Is there a way to add functionality, similar to Reflect, to repair boot-ability in IFW/IFL? Or, is there a tbosd script that can do it? Every time I restore an image I have to boot into Macrium Reflect to use that option.
Nate, I'm not sure what you are seeing with IFW/IFL. Doesn't the restored OS boot? If that's the case can you describe how you are doing the restore? Which Options are you selecting? Are you restoring to the OS partition or to a new drive? Which OS? Legacy or UEFI BIOS mode? Do you have more than one OS on the drive? Is this a recent issue? What error do you see when you try to boot the restored OS?
I do have more thahn one OS on the drive; Windows 10 and Mint KDE. I don't often have to restore anything other than the Windows partition, and even then it's just because I was testing software. I also have IFL as a bootable option, which works fine after you helped me with it. I'm always restoring to the same SSD as the original is one. I set the option to set the partition as active when I restore. However, sometime windows says it can't boot on restore, not all the time though. I use UEFI. When it doesn't work I use MR to fix it.
That could be part of the problem as the Win10 partition is not the Active partition on a GPT disk with a Win10 install. The EFI System partition is the Active partition. But I think the main issue is the EFI System partition (Boot partition) needs to be updated when you restore the Win10 partition in a dual boot situation. Next time select the "Update Boot Partition" option when you restore Win10. With a GPT disk you don't really need to select Active for the EFI System partition. It knows it is active. When I was running a Win10/Mint dual boot I used to backup two partitions for each OS. The relevant OS plus the EFI System partition. During a Win10 restore I'd restore Win10 plus the EFI System partition and select "Update Boot Partition". Similar for a Mint restore. Please let us know what happens. Edit... So as to get the relevant ESP, backup Win10 after Win10 has been booted last. Or use IFW in Win10. Don't boot Mint and then backup Win10 and the ESP from IFL.
Hi Brian i have a drive image , could i restore this drive image to a partition? well the drive image is of an sdd 250GB , i have to restore to a friend 's 1Tb samsung SSD 960 PRO NVMe M.2 he want to slip his new SSD 960 PRO NVMe M.2 in 2 partitions in the first partition windows 10 , second partition he 's not sure about linux or windows7 can i with image for linux or windows restore a drive image in a partition ? thanks
mantra, I need some more information. How many partitions are contained in your Entire Drive Image? Is the Entire Drive Image from your computer or your friend's. Is the Entire Drive Image from a MBR disk? Does your friend's SSD contain any data?
Hi Brian 1) it contains 3 partitions it's w10 updated (System Reserved - windows 10 -(w10 system restore partition) 2) yes the entire drive image is my friend 's computer 3) i'm not sure about mbr ,i have to check it (seeing it's brandnew "1Tb samsung SSD 960 PRO NVMe M.2" i will use mbr it's more easy to use it) 4) no ,it's new,it's empty are you talking about 1Tb samsung SSD 960 PRO NVMe M.2 , it's new thanks Brian
OK. It's from a MBR system. Delete any partitions on the SSD (if any are present) Make sure the new SSD is connected to SATA port 1 (or port 0 if it exists). Restore the Entire Drive image (tick in drive) to the Drive (select HD0). Don't select Scale to Fit. The computer should boot into Win10. Can you send a screenshot of the new Disk Management?
Hi Brian but my friend wants to slip his new "1Tb samsung SSD 960 PRO NVMe M.2" parition for w10 (restore his ssd data ) ,he has not decided yey about what he will install on the second partition no -> scale to Fit -> means ifl will restore the 250gb ssd without change the partitions i mean my friend will have the 3 windows partions of 250GB , and an empty partition 1TB - 250GB ? right? thanks
mantra, This is only stage one. We need to get Win10 working first. Then we can adjust the number of partitions and resize Win10 to your friend's liking. Adding Linux comes later. Don't worry. There will be no unallocated free space when we are finished.
hi Brian thanks a lot image for windows/linux has scale to fit Scale to Target may i know the difference with an example? ps maybe i would be better copy the windows 3 partitions and restore them,to have 250Gb (with the 3 windows partition) on the 1tb ssd with unlocated space (1tb -250GB)? thanks again Brian maybe with macrium is more simple...
mantra, remember you can only have 4 primary partitions on a MBR disk. So after the restore you will only have one slot left for the Linux install. That's not enough so I suggest we move the SRP and the RE into the Win10 partition. Then you will have 3 free slots. Alternatively you could install BIBM and have the potential to install 200 OS. I think BIBM is a good idea as there will be a lot of unused space on that SSD if there are only two OS. But maybe your friend has a lot of data. Again, movies on a SSD is a costly use of drive space.
hi @Brian K yes i had read the manual in the past about scale to target and scale to fit, but never understood , just 2 examples i don't know how can i do it thanks Brian
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=409 http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=618 If you install BIBM you don't have to do either procedure.
Regarding scaling, does this help? Partitions less than 15 GB are not resized. Say you have a 500 GB HD containing... 100 MiB SRP 100 GiB partition 200 GiB partition 200 GiB unallocated free space You restore an Entire Drive image of the above HD (with Scale to Fit) to a 600 GiB HD and you will get... 100 MiB SRP 200 GiB partition 400 GiB partition If you used Scale to Target you would get... 100 MiB SRP 120 GiB partition 240 GiB partition 240 GiB unallocated free space
@Brian K he doesn't own Bibm , i bought BIMB in this case with w10 updated (added a partition for re) , i will have 1)SRP 2)240GB of windows 3)the 3 re partition = 1tb -SRP GB -240G , in short a huge RE partition about Scale to Target can you do the same example? thanks this help me a lot ps just for curiosity , to restore to a smalled drive , now image for windows /linux doesn't need to compact the source but it has a new feature, does it work ? have you tested? thanks Brian
That's why you must not use Scaling with his SSD. You want the same sized partitions as from the original SSD. It works well. It is "Compact Data" in Options. See above (edited)
I assume his RE is about 450 MiB. If you did Scale to Fit you would get... 100 MiB SRP 960 GiB Win10 450 MiB RE There is no Free Space for another partition. Scale to Target would give the same result.
hi @Brian K so scale to target it's the best option to restore to a bigger drive Scale to Fit -> will be 100Mib srp 240 windows 10 100-240-100mb-> re he has 35Gb of windows + programs data i could try macrium , maybe it's more easy thanks Brian
mantra, Sorry, but you don't understand Scaling. You finish up with no Unallocated Free Space. So you can't easily create partitions for Linux. Your problem isn't with restoring the Win10 image, it is what you have to do next. He has around 200 GB of Free Space in the C: drive?