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Bootable Media Rescue Builder: ATIH 2012, Update 2.1, build 7133

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USB or optical media creates fine, but does not boot.

Workstation details: MS Win 7 Ultimate x 64 SP1
Intel DX79SI MB, 8 Gig RAM, i7-3960 CPU 3.30 GHz; Intel Bios (latest update dated 7/9/2012).

Symptoms: irrespective of whether optical or USB "bootable rescue media" is created by ATIH, and (of course) with Bios set for optical booting and/or USB booting first, the Acronis "bootable disk" simply doesn't boot...the workstation moves on to the bootable hard drive.

How do I resolve this?

TBH

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Can you select your boot device during startup by pressing F10 key to give you a choice of startup items? Also looking at the documentation for your BIOS, there are many settings that control whether you can boot to a USB/CD device. If you have FAST Boot and General Optimization enabled, booting to CD/USB device is disabled. You can also enable or disable EFI booting which could also affect your ability to boot up to a CD/USB device. Take a look at this document http://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/biosglossaryb…

Hi:

Thank you - answers:
F10: yes, doesn't help/work....ie., still bypasses.
Bios documentation: correct (many settings). FAST Boot (FB)/Genl Opt: all "Disable" (FB not used). EFI booting is "enabled" (use greater than 2 Tb HD). "Boot USB Devices First": Enable. "Boot to Optical (and removeable) devices: Enable. Boot to Network: Disable. Boot Menu Type: Normal.

Thank you again: intelligent input....but not a resolution.

TBH

You can disable UEFI boot to be able to boot from devices other than the 2TB internal hard disk without problems, but you must turn UEFI boot back on to enable booting to your hard disk afterwards. (I wish I had one of those boards in my system:)

Hi:

Thank you: you are absolutely correct.....had somehow decided ATIH 2012 supported UEFI, but surely can't be if the bootable media component fails UEFI boot!

The Intel board had a rather serious issue regarding its USB controller that undermined Win 7 stability....which wasn't (partially, but mostly) corrected until 9 July bios update (board released late last year).

So, with resolution now for almost a week, the board/chip seem stellar.

Your help very appreciated. Thank you again.

TBH