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Acronis recover issue

  • 11-02-2012 12:28am
    #1
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,423 ✭✭✭


    I've used Acronis so many times but I have have an issue that I don't know how to sort :(

    I have 2 500GB drives in stripe raid with two partitions, C: and S: (OS XP Pro on the C: partition). I wanted to restore an Acronis image of the C: drive and as I normally do with non raid drives, I like to format the drive prior to restoring the image rather than allowing Acronis to simply write over the existing OS.

    I booted from the XP disk (as if I was doing a clean install, had the raid drivers ready in the floppy :D ) Got to the stage where it showed the 2 partitions on the RAID C: & S:, deleted the C: partition, re-created it, formatted it & restarted the system before the install start, booted from the Acronis recovery CD and successful restored the image.

    The problem is that Acronis for some reason restored my image to D: drive :eek: and made the original S: drive the C: drive. Now the system won't boot because technically the now C: drive was originally the S: drive containing data only. It just gives me the old "NTLR missing" crap.

    Is there anyway of sorting this without losing the original untouched S: partition or am I goosed?

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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  • #2
    Gadgetman496
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,423 ✭✭✭Gadgetman496


    I think I fooked up by deleting the C: partition and allowing the S: partition to be assigned first place by Windows? I should have formatted the C: partition instead of deleting it me thinks?

    I eventually deleted both partitions (loosing the data on S: :) and created them again, then recovered the Acronis image and all is working fine. Thankfully all the mission critical data was backed up to externals so the pain for my stupidity only extends to the time required to copy it all over again.

    Interested to hear users comments on my theory of formatting instead of deleting in this particular scenario.

    "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."



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