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Creating an Image to one file

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I am trying to create an image of my PC but the software is putting the image into multiple files. When I try to restore the image from these 3 files, the PC doesn't get imaged all the way and states bootmgr is missing. How do I create the image properly? I am using Acronis true Image 2013.

Thanks.

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I bet you backed up only C:, which is usually not sufficient.

Create a full disk mode Backup. Select the checkbox for the entire disk (not just individual partitions). For this option, switch to disk mode (upper right blue link) until you see disks and not partitions to select. Select the disk. That ensures that you have everything you need, and you won't need to understand how the disk is laid out with possible hidden partitions. A full disk mode Backup captures everything, and is the simplest, safest backup method.

As for the image being split, that is an option. Create a new backup task, and on the size option ensure that you have not selected the option to split the backup into multiple files (usually split to fit on DVD-R or CD-R). The other possibility is: are you backing up to a hard drive formatted in FAT32? FAT32 has a limitation of 4 GB per file, which is not an Acronis issue. If that's the case, you could format that drive to NTFS.

Thank you! I actually just found the bootmgr issue. I will check to see which format type my drive is formatted in.

Thanks again!

Also, when you restore from a multi-file image, will it prompt you to select each file since it is broken up?

IT_Girl_47 wrote:

Also, when you restore from a multi-file image, will it prompt you to select each file since it is broken up?

I think as long as all the files are in the same folder, it will find them once the process has begun.