Attempting Restore - Get reboot Required
I backed up my C drive to an external USB drive.
The primary master is partitioned as C (100gb) and Z (100gb).
Backup completed successfully.
Immediately attempted restore to a second external USB drive (200GB).
Restore showed C to H and Z to I plus the MBR.
Next to the C to H entry was (Reboot Required).
Why am I being asked to reboot before I can complete the restore?
True Image Home 2010 - Windows XP
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If I use the bootable rescue media to do the restore, I do not get the reboot required
message.
Why won't the external USB drive be bootable? I know that if I use an internal
drive to restore to, it is bootable. What is different about an External USB drive.
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The boot CD uses a different version of ATI (2010).
Microsoft makes it hard to boot from a USB disk. I believe there are some tweaks that can make it work.
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I did some testing with my old laptop.
Under Windows I backed up my primary drive (partitioned C,D,E) to an external
USB drive. Backup was successful.
Then, under Windows I restored the image I just made to my external USB drive (G)
to another external 500gb USB hard drive with 3 partitions. Restore successfull.
Windows immediately enumerated the drive and saw all 3 partitions on the
2nd external USB drive. Drives H,I, and J.
Shutdown windows and attempted a boot from the seconds USB drive.
Got a Blue Screen.
Shutdown. Removed primary drive from laptop.
Removed drive from second external enclosure and installed in the laptop.
Booted successfully to Win 7 Pro.
Thus, restoring to an external USB drive does make the drive bootable,
but it appears it is not bootable as a USB device, only as an installed hard drive.
Pat L - if you know what those tweaks are I would love to hear them.
I think the issue of the "Reboot Required" may be that the version I used to
attempt to restore was not the latest build. I will download the latest build
and try again. I suspect that under the old build Acronis needs to lock the
drives to complete the restore and wants to reboot to go into DOS mode.
Can an Acronis Tech confirm this?
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TI needs to reboot if it can't get the access it needs in Windows. Sometimes it makes sense and sometimes not. For example, some builds of DD 11 would want to reboot to change the drive label of the Windows partition (which can easily be changed in Windows Explorer or Disk Management). Also, there are times when a reboot is required for a procedure and later the same procedure doesn't require it.
Personally, I avoid doing "reboot" procedures from Windows. It's safer to use the CD.
Booting and running Windows from a USB drive varies by the version of Windows. I've done it with XP and the performance leaves a lot to be desired. You might take a look at this link for Windows 7.
Just so things are more clear, Windows doesn't care if you have multiple drives, each with a Primary Active partition. The Active flag is only used for booting. You are correct that the cloning or restoring a bootable drive to a USB drive should result in it being bootable. Your test proved it. The BSOD is not casued because the drive isn't bootable. For example, it may be caused because the storage drivers "lose" the booting drive while Windows is loading. Microsoft did not design Windows to run from a USB drive. Tweaks are necessary (as in the link above) to "fix" the problem.
In most cases, the problem of cloning or restoring the currently booted (or active) Windows drive to another drive (USB or otherwise) is caused because the Disk Signature is either duplicated or not duplicated (depending on what you're trying to accomplish).
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Thanks MudCrab. the only reason I'm restoring my recently made backup is to
1. verify the backup image.
2. Have a bootable drive ready to install in the event of failure of my
primary drive.
I know you can verify the image after backup, but doing a restore immediately
accomplishes the same thing and produces a bootable drive. This if for myself
and for customers who run their business off of their computers. They can't
afford the hours required to obtain a new drive. and restore the image.
If I'm restoring to an external USB drive I'm not intending to boot from it
while it is still installed in the enclosure. My intent is to have a fully backup
drive that I can remove from the enclosure and put in the PC.
On my desktop I use removable drive bays and everything is internal.
I backup to an internal drive and restore the backup to another internal
drive. After the restore is completed, I turn off all drives but the restored
drive and boot. Successful boot means I have a backup drive ready to go.
Swap cables and I'm up and running.
You mention the Disk Signature. I saw that check box in Acronis and wasn't sure
exactly it does. Can you explain why I should or should not use this feature?
Thanks
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