Recovering my SSD: If my computer boots...
Basically I need to do a System Restore, and I would if I could, but I can’t. It would have been far easier.
So, I can boot into Windows 10,
My question is, do I have to start the process from a USB drive?
Or
Can I start the recovery process from within the program itself, (as the video I saw suggested?)
Thanks


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Thanks...
So then, (if I understand you correctly,) the preferred method is to start the process from the USB drive I made.
Also, which asset has the Linux kernel, my computer, or is it on the USB drive I made a few years ago?
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CotS, it is always recommended to do any recovery involving the OS from the Acronis Rescue Media.
There are different 'flavours' of the rescue media depending on which version of ATI is used to create it, so with ATI 2017, you would most likely have created the default Linux based media on your USB stick unless you used the Advanced option to create WinPE after installing the Windows ADK.
If you attempt a disk recovery from within Windows, then Acronis boots into a temporary Linux environment after modifying your Windows boot configuration data (BCD) which is the reason we do not recommend this approach. If the BCD is not reset it can leave the PC unable to boot into Windows should the recovery fail.
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I’m using the differential method. So, does that mean I ‘ll have to do 1. Full b/u, plus another process to restore/recover all the differentials; i.e. one by one...
or
is the full b/u plus differentials restored/recovered in one operation?
Thanks
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Recovery of differentials just requires that you choose the specific differential file for the point in time where you want to recover back to and Acronis will follow the chain for the initial Full backup file that the differential was based upon and recover all the contents.
If you have deleted any other differentials from the same chain, then Acronis may complain about missing files from the chain, even though those files are not actually needed or used for the recovery.
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Thanks for the reply.
I was finally able to change the boot order on my computer to the Lexar jump drive. But, what happened was once the computer booted it didn’t go to the Acronis Program, but it it told me that he couldn’t boot from the drive. ( I don’t remember the text exactly. )
So I’m wondering, If I have to do this entire process all over again of making a jump drive, (which was hard enough to begin with in the first place.) The old computer had a legacy BIOS, where this one has UEFI. Does that make a difference?
Crime of the Scene
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If your rescue media USB drive has worked previously then you should be ok to continue using it but if your computer boots using UEFI, then you need to boot the rescue media using the same mode too.
More information would be needed to understand why you had problems booting the rescue media?
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So then, my USB drive should work on both BIOS and UEFI? Even if the last time it was used it was used on a legacy bios system? Under Windows 7 Environment?
What type of information do you need?
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Yes, all the recent rescue media is capable of booting in either legacy or UEFI modes, but you need to identify the correct mode when starting the computer as per the examples in KB 59877.
In terms of information needed, details of what steps taken / options chosen when attempting to boot the rescue media, what messages given etc. Screen images are always helpful.
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Thank you for the reply.
In terms of what I’ve been doing:
I’ve put the jump drive in the USB Hub.
I’ve pressed after 12 many times to get into the BIOS, Which I did and it went fine.
Which I did and it went fine.
With a little difficulty, I change the food order.
I restarted the computer, But when I did the following message appeared:
SYSLINK 4.03 2010-10-22 Copyright 2010 (c) H. Peter Anvin et.al.
ERROR: No configuration file found
No DEFAULT or UI configuration directive found!
boot:
That is the message I received after trying to boot from the Lexar jump drive.
CotS
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I’ve put the jump drive in the USB Hub.
Please try connecting the USB rescue media direct to your computer without using a hub.
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Thank you very much for that suggestion. It worked! 👍
Just to confirm:
All I have to do is select the differential file from the 28th, and after all the steps in the process are completed, will my SSD be recovered/ restored to the 28?
Thanks in advance,
Crime of the Scene
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Just to confirm:
All I have to do is select the differential file from the 28th, and after all the steps in the process are completed, will my SSD be recovered/ restored to the 28?
Yes, providing the differential file and the original full backup file are both from the same version chain, i.e. have the same _b?_ number.
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Thanks. I appreciate the explanation, and the confirmation.
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