I'm a little hesitant to do this...
Maybe my concern is not justified but I thought I might check in here just to be sure. As far as I know I don't have a problem with Acronis 10. My computer has picked up a malware virus, and I want to try restoring a full backup to get rid of it.
The backup is sitting on an external hard drive. I started the restore process and ran into some definitions I wasn't quite sure of. What I want to do is restore C drive, which is all I backed up.
There is also a 5 gig D drive, which is a logical part of C drive. I didn't back this up.
When Acronis asks about partitions, I'm not sure what is meant. I do NOT want to wind up having C drive restored, and D drive no longer exists, as it contains Recovery and system Restore files.
Am I worrying about nothing? Will Acronis do what I want, which is simply to restore what I backed up, nothing more and nothing less? Or am I choosing the wrong type of restore? Should I select to restore files and folders instead of a drive restore?
Appreciate your help.
Wes
I don't understand what you just wrote.
I backed up C drive to an auxillary external hard drive. Now I want to restore everything in the backup to C drive. I do NOT want to lose D drive in the process.
Which brings up another point that Acronis has not made clear. Restoring MBR...does it wipe out anything on the current C drive. I don't want to lose anything, not one file. I notice where the choice is one or the other, MBR or restore the parition.
They sure don't make it very easy to understand what we, the user, is supposed to be doing. Is there a tech from Acronis who could help out here?
I don't understand what you just wrote.
I backed up C drive to an auxillary external hard drive. Now I want to restore everything in the backup to C drive. I do NOT want to lose D drive in the process.
Which brings up another point that Acronis has not made clear. Restoring MBR...does it wipe out anything on the current C drive. I don't want to lose anything, not one file. I notice where the choice is one or the other, MBR or restore the parition.
They sure don't make it very easy to understand what we, the user, is supposed to be doing. Is there a tech from Acronis who could help out here?
Restoring MBR doesn't change anything except MBR (partition table that is located in the MBR is not changed too). Restoring only C: partition (I assume it is partition what you backed up) onto its original location will not change other partitions.
ps - it may help if you specify the version of software you use, becase 'acronis 10' may refer to - "True Image 10" ( year 2007 or so) "true image 2010" (year 2010) and "Backup and recovery 10" (the least likely, despite this thread location)
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When Acronis asks about partitions, I'm not sure what is meant.
I am too not sure what is the exact message and how it can be clarified here. To the extreme, "then it says stuff and I'm stuck"