Recovery fails. Windows 10 image with Acronic Ture image 2019
I could not find similar topic for Acronis 2019. Please help if I have duplicated.
I have used Acronis since 2011. It was always a simple procedure to recover back up images for Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8. A procedure that required no technical knowledge or research.
I am NOT able to recover Windows 1064 Pro Version 1909 back up with Acronis True Image2019.
Failure record is as follows.
Since 21 December 2019 I have installed windows 10 several time on 2 computers. I made almost daily attempt to recover back up images. (Please accept when I say, 40 to 50 trials over 60 days)
Tried 5 different hard disks. No bad sectors on any disk. Boot disks made with simple Option. Linux based boot disks made with Acronis 2019 and 2020. Win PE based boot disk as recommended by Acronis.
(Please do not consider me tech savvy for using these words. I learnt these new descriptions from correspondence with Acronis.
I hope you can help me.
Mal
Hi Steve,
Thank you for your response.
I am very thankful that you have given me helpful advice how to collect information. For example, " How does the computer boot from the Bios". (You advised me to Run the command. msinfo32. Thanks)
I liked Acronis 2011 and 2013 because recovery procedure is simple. "something you can a teach a "grandma to do.". I am in that group.
My expereince since 2011 has been as seen in this link https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=Acronis+2019+recover+from+an+image
1 What type of computer is involved here?
Desktop / tower / laptop / notebook / All-in-one / tablet?
Response.
1.1 Main computer. Tower. Intel i5.
Mother Board. Gigabyte. Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 3801 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
1.2 Older Computer. Desktop. Used for experimenting. Hewlett Packard. HO Compaq dc 7900 Small form factor. Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz, 3000 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
2 What type of Acronis Rescue media are you using?
USB stick / DVD disc / external USB disk drive?
Response. DVD Disc. Used the same procedure since 2011.
For Acronis 2019 I have used Boot Disk created as follows
2.1 Simple Method
2.2 Linux based Boot disk made with Acronis 2020 Trial Version. (Recommended by Acronis support professional)
2.3 Linux based Boot disk made with Acronis 2019
2.4 Win PE-based Media Builder. (Recommended by Acronis support professional)
None of these worked.
3 How does your computer boot from the BIOS into Windows 10?
Is this a Legacy / MBR boot system, or a UEFI / GPT system?
Note: run the command: msinfo32 in Windows to see a report showing the BIOS mode in the right side panel.
Response. Legacy.
After reading some of the articles on the I ventured in to changing boot order. It proved costly to take computer to computer workshop so computer can
4 What type of backup image are you creating with ATI 2019 that you are later trying to recover from?
Is this 'Entire PC' / Disks & Partitions / or / Files & Folders?
Note: only the first two would allow for a successful OS recovery.
Response. Disks & partitions. Only C Drive. In case of disaster, I wish to recover Drive C with Windows Operating System with main software like Microsoft Office. Corel Video Editing software. Printer installation. Nero DVD burning, DriverMax software. (So I do not have to reinstall OS and software)
5 How are you attempting the Recovery here?
From within Windows using the installed ATI 2019 application?
After booting from the Acronis Rescue Media?
Response. After Booting from Acronis Media. I have used this procedure since Acronis 2011.
6 What error messages are given, if any?
How far through the recovery process do you get?
How does the recovery process end? Does it say it was successful?
Response. I do not get very far. I do not reach a stage where I can click on LOG option.
Due to limited technical knowledge, I do not know how to capture actual screen shots. Snipping tool is not available at time of installation. . Therefore, I used a camera to capture screen shots. I have inserted these screenshots in Microsoft Office Documents. May I send some of these documents to you to show the variety of responses.
Windows 7 created only one partition.. MBR Format. It was easy to Recover.
Windows 10 installation in GPT format creates three partitions. Recovery Partition, System Partition and Primary Partition.
For me, Acronis 2019 does not seem to handle the recovery of these three partitions for me.
Settings of partition 2-1
Setting of Partiton2-2
Setting of Partition C
Track 0 of Disk 2
I have only one disk. I simply follow prompts till "Next"or "Accept" comes up. Recovery failed message comes up.
7 Response to the next item. Some of the information in the following article is difficult for me. I made the boot medial on the same computer where I am recovering the image. Please help.
With Acronis 2011 and Acronis 2013 I did not delve in to such technical knowledge.
See KB 59877: Acronis True Image: how to distinguish between UEFI and Legacy BIOS boot modes of Acronis Bootable Media which is very important, as any recovery of a Windows OS must be performed from the rescue media when booting using the same BIOS boot mode as that used by the OS (hence my questions above).
