Salta al contenuto principale

Acronis boot CD not recognizing my Hard Drive

Thread needs solution

Using Acronis 2012, I created a backup image of my entire hard drive on one computer. I then created a boot CD on that same computer.

Then, on another computer of the same make (IBM ThinkCentre), I tried to boot from that same boot CD I made earlier. My plan was to restore the image I created earlier onto this second computer. However, I found that the Acronis software running on the CD could not even detect the hard disk on the computer. It is just a westered digital IDE drive (40 Gig).

What is up with that?

0 Users found this helpful

If you created the backup from Windows, it utilized windows low-level drivers to access HDD controller. Linux-based boot CD has its own drivers that probably failed to detect it. Exact model of hard disk doesn't matter, hard disk controller does.

If you already downloaded the bootable media ISO from your account, you alternatives are:
- if you are using Windows XP, to create a BartPE-based recovery CD,
- if you are using Vista or Win7, to purchase the Plus Pack and create a WinPE-based recovery CD.

These 2 options include Windows drivers.

Is it possible to create a backup of a bootable DVD? I need to restore just the XP boot tracks to another system.