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No current disk after restore

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Hello,

I recently had to change my PC internal disk (SSD) for a larger one, so I installed the new SSD and did a full restore. This worked OK. Yesterday was the time for the first backup with this new SSD and I got the message "no current disk" and the link between my computer and the backup disk was "broken" (red cross instead of green check mark).

I read some posts from the forum, decided to manually add existing backups (in order not to lose them), then reconfigured the backup and did it. Worked OK.

My issue is: windows explorer shows that all my previous backups (both complete and differential) are present on my backup drive. But from Acronis, I cannot select any of them, only the brand new one is accessible. If I had to restore from the latest "old" backup, how should I proceed?
 

Many thanks in advance if you can help me.

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Matteo, welcome to these public User Forums.

The 'No current disk' message is normal / correct for after changing a drive - this is because each disk has a unique disk signature that is recorded for the backup task.  You should be able to resolve this by simply reselecting the Source drive for your backup task!

My issue is: windows explorer shows that all my previous backups (both complete and differential) are present on my backup drive. But from Acronis, I cannot select any of them, only the brand new one is accessible. If I had to restore from the latest "old" backup, how should I proceed?

Were the previous backups created from the same Backup task?  If so, then these should be selectable within the Recovery panel by using the drop-down box to select a recovery point by date and time.

You can check if the older backups as still associated with the task by using the Clean up versions option from the task menu, as this will also show you the dates of all files within the task version chains.

To recover any OS backup, it is strongly recommended that this be performed by booting your computer from Acronis rescue media, where again, you should be able to select any of the available backup files / recovery points.

See KB 63226: Acronis True Image 2020: how to create bootable media and
KB 59877: Acronis True Image: how to distinguish between UEFI and Legacy BIOS boot modes of Acronis Bootable Media

KB 63295: Acronis True Image 2020: How to restore your computer with WinPE-based or WinRE-based media

Thank you Steve for your documented answer.

I think I'll now be able to manage a new change of source disk. But at the time I did it for the first time, I really was anxious to see the broken link between my new hard disk and the previous backups.

Thanks again.

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Matteo wrote:

Thank you Steve for your documented answer.

I think I'll now be able to manage a new change of source disk. But at the time I did it for the first time, I really was anxious to see the broken link between my new hard disk and the previous backups.

Thanks again.

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