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Mal, thanks for providing answers to my questions.
Did you run the msinfo32 command on both of your computers, and did they both show that they were Legacy systems for the BIOS mode value?
I would expect that your newer tower i5 computer may be UEFI capable though the older desktop computer probably isn't!
The reason why this is important is because when you boot the Acronis rescue media, it needs to match the boot mode used by Windows or else the drive will be migrated to use the system indicated by the boot mode. If you have a legacy computer but boot in UEFI mode, the drive is migrated to UEFI with GPT partitioning. If you have a UEFI computer and boot in Legacy mode, the opposite conversion will happen but the computer will no longer boot!
The next area that is very important is what was included in your Disk & Partitions backup, as you need to include all the partitions on the drive to be able to achieve a successful recovery, not just the main C: OS partition.
For legacy systems, the Microsoft System Reserverd partitions (if present) must be included plus it is best to include the Windows Recovery partition too.
For UEFI systems, the EFI System partition is required plus there may also be a MSR partition if the OS was upgraded from an earlier version, plus the Recovery partition again.
If you have all the partitions included, and are booting in the correct matching BIOS boot mode, then there should be no real reason why recovery cannot be successful. This is assuming that you are recovering to the same computer that the backup was created from, and to the same disk drive or one of suitable size for the data involved.
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.
Hi Steve,
Thank you for response.
1 I used old computer for trial. Please disregard any reference to old computer which is for Windows 7 till I can get on to Windows 10.
2 My main computer is
Main computer. Tower. Intel i5.
Mother Board. Gigabyte. Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz, 3801 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
3 msinfo32 on main computer shows LEGACY
4 I am recovering on the same computer on which the image was created. (Disk No 25 for reference on Main Computer)
The original Windows 10 is installed on a 200 GB partition.
When recovering I attempt to recover on a 200 GB partition of the OTHER disks.
I know that if I try to recover on the 200 Gb partition (of Disk25) it will make drive C unallocated.
Therefore I tried to recover on other clean disks. I created 200 Gb partitions on OTHER hard disks. Chkdsk showed there are no bad sectors on any disk.
Therefore I am recovering to the same computer that the backup was created from, and to ........".one of suitable size for the data involved."
5 Boot disks were made with simple Option. Linux based boot disks were made with Acronis 2019 and 2020. Win PE based boot disk as recommended by Acronis.
6 I am including all the partitions. Acronis offers me to include the following
Settings of partition 2-1
Setting of Partiton2-2
Setting of Partition C
Track 0 of Disk 2
I simply follow prompts till "Next"or "Accept" comes up.
For me, Acronis 2019 does not seem to handle the recovery of these partitions for me. Recovery fails.
7 Therefore are recovering to the same computer that the backup was created from, and to the same disk drive or one of suitable size for the data involved.
8 Now O refer to your statement
"This is assuming that you are recovering to the same computer that the backup was created from, and to the same disk drive ........".
As a separate study
Since 21 December 2019 I have installed windows 10 several times on other disks. I made almost daily attempt to recover back up images. (Please accept when I say, 40 to 50 trials over 60 days)
When I tried to recover the images on the same disk where the original existed, it still fails. Most of the time Drive C becomes unallocated
9 Please note I am not tech savvy. I have never had to involve myself with LEGAY or EFI, or BIOS. After failing to recover I read several articles in the knowledge base. I tried to imagine I could open BIOS. I tried. the computer stopped booting. It was a costly lesson not to venture in to areas I don't understand.
10 Since 2011 I have used Acronis as shown in the following link
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=Acronis+2019+recover+from+an+image
Thanks for your prompt responses. I see the word Legend against your name. After seeing your contributions, it is easy to understand. Thanks
Regards
Mal
The original Windows 10 is installed on a 200 GB partition.
When recovering I attempt to recover on a 200 GB partition of the OTHER disks.
I know that if I try to recover on the 200 Gb partition (of Disk25) it will make drive C unallocated.
Therefore I tried to recover on other clean disks. I created 200 Gb partitions on OTHER hard disks.
Mal, sorry but it does not sound to me that the above approach will work if you are not recovering back to the original drive but have that original drive still installed in the computer.
When Windows boots, it uses information stored in the BCD (Boot Configuration Data) store to tell it how to boot, what SATA controller the boot disk is connected to, etc.
