SOLVED: Universal restore does not see the O/S
Hello folks! It has been a while since I needed help, but here I am again seeking your advice. :)
I did a backup/restore with ATIH 2016, then ran Universal restore. Every time it tells me that there is no O/S in the hard drive, only sees it as folder. But if I take that drive and put it back in the previous machine, no problem and it boots without hesitation or error. That's where it is at the moment. :)
I run windows 10, 64 bit, home edition. I followed the instructions from the UR user guide, but cannot get passed the "no O/S" issue.
I have this brand new build sitting there and nagging me. I would really appreciate any advice you could provide. :)
Thanks in advance.
Serge


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When Universal Restore doesn't find an operating system it usually means there is an issue with your BCD.
For example on a test system I renamed the BCD to BCD.old and ran Universal Restore. It did not find an operating system. After using BCDboot to create a new BCD, Univeral Restore correctly recognized the operating system.
Also if the old system boots legacy/BIOS and the new one is configured to boot UEFI that may play a part in the cannot find operating system message.
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Thank you for your comments! I will definitelly try the BCD file issue/repair. Will gather all the info I need to perform this procedure. Will let you know how it goes when done. Wish me luck! :)
Serge
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It appears that the problem is a BIOS issue.
New mother board is: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P (Uses UEFI)
Previous motherboard is: Gigabyte GA-P67X-UD3-B3 (Older board)
Now I'm trying to see if I can use universal restore to recover or if I will have to re-install everything. Not my choice of procedure though.
Any suggestions?
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Your older install was Legacy MBR boot? If yes change boot mode of new bios to Legacy CSM enable or Legacy - UEFI - Legacy first.
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Follow up on my issue - SOLVED
After many attempts, this is how I got it to work for me.
- Booted with windows-10 DVD.
- Deleted all partitions.
- Format X:/FS:NTFS /Q <<-------(Use your actual HD location).
- Installed windows-10 from dvd and skiped the registration part.
- Booted ATIH-2016 DVD and performed the restore, and booted from the hard drive. NOTE that I did not used Universal restore.
- Removed old video card drivers and utilities.
- Installed new motherboard drivers and utilities.
- Installed new video card drivers and utilities.
- Did some house keeping and removed utilities from the old motherboard.
- PC remained powered on overnight, and this morning windows-10 was asking to register my copy. :) I just entered the licence number from my windows-7 disk. So far, so good.
I hope this can help or at least provide some help to someone. :)
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Hello
I purchased Acronis TrueImage 2017 just a few weeks ago.
In my case, I did a full backup of my laptop. and wanted to test out Universal Restore... So I created a new Universal Restore disk with drivers, (VMware drivers)
So I can test the restore on a Virtual machine. I made the VHardware almost similar to my laptop. Same disk space, CPU core, RAM.
But When I boot with the Universal Restore disk it says It cannot find the Operating System. It sees the Drive C as folders...
The VM already had a Windows 10 VM running. So I wanted to Test Universal Restore on a dissimilar hardware to increase my confidence if one day I needed to restore my backups on a different computer due to failure of my laptop.
I tried it also on a Blank laptop with NO Files... NO restore.
So far, No confidence. I tried many times. Unless I am totally misunderstanding what Universal Restore is supposed to do.
Any Help would be appreciated.
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Samuel,
Please repost your issue by starting a new thread. This will help in getting the most eyes on your problem and hopefully a solution for you.
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Samuel's new topic dealt with in post https://forum.acronis.com/forum/127874
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