hard drive failed, system image not found on hard drive

hi all,
i hope someone can help me out, i am a newbie to all this so bare with me.
my hard drive failed over a month ago but i managed to do a system image with win7 to my new 2tb internal hard drive. i cannot get the image recovery to work as i says "no image can be found on hard disk". i am at a loss from there. I have tried and cried over this as its driving me mad as i have no pc.

Leroy

just to add really that the system image is on my new hard drive (2tb internal). i use the boot dvd and i get a far as "repair my computer" click on it, sometimes i get message saying not compatable with this version of windows other times it lets me on to next bit, then says no image can be found on hard drive. if i go through the load drivers i can see my hard drive with items on it. ie windowsbackup and others. again i am at a loss with this, any help would be greatful.

Leroy

Do you have 2 new drives one for the system image & one for the system image to Restore to.

thanks for reply. yes 1 internal 2tb (windows image on), and 1 2tb external. was told by pc world help that i would need 1 each internal and external. hope that helps

1 internal 2tb (windows image on), and 1 2tb external.

The system image would need to be on the external HDD to restore to the internal HDD.

oh no. the guy said either doesnt matter!. agh!. what do you think is my best option now?. can i move the system image to external hard drive?. is that basically my problem?.
thanks for your info @ theog


i'd rather no info than shite info.... (pc world) ;-{

The Windows system imaging files are not happy about being moved from one HDD to other HDD.
But you can try.

oh. does one know how to do that sort of thing?. is there a program that i could use to move it over?.
again thanks, maybe i should of asked before. :)

Leroy

You could try cloning the internal HDD to the external HDD.

How to clone your old drive to a new drive.
Solved How to Migrate OS to new Hard disk.
The thread is about using Paragon Backup & Recovery 12, which is being updated to Paragon 14.

thanks so much for the info. paragon does not seem to dl and its not free the bit i need. lol.
gutted.

cheers Leroy