Which product can restore just one OS in multi boot system?

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I have one test box with 6 pristine operating systems that I use for testing software:
Windows XP 32-bit & 64-bit
Windows Vista 32-bit & 64-bit
Windows 7 32-bit & 64-bit
Each of these are install on their own partition with a couple install onto primary and the rest onto logical partitions.

My question is which Acronis software can I use to restore any one OS as needed? For example, I need to reinstall just XP 64-bit without affecting the other 5 OSs?

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Michael

mer 23/09/2009 - 20:43
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Are you using the standard Microsoft boot manager? I haven't tested B&R 10 or TI 2010 in this particular scenario, but previous versions didn't always correct the BCD file for multiple operating systems. Usually, one of them would boot, but the other one(s) would require manual repairs.

If the Acronis programs work correctly on your computer, I would think that any of them would restore the partition data correctly. Note that B&R 10 and TI 2010 are currently the only two that officially support Windows 7.

If you're going to try one, make an Entire Disk Image backup first. That way, you can restore everything back to the way it was if restoring the partitions separately causes problems.

mer 23/09/2009 - 22:22
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Thank you MudCrab(cool handle)! I particularly like your last suggestion.

jeu 24/09/2009 - 14:43