Limitation for Restore with Bootable Resue Disk
I usually save tib files in a physically separate D-drive. Since portable drives becomes cheaper nowadays, I started to save tib files in Seagate portable drive (FreeAgent Go) . When restore was performed within windows with tib saved in a portable drive, there was no problem whatsoever. I am very happy with it.
Last Friday, I was "forced" to restore tib saved in the portable drive using Bootable Rescue Disk (becasue Win7 was wiped out). But tib could not be opened (note: the tib was not corruted). I was panicked. Somehow, I copied the same tib to D-drive. No problem. I now leanred that tib saved in portable drive must be used for restore within windows. Does anybody have similar experience?

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IN Kim,
Using the TI Rescue CD is the preferred method to restoring a system. The location of the backup files are not important as long as the backup file contains the necessary contents and the backup disk is accessible.
Many installs of Windows 7 has a separate boot disk which may be the active partition in some installations. Sometimes it is necessary to restore both the normal C installation but the restoring the active boot partition may also be necessary.
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Yes. The whole C-parition was backed up.
I do not know whether external desk drive would work or not.
But portable drive did not work.
I tested on the same tib which were copied onto three 1 tb portable drives (all from Seagate). None worked. But they work without any problem when I restore within windows though.
BTW, I don't know whether it makes difference between XP and Windows 7. All of my computers run under Windows 7.
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Recently, there have been several reported instances of problems with external drive and the problem appears to be with the format of the drive. If you have the time for some testing. Move the contents on one of the drives not working. Reformat the drive as NTFS. After formatting, return the contents back to drive and retest your restore problem.
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IN
What is the difference between your external desk drive and your portable drive
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My old Seagate external desk drive is approximately 3-4 times bigger than portable drive. Use of the external drive requires two cable connections; USB and another connection (I forgot what to call). On the other hand, portably drive is literally small and portable. Use of the portable drive requires only USB connection. For further information, please visit Seagate website: http://tinyurl.com/4hhlhyv.
I recall that I used the external desk drive for backup and restore under Windows XP.
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