Failed UEFI restores to a new HD

Andy,

I used the 32-bit Active@ BootDisk for the restore. It boots in MBR Legacy mode, not UEFI mode. But it still works.

 

As Active@ DiskImage can be run in portable way if you want to boot from UEFI directly, you can put/integrate Active@ DiskImage 64bit to a UEFI based 64bit WinPE.

 

Is Active@ Disk Image still being developed? It hasn't been updated for nearly a year.
http://www.disk-image.com/history.htm

 

just copy files from its installation directory and then copy to your USB drive(or anywhere). Booting from winpe and running it.

 

I really don't know that. Maybe no bugs, no updates for it. ADl is not lsoft's main selling app, you can see its data recovery updated more frequently

 

Good question. I managed to "find" Active Bootdisk for Windows Professional v2.01, which contains a "Active Disk Backup v1.02". This boot disk is based on Suse Linux and can boot under UEFI secure boot.
Brian if you would like, I can provide you this Boot Disk ISO for your test.

 

LOL I did mention before several times, that I did not use Active DI because they still don't have a 64 bit WinPE boot disk that supports UEFI secure boot.

 

Thanks. I remember I tried ADI 6.02 before but encountered some problems. Don't remember what problem I met, I only vaguely remember boot repair related.

 

There's a 6.0.3 version as well. It's in their "Active Data Studio 9". Let me look for the version and date...

 

Here's the info. Sorry, I removed the original MDL post, here's OliverJia quoting it, though:
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/th...-GPT-UEFI-disk?p=968872&viewfull=1#post968872

 

Peter2150: Nice, no? That's why I like those "Portable" imagers!
You can use Drive Snapshot "portably" as well (obviously, as it's just a single .exe), but even Acronis can be used Portable. It involves some trickery (copy and start drivers manually, and set some registry stuff), but it *can* be done!

 

Pete,

I'd like to run my test on SP but StorageCraft have changed their download policy and I can't download a recovery environment without having a serial number. Did I read this correctly?

 

oliverjia,

Thanks, but I've put Active@ DiskImage behind me as it passed the test. By the way, does Active@ BootDisk boot in your UEFI computer?

 

Dear Brian,

It's not the regular Active BootDisk that can be downloaded directly off their website. It appears to be a new bootdisk called "Active LiveCD for Windows Professional", which is based on SUSE Linux. Yes it does boot correctly on UEFI secure boot computer.
The disk imaging tool included is called "Active Disk Backup", not Active DI. Strange that I could not find relative info off their website.

 

Thanks Pete.

Can you help as I'm having trouble? I've booted the recovery CD and I'm running through the Restore Wizard. I'm on the "Recovery Volume - Select a volume to restore the backup image" window. It lets me select partitions on other HDs but I can't select the unallocated space on the new empty HD.

 

oliverjia,

Can you boot legacy disks on your computer? Such as IFD, BIBM, Active@ BootDisk?

 

Hi Brian,
Never tried booting legacy UFDs on my computer. I did use IFL which contains BIBM, but I only boot it in UEFI Secure boot mode.

I vaguely remember I had issues with Active Bootdisk with my computer last year - I seem to recall I ran Active DI from a third party WinPE x64 that boot in secure boot mode, and I could backup and restore using ADI. However the system wouldn't boot after restore.

 

Quote by Brian K:

Could this be the universal fix for Win 8.1 / UEFI / GPT backups? Just backup track 0 (normally 63 sectors) and after restoring the backup just restore track 0 additionally?


Cheers
manolito