Universal Restore won't find drivers
I got the driver for the motherboard I am using from their official website and it downloaded into a VIA file. I put that in a thumb drive when using Universal Restore, got everthing to go fine, until it tried to load the drivers and gave me an error, said it was looking for a PCI something or another. I can give you exactly what they asked for if it's important, but I'm pretty sure it's not reading anything out of the VIA file I told it to. It has the .ini and .sys files in that folder (in subfolders), but it still won't read it.
Am I missing something? Do I need more than just the motherboards bios instal files? Do I need to direct universal restore to the EXACT subfolder I think the driver files are?
I read something about forcing a driver, but Universal Restore only has the option to "retry" or "ignore" or "cancel" at that point of the restoration.
Someone please help!
iirc, yes, you ned to direct to the actual directories.
I have a similar problem altho when i point it to the dirs it wont take the .sys files.
the app wont let me select any other file type than .inf
That is right. ATI needs to read the .inf files to be able to set up the hardware and will use this information to copy, decompress and move any other file required, and to set up the registry.
So it is important that all files are there, but ATI won't proceed if it cannot find the INF file. The operation will fail if some other file mentioned in the INF is not there.
I'm trying to create the Universal Restore boot disk for a Win 7 pc and after I select all the inf drivers it gives me an error
missing driver files: adicsc.sys and it wont let me select .sys instead of .inf
btw I am using the free trial version if that matters
Brian,
Some googling shows that this driver is for a CD or DVD changer? Do you have the drivers for that device?
the adicsc.sys file is in the Win/Sys32/Driver dir but the Boot Media Builder app wont let me drop down and select .sys files as an option. The only option is .inf
and if I try to continue w/o it I get an error that adicsc.sys is missing
Brian,
I misunderstood. You are trying to create the recovery CD right, not use it for a universal restore? Correct?
If yes, simply download the ATI+PlusPack bootable ISO from your Acronis account and burn it *as an ISO* to a blank CD, or use Grub4DOS to put it on a bootable USB flash drive.
Yes I am trying to create the bootable media cd with universal restore incase I need to restore it to dissimilar hardware.
Looks like the ATI+PlusPack is part of the true image software? I was told by your sales people to use Backup and Recovery 11 Advanced Workstation.
It gives me the option of creating a Linux boot disk or WinPE. The instructions say go with the default (Linux)
If I select the WinPE version, I am required to download a Windows Automated Install Kit which is an iso
I'm confused.
Win PE is a mini version of win that fits on a CD, along with other programs you put there. It was originally intended to allow tech's to boot up machine that weren't working so that they could use some tools to fix them.
To make one you need certain software fro MS, i.e., the software developer's toolkit.
Other vendors aren't licensed to distribute the kit, although MS doesn't charge users to download it.
Linux is a free, open source product and vendors may distribute it under certain conditions.
thats why I tried to use the Linux version of the bootable media but I run into the missing driver error
If the Wizard to create the defaut Linux version recovery CD fails this way, I suspect it is because the included burner in ATI doesn't support your CD/DVD drive setup.
You have other ways of creating a Linux bootable recovery CD:
a) You can try to create the bootable ISO on any other computer.
b) You can also download the bootable default Linux ISO from the Acronis.com web site and use some other software to burn it as an ISO on *any* computer.
Once you have created the Linux-based version, it it doesn't work, you can create the WinPE-based recovery CD.
You can also use another process, trying to create a WinPE disk:
Since the WinPE-based recovery CD building *Process* doesn't use the same integrated wizard as for the default Linux version, it might work on your computer. Follow the instructions in the help file to build the WinPE-based. BUT, first try some other way to build your default Linux version.
its requesting a driver that is available but it wont allow me to select any file type other than .inf
the file it's requesting is a .sys
Brian,
I understand what is going on. Please read carefully my previous post for workarounds.