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Can't get True Image 2015 to install

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I'm hoping that someone is able to help me get past this issue and get this software installed.

Long story short. I installed a video update to my Windows 10 PC and it Blue Screened and keeps going in an infinite loop. At the login screen it blue screens and I can't even login to roll back my update. Tried every utility that windows offers to no avail. I religiously backup every day and am confident that I have all my data on my backup drive. So I took my Acronis 2015 backup CD and booted up with that and initiated a restore from my backup drive. The first issue I ran into was that it took almost 12 hours to restore, that seemed strange to me as the backup completes in 35 minutes or so. When the restore completed I rebooted my computer and the blue screen had not vanished. I ran the windows utilities again and to no avail. So I decided to reinstall windows and after 2 days of being down I am back up with basic windows 10. This is where i'm running into my next issue. I try installing True Image 2015 and halfway into the installation I'm running into this error message...

Installation failed....An error occurred during the installation of assembly 'Microsoft.VC80.CRT,type="win32",version="8.0.50727.6195",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",processorArchitecture="amd64"'. Please refer to Help and Support for more information.

I followed the link to the Acronis Knowledge base and it directs me to use the cleanup tool to uninstall all of the trails of Acronis stuff. I also follow the registry cleanup instructions. After I ran the utility and rebooted I re-ran the installation and the same thing is happening with the installation failed error.

I thought that because I used to run True Image 2012 then upgraded to 2015 that I would have to follow that installation path on rebuilding my PC, so I downloaded the 2012 file and when running it I get the message that this version is not compatible with Windows 10.

I downloaded the error log and meandered over to the support page with intentions that I could open up a case with Acronis support and when I follow the drop down options it tells me that I am not able to open up a case with them as my support option has expired.

With all that said I just hope that this is easy enough to resolve and I can get my restore going so i can get back up and running.

Lastly, I'm was running Windows 10 64 bit with all updates installed and True Image 2015 (not sure which build)

Thanks in advance for your help and hope to hear back from someone soon.

Richard

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Richard, welcome to these user forums.

Some initial comments.  

You do not need to install ATIH 2012 first in order to be able to ATIH 2015 even if the latter was an Upgrade license for the software, you would just need to supply the serial number (license keys) for the two versions, starting with the 2015 first, then the 2012 when prompted to do so.

Next, when you made your daily backups on the original Windows 10 system (before the BSOD) was this a full backup of everything, i.e. either Entire PC or all Disks & Partitions (including hidden / system partitions)?  If yes, then you should be able to restore that backup back to your system again, assuming that you select a version of the backup created before the video update that triggered the BSOD.

Given that you have since done a clean install of Windows 10 on this system, I would recommend making a backup of this clean install to save this in case it proves impossible to recover the prior backup version.  
Note: the Acronis Rescue Media (on CD/DVD or USB stick) can be used to create backups as well as to restore them.

Do you know what type of BIOS your computer has?  Is this a legacy BIOS or do you have an EFI BIOS with the option to use Secure Boot?  If the latter then you will also have an EFI Partition that must be included in your backup as this stores the correct Boot configuration data.  The reason for this question is that the Acronis Rescue Media needs to be booted in the same way that your Windows OS is booted, which reflects the type of BIOS used.
See webpage: Check if your PC uses UEFI or BIOS for help in checking this point.

Please see post: 128057: [Tutorial] How to recover an entire disk backup for guidance on how to recover you disk from your full backup.  This was written for ATIH 2017 using the Rescue Media, but applies equally to 2015.

Hi Steve,

Thanks for taking the time to respond to my question.

My backup method is to do incremental backups each day of the week then on the 7th day it does a full backup, but I don't believe it is designated to do all disks and partitions, just a complete backup of the "C:" drive. And I do know which backups were completed before the BSOD :-)

I checked the bios type and indeed it is EFI, not sure about the option to use secure boot.

Things get fuzzy for me here. I understand what you are saying about the Rescue Media needs to be booted in the same way that my windows boots and that there is a EFI partition with files in it. My fuzziness is how do I create the media to include this and where is this partition?

Since writing the initial post there is a slight change of events now.....

I realized that my other computer (laptop) has Acronis 2016 on it with other licenses available to use. So I have installed that version on my problem desktop that we are discussing in this thread and the good news is that it installed without any issues.

So at this point I have done a couple of things:

1. Created a 2016 boot disk using the rescue media builder successfully (have not tried using it though)

2 Used the Acronis Media Builder to create an additional boot disk. (have not tried using it yet)

3. Initiated a restore of my backup using the live version currently running on my desktop.

3a I realized that restoring this backup while the Windows OS is currently running probably wouldn't work properly because of all the system files that are open. This was confirmed just a couple of minutes ago when I received some messages from my backup that certain files couldn't copy (seemed like system files with .dll extensions)

3b Do I have to use one of my new boot discs to restore all of my files correctly rather than doing if from the live version running on my hard drive?

Lastly, I can't see the status of the restore at all. I've clicked on all options and don't see the status so I have no idea how it's doing or any stats on the progress.

Thanks,

Richard

Richard, thanks for the update and further information.

Any OS restore should always be done using the Acronis Rescue Media and must be done using a Disk & Partitions backup.

From your step 3a it sounds as if you are trying to do a Files & Folders Restore of OS files - this is definitely not recommended as large numbers of these files are in constant use and locked by the OS. 

I would recommend booting from the Rescue Media and just making yourself familiar with how this works on your system, check that you can see and select your backup files and can see your disk drive(s).  If you are using the standard, Linux based, rescue media, then be aware that drive letters may be different to how you see them within Windows, so make sure you know which drive is which if you have more than one.  I tend to make sure that each of my partitions have obvious names to make them easy to recognise.

When doing the restore from the Rescue Media, again only do a Disk & Partitions restore of the Windows OS backup - do not use a Files & Folders restore option.

Your new ATIH 2016 Rescue Media should work fine with your ATIH 2015 backup file.

Steve, your input is invaluable and much appreciated.

I'll get my boot disk going here shortly after I finish responding to you.

What about speed? As I mentioned in my original post it took so many hours to complete the restore. I'm sure that I probably did something wrong or perhaps it didn't boot with the EFI drivers.

Again, how do I know that these drivers are included in the boot disk?

Thanks.

Richard, restore speeds can vary greatly depending on a number of different factors such as the speed of the USB port, cable, drive, type of restore being performed etc.  Do take a read of  post: 128057: [Tutorial] How to recover an entire disk backup for guidance on how to recover you disk from your full backup. 

Testing the 2016 Rescue Media should show that the necessary device drivers are included.  There are no specific EFI drivers as such, this is simply the mode in which the media can boot.  The Rescue Media is capable of booting on both EFI and Legacy systems - the issue here is that some systems allow both types of boot where if a Restore is done using the wrong boot mode, the end result can be an unbootable system.  See post https://forum.acronis.com/forum/119666#comment-365312 for an example of the warning that this can bring.