Problems with backup/restore on HP Envy Touchsmart Ultrabook
I am on my third Ultrabook. The previous two got bricked while trying to do a backup and restore of all partitions. This computer is equipped with a Solid State Drive (32GB) configured to improve system through RAID. There are five partitions altogether: WINRE (NTFS)(400MB), Unnamed (FAT32)(260MB),
OS (C:) (NTFS)(436.2GB), RECOVERY (D:) (NTFS)(28.7GB), and Unnamed (8GB).
I am not that familiar with Windows 8 (preinstalled) or the partitioning scheme used, but am learning quickly. My problems seem to occur when trying to restore a complete backup of the entire drive (sector by sector). On reboot, this invariably results in the laptop going into a loop -- Preparing automatic repair, Diagnosing your PC, Attempting repairs, autoreboot -- that repeats. Using F11 to recover does nothing. HP Recovery Media is the only way to get the laptop back to normal.
After trying a backup of just the FAT32 partition and the C: drive I was successful in doing a restore using Acronis Recovery media. I appears the WINRE partition is the one causing problems. I am using Acronis True Image 2013 build 6514.
Can anyone explain what may be happening? Doing a full backup and restore of a computer has never given me this much trouble!
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For troubleshooting purposes, It might do well to establish whether the restore put the partitions back iinto the same sequnce as original.
I assume you have a full backup of your original disk. Look at this link which will differ from that of your HP.
This is just an example.
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/40903
Boot from the TI Recover CD and simulate doing a restore. This is a simulation--not a real restore.
Begin the first steps of a restore using the orignal *.tib backup file which you used in the actual restore.
Replicate the steps as shown in Sort 1, Sort 2 and Sort 3
After completion of Sort 3, your screen column heading should look like Sort 3 except with your own figures.
The original sequence of partitions will be displayed based on the start/end sectors
YOu now know the partition structure which existed at time of backup.
Cancel the simulation. Remove the CD and reboot the computer.
Then perform Sort 0 using DISKPART from the command line.
Repeat the Diskpart commands as shown in Sort 0
The results should give you a listing of partition sequence as currently structured on your restored disk.
Is the restored partition sequence the same as the original disk sequence?
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