Which program is associated with windows image backup?


  1. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Preium 64bit
       #1

    Which program is associated with windows image backup?


    I have a Dell L501X, Windows 7 64bit. I had to replace my hard drive. I got the hard drive from Dell and it is a little larger than the one that crashed. I made a windows image backup. I changed the program associated with the 2 backup files to media files. (Don't ask me why they are VHD files.) I cannot restore my image and I need the programs on this image. The system sees that there is a "windowsimagebackup" but does not see the files. I think it is because I changed the program. Which program file do I need to change them back to and how do I change them back. Any help is greatly appreciated.

    I am new at this and appreciate your patience with my ignorance. Thank you so much.
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  2. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #2

    Hello Icec, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    By default, .vhd files are not associated to open with a specific program. If you like, download and merge the .reg file I attached below, approve the merge, and restart the computer when finished. This will unassociate .vhd files.

    Hope this helps, :)
    Shawn
    Which program is associated with windows image backup? Attached Files
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  3. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Preium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Hi Shawn,
    I have disassociated the programs and tried to restore the image backup. I am stuck in the create a repair disc part and the system will not let me get past it without creating a new disc which I have already created. Any ideas? Should I go ahead and try to create another disc? I am not sure it will help.
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  4. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #4

    If you do a System Image Recovery at boot to the new HDD, it wouldn't matter what associations you had set since they wouldn't apply at boot.
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  5. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Preium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Thak you very much for your help. I have successfully disassociated the .vhd files. I still cannot restore the image there is another problem with the boot file. Thanks again for your help.
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  6. whs
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    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #6

    Starting with the vhd file you can restore the image with this procedure:

    System Image - Recover a Broken Windows 7 System Image
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  7. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Preium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Thank you. I will try this but first I have to get the computer to boot. I have gotten an error code 0xc000006f.
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  8. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #8

    Icec,

    You might see if doing a startup repair may be able to help with this boot manager error.

    See also: Bootmgr is missing - Fix
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