[RESOLVED] Need help with disc restore!!!!!
Let me start by saying I have been able to restore in the past but yesterday my hard drive failed and after replacing it and trying to restore my entire drive I get the following message
Cannot recove the partition because the backup file is on the same partition that you are going to recover.
Here is my system make up.
My back up is on my seagate drive which is connected via USB my replaced hard drive is a WD and is connected internally.
I never had problems when trying a restore in the past but that was with the same hard drive, now that I replaced it I can't get it to work.
Hpe there is a simple fix.
Thanks in advance,
Steven
Issue resolved here.
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Grover,
Thank you for the reply, my old drive was 720 while the new one is 1TB. I am not a computer expert and am not sure how to proceed :(
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Item 1 at this link is very applicable--especially if using Windows 7. If using XP, post a screen capture of your Windows Disk Management graphical view so we can see the layout of your partitions.
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/29618
Your error message (Cannot recover the partition because the backup file is on the same partition that you are going to recover) indicates you are choosing the wrong target for restoring your backup. Your target or destination for your backup recovery should be the new disk--if the old one has failed and has been removed.
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Grover,
Thank you, I was able to restore my image :)
BUT
One thing I noticed after the restore. My old hard drive was 720 and my new drive is 1 TB but when I look at how much room my new drive has it show that it's total size is about 650gb, why would that bee when the actual size of the new drive is 1TB?
Thanks again
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The cause of the retention of the old partition size was the acceptance of the default size and did not change the size to include the entire disk.
Please post a screen capture of your new disk (Windows Disk Management graphical view) so we can see the partition details before attempting any suggestion as to how to recover. One option for correction is to use the instructions in post #3.
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I will gladly do that but I am not sure how to get to windows dsk management nor how to post a picture in this forum.
I will do the entire process over again just not sure where I messed up.
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hope this works
C drive is the one I restored and should be 1TB
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Your picture indicates you correctly restored both Drive C and the included system partition which has no letter. This was a correct choice although you did not mentiion having such a partition or it being included within your backup.
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There are at least three ways to expand Drive C into the empty space.
A. Redo the restore but do the resize as part of the restore. The restore time would be about the same as the last restore. If you choose this option, you could practice it when booted from the CD and it is practice until you click the PROCEED option. When practicing, click the CANCEL Option to stop the practice.
B. or, Use Windows Disk Management tool to expand the space. This is not difficult but can be confusing. It is live real time adjustments while you make the adjustments.
C. or, Use a partitioning utility tool which is both easy to use and any adjustments do not take effect until you click APPLY. This is fairly quick to do.
Due to the restore time of A and the complexity of B, my suggestion is C which is basically to move the right boundary of drive C into the empty space.
To use suggestion C:
1. Download this free partitioning tool iso file.
http://www.partitionwizard.com/download/pwhe7.iso
After downloading, insert a blank CD.
Right click on the downloaded iso file and choose the
"Open with" command and click the option "Windows Disk Image Burner".
This will burn the iso file onto a new CD as a bootable CD. Bootable into the partitioning tool program.
2. Shutdown and boot from the new CD.
Here are the instructions on how to use the Move/Resize option
http://www.partitionwizard.com/help/resize-partition.html
Instructions basically are to:
a. Reboot using newly burnt CD
b. Click or Select the 1T disk. Be really sure to select the correct disk.
c. Click on Drive C which will cause the partition to be change color or be highlighted.
d. Right click on Drive C partition and choose the Move/Resize option.
e. Put your mouse pointer on the right boundary of drive C and drage the right boundary line into the empty space so all space is consumed by Drive C.
f. If satisfied that all looks correct, then click the APPLY button in upper left corner. Note also the undo options (in left corner) which are choices if you make a mistake before clicking the apply button.
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I will try Option C.
Thank you very much for all your help.
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I was able to use option C to get everything the way it should be.
I can't thank you enough GroverH for all your help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You are more than welcome. All of us can use some help at different times.
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