Unbootable HP notebook after Acronis 2011 install
I have an HP Elite Folio 13t-1000, Win7 SP1 from about 2011. Not used much, but working without errors. I tried to install Acronis 2011 on it, and got 'Acronis encountered an error', no further info that I could see. I have installed 2011 on XP and another Win7 box with no problem.
The PC would not boot after that - it threw me into the system repair startup screen, which was unable to find anything. I tried the system recovery program, but the recovery option is greyed out.
I was able to boot the Acronis bootable USB, and get what looked like good backups of all partitions. Restoring them, however. still left me in the unbootable state.
I eventually downloaded a Win7 install disc to USB, and recovered. I would like to run Acronis on this box, but I am afraid to try again, unless I can figure out what caused the original problem. Has anyone seen anything like this?
One other item, I ran disk diagnostics, and the SMART test, Short, and Optimized disk self tests all passed, but the Long test failed. HP forums say this indicates a failing disk, but as everything seems fine with the restored system, I really think something was messed up in the MBR/System boot partition. The recovery partition is still not available, however.
Thanks.


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