Recovery finishes then reboots to nothing?
I'm using True Image WD Edition on XP Pro SP3, 1 hard disk drive only with 2 partitions ( C & D drive).
Recovering /restoring my C drive from a backup image of that C drive itself stored in my D drive.
Used the created boot CD, went through the whole recovery process. The backup image validates and finishes recovery process.
Upon reboot, I get a blank screen. Booted from the CD again to try again and this time my D drive became C drive & my C drive became unallocated.
So I keep trying and end with the same result.
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Yeah it's set to primary active by default.
I've done this exact process before with success, not quite sure why its doing this now.
Only thing I can think of is on my prior attempt before this started to happen, as the recovery was finishing and went to reboot, I ejected the CD. Not sure if that had any effect?
But then this problem stated above did happen and I was able to re-do the recovery process without issues.
So I guess its doing it again now, only it keeps on doing it.
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As soon as the program loads from the boot CD you can eject the CD. The program runs from RAM.
Just thinking out loud - there are a few things that you can check if you can't get the restore to complete successfully:
1. Try restoring "MBR and Track 0" from your backup in case the master boot loader on the disk was damaged.
2. Do you have a Windows XP installation disk that you can use to run chkdsk /R on the partition that you're trying to restore to?
3. Can you try downloading another copy of the program and making another CD in case yours has developed a defect?
4. Were there any hardware changes to the PC between the time that the backup was made and now?
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No joy, thanks for your prompt replies.
I decided to just reinstall XP on it since C drive kept showing up as unallocated after recovery.
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Just as a double check on procedures, you might look at item #3 at this link.
Your restore should mostly follow this example.
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/29618
Do you have an external disk where you could copy the backup file from its current location to the external disk.
I don't know it if would matter but it is something you can try.
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Yeah, I don't but I'll put it on a DVD as well.
Thanks
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