Recovery fails to recover the partition structure
Using build 10640, I have performed a backup of all of the partitions on my hard drive and validated the backup as per usual.
My system failed to load, so I booted from the bootable media that I had previously created from the 10640 ISO file,
and tried to recover from the latest backup.
The partitions seemed to be recovered ok , but when the progress information changed to 'recovering partition structure' it hung up, whereas it usually takes 10 seconds or a minute at most.
I waited for 15 minutes before powering the laptop off and powering it back on again, and it failed to boot with a blue screen (presumably output from the Acer BIOS) saying that my PC needs to be repaired.
Assuming that the failure to boot is because recovering the partition structure failed, is this because the required information is missing from the backup (tib) file or present but corrupted, and if so, is there anything that can be done to examine the backup file to determine which of these is the case, and can something be done to correct this part of the backup file ?
Yours Hopefully,
Les1966


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In reply to Les, welcome to these User… by truwrikodrorow…

Thank you for your reply. I bought my laptop with Windows 8.1 Home pre-installed and performed the free upgrade to Windows 10 Home , therefore I do not have a Windows 10 installation disk or bootable media.
I am going to purchase Windows 10 Home or Professional on DVD or USB flash drive sometime in the next week or so, and I will post here again to let you know the outcome.
Regards,
Les1966
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Les, there should be no need for you to go out and 'purchase Windows 10 Home or Professional on DVD or USB flash drive' if your laptop has already been activated for Windows 10 as this is now based on the hardware signature of the laptop, so you can install the same version of Windows 10 and it will be automatically activated again.
You can download the Microsoft Media Creation tool and create your own USB install media from the Microsoft web site. See webpage: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
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Thanks for the info. I will try that in a day or so and post again with an update.
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Steve, I clicked on the Microsoft link as you suggested, and I have successfully created Windows 10 Installation Media on a 'USB Flash Drive' which is actually a 16GB SD Card inserted into a Kingston USB 3.0 card reader - my laptop booted ok from this, and I have successfully installed Windows 10.
Thanks again for your help.
Les Woods
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Les, thanks for the update and glad to hear that you have been successful in installing Windows 10 from the new media.
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