TI9.x plug-in on BartPE CD...not to belabor the point
Here's the scenario: Please note carefully that Acronis TI9.x from a BartPE CD backed up a WIN7 hard drive just fine without issues....
Since 2007, I've used the Reatogo BartPE CD to boot up into a Windows XP environment outside of my actual operating system. The BartPE CD has a Mustang Plug-in TI9.x which allows backup, restore and mounting features. It has worked flawlessly since I built the CD.
1.) My current OS is Windows 7 SP1
2.) Today, just out of curiosity, I booted up to the BartPE CD and did a full backup of the physical hard drive which Windows 7 calls "C:\" . In my case, the drive contains only two partitions (system reserve -and- C:\) and both were included in the "FULL backup" using TI9.x.
3.) Of course the backup (imaging) went without a hitch. I checked the image right then using TI9.x and there were no errors.
4.) I restarted my computer and booted up to my normal OS, "Windows 7 SP1". I launched Acronis TI 2014 and mounted the .tib I just made with TI9.x. Both partitions were recognized and I checked the larger partition representing the C:\ drive. Everything was there. A-OK.
5.) Then within Acronis TI 2014, I performed a image validation. No errors. Image was validated. A-OK
Now would someone, who doesn't mind rehashing this, please explain to me WHY...why
if I wanted to boot up to
(a.) TI2014 boot media, why wouldn't Acronis TI2014 boot media recover this image that it validated...successfully to the hard drive??
(b.)OR FOR THAT MATTER, alternatively, why wouldn't Acronis TI9.x on the BartPE CD (that actually made the image) recover it just as it imaged it right back to the very same hard drive? And of course when all is done, it would be nice if Windows 7 boots?
This is an academic question. Thanks
To answer your what I believe to be your orignal question. Your restore using Windows failed, I believe. It hard for us to guess what might have gone wrong--perhaps some settings not selected by the user. This is a guess.
Anyway,
The recommended method of restoring a laptop system disk or creating a new replacement disk is via the CD.
If your backup was a disk option backup and the restore was a disk option restore, then the disk should have booted without issues following the restore. Assuming that the both disks were of the same size and "recover disk signature" was selected and the first boot following the restore was with only the restored disk attached. Also assuming that the target disk was placed inside the computer on the same connectors as the original disk.
Not all Win 7 installations are the same but as a general rule, the above would apply to a MBR partitioning system.
Hi GroverH
Not sure to what or to whom you're replying here. But this doesn't really have anything to do with my original question right here about whether TI9.x could make an image of a WIN7 system disk and also restore it so that it would boot. Of course the TI9.x version would have to run from a BartPE or WinPE environment since TI9.x won't run on Windows 7. But at this point, I'm not that interested since I have more confidence now in ATI2014 version. Thanks.
Thank you bcool for the clarification.
Whether TI9 would work is you really would not know until you tested it and the results would only apply to that particular test. TI 10 worked for some people.
There is probably (a guess) a 50-50 chance of success if the test & restore conditions were as I described in my preceeding post.
I understand this post is closed.