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 is based on recovering a full disk backup to either the original disk or to a new disk that will replace the original disk, and by recovering at a disk level, avoids the need to have to specify all the settings for each individual partition in the backup image.
There should be no reason for the C: partition to become unallocated when recovering to the original disk drive if following the process described above.
Since 21 December 2019 I have installed windows 10 several times on other disks. I made almost daily attempt to recover back up images. (Please accept when I say, 40 to 50 trials over 60 days)
When I tried to recover the images on the same disk where the original existed, it still fails. Most of the time Drive C becomes unallocated
When you did these Windows 10 installs on other disks - did you achieve a working, bootable Windows 10 system each time, and did you still have the original boot drive installed at the same time as having Windows 10 installed on a different disk?
When you do any recovery using the Acronis Rescue Media, then I would strongly recommend that you click on the Logs option shown in that standalone environment and check the messages in the log file. You can also save the log from the recovery action by right-clicking on the top line of the log showing the date/time of the action, then save it to your disk or to a USB stick etc.
Hi Steve,
I am most thankful to the Forum and your comments
1 I refer to your comment
"......it does not sound to me that the above approach will work if you are not recovering back to the original drive but have that original drive still installed in the computer."
My computer has several hot swap bays. One for OS disk. Others for data disk. I do not leave the original drive in the computer.
2 Since 2011, with Windows XP and Windows 7, there have been times when the Original disk began to click and died. At that time it was necessary to start on NEW disk. Recover the image to a NEW disk.
3 I refer to your comment
"When you did these Windows 10 installs on other disks - did you achieve a working, bootable Windows 10 system each time, and did you still have the original boot drive installed at the same time as having Windows 10 installed on a different disk?"
Steve, I only keep one OS drive in the computer. I am not tech savvy. Some of my friends have more than one OS disks in their computers.
With my computer, with hot swap bays, it is matter of few seconds to remove one disk and insert another. I did not "still have the original boot drive installed at the same time as having Windows 10 installed on a different disk?"
Again, when the original disk dies, there is always need to remove the dead drive. Insert a new drive and recover image to NEW drive.
4 I have not been able to access log option at the end. I can click but no response.
Disk have become unallocated.
5
5 I used Acronis 2011 and 2013. I never had to become aware of the Legacy Mode, BIOS, EFI, MBR or GPT. I have read these definitions since December 2019 and find it daunting. I ventured and it cost me to take the computer to the technician.
As an older person, I am looking for something like the following
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=Acronis+2019+recover+from+an+image
6 I examined the procedure outlined in the document : [How to] recover an entire disk backup
I refer to the screen shots where it says
" The destination hard disk drive that you have chosen contains some partitions that could contain useful data. Hard disk drive image recovery is possible only if the destination hard disk drive is empty. Click OK to confirm deletion of all the partitions on the destination hard disk drive."
Please advise if in the example shown in the pdf, the data from the 115.9 NTFS disk was lost.
In my case I had 4 partitions in a 1 TB disk. See below. ALL 4 partitions, and valuable data from all partitions was erased. Very inconvenient.
7 The data partitions and data was never erased for recovery of Windows 7 image with Acronis 2011 and 2013. Computer club members showed me the following procedure in 2011 and has worked for me since 2011.
7.1 A disk, 1 TB in size was divided in to 4 partitions. Drive C, Data 1, Data 2, Data 3.
7.2 Partition 1 acted as Drive C for OS system.
7.3 Acronis back up images were saved in Data 3. Images were made as follows
- Image 01 OS only, immediately after activation. (No need to activate ever again)
- Image 02 OS plus Microsoft Office. (No reinstallation of these two items ever again)
- Image 03 OS, plus Microsoft office, plus Video Editing software
- Image 04 OS plus Microsoft Office, plus Video Editing software plus rest of the working software
7.4 Whenever Partition C became corrupt then any of the images (from Data 3 partition) could be recovered in less than half an hour. No other partitions, or data, was erased.
7.5 As Outlined earlier, whenever Disk died, a new disk was inserted. Image was restored to new Drive C. Data was copied back to other 3 partitions to retain familiarity.
Please advise if this is possible with Acronis 2019
I am looking for a procedure that an old man over 80, not tech savvy, can use
Mal
Mal, when ever you do a full disk recovery in Acronis, i.e. you select the top Disk option from the recovery wizard panel and it automatically selects the further partitions shown below that level, then it will wipe clean the target disk in order to recreate the partition layout as captured in the backup image file.
If you are needing to recover only one partition to a target drive which has other partitions which you want to keep, then you cannot use the option to recover at a disk level - you have to recover the partition separately.
