Returnil and Vista

I have some problem with Returnil 2.0 and Vista Business on my new Thinkpad X61. This is also my first experience with Vista.

1. When Returnil is activated, I could not use the hibernation. When I turn my X61 on, it is always said that the windows has been crashed and gave me some options (safe mode, etc).
Is there any problem combining Returnil and Vista (hibernation) ?

2. Since I am new to Vista, it is my understanding that Vista will try to adapt to my daily routine with superfetch, indexing, etc and in turn will make my system faster. Will Returnil (active) beat this purpose by zeroing all the changes in C: ?

Thank you and pardon me for my English.

 

Hello dgho,
Can you describe this in greater detail? There should be no issue using Hibernation or sleep with RVS in any of the supported OSs (XP, Server 2003, Vista 32).

Mike

 

Hi Mike,

My System: Thinkpad X61 with Vista 32 Business

Here the steps:
1. Returnil: System Protection - ON
2. Hibernate using Fn + F12
3. Turn the X61 on using Power Button
4. "Windows Error Recovery"
5. I choose: Start Windows Normally

The Returnil does not have problems with Sleep, only with Hibernate. When Returnil System Protection OFF, it does not give me the Windows Error Recovery Screen.

Thanks.

 

Hi dgho,
Sorry for taking so long to reply. We have been testing this and can confirm your report of an incompatibility with hibernation in Vista SP1 (Windows XP and Server 2003 are not effected). We have identified the issue and are working on a solution that will be included in the next beta series.

Mike

 

Well it is a bad one indeed. My computer not only never came back from hibernating, but I couldn't restore any image (using ShadowProtect Desktop), and the Vista installation CD would bluescreen when trying to reinstall the OS.

The technician that fixed it said that the partition table was corrupted.

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=206148

 

Mike,

Thanks for your response.
My Vista is not SP1.
For now, I am turning off my X61. Hopefully it could be solved soon.
Returnil is a great software... It helps me a lot...

Thanks...

 

Hello Peter,

It is exactly what happened in your worst scenario: The Vista CD would BSOD before one could have any chance to choose anything (I don't think there is a repair option, I remember in one of your posts you were suggesting the XP CD as an option to fix the partition table).

This is the first time I experienced a real sense of helplessness, however I'm not prepared to buy BootitNG for such an emergency, considering that I had no responsibility in creating the problem. I think that it should be a feature of all imaging programs to have a utility to fix the partition, otherwise what's the point to talk about 'bare metal recovery'?

 

A Linux LiveCD will do fine. Try GParted.

The problem is that imaging programs rely on flawed Microsoft code (a bug in the disk driver IIRC). Since it's a extremely rare circumstance, Microsoft isn't going to fix it.

 

Thanks Lucas, I might give it a try in the future, although I still don't feel knowledgeable enough to undertake these kind of repair operations. Luckily it won't happen again.

 

You don't have to repair anything Just wipe the disk's content (partition tables included) so Microsoft's code doesn't choke on the corrupted partitions when you load a WinPE disk like ShadowProtect's Recovery CD.

 

I 've prepared the live CD GParted, and there was a long matching process in the beginning to recognize the type of keyboard in use. It doesn't feel exactly as being a piece of cake operation though.

Then I got a GUI very similar to the screenshot provided as an example in their website (see attached screenshot). So what you are saying basically is that one has to highlight the NTFS partition in use and deleted it... Or should I delete whatever is detected on the disk (I haven't tried it, and I won't unless I have to). Then the ShadowProtect recovery environment CD should restore everything from scratch. Did I miss anything?

Thanks for the tutorial.

 

What do you have on those ext2 partitions?

 

Sorry, there's a misunderstanding: The attachment is the example screen shot from the GParted website, it's not my computer.

Basically what you're saying is that I can use GParted to format my drive before a new installation, and my question was how to do it looking at the screen shot supplied as a model (there are things that might be obvious for people who have already done it).

I have the CD, it loads alright, but I'm not going to do anything as a test. If disaster strikes again, I won't have much to lose using it.

 

OK
Just select your partition, go to the "Partition" menu and choose Delete.

GPARTED GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

Still, I'm not sure if GParted supports the NTFS revision of Vista. I don't have any Vista system to test it

 

Lucas, thanks a lot.
I feel better thinking that I might be able at least to try something if it ever gets so bad. I should also add that I tried GParted with my other computer which runs with XP.