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ATIM does not seem to recognise correct partition size on target drive when doing a restore

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I bought a new computer a few months ago and did a full backup with ATIH 2012 using default settings. After some drivers got automatically updated a couple of days ago, I can not run my computer except in safe mode without gettting a BCCode error 50 so I wanted to restore my backup to determine if the problem is bad RAM or a corrupted driver.

The first thing I noticed about the backup TIB file is that it is much, much smaller than the data I backed up. When I browse the file it shows me the C partition, but the contents are not familiar and certainly do not reflect the files on the drive. When I select restore, it shows the target hard drive of having a 25 GB partition. In reality it is 973 GB. I am afraid to restore since it looks like it is going to overwrite the large partition with a much smaller one and I don't have any tools to resize the partition.

Is anyone aware of problems with not backing up all files or with ATIM not properly recognizing partition sizes?

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First, I would open Windows Disk Management Console and look at your disk in the graphical view. This view will give you a picture of your disk showing how many partitions you have and in what sequence. Some partitions may or may not have drive letters. Jot down how they are listed and any identification. Also note which partition is listed as active.

Then shutdown and reboot using your user created TI Bootable media Recovery CD.

Choose the Recovery option from the top menu.
Browse to your your storage disk containing your backup and select the backup file you wish to restore.

The following screen will show you which partitions are included in the backup plus you will also have a listing for the
MBR/Track0
Compare what you see on the screen for partition identification with your notes. If you backup included everything, then what you see on the screen should match your notes.

Do not use drive letter for identification as they may differ. The Windows drive letters may not be in the same as shown in the Linux based Recovery CD. You will need to use partition size, volume names and used space for identification and disregard drive letters.

If you choose the correct partition as the target, you should have a match in size.

One easy way to get to the console is to type into the search window
DISKMGMT.MSC

or Right Click on the MyComputer icon and choose the Manage option.