Confused when trying to recover whole disk???
Hi,
I am running Acronis True Image Home 2012 on a PC with Windows 7 - 64 bit, with two hard disks. One Corsair Force GT SSD-disk 224 GB as my C-drive (Disk #1, Partition #1, Partition starts at: 105 906 176 bytes).
And a D-drive which is a traditional HD of 1 TB (Disk #0, Partition #0)
The system and all programs are installed on the SSD (C:) and My Documents, etc are re-directed to the other hard disk (D:)
I now want to roll back my whole C-Drive to a previous state using a full image, located on my D-drive.
1. I boot by using the Acronis Start up option by pressing F11.
2. When I see the "Welcome to Acronis True Image Home 2012-screen" I choose the "Home-tab" and "Recover My Disks".
3. I choose my image from the pre-populated list, but get a dialogue box telling me that "Acronis cannot detect volume 1 of "My Image". I click "Browse"
4. I locate my D-drive (which now is labeled E: ????) and find "My Image"
5. In the "Recovery Method"-window, I choose "Recover whole disks and partitions"
6. Under "What to recover" I have three choices, under “Disk 2”
1. NTFS (unlabeled) (C:) Flag: Pri, Capacity: 223.5 GB, Used space: 58 GB, Type: NTFS
2. MBR and Track 0, Type: MBR and Track 0
3. NTFS (Reserved by the system), Flags: Pri, Act, Capacity: 100 MB, Used space: 25 MB, Type: NTFS
Which of these to choose?
7. If I select 1. NTFS (unlabeled) (C:) and then proceed, I get to “Settings of Partition C which says “Not Selected” with the choice of “New location”. I here have the choice of: Disk 1. NTFS (Unlabled )(D:) and Disk 2 NTFS (My D-Drive) (E:). Even if Aconis has changed drive letters I understand that I should choose Disk 1, and as a result at have “Partition location” set to: NTTFS (unlabeled)(D: ), Partition Type: Primary, Free space before: 0 bytes, Partition Size: 223,5 GB, Free space after: 1.586 MB
8. In the next window “Finish” I have a summary of the operations that Acronis will take:
1. Deleting partion
Hard disk: 1
Drive letter: D
File System: NTFS
Volume label: (blank)
Size: 223.5 GB
2. Recovering partition sector by sector
Hard disk: 1
Drive letter: C: => D: (?????)
File system: NTFS
Volume label: (blank)
Size: 223.5 GB
Before proceeding, I have two questions. When recovering my C-drive to the same location, and on exactly the same drive, as it was previously taken an image from, what should I choose under “What to recover??? 1. NTFS (unlabeled C:), 2. MBR and Track =0, 3. NTFS (System reserved space). Just the first partition? Or all three? Or first the second, and then the first???, Etc, etc.
Secondly, is it “normal” that Acronis change the drive letters? Or will they be changed back during the recovery process? Or is this due to the fact that the C-disk is somehow numbered (Disk#1) and my D-drive is Disk #0???? And if this has some consequences, how can I change this?
Thanks a lot!
Thanks a lot!
Having read your excellent guide, I take it that normally I need only restore the actual "C-part" of the image, and NOT the MBR or the System Reserved part.
But what about the confusing change of drive letters??? It seems that ATIH wants to change my C-drive to a drive with letter D: ???
Match the source and destination according to the volume names or disk descriptions--do NOT match to drive letters.
User does not have to get involved with drive letters. True Image is Linux drive letters. Windows is Windows Drive Letters.
When the restore boots, it will be Windows which determines the drive letters and will properly assign. Use should NOT attempt to assign drive letters from within True Image.
One of the nice things about TrueImage is that you can practice your procedures when booted from the TI CD.
It is practice or simulation all the way up to the point where you must either choose
CANCEL OR PROCEED.
Always click the Cancel option when in simulation. Once you click the PROCEED OPTION, you are committed and it is too late to undo a wrong click. Click the Cancel when practicing. Always use the TI CD when restoring your system drive. I never try to restore C from inside Windows/TrueImage.
It does not hurt to review the Guide multiple times in order to become very familiar with the guide.