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How to recover windows 7 from acronis backup

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Hallo,

I made a backup of my whole hard disk with four partitions: 1: SYSTEM (system reserved), 2: OS (windows 7), 3: RECOVERY (HP), 4: HP-TOOLS (HP). In article "3648: Restoring Windows 7 VHD Backup Files with Acronis True Image Home" http://kb.acronis.com/content/3648
I read, that I have to restore the whole disk, if I intend to restore the system partition (see below).

quotation: « If your intention is to restore a non-system partition, you may restore just that without restoring the whole disk.
You need to restore the whole disk only if you intend to restore the system partition. »

Is the "system reserved" partition called the "system partition" or is this the "OS" partition with windows 7 on it?

I intend to restore only the OS partition from a previous date then current and not the other. Partition "RECOVERY" and "HP-TOOLS" are preinstalled by HP Recovery DVD and have not changed.

Helmut F.

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"system partition" refers to the OS partition, which in Windows is usually C:.

this means I have to recover the whole disc or only two partitions, not only OS, also SYSTEM (system reserved)?

Helmut,

In many cases, you need to restore only the partition that is damaged, and typically this is the C:\system partition. In most cases, you don't need to restore the other hidden partitions.
In some cases, several partitions might be damaged by malware or user errors, and it is hard for the user to evaluate this damage. I

n the case of a new/blank disk, you'd have to restore everything unless you know what you are doing: for example, it is often not necessary to restore the RECOVERY and HP-TOOLS partitions on a new disk. But having a backup of those is good to have in case you need them one day.

Finally, practically speaking, the cost of restoring the hidden partitions is pretty low.

My personal practice is to restore the entire system disk.

I agree with Pat. Since you clearly have been having issues, the safest bet is to do a full disk restore if possible.