restoring frustrations

PELUDO · #1 March 15th, 2007, 06:20 PM

g`day.
please help. i am trying to restore my hard disk partitions after a complete
system backup.
i have been trying this for the past few days or so with out any success at all. the back up was made with acronis true image 9 home.

i am following all the requested steps, the system boots up then it comes with acronis loader does a check then it reboots back to windows, what am i doing wrong. i have checked my hard drive fully and no problems at all with it.

i have tryed to do a file recovery aswell and all it does it makes me switch disks every 3 seconds it does this for a long time, then i just simply cancell.

i have also tryed to copy one partion at a time only. the backup contains three partitions. still nothing.

please help.,.

Brian K · #2 March 15th, 2007, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by PELUDO

comes with acronis loader does a check then it reboots back to windows,

PELUDO,

Does this thread help?

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showt...095#post951095

Perhaps restoring the MBR removes the MBR that contained the loader.

PS Do you have Acronis Disk Director Suite?

PELUDO · #3 March 15th, 2007, 08:15 PM

THANKS MATE I WILL GIVE THAT A TRY
I AM NOT SURE IF BY SELECTING TO RESTORE THE WHOLE DISK OPTION
YOU ARE ABLE TO REMOVE THE MBR OPTION...
THANKS I WILL GIVE IT TRY...

Brian K · #4 March 15th, 2007, 08:29 PM

Did you restore the MBR and Track 0 on the previous occasions?

Do you use Acronis DDS?

PELUDO · #5 March 15th, 2007, 09:30 PM

WHAT I DID WAS REFORMAT THE WHOLE DRIVE AND DELETED ALL THE PARTITIONS. AM A NOVICE AT THIS, BUT I THINK I SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT, ANY WAY I NOW HAVE ONLY ONE PARTION FOR THE WHOLE DRIVE, WHOULD THAT BE THE PROBLEM, DO I HAVE TO RE PARTITION MY DRIVE LIKE IT WAS ORIGINALLY, I MEAN 3 X PARTITIONS?>

THANKS

YES I HAVE DDS AND IT HAS NOT BEEN ANY HELP AT ALL..

Brian K · #6 March 15th, 2007, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by PELUDO

YES I HAVE DDS AND IT HAS NOT BEEN ANY HELP AT ALL..

I'm no expert here but the links indicate that DDS has created your problem by installing the OS Loader.

Do you have an image taken prior to using DDS?

What do you have working at present? You are obviously using the internet from another computer. Do you have an external HD? How many HDs in the computer that doesn't boot? Where are you storing your backup images?

Could you describe the non booting situation in more detail? Sorry for all the questions but I'm trying to understand the problem before making any recommendations.

Brian K · #7 March 15th, 2007, 10:38 PM

Have you tried booting to the DDS CD and uninstalling or deactivating Acronis OS Selector?

PELUDO · #8 March 15th, 2007, 11:02 PM

THANKS BRIAN FOR TRYING TO HELP...

AS PER MY PREVIOUS POST, I WIPED THE PARTITIONS AND RE PARTITIONED MY DRIVE AGAIN AND FORMARTED THEN INSTALLED XP AND ACRONIS TRUIMAGE 9. BUT IT DOES NOT LET ME RECOVER THE BACKED UP IMAGE...
I DONT SEEM TO KNOW ABOUT AN OS SELECTOR AS I ONLY HAVE XP ON THIS MACHINE, THANKS AGAIN/

Brian K · #9 March 15th, 2007, 11:12 PM

So you can boot to WinXP on the computer where you installed WinXP?

Where are you trying to restore the image? Which computer doesn't boot?

For the OS Selector, you need to boot to the DDS CD and look at the menus to see if there is a deactivation option. It may have been installed without you knowing.

PELUDO · #10 March 15th, 2007, 11:46 PM

hi brian
yes i can boot from windows xp after i formated my drive and repartitioned it
from 3 to 1 partition. yes am able to boot and work on the computer, but all i want is to be able to restore my backup and acronis is giving nothing but problems as per my last post...

your comments
Did you restore the MBR and Track 0 on the previous occasions?

shoud i use the fdisk/mbr command to re-write my mbr? i now think this may
be my problem...and re install windows xp from scratch.
cheers

Brian K · #11 March 15th, 2007, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by PELUDO

shoud i use the fdisk/mbr command to re-write my mbr? i now think this may
be my problem...

fdisk /mbr (note the space) Yes, this is OK. It shouldn't do any harm. But what computer will you be using? It's not needed if you can boot to WinXP.

I'm still unclear on where you are trying to restore your image.