If you are using hot swap bays for your disk drives, then this can introduce another potential issue!
Ideally, you should always keep to the same hot swap bay for your Windows OS drive as this is where the Windows Boot Configuration Data information will direct the BIOS to look using the SATA Controller and port information. If you change the OS drive to a different hot swap bay, then it is likely that Windows will not be able to boot.
With regards to where backup images are stored, then while it can be ok to store backups in a different partition of the same drive you are making the backup from, it will always be safer to have the backup on a different drive when possible.
All of the above has not changed since any of the earlier versions of ATI to the present ATI 2020 version.
Hi Steve,
I wish to be able to recover Windows 10 Back up. That is ultimate goal.
I will answer your questions about the computer configuration and other general matters to reach an understanding, so that I can get to the ultimate goal of revering the backup image to the TARGET partition.
1 "If you are using hot swap bays for your disk drives, then this can introduce another potential issue!
Ideally, you should always keep to the same hot swap bay for your Windows OS drive as this is where the Windows Boot Configuration Data information will direct the BIOS to look using the SATA Controller and port information. If you change the OS drive to a different hot swap bay, then it is likely that Windows will not be able to boot.
Response. I always place the OS disk in the same bay.
When attempting to recover the image the disk with TARGET partition goes in the same bay.
When recovering the image I have only one disk in the computer.
I trust that meets your approval.
2 " With regards to where backup images are stored, then while it can be ok to store backups in a different partition of the same drive you are making the backup from, it will always be safer to have the backup on a different drive when possible.
Response
At the time of recovery, I have only ONE back up image in data partition. It is easier to select just that particular
Every image has two backup copies on two separate storage disks.
3 when ever you do a full disk recovery in Acronis, i.e. you select the top Disk option from the recovery wizard panel and it automatically selects the further partitions shown below that level, then it will wipe clean the target disk in order to recreate the partition layout as captured in the backup image file.
Response.
Since Acronis 2011 I have always selected the top disk option.
In windows 7, C drive partition always recovered to partition named as PARTITION.
I appreciate your comment, "then it will wipe clean the target disk in order to recreate the partition layout as captured in the backup image file"
With Acronis 2019, the computer wipes clean the TARGET disk. Makes it UNALLOCATED. Then fails to handle the following
Settings of partition 2-1
Setting of Partiton2-2
Setting of Partition C
Track 0 of Disk 2
At the end the TARGET partition remains unallocated
4 If you are needing to recover only one partition to a target drive which has other partitions which you want to keep, then you cannot use the option to recover at a disk level - you have to recover the partition separately.
Response.
With Windows Acronis 2013, Windows 7, I received the message. Recovering partition....
With Acronis 2019, Windows 10 I do not receive similar message.
Please advise where to read the procedure to recover Partition C, i.e. OS partition to the TARGET partition.
It may solve my difficulty
5 All of the above has not changed since any of the earlier versions of ATI to the present ATI 2020 version.
Response thanks for this
6 I was able to come across a person who is using Acronis to Recover Windows 10 back up and did not know if the disk is MBR or GPT
Since I bought Acronis 2019 I learnt that Windows 10 install itself on GPT format. This person allowed me access to his hard disk.
His Windows 10 is installed on MBR disk. He can recover Windows 10 back up images made on a MBR disk.
I am unable to install Windows 10 on a MBR disk. Windows converts it to GPT.
Please advise hw to move forward.
My ultimate goal is to recover Windows 10 back up images.
Thanks again for the Acronis Forum.
Mal
Hi Steve,
In one of your messages you inquired
"How far through the recovery process do you get? "
Please see attachment. FORUM ACRONIS RESPOSNE 5 TO STEVE SMITH.docx. Size is 2508 KB
I have also used Linux Based Boot recovery disk.
mal;
I am unable to install Windows 10 on a MBR disk. Windows converts it to GPT.
Mal, GPT is used when Windows 10 is installed by booting in UEFI mode from the install media, so if your OS disk is in GPT format, you need to do the recovery in the same mode.
When you boot from your Acronis MVP rescue media, this needs to be in UEFI mode.
Also, when using that rescue media, it has a program within the media for capturing screen images without the need to use a camera. If you click on the main Start menu icon in the bottom left corner of the rescue media when booted, it will open a menu showing Programs, which in turns shows the screen capture option.
Mal, see the attached zip file with a short video showing how to recover a single partition - this was created using the ATI 2020 MVP WinPE USB boot media and shows the whole process which should be mostly the same as for earlier versions of ATI.
