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Clean Install, Can't Recover Previous Backups

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I recently had a repair on my laptop and it came back wiped clean. I re-installed ATI but when I try to recover my last backup before repair, it won't accept the backup. I use Recover Disk and I can click on the backup but it keeps drilling down into the files. I should mention that my laptop now has a new system name, not sure if that makes a difference. I had deleted my previous laptop device on my online account (I have 3 devices), so not sure if that screwed things up.

Is there any way I can recover my previous backup to this new laptop install?

Thanks.

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Rainer, what type of backup do you have for your laptop, as that is key here?

It needs to be a Disks & Partitions backup, i.e. one that will give the option to Mount in Explorer or that when you double-click in Explorer shows all the partitions from the laptop drive, including the hidden / system partitions (System Reserved, EFI System Partition, Windows Recovery).

The next question is: how does the laptop boot from the BIOS into Windows?
Is it using UEFI / GPT or is it an older laptop using Legacy / MBR for the boot mode?

In Windows, run the command: msinfo32 and look in the right side report for BIOS mode to check this.

Doing any OS recovery from within Windows using the ATI GUI application is not recommended as this will always want you to restart the laptop, and that restart will be into a temporary Linux based kernel OS environment which often may not have support for newer devices.

You should be creating and using the Acronis WinPE version of the Rescue Media that can be created using the Acronis Rescue Media Builder tool and the 'Simple' option, which takes the required PE files from your Windows Recovery Environment.

If your laptop has come back with a clean install of Windows, or you have done a clean install yourself, then recovering your Acronis disk backup to it will wipe that OS out completely.  This is the first step of any disk recovery in order to recreate the partition scheme & structure from the backup image file.

Note: make a new backup of the clean Windows install as a safety net, so you can get back to this point if needed!

See the KB documents below. 
KB 60820: Acronis True Image 2018: how to create bootable media
KB 60091: Acronis True Image 2018: how Simple bootable media creation mode works
KB 59877: Acronis True Image: how to distinguish between UEFI and Legacy BIOS boot modes of Acronis Bootable Media 

See KB 60131: Acronis True Image 2018: how to restore your computer with WinPE-based or WinRE-based media

 

When doing the restore of your backup, this needs to be done as a Disk & Partition restore and at the top Disk selection level.

Please see forum topic: [How to] recover an entire disk backup - and in particular the attached PDF document which shows a step-by-step tutorial for doing this type of recovery / restore.

Thanks for your reply, Steve.

"It needs to be a Disks & Partitions backup" - I usually do a complete disk image backup. In Explorer, I can drill down into the various partitions including the WINRETOOLS. I assume this is the required D&P backup?

"Is it using UEFI / GPT" - it is UEFI mode. It is a new (last year) Dell XPS13.

"You should be creating and using the Acronis WinPE version of the Rescue Media" - I created a Rescue Media using a USB key before getting the laptop repaired. I believe it would've been the Simple version. Can I use that, or make a new one?

It came back with a clean install of Windows. After setting it up, I did a new backup to get me back to this point if necessary. I've checked all your attachments and ready to give it a go.

Rainer, It sounds like you are in a good place to start a recovery of your backup image.

Test booting your USB key in UEFI mode to confirm you can see the internal drive in the XPS as you need to be able to select this as the target for your recovery.