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

[cougamvp]

Actually, I just got it to work. I loaded from the CD again and was on Macrium. I clicked the option under 'Restore' saying something like repair or something like that. I then clicked all the check marks and then it restarted and now I am running on my backup from my external HDD all thanks to you!

 

[whs]

That's OK, I'll be here. Burn it on your laptop. Your desktop is not yet functioning, but we will get this bugger to work.

 

[whs]

Actually, I just got it to work. I loaded from the CD again and was on Macrium. I clicked the option under 'Restore' saying something like repair or something like that. I then clicked all the check marks and then it restarted and now I am running on my backup from my external HDD all thanks to you!

Sounds promising. But the red part I do not yet fully understand. Did the system properly boot ??

 

[cougamvp]

Actually, I just got it to work. I loaded from the CD again and was on Macrium. I clicked the option under 'Restore' saying something like repair or something like that. I then clicked all the check marks and then it restarted and now I am running on my backup from my external HDD all thanks to you!

Sounds promising. But the red part I do not yet fully understand. Did the system properly boot ??

sorry. by that i meant that the original backup from my external HDD that we did all the backups with and whatnot is the one i am running on now and it is working perfectly!! I have to say thank you so so so much for all your time and effort you put into this with me and there was no way i couldve done this without you!!!

 

[whs]

I am sure glad that your system is back in good order. It was a learning process for both of us because I had never done that on a real live example - only with test partitions. Have fun and if you have any other problems, come back to see us.

 

[cougamvp]

I am sure glad that your system is back in good order. It was a learning process for both of us because I had never done that on a real live example - only with test partitions. Have fun and if you have any other problems, come back to see us.

oh yes i will for sure come back here and recommend this place to everyone i know. Thank you again so so much for all your time and help you saved me big time. Let me know if someone comes along with this similar problem and you need to ask me some questions because I'd be glad to help anyone else out.

 

[whs]

Yeah, that is a good idea. Why don't you try to help the next guy. Nearly every day there is someone that loses his Window image. In the future, use Macrium for imaging. It is a lot more robust as you have seen.

One last question (that you do not have to answer if you don't feel like). How old are you. I am 74.

 

[cougamvp]

Yeah, that is a good idea. Why don't you try to help the next guy. Nearly every day there is someone that loses his Window image. In the future, use Macrium for imaging. It is a lot more robust as you have seen.

One last question (that you do not have to answer if you don't feel like). How old are you. I am 74.

wow. i am 20 haha

 

[whs]

I thought so. Age of my grandchildren. It is good that the generations can help each other.

 

[cougamvp]

thats amazing. All my grandpa can do on computers is send out emails and here you are guiding me through a complex process of getting my computer back haha

 

[whs]

thats amazing. All my grandpa can do on computers is send out emails and here you are guiding me through a complex process of getting my computer back haha

Yeah, I am glad that I can still do it. But I have some professional background in the field. Not PCs, but mainframes, the big guns. I was in development and marketing of operating systems for 35 years. But I retired nearly 20 years ago. Too much stress. The first PC I got in 2007 - actually the wife got it and then I had to deal with the thing. During my professional life, a PC was something for secretaries, not for professionals. Times have certainly changed.