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Problems with backup/restore on HP Envy Touchsmart Ultrabook

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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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Ficklid,

Do you know if the drive is an advanced format drive that is a hybrid beteen SSD and a spin disk?

What happens if you try imaging just the WINRE partition?

When you make the complete disk image are you selecting the actual disk or using the select partitions view?

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?