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Restoring my Boot Drive

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For the first time I need to use the Restore Function in True Image Home 11. Very important I don't screw this up, so I am here asking. I made a backup of C\ drive in Startup Recovery Manager onto my D\ drive named Backup C2.tib. Couple of months later, I did the same procedure and that file is named Backup C.tib.

Now my Registry is really screwed up, and I would like to just lose the DATA between now and the last Backup and start fresh by restoring my C\ drive to the state it was in at last backup.

Please tell me the exact procedure to do when I activate the program at bootup and the recovery console is up and running.

Thanks again. Sorry to ask this kind of help, I just can't make an error on the restoration of C. Thanks

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You should do the restore from the recovery media.
First create this media, or download the corresponding bootable ISO from your Acronis account after you have registered your licensed number.
Boot the computer on the recovery medium, start the recovery. Be aware that drive letters are different on the boot CD from what you see in Windows. Look at disk labels.
Check out the True Image Home 2011 Lite guide to help you through the recovery.

When you are done with the restore, make sure that the next backup contains *all* the partitions of your system disk. Many systems have more than the C:\ partition although only C:\ might be visible in Windows. ATI will show you all the partitions when you do a disk and partition backup.

This all-partition backup is what you will need if your disk dies and you have to change it.

The good news is that, even if something goes wrong with the restore or for some reason you don't get all the partitions, you still have the backup so that y ou can try again or add each partition. Restoring to the same size drive is the easiest restore since you can tell ATI to restore the full disk and generally it will get the boot strap, hidden partitions, etc. al in the right locations and size without you having to worry about it.

good luck.

Phil,
Re-verify your comments. Open Windows Explorer and browse to your two backups. Look at the file dates and the file sizes.

Most likely, the Backup C.tib is the oldest and largest or the first full backup.
And the Backup C2.tib is the newer probably smaller or a incremental or differential type backup.

If the above is true, when selecting the backup to be restored, select the most recent file and all prior will be restored.