True Image Home 10 resue boots, see .tib, runs but nothing changes

Most of us are in full panic by the time we get to this stage and I am.
Windows 7, 64 bit. Installed True Image Home 10,
made several back up files, some with mbr and system recovery, some only C

Ran into a jam last week, used the software to restore my image, successfully.
A few days later I had a total crash. I had to reload my system with windows successfully.

Therefore I could not replace it.
I tried choosing any or all of the previously backed up .tibs with mbr etc and Acronis does not see my C drive.

THEN, not sure exactly when this happened because it was 3 AM.
--I could eventually see the C drive, somehow, and chose the external drive .tib file,
Acronis went through the motions and then restarted, saw a flash of Acronis on restart and then it boots right back to windows in the same state.

NO CHANGES, NO ERRORS. huh!

QUESTIONS please
1. Do I need acronis true image on my computer installed to use the rescue media disk and have it work?
2.How do I get Acronis to see the C drive to replace it?
3. Most importantly how do I get it to recover and really recover. There are no errors or explanations. It all sets up fine, restart and nothing.

BTW I have nor had any partitions besides the 2 tiny ones provided by Sony and C

THANK YOU!