly, I must have trashed or moved incorrectly some important shortcuts or file Icons.
Long story short, I tried to use Windows restore but kept getting errors from the last 2 restore points. And of course being the world’s most inept home computer guy, I futz around to the point where I couldn’t boot Windows.
Enter Acronis TI Home (TI 10). I had made a complete backup to a USB HDD just before this all started. I also had made a new Acronis boot CD.
I verified the backup on the machine in question (before the problems) and also on this machine. It passed with no errors. I also verified that the boot “loader” CD worked.
OK, I booted up the problem computer with the fresh Acronis “loader” rescue CD at which point I could not click and load Windows but had no trouble loading TI. I can access the backup on the remote HDD and after clicking the recovery defaults, the backup started to do its thing.
The recovery successfully gets through the first phase but subsequently hangs during the 2nd phase. Neither drive runs at this hang and it always hangs in the same place (with respect to the progress indicators). I need HELP!
Regards,
Bobcat

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Thanks for your reply.
It is build 4942.
I will try your suggestions. Stand by. ;-)
I should probably say that after a few retries (this AM), I can still choose the C: drive to recover to but after the program does its thing (I assume its getting pre-restore info from the USB Drive), the next screen (the restored partition location screen) says that Disk #1 is unallocated and defaults to a "primary" type disk with the ability to choose an "active" type. Anyway, this is not what it said previously so I am reluctant to click the "next" button and proceed. I think previously it showed both the C: disk (partition?) and the "MBR & zero" thing.
Regards,
BobCat
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Whenever there's an aborted Restore attempt, the target drive is left unallocated.
That build is one of the better ones.
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"Whenever there's an aborted Restore attempt, the target drive is left unallocated.
That build is one of the better ones."
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Thanks for the explanation.
Does this mean I should/can go ahead and try to restore to the unallocated drive. If so and it is sucessfull, how does one get the C: drive back.
Also, if I reinstall Windows from the HP factory CD, will I be able to use the above backup to get my apps and files back?
Sorry for all the dumb questions... I'm feeling quite overwhemed.
Regards,
BobCat
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Robert,
Start your restore and let it run all night.
Check my signature below and look at item 7A. This should help.
Keep your fingers crossed. A long delay could mean that the source disk had bad sectors and it may have difficultly in reading the backup file.
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GroverH,
Thanks a bunch for the help.
Note that in one of my earlier attempts, I let it run all night. It just sat there doing what appeared to be nothing. Neither the USB HDD or the computer HDD seemed to be running.
Also, in a cursory look at the Backup Article (7A), I see the restrictions as to naming the backup ie no spaces.
Well I have several spaces in the usual names I use. Can this cause serious issues? Can I just rename this backup by following the 7A naming guidelines? I would have to run the USB HDD from this computer to do this since the HP can't get beyond the initial Bios screen.
Finally, If the backup succesfully passes several verifications runs on the above source disk, could one assume the drive to be in good shape?
Enough for now,
BobCat
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Robert wrote:If the backup successfully passes several verifications runs on the above source disk, could one assume the drive to be in good shape?
If the verification was done when booted from the Rescue CD, then one might "assume" the backup is good. Sometimes bad memory causes the backup to be considered as "corrupted".
Are you trying to restore using the same version of Acronis that originally created the backup?
Renaming would not hurt but spaces may or may not be the issue. Have you considered contacting Acronis support and requesting an iso file which may have newer drivers? You would need to supply your serial number from purchase.
I assume that you are referring to the older version 10 which has the most current build of 4942. Is this the build you are using?
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GroverH wrote:Robert wrote:If the backup successfully passes several verifications runs on the above source disk, could one assume the drive to be in good shape?If the verification was done when booted from the Rescue CD, then one might "assume" the backup is good. Sometimes bad memory causes the backup to be considered as "corrupted".
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The backup was verified upon its original completion. It was also verified with this machine. I am not sure if I have actually verified after booting from the Rescue CD. I will try that next.
########################Are you trying to restore using the same version of Acronis that originally created the backup?
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Yes.
########################Renaming would not hurt but spaces may or may not be the issue. Have you considered contacting Acronis support and requesting an iso file which may have newer drivers? You would need to supply your serial number from purchase.
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I figured since I could boot Acronis from the Rescue CD that I didn't need the ISO File (I had read a number of threads on here that implied users were having trouble booting Acronis from the Rescue CD etc etc.In one of the threads on here, there is a "working" link to the ISO file happening... will that work? I certainly don't mind contacting Acronis but I have lost track of the original S/N. It's amazing how quickly that stuff disappears even if one takes special care in trying to retain it. I bought it (on-line from Acronis) in August 2007.
##########################I assume that you are referring to the older version 10 which has the most current build of 4942. Is this the build you are using?
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Yes, circa 2007 as mentioned above. The build is 4942.
BTW, What are the chances the computer is the culprit from a software/firmware standpoint. I'm sure some important files have been compromised or misplaced. Hardware was working OK as usual as I was performing my idiot and ill-fated desktop cleanup.
Now it will only get to the first Bios screen. It then goes to a blank, all black screen with a blinking cursor (dash) in the upper left corner. No amount of button pushing will get it beyond that point.
I would expect that any full restore from a full backup would be immune to file issues on the computer... That is what it is supposed to fix... I think.
Regards and thanks,
BobCat
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If you registered your serial number at time of purchase or later, you can visit your registration page and your serial number is located there for your access. I would consider trying the iso option and I would leave no stone unturned to get your wife's computer back to where she ceases to be unhappy. :) I make a practice of writing the serial number and version/build number on each Rescue CD that I create,
Yes, the CD restore would be immune to "file" issues on the disk but if the backup contains the same "file" issues, then this may be different. Certainly, if the laptop has hdwe issues, the could effect the restore as well.
If your most recent backup was either a disk option backup or a partition backup of your system drive, you should be able to perform a partition restore or a disk option restore and either should put your system partition back to the same condition it was at time of backup creation.
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Thanks again for your help!
I found the Serial Number. Yea! I have sent a request to Customer Service. I hope I sent it to the correct place.
There are no hardware issues that I know about. The backup in question was built 2 days before the trouble (my fooling around w/ the desktop). As far as I know, the "trouble" is all my doing as mentioned above.
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