Hi Steve,
Thanks for telling me how to get screen image. I did not know how. Thanks. I will work on this
Some of the information is technical for me. So far I have left it to the computer to boot itself. If Iuse Windows 7 Disk,. It boots itself. When I insert windows 10 disk it boots as soon as switched.
Is there some simple procedure.
Zip file does not run like a video for me. It has only one image.
ATI2020 Partition Recovery.gif
I will try again
Mal
Ommitted to mention that slide show also did not work for me. I will continue to try.
Mal, you should be able to double-click on the ATI2020 Partition Recovery.gif file and it should run as a short video type slide show. For me I have a free graphic program called IrfanView installed which runs the slide show just fine.
Hi Steve,
1 Thank you for preparing a video specifically for educating me. Much appreciated. I used infranview.
2 I will organise a spare disk to practice what you showed.
3 The video does not show clicking the Track 0 ,the boot track.
Back up is made from a disk partition C that boots. Will the partition recovered on, the new unlabeled disk, boot.
The ultimate goal is to recover an image (made on disk that boots) and when recovered boots from the new disk
4 I am unable to find a way to Install Windows 10 on MBR disk.
Are yourself, or anyone else in the forum, able to advise me how to install Windows 10 on a MBR disk.
I appreciate the knowledge that you have and are prepared to share.
Mal
Mal, glad you have been able to watch the recovery video. It was showing just the recovery of the single Windows (C:) OS partition in that instance, and I have booted from the recovered Windows multiple times since making the video.
If you really need to install Windows on a MBR disk, then you have to boot from the Windows install media in Legacy / CSM mode, which in turn will mean making changes to the BIOS options if your computer defaults to using UEFI, this is assuming that the BIOS allows this change, which some of the most recent BIOS do not allow for.
The system I used for the video is using UEFI BIOS boot method.
HI Steve,
1 Some of the information you have given is too technical for me.
2 I am prepared to read if you can show me where to look for what yu siad in the following paragraph
If you really need to install Windows on a MBR disk, then you have to boot from the Windows install media in Legacy / CSM mode, which in turn will mean making changes to the BIOS options if your computer defaults to using UEFI, this is assuming that the BIOS allows this change, which some of the most recent BIOS do not allow for.
3 I hope yourself, or someone from the forum can show me how to install Windows 10 on MBR disk.
Windows 7 MBR disks boot. Windows 10 MBR will also boot without my tweaking the boot order.
I do not see spell checker in the symbols above. Is there one?
Regards
Mal
Mal, see webpage: How to install windows 10 on MBR partition? - which has a similar discussion on the pro's and con's of installing as Legacy or UEFI.
At the end of the day, this comes down to what your computer will allow from the BIOS settings - if that BIOS only supports UEFI, then you cannot do a Legacy install using MBR - the BIOS has to support Legacy or CSM mode and you have to boot from the Windows 10 install media using that Legacy boot mode.
Hi Steve,
Thank you for being so willing to help. I am grateful to you and he Acronis Forum
1 I located the same exact link How to install windows 10 on MBR partition?. But could not find simple way to do it myself.
When I followed the link, one person says "I always install windows to a single MBR partition." I could not find how he does it.
I hope I can learn to do this. I hope someone in the Forum has done this and can share. Thanks
2 With Acronis 2011 and Acronis 2013 I was able to recover images as shown in the link below
My experience since 2011 has been as seen in this link https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=Acronis+2019+recover+from+an+image
3 With Acronis 2011 and Acronis 201`3, I did not require any of the technical information as advised by you in the following paragraph. It is beyond me.
At the end of the day, this comes down to what your computer will allow from the BIOS settings - if that BIOS only supports UEFI, then you cannot do a Legacy install using MBR - the BIOS has to support Legacy or CSM mode and you have to boot from the Windows 10 install media using that Legacy boot mode.
After you showed me how to use msinfo32 I learnt that the computer bootsi n legacy mode.
4 My Intel i5 computer may be dual boot.
When I installed Windows 7 64 bit professional, the disk properties show that the disk automatically becomes MBR disk.
When I installed Windows 10 64 bit professional, disk properties show that the disk automatically becomes GUID
(I did not know these terms until I bought Acronis 2019.)
Windows 10 64 bit installation shows
- Disk 0 Partition 2. EFT System Partition
- Recovery OEM Partition
5 In the video you created, I assume that the disk from which you created the backup is GPT. The disk on which you recovered was also GPT
6 After seeing your video on recovery of partition I am inclined to think I could use diskpart to delete recovery and EFI partitions.
