Does True Image 2014 Now Backup Windows 7 Hidden Boot Partitions?
For some reason I have found myself unable to create an image of Windows 7 bootable hard drives and reimage where the drive will boot again back into Windows 7. Seems previous editions of True Image Home were unable to backup the bootable part of Windowes 7 hidden 100mb partition despite trying several times to do so. I also have Easy Migrate 7.0 but even that don't work on Windows 7 bootable drives either.
Before I spend another penny of my money I want to know this problem has been fixed in True Image 2014? Anyone know what I mean?
Thanks
Paul
I can understand your suggestion on one hard drive but I've never been able to backup a windows 7 hard drive so that when it is recovered onto a new hard drive it will boot. Never does. This tells me either I'm doing something wrong within Easy Migrate 7.0 + True Image Home 2012 or there's a fault somewhere.
I recently rebuild my PC this year but still kept with Windows 7 + True Image 2012. On both builds I've had the same problem from standard installed Easy Migrate + True Image Home 2012 editions. I don't think the problem is with me, but I'm open to the fact that it could be me. I just need to find out why and fix it cause I really need to be able to back up a Windows 7 c: drive and restore it so that it boots back into Windows.
Much may depend upon whether your Win7 involves UEFI or GPT style partitions.
On most of the early Win7 systems, the partiton structure was that it was an MBR system and was not GPT style partitions.
For those older type systems, I wrote my guides accordingly.
Note link 2 below--especially the first few pictures. It advocates that the style backup be a "disk option" or "disk mode" backup.
This type backup makse for a much simpler restore.
Also review linik 3 below--the first three items.
All my guides were built around the type backup being restored is a "disk image" or "disk mode" backup. This is a backup which includes all partitions which exist on the disk.
In link 3, item 2, this illustrates how to restore to a same size new or old disk. Note the "disk signature recovery"
In link 3, item 1, this illustrates restoring to a larger or smaller disk. Also note the "disk signature recovery"
In link 3, item 3, this is restore overtop an existing drive C only.
Most time, one of these will give you a bootable system, but even then, you may need to use the user created Windows Recovery CD and run the Windows Startup Repair.
With the advent of the new UEFI and GPT style partitioning, a identical or bootable restore has become much more difficult
Acronis True Image 2014 (build.6614)
befor
[RE] [EFI] [MSR] [Windows]
1.disk mode backup
tib image
[RE] [EFI] [Windows]
2.disk mode recover
after
<unallocated> [new MSR] [RE] [EFI] [Windows]
*MSR=Microsoft Reserved Partition (hidden)
hohoro,
For the UEFI/GPT disks, Acronis recovery seems always to put the Microsoft reserved partition as first
This may or may not match your original configuration.
I am not aware that 2014 has the capabiltity to restore your system back iinto the same partition seqence if the vendor has custom partition sequencing.
Ask Acronis for help.
You have a EFI & GPT disk. You have a Windows ? system
Your restore 2014-6614 did not restore your partitions in the same order as original, nor same order as TI Disk option backup/restore.
plus has unallocated space before first partition.
You may also be interested in this posting.
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/48826#comment-151061