Installed a new hard drive but can't get System Image Restored


  1. SevenNoob
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    Installed a new hard drive but can't get System Image Restored


    I just installed a new hard drive after my previous one failed to start up. I have a backup image stored on an external WD Passport. The install went well. I turn on my tower with the Windows 7 recovery disc in, start up System Image Restore and plug in my Passport. The system restore recognizes my Passport and when I go through the wizard to reformat and partition the disk to match the layout of the recovery image, I get an error message saying "The system image restore failed. No disk that can be used for recovering the system disk can be found. *hyperlink* Details."

    Details states, "No disck that can be used for recovering the system disk can be found. Try the following: 1) A probable system disk may have been excluded by mistake. a. Review the list of disks that you have excluded from the recovery for a likely disk. b. Type LIST DISK command in the DISKPART command interpreter. The probable system disk is usually the first disk listed. c. If possible,, remove the disk from the exclusion list and then retry the recovery.

    Tried that, my disk is not listed as an exclusion.

    2) A USB disk may have been assigned as a system disk. a. Detach all USB disks from the computer. b. Reboot into Windows Recovery Environment then reattach USB disks and retry the recovery.

    Tried that also, no luck

    3) An invalid disk may have been assigned as system disk. a. Physically detach the disk from your computer. Then reboot in WinRE to retry the recovery.

    Same as 2??

    Help please!!!
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  3. SevenNoob
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    Any help please???
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