Recovery of Image of Disk C will boot itself.
Please comment. Do I really need recovery and EFI partitions.?
It has been easier to understand some of the points in the manner you explained to me.
Regards
Mal
Mal, the majority of all new computer systems now default to using UEFI / GPT because this is much more recent and provides support for newer hardware components, including the latest NVMe type SSD drives (which require UEFI to work correctly).
UEFI / GPT also removes many of the limitations found with Legacy / MBR, including the limit of having only a maximum of 4 Primary partitions on a drive.
If your computer supports using UEFI, then I would strongly recommend using it as can also help protect your computer from some of the more dangerous malware when 'Secure Boot' is enabled - this is only available for UEFI systems.
The EFI System Partition is required for all UEFI boot systems as this is how the BIOS knows how to boot into the Windows OS. If this partition is deleted then the system will not boot!
The Recovery Partition is required if you need to perform any form of Windows repair or recovery, and is what will be booted into in such an event, where you would see options such as 'Startup Repair' or get access to any System Recovery Points etc.
As stated several times previously, the BIOS mode that is used when booting the computer is what determines whether UEFI or Legacy will be used. This applies to all boot media for installing Windows or using the Acronis rescue environment.
The key to choosing the BIOS boot mode really depends on how the choices are shown on each particular computer system, and how you access those boot menu choices.
On my HP laptop, I can access the BIOS boot menu by pressing the ESC key on power on after which I see other Function key options, i.e. F2 to go into the BIOS settings, F8 or F9 to choose the boot device (sorry can't remember which key without repeating the process!).
On my Dell laptop, I can press the F12 key on power on to get to a BIOS boot menu and choose the boot device.
The way the choices are shown vary with each computer, so you would need to check with the support manual for your own computer.
Typically, a Legacy boot device will just show as the device name, but a UEFI / EFI boot device will show with UEFI or EFI before and in the option name, to show it is that option.
KB 59877: Acronis True Image: how to distinguish between UEFI and Legacy BIOS boot modes of Acronis Bootable Media has screen images showing how the boot menu choices may be shown but this will not be the same for everyone!
It may look similar to the image below for some HP computers.
A different computer may show similar to below:
Taking the last image, if the SanDisk Cruzer 1.26 entry is selected, that is a Legacy boot device, but if the UEFI: SanDisk Cruzer 1.26 entry is selected, it is the UEFI boot option.
Hi Steve,
Thank you for your response
1 Windows has a purpose in creating Recovery and EFT system partition.
Thank you for pointing out the importance.
2 My recovery attempts fail when Acronis 2019 requests the following
Settings of partition 2-1
Setting of Partition 2-2
Setting of Partition C
Track 0 of Disk 2
3 I have only one disk. Disk 1. Acronis is looking for Disk 2.
I followed prompts when "Next "or "Accept" comes up. Recovery fails
4 I tried various hard disks. One new.
Acronis 2019 shows it cannot write to Disk 2 and gives similar message for all disks.
I diligently carried out Microsoft CHKDSK. There were no bad sectors on any disk.
5 For Acronis 2011 and 2013 very first Recovery Boot disk worked. For Acronis 2019 there seems to be a problem.
For Acronis 2019m Recovery Boot Disks (Simple method) and Linux based Boot disk failed..
I followed instruction to download Trial Version of Acronis 2020. Create Linux Based Boot disk.
I also followed instruction to create WinPE based Acronis Bootable Media.
Is there a shortcoming with Acronis 2019? Do we need some patch to fix this.
It fails to work like the Acronis 2017 version used in the following Video
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=Acronis+2019+recover+from+an+image
Regards
Mal
Mal, the video you keep referring to is doing a full disk recovery and never gives the challenge to have to define the settings for each individual partition, because the top disk option was selected when recovering.
If you choose that top disk option, then Acronis will automatically set the correct sizes for the various partition according to the size of the drive. This is the same as the tutorial document I referred you to much earlier in this topic.
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.
New disk recovery animated .gif (zipped) added.
Hi Steve,
Thanks you for showing me how to make use of ifranview. WinPE based boot disk has great deal of content.
Please advise where to locate the saved images.
(In my house I have a poster that reads, "It is better to ask dumb question than to live with dumb mistakes)
Regards
Mal
Mal, I always use a USB stick for my MVP WinPE rescue media, so I just create a new folder called 'Capture' in the root of the stick where I capture any screen images to using IrfanView.