WIN 7 64 Bit Disk Image recovery

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Greetings –

I have the 64 bit home premium version of win 7. I just finished creating a successful disk image and checked up on it to see if I could accomplish a restore. When I clicked on recover system settings-advanced recovery methods, I received this message: could not find required recovery files….

I have accomplished this in the past, but not recently. I haven’t had to do so since SP 1 was installed. I found some advice online to check some registry settings; mine were in agreement with the recommendation. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Casey H

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Did you create the required boot media? The first time and one time only you have to create a recovery boot media. Slip the Boot media in and boot to it, then point toward your stored Image and restore. I should also have asked where you store your Images (mine are on my ext HD).

I have found that I like the extra featuress provided by the 3rd party apps. You can read many threads in the Security and Backups forum on this subject.

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I have made the recovery boot media, a couple of them, but I was unable to create a new one following the installation of SP1 (can’t remember the failure message). I have been successfully storing images on a 2nd hard drive inside my computer. I have restored images in the past, but again, none since the installation of SP 1. I have also recently run SFC /scannnow with no bad files found.

Casey

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I have very successfully created and restored from Images post SP1, but I use Acronis True Image Home. I also know of others using Macrium Reflect post Sp1. I wonder if this is a glitch with Win 7 Backup and Restore post SP1. I would definitely try one of the others. Macrium has a free edition and Acronis has a free trial period.

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Thanks for the help. Do both Acronis & Macrium have the ability to boot, then restore from a CD for those cases where Windows is so hosed that it won’t even start? I’d like to assume that it can, otherwise, what would be the point. I formerly ran a DOS version of Norton GHOST then Bootit NG on my XP machine. NG now seems a bit archaic. Do “Loungers” have a preference between Acronis & Macrium?

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Thanks for the help. Do both Acronis & Macrium have the ability to boot, then restore from a CD for those cases where Windows is so hosed that it won’t even start? I’d like to assume that it can, otherwise, what would be the point. I formerly ran a DOS version of Norton GHOST then Bootit NG on my XP machine. NG now seems a bit archaic. Do “Loungers” have a preference between Acronis & Macrium?

Yes, with both of these apps you create a bootable CD that you insert into your optical drive and boot to. You then point to the Image (mine are stored on an ext HD) and restore. Takes about 10 minutes.

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Supporting what Ted said, I have used Macrium Reflect post SP1 multiple times to restore my system.
I’ve had to do this twice in the past month, for example, as a result of “playing around” with my system.

Dick

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NO, but this lounger certainly has a preference for Ghost 11.5, booted up with a DOS Boot disk.
It will back up AND restore any version of Windows.

I use it all the time.

The Doctor

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Have used both backup programs but prefer Acronis True Image Home 2011. Macrium has a free version which has never failed me.
Give both a try and see what suits you. Several of my friends like Macrium because it is simple to use.
Good luck.

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I’ve used BootIt NG for many years, and upgraded to BootIt Bare Metal a couple of months ago. I don’t care about archaic; all I want is reliability. BootIt is solid, and I’m quite familiar with the interface by now.

I have it installed on my hard drive, and also on a bootable CD.

BootIt will backup and restore any file system it can read, and there aren’t many file systems it can’t read.

Always create a fresh drive image before making system changes/Windows updates; you may need to start over!

We all have our own reasons for doing the things that we do with our systems; we don't need anyone's approval, and we don't all have to do the same things.

We were all once "Average Users".

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