How to create a backup correctly ?
Hi ... I have an Acer laptop which is partition into 2 drives . One drive ( C drive ) has my windows 7 U sp1 and the other is for other stuff . I'm using ATI Home Update 2 build 7119 . I made a backup with this version which went okay . I have placed this backup file on my other partition drive ( F drive ) Now when ever I do a recovery I always format the c drive .... My problem is when ever I do a recovery using the ATI 2012 rescue disk I am able to recover the backup back to my c drive but afterwards when I start up the computer I get the following error >>> BOOTMGR is missing , Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart ... Biut that just bring me back to the error again . Now I notice if I remove the hard drive from the laptop and boot the drive on a different computer go to disk management and locate the c drive from the drive and make the drive " Active " afterwards once install back on my laptop it will boot up windows . So my question is why do I have to make the backup recovery file Active to have it boot up windows ? Or what I am doing wrong ? Thanks
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Hi ... Thank for the respond . The link which you have >>> http://forum.acronis.com/forum/29618 ??? The illustration how to backup just the c drive and restore . I do not recall seeing all those options from the ATI 2012 rescue disk but if that is correct I will have to take a better look next . I will even follow illustration exactly next time around...Thanks
BTW .. I just only like to backup the C drive
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Mr Paul,
If you store your backup on the same disk as the system disk that is backed up, you won't be able to recovery your computer when your disk dies... Make sure you have a backup stored on another physical disk. Ideally, a USB disk.
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Thanks Pat for your suggestion :) ... I'm one of those guys that have so many backups I have lost count on how many different drives I have backups install on LOL ... I believe I have roughly around 12 hard drives that I use just for backups ... I have 3 laptops , 4 desktops ... And I never use the original hard drives that come with the laptops lol .. Though I am not to happy with ACER , they caught me off guard . I didn't notice to get to their hard drive I needed to remove all the screws that holds the unit together ...
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MrPaul,
My reason for followup is to make sure your backup will create a replacement bootable disk should your system fail. Plus you have indicated you are having problems being bootable on the restore.
If you have upgraded your system from XP or Vista to Windows 7, your drive C may be the active partition, then your backup of C only may suffice. On the other hand, if your partition configuration is like the Acer example below which has the active partition to be the hidden "system reserve", then you need more than just C and may need to restore more than just C--when having issues.
Check your Windows Disk Management console and examine your partition structure. If your Acer looks like the Acer example in this link which has the active partition to be the "system reserved", then you need more than just Drive C otherwise you will need to use the Windows Repair/install disk plus your backup should you need to create a replacement system disk.
If your disk has the "system reserved" and is the active partition, then one solution to your making your restored disk bootable would be to include the "system reserved" in the restore and even to include the "Recover disk signature" option which is listed on the same CD restore screen as when you select the target disk. Anytime you restore drive C , your best chances of success is to do the restore when booted from the TI bootable media Recovery CD.
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No GroverH I don't use those product recovery operating system that the brand name computer companies use or now the so call hidden partition recovery . I would buy those oem versions which computer stores sell , also no upgrade either all fresh clean installments ... I think I solve my own problem . What I always do before doing a recovery backup I would reformat the c drive and afterwards the other drive ( F ) from the partition hard drive would take over as the active drive . At this point I would use ATI rescue disk and do an recovery backup from the backup image file which is on my ( F ) drive and perform the recovery . Once its finish I would need to load the hard drive unto another computer and use disk management and then make the c drive active for windows to load ....
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