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Cannot see System Reserved during image backup etc
Cannot see System Reserved during image backup etc
Just earlier I was to make an image backup of my Win7 pc. I am using DiscWizard and just went through the it but was rprised to see that there is no "system reserved" in the Partition Selection box. Previously there was a checkbox and a System Reserved. Please see image attached.
It always had that there as a selection. I remember it vividly because I also asked it here in a pevious thread and made it a point to remember to include it(check the checkbox) because it would cause a non-boot.
I exited DiscWizard and went to My Computer and I am surprised to see that there is also no System Reserved reflected there. Please see image attached.
Previously I installed Paragon Backup and Restore 10 Suite(Twitter edition) and removed Seagate DiscWizard. PBR10 has file/folder backup option that I would like to test. Encountered problems as PBR would not recognize the folder backup did(3 out of 3 errors. It would detect the archive but when I was to verify the integrity I cannot go to "Next"because of it). So uninstalled PBR. Re-installed Seagate DiscWizad.
Now I see that there is no System Reserved.
(1)What is wrong there...? Am I missing something...? What can I do to make it appear again?
I went through making the image backup and validate it. It was okay. I attempted to do a restore via the Linux cd at boot. It went through normally (Partition and Disc to restore > Primary/Active and the MBR).
After the restore. I rebooted and I had an autocheck error..skipping autocheck..then it would not boot up and Windows recommended to perform troubleshooting. This is the first time I encountered using an image backup (using DiscWizard) and did not boot. This one made without the System Reserved. So I think that is the problem..the reason I sought help here.
Short of re-formatting again. I booted to XP( I am dual booting) and performed the DiscWizard image restore there in Windows(did not use the Linux cd). I restored the same image backup created without the System Reserved seen. It booted and continued to Windows 7 (using it now actually).
Thinkig it was a glitch of some sort with DiscWizard, I uninstalled it and re-installed it again. The System Reserved is also not there...
Some questions if I may again:
(2) Is it really the absence of the System Reserved upon the creation of the image who is at fault?
(3) If so, why was I able to successfully "boot-continue-to-Windows" with the same image created with the System Reserved not seen?
(4)As I am dual-booting,
i. when I create a Windows 7 image backup in XP can I/or is it advisable to restore Windows 7 in XP (in Windows)..? vice versa(create an XP image backup within Windows 7 and restore it via Windows 7)
ii. or is it more advisable to restore on it's own OS(Windows mode)
(5) again as mentioned in "1", how can I make the System Reserved appear again to I can select it when I make an image backup..?
(6) What just happened to me there...? I am at a loss there and the only culprit I see is that the installation/uinstallation of Paragon BR10 Suite and DiscWizard...
I really am confused right now about this one. I have created a new image backup from what I have restored from but have not tested it yet. Got tired all too suddenly and I need to have a grasp of what happened first before deciding what to do.
Please help me.
Thank you all.
damien
Last edited by damien76; 19 Apr 2011 at 10:09. Reason: image fix again