Windows will not recognise my backup image on external hard drive?

[cougamvp]

That is good. Hopefully the bootmgr is intact.

Now attach that VHD and rename it in My Computer. Pick an easy name like 'VHD for image'.

what exactly do you mean by "attatch" that image?

 

[whs]

See step 2 in my original instructions.

I suugest you copy my instructions into a Wordpad. Go to All Programs > Acessories and right click on Wordpad. Then pin it to the taskbar. That way you can open it from the taskbar and paste the indtructions into it. Then minimize the Wordpad. That way when you hover over it you can read the instructions.

 

[cougamvp]

See step 2 in my original instructions.

I suugest you copy my instructions into a Wordpad. Go to All Programs > Acessories and right click on Wordpad. Then pin it to the taskbar. That way you can open it from the taskbar and paste the indtructions into it. Then minimize the Wordpad. That way when you hover over it you can read the instructions.

ok which do i highlight before pressing attach?

 

[whs]

You do not highlight any. Go click on the Attach button - top left next to File and then navigate to your VHD. Double click on the VHD and it should should appear as a virtual drive in Disk Management and in My Computer.

 

[cougamvp]

You do not highlight any. Go click on the Attach button - top left next to File and then navigate to your VHD. Double click on the VHD and it should should appear as a virtual drive in Disk Management and in My Computer.

if i dont highlight a drive, then it stays greyed out

 

[whs]

Hmm, that is very strange. What is this All Tasks - I do not have that. Is the attach behind that.

BTW: I made a Video tutorial for you on how to deal with Macrium. It is currently uploading to YouTube. We'll use it later.

 

[cougamvp]

Hmm, that is very strange. What is this All Tasks - I do not have that. Is the attach behind that.

BTW: I made a Video tutorial for you on how to deal with Macrium. It is currently uploading to YouTube. We'll use it later.

in All Tasks its just like delete volume, move volume, etc. But you can see that when I highlight a drive, the Attach option opens up.

 

[whs]

So try that. But use the drive where your VHD is stored. Just to make sure there will be no damage to the system drives.

I have never seen that type of Attach operation.

 

[cougamvp]

So try that. But use the drive where your VHD is stored. Just to make sure there will be no damage to the system drives.

I have never seen that type of Attach operation.

ok, well i copied my back up to the D drive hoping that would make windows recognize it. But the point is, I have the back up on external HDD and D drive. Which do I choose? Also I don't want to corrupt the back up because it's all I have.

 

[whs]

Use the copy.

 

[cougamvp]

Use the copy.

ok, it is attached
which drive do i clone with free macrium?

 

[whs]

Now you have to image that VHD with Macrium. I have made this little video tutorial for you. You have to really turn up your speakers because for some odd reason the sound is very low. Also, in some places the cursor hops around where it should not be. But it is better than nothing. Have a look and if you have a question let me know.

 

[cougamvp]

Now you have to image that VHD with Macrium. I have made this little video tutorial for you. You have to really turn up your speakers because for some odd reason the sound is very low. Also, in some places the cursor hops around where it should not be. But it is better than nothing. Have a look and if you have a question let me know.

great...when i put a blank DVD in, every one says i need to insert a blank one, but i've already gone through like 5 new ones so i know at least one of them is new...is there an alternative or fix to this?

 

[whs]

I don't really know what you are doing. I never had this problem and I burnt at least 6 recovery CDs. I suspect your CDs are no good.

 

[cougamvp]

I don't really know what you are doing. I never had this problem and I burnt at least 6 recovery CDs. I suspect your CDs are no good.

they are DVD+R DL RW is what they say

 

[whs]

No, not DVDs - you need a blank CD.

 

[cougamvp]

No, not DVDs - you need a blank CD.

ok well i'm going to wal mart then. Which features do i need to make sure i buy on the CD's?

 

[whs]

Any old CD will do. Buy a pack of 10 or so. They are cheap.

 

[cougamvp]

Any old CD will do. Buy a pack of 10 or so. They are cheap.

and blank DVD's don't work?

 

[whs]

No, DVDs do NOT work. It may work with the BartPE version. I am just trying that. But that is long - see below.

Just a word of warning. Up to now I used the 'old' (from Macrium Rel. 4.2) Linux CDs for recovery. And those were easy and straight forward. I just tried out the new Linux version (from this rel.5) and ran into a problem. When I got to the last step which is "Select target drive", it did not give me the option to select the partition from where I had taken my test image. I needed the 5th out of 5 partitions, but it only showed 2 partitions as options - the 2nd and the 3d.

I do not know whether that is particular to my Linux CD or to the fact that I did not image the system, but if you run into the same snag, we will have to use the BartPE CD version. Unfortunately that takes a long time to produce because it needs a 1.7GB file which it has to download from Microsoft.

I would still say you should try with the Linux version because that is quick. But if you run into the same problem as me (which may not be the case because you are restoring the system and not a little rinky dink test partition), then we have to go the long route with the BartPE version.