USB Not Recognized
I'm using Acronis True Image 2013 to image 20 computers. They are all exactly the same.
All of a sudden, I am getting an error that the drive cannot be found.
When I unplug it and replug it -- I can get an error message about issues with the drive and to run Check Disk
When I do -- on another computer -- no errors are found.
I decided to reformat and re-image the drive off one of the computers that was successfully imaged. Still -- not recognized.
I read all the forums and it speaks about loading this driver and that driver -- but USB is seen in the bios and I have done the exact same setup on every other system I have made.
So - what am I missing?
I am using the 'automatic' settings when making the original image (via usb) --
And now - I get the 'unable to continue' because it can't see the drive.
I also tried restarting the system with everything plugged in -- just in case that was an issue -- even though it was seen in the bios.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I'm not sure what you mean by 'task'
Here is my process
I have a boot USB flash drive that has Acronis on it
I boot to that -- and it opens the software
Click on clone -- and choose the source and target disc
These are brand new computers.
All connections are in the rear -- if Bios sees it -- why wouldn't acronis?
I tried multiple ports once I get the error, but that doesn't work.
And then it said -- at times -- that there was errors on the disc even though chkdsk says there are none. If I run chkdsk just for fun and then reattach - at times, it will recognize it but then cut off during the image.
I'm not looking to recover -- I have a complete image of the computers set exactly how I want to. This worked for 5 systems so far and then stopped. I ordered another USB external hard drive, but figured it was something else.
Ideas?
Thank you.
Am still not sure I am correctly understanding how all pieces in a single copy is connected. What I am understanding you want to do is to transfer a single master image onto multiple computers. You mention clone and you also mention an image and I assocaiate an image with being a backup file.
One normal TrueImage clone procedure would be
Computer to receive the clone would have a blank target hard drive in it. (Computer 1)
The source disk would be mounted in an external enclosure or docking unit or another internal bay.
The TI bootable media would be used to boot computer 1.
Perform the clone from the source to the target.
Shutdown and disconnect the source and boot with only the target disk attached.
This procedure is referred to as a "reverse clone" and is the only procedure that will work(boot) on some brands such as Lenova due to special bios hard drive settings.
When completed, select another computer and repeat the same settings and procedure.
Curious: what is the OS that is being transferred onto the new computers?
Yes - you are exactly right
I am reverse cloning and have been successful at several computers -- now all of a sudden, the disc is not recognized.
I took another usb hard drive and formatted it - then made a Clone from a working system.
Then booted from TI Bootable Media connected the same hard drive that was just recognized on another computer, and it says that it can't find it. (requires another drive)
I then tried another 'empty' system to see if it was a system issue -- and got the same results.
Now - if I connect the USB Hard Drive back to another computer, it's recognized and it's has the clone on it.
It's Windows 7 and the other ones I did functioned without issue. Now this.
No idea why. But I tried different cables, different computers, different drives, etc.
What's weird is that when making the clone -- using the same Bootable Media and USB Hard Drive -- and then moving the same two pieces to another computer and doing a reverse clone to a fresh drive -- I get the error message. I've tried multiple ports, including usb3 and can't figure it out.
My only other suggestion would be to create a disk image backup of a working system and then rather than clone, restore the *.tib backup file onto the blank but initialized target disk.
At some point, you could have some issues with Windows Activations but that should not prevent the intial restore or clone from at least beginning.
I would be careful to disconnect the source disk before attempt any boot following a clone or restore.
Perhaps some of the others can help who have technical backgrounds. What you are doing nornally involves corporate software and at the very least 1 license for each computer as one license is restricted to one computer.
Good luck.
ps:
If the issue were the computer would not boot, then you could need the "restore to dis-similar hardware which is the plus pack" but you are not getting that far into the process.
Yes - i change the name of the computer and update the windows key for each system
Until I am building more -- then I could buy a 100x license from MS.
I don't think I need an enterprise license as I'm not loading the software on any computer -- I'm just cloning before booting. I have one license.
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With that said - I don't know why the others works and now they don't.
Are you suggesting using the same TI Boot disk and choosing "backup" instead of clone? to make the copy -- and then 'restoring' instead of reverse clone?
That's an interesting option, and if it works, I'm all for it.
Let me know if it's that easy... or if I need to install the software on the source computer first.
Thank you again.
Creating a Disk image backup using the TI CD. Disk option is checked.
http://forum.acronis.com/sites/default/files/forum/2009/12/7027/Disk-op…
Resting a disk image backup via a disk image restore. Disk option is checked.
http://forum.acronis.com/sites/default/files/forum/2009/12/7027/disk-op…
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Check out link #3 below and review item #2 which has details on how to do the restore.
A good device to hold the source (or a storage disk) and a good usb connection is the BlacX docking unit by Thermaltake.
Thank you --
I made a backup. Then moved to the new computer.
Restored.
And now the new computer says "reboot and select proper boot device"
Why did it not boot correctly?
Who knows, it could be several reasons.
Did you disconnect the storage disk before booting.
on the screen where you selected the target disk, did you also check the "Recover disk Signature"?
Simulate the restore again and choose only the Track0/mbr and click next.
This should be the screen where you select the target disk, does it also have the "Recover disk signatur option?
If yes, then checkmark it , select the target disk and click the proceed option. This only take seconds for a completion.
After completion, disconnect the usb storage disk.
Retry the boot but before you do, go into the bios and make sure the boot selection is the hard drive--even though there is only 1 disk.
If still fails to boot, boot into a Windows Recoery CD and choose the Startup Repair option.
This won't solve your current problem, but Acronis Snap Deploy would be a better fit for what you are doing, it is designed specifically for SOE imaging of PC's.
Thank you.
I will keep trying -- it's just odd == and it may have to do with the usb hard drive -- so I ordered a new one.
I didn't completely understand the details of your problem but it appears that a major part of the problem is one PC does not recognize a good USB storage device when it is plugged in. I had this problem on a Win 7 64-Bit PC. It was only corrected by uninstalling Acronis True Image 2013.