Ti does not restore my mbr on partition c:

Hi all,

Trueimage restored my windows c: partition without error, but i can't boot Windows after restore ,because TI does not restore the Bootsector.

How can i make a backup with the Bootsector included and restore the drive with its old Bootsectorso that i can boot from it. I want to use Ti to restore the Systempartion if Windows don't boot anymore or a harddrive failure.
But without the Bootsector the progamm make no sense.
I know that i can fix the Bootrecord with the Windows cd, but i have a custom bootsector so that wont work.

 

A partition's Boot Sector is automatically included in any partition's backup and restoration.

Did you try restoring the MBR and Track 0?

What custom Boot Sector (or MBR) are you using?

What version of Windows are your using?

What version and build of TI are you using?

What error message are you getting when you try to boot Windows?

 

I dont have a Backup of that.
I used Driveimage bevor and always get my MBR resored, so i dont make a extra MBR backup.

Linux boot selector

Vista Home

V11

No valid System

 

“I dont have a Backup of that.
I used Driveimage bevor and always get my MBR resored, so i dont make a extra MBR backup.”
As stated, the MBR is included with all disk/partition backups.
When restoring, you should see a screen like I’ve posted. You need to select the MBR/Track 0 option.

 

The MBR and Track 0 is automatically included in your TI backup image. When you use the Restore Wizard, you can check it if you want it restored. It is in the same backup image you used to restore the partition.

Other options you can try:

Do a Sector-by-Sector restore of the Windows partition. This has better success with GRUB (you don't specify which loader) and may work with yours. In most cases I've tested, you can use this option even if you didn't do a Sector-by-Sector backup.

Repair your Linux boot loader. Most boot loaders have instructions to "reactivate" them.

 

TI has a well known problem with restoring MBR and Track 0. You'll either get "NTLDR is missing" or no GRUB (you can easily reinstall it with GRUB boot floppy).

 

This is EXACTLY the problem I am having with ATI version 10! I re-loaded my image with ATI Emergency Boot CD on to a new, blank, hard drive from Dell (after the original drive in my laptop crashed) and I am getting the "NTLDR is missing" message. How do I fix this? I have been stuck with no laptop for over week now and have gotten ZERO support from Acronix on it.

I don't use a boot loader or anything fancy. I just want my basic Win XP Pro back along with the rest of my image.

What is a GRUB?

Can you provide me with a work around to this? I have a WinXP Pro install CD. Can I install that and then restore the image of my hard drive? It is such a pain to go back and install all software again from scratch. That's why I made backup images of the hard drive!

Help!



Jim

 

GRUB is a Linux (and not only Linux) boot loader.
To fix "NTLDR is missing" in Vista you can start computer with installation disk and choose R option for "repair" - it will fix it for you. WinXP installation CD will not, nor would any other tricks posted on Internet. The best solution is what you said: Install anew Windows XP and then use ATI to restore your Image over installed XP. Let us know how it went.

 

tjcanno,
Check out my guides below and see if they help. Use a "disk" backup and perform a "disk" restore using the Rescue CD; and remove any duplicate drives before first bootup.

Since you have a Dell, you might want to also read the "upgrading to larger drive" link below and see if you need any special procedures because of it being a Dell.

 

Thanks, Grover.

I basically did what you outline in your document. It did not work. I did a disk image backup of the whole computer in December. Replacement hard drive was loaded from image using rescue CD.

I do not think I have Media Direct. If I do, I never use it. My understanding from reading is that if I do not take some special precautions, MD would not work in the future (if I had it) after a restore with ATI. That would not bother me.

I'm very discouraged by this experience.

 

tjcanno,

Leave the image, and just do a repair restore of XP from the XP CD.

You [gnore the first repair option that comes up on the CD, answer yes you do want to install Windows, so long as it can find a valid \Windows directory, you will be able to then choose the second Repair option. This will delete all your XP system files including service packs. However, it will re-install the system files and merge registry so that your existing programs are still recognised by Windows, it will also rewrite all the boot info (with a Dell you will lose the hidden partition info).

You will need your XP number during the repair. Reboot and everything should be fine.

Colin

 

mprezgot,

I'm confused by this statement. When TI restores an image it deletes the previous partition. Why do you want to install WinXP and then delete it?

 

Hello tjcanno,

Thank you for choosing Acronis Disk Backup Software.

We are sorry for delayed response.

Please see my answer in this thread you posted in.

Thank you.
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Marat